1. TREEBANK: Differential Geometric Methods for Fast Template Bank Generation in Searches for Gravitational Waves Open Access Author: Wang, Jonathan Zhu Title: TREEBANK: Differential Geometric Methods for Fast Template Bank Generation in Searches for Gravitational Waves Area of Honors: Physics Keywords: LIGOgravitational wavesmatched filteringtemplate banktreebankphysicscomputational physicsastrophysics File: Download wang_jonathan_treebankPhysics.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Chad Hanna, Thesis SupervisorProf. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor
2. Composite Spectra of Lyman-alpha Emitting Galaxies from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment Open Access Author: Mc Carron, Adam Title: Composite Spectra of Lyman-alpha Emitting Galaxies from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment Area of Honors: Astronomy and Astrophysics Keywords: astronomyastrophysicsextragalacticlyman-alphadark energyLAE File: Download McCarron_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Robin Bruce Ciardullo, Thesis SupervisorJane Camilla Charlton, Thesis Honors Advisor
3. A Search for Breathing of the Broad-Line Region of Quasars Open Access Author: Kauma, Katherine Title: A Search for Breathing of the Broad-Line Region of Quasars Area of Honors: Astronomy and Astrophysics Keywords: astronomyastrophysicsextragalacticactive galactic nucleiquasarbroad-line regionbreathing File: Download kauma_honors_thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Michael Eracleous, Thesis SupervisorJane Camilla Charlton, Thesis Honors Advisor
4. Variability of Skewed, Flat-Topped, and Boxy Broad Balmer Line Profiles in Quasar Spectra Open Access Author: Memon, Mustafa Title: Variability of Skewed, Flat-Topped, and Boxy Broad Balmer Line Profiles in Quasar Spectra Area of Honors: Astronomy and Astrophysics Keywords: astronomyastrophysicsquasaraccretion diskH beta File: Download Memon_Mustafa_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Michael Eracleous, Thesis SupervisorSteinn Sigurdsson, Thesis Honors Advisor
5. Soft X-Ray Source Modeling of the Cygnus Loop & Predicted Observation for The Rocket for Extended-source X-Ray Spectroscopy Open Access Author: Smedile, Vincent Title: Soft X-Ray Source Modeling of the Cygnus Loop & Predicted Observation for The Rocket for Extended-source X-Ray Spectroscopy Area of Honors: Astronomy and Astrophysics Keywords: cygnusloophalosatsupernovaremnantsastrophysicsxmmnewtonrosat File: Download honorsthesisfinished.pdf Thesis Supervisors: James Tutt (He/Him), Thesis SupervisorAlexander Wolszczan, Thesis Honors Advisor
6. Search For New Sources Of Very-High-Energy Gamma Rays Open Access Author: Mitchell, Kenya Aonye Title: Search For New Sources Of Very-High-Energy Gamma Rays Area of Honors: Mathematical Sciences Keywords: HAWCgamma-ray astronomyparticle physicsastrophysicsphysicsstatisticspulsar File: Download Mitchell_Thesis_Final_Draft.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Miguel Alejandro Mostafa, Thesis SupervisorGina Brelsford, Thesis Honors Advisor