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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
- 2Tetarenko, Alexandra Jean
- 1Arnason, Robin M
- 1Hughe, Andrew K.
- 1Ivanov, Mario G
- 1Pavlovskii, Konstantin
- 1Satish Rao, Suhasini
- 4X-ray binaries
- 3Black holes
- 2Accretion
- 2Black hole x-ray binary
- 2Close binaries
- 2High energy astrophysics
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Constraining the Jet Properties of the New Transient X-ray Binary, Swift J1745-26, With the Submillimeter Array and James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
DownloadFall 2014
Accreting astrophysical sources are an important end-result of intricate stellar dynamics. A particularly puzzling aspect of this accretion process is the production and evolution of plasma outflows (known as jets). Although astrophysical jets have been studied for decades in accreting sources,...
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Constraining the physics of relativistic jets with radio through (sub-)millimetre properties of X-ray binaries
DownloadFall 2018
Astrophysical jets are ubiquitous phenomena in our universe, linked to a wide range of objects, from young stars to black holes. These powerful, highly collimated outflows deposit significant amounts of energy and matter into the surrounding medium, affecting star formation, galaxy evolution, and...
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Constraining the Physics of the X-ray Irradiated Accretion Discs in Low-mass X-ray Binaries with Observations
DownloadFall 2018
Recurring outbursts associated with matter flowing onto compact stellar remnants (black holes and neutron stars) in low-mass X-ray binary systems provide constraints on the poorly understood accretion process. Multi-wavelength light-curves and spectra of these bright outbursts provide powerful...
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Fall 2014
We present the first combined optical/X-ray observation of a very faint transient X-ray binary (VFXT), M15 X-3. Chandra observations constrain the source to be < 10^34 erg/s in all observations. The X-ray spectrum shows evidence of curvature, and is best fit by a broken power law with break...
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Fall 2024
Accretion is ubiquitous in the Universe, observed in various systems spanning many orders of magnitude in their length and mass scales. The X-ray-bright inward-moving accretion flow is often accompanied by highly-relativistic radio-bright outflows that drive material away from the accretor,...
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Exotic binaries in Galactic globular clusters: identification, classification, and their formation
DownloadFall 2021
Globular clusters (GCs) are dense and massive stellar populations, which provide a unique environment where the high stellar density facilitates frequent dynamical encounters, creating many exotic binaries. These exotic binaries generally have short orbits and often harbour compact objects,...
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Spring 2016
In this thesis we study MT from giant and subgiant donors in binary stars. We develop a MT simulation framework based on the MESA set of stellar libraries, which is suitable to study extremely high MT rates and predict the stability of MT. We find that the MT from giant donors is much more stable...
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Spring 2021
I present the formation and evolution of the shock wave driven by neutrino losses in failed core-collapse supernovae that form black holes (BHs). Neutrino losses result in a decrease in the gravitational mass, which leads to the formation of an outward shock. The ejected mass and energy vary...
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Fall 2023
In the era of all-sky surveys, wide-area radio surveys like the Very Large Array Sky Survey (VLASS) place strong emphasis on the identification and classification of candidate transient events. To aid the transient searches, automatically generated VLASS Quick-Look (QL) images are designed and...
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The Definitive All-Sky Observational Study Of Accretion Disc Physics In Galactic Black Hole X-ray Binaries
DownloadFall 2014
Stellar mass black holes (BHs) accreting in binary systems provide valuable insight into how binary systems evolve and how mass is transferred via accretion. Although in recent years a canonical picture of the outburst evolution in black hole X-ray binaries (BHXRBs) has emerged, these systems...