Audrey Todhunter with Tanmay VachaspatiEvolution of Cosmic IslandsWe study the evolution of a ball of radiation and/or dust (``island'') in a universe driven by a cosmological constant.
2007
Matthew Whilden with David FarrellOptimization of a High Tc Susceptometer - Imaging Using High Tc Magnetic SusceptometryIn-vivo magnetic susceptometers using liquid helium cooled low-temperature superconducting materials have been used clinically for over twenty-five years for measuring the amount of iron in the human liver. Despite their accuracy and established...
Edgar Wilson with Corbin CovaultTiming Measurement and Angular Reconstruction for the Pierre Auger Observatory /A Measurement of the Timing Offset for the Pierre Auger ObservatoryOne of the great current mysteries of our universe is the origin of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. One experiment that sets out to study this...
Sebastian Wyman with Lawrence KraussGravitational Waves From the Early UniverseThe student will initially master enough of general relativity and cosmology to understand the basic features of gravitational waves in an expanding universe. Then we will examine signatures of a stochastic background of gravitational waves from a variety of possible...