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Calculation of Bulk Material Electronic Band Structure Using Matrix Mechanics: A Pedagogical Approach
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We present a method, intended primarily for pedagogical purposes, to extend the one-dimensional Kronig-Penney model (the standard starting point for solid-state physics) to the case of arbitrary potential shapes and to higher dimensions using matrix mechanics. We generate, either analytically or...
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Spring 2019
Many models exist to study earthquake fault systems to gain a fundamental understanding of the dynamic processes that occur during an earthquake. We study cellular automata (CA) models to replicate a simple earthquake fault model. We find that the dynamics of a CA model can be simplified to a...
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Fall 2016
Neutron stars (NSs) are some of the densest objects in the universe. In this thesis, I focus on studying X-ray thermal emission from neutron stars, using X-ray observations of different varieties of NSs. X-ray observations can put constraints on the mass and radius of NSs, and thus on density and...