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Projects (P) and Theses (T)
Experimental neutrino physics
- An Overview of the Main Injection Neutrino Oscillation Search,
the Rack Protection System, and methods to degauss a large iron
calorimeter particle detector (T)
- A search for a cosmic ray point source with the MINOS Far
Detector (T)
- Neutrino astronomy with the Super-K detector (P)
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Computational particle physics
- Numerical solutions of a quantum field theory (T)
- Zero-mode calculations in discretized light-cone quantization (T)
- Application of function expansion methods in light-cone quantization (P)
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Physical oceanography and geophysics
- Computer modeling of tidal rhythmites (P)
- Finite difference computer model of orbital debris (T)
- Near infrared relationship between remote sensing reflectance
and the inherent optical properties of coastal waters (T)
- Characterization of internal waves in Lake Superior (T)
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Condensed matter physics
- Photoreflectance studies of RbI (P)
- Characterization of piezoelectrics with a stepper motor (P)
- Tunnel diode-based measurements of piezoelectric response (P)
- Growth and optical measurements of LiD and LiH (P)
- Analysis of GaAs photoreflectance data (P)
- Optical interferometry for AFM (P)
- Methods for the measurement of the frequency response of PZT tubes (T)
- Preliminary testing of an STM (P)
- Electronic control system for an STM (P)
- Tuning fork frequence shifts near a surface (P)
- Characterizing quartz tuning forks (P)
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Other areas
- Instructional apparatus for Curie temperature measurements on Gd (P)
- Instructional photo-timer system based on programmable logic (P)
- Discovery-based laboratories in general physics (P)
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