Physics & Astronomy: Recent submissions

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    • Linear and nonlinear optical properties of silica aerogel 

      Fleming, Adam Colin (University of St Andrews, 2019-12-03) - Thesis
      Scattering media have traditionally been seen as a hindrance to the controlled transport of light through media, creating the familiar speckle pattern. However such matter does not cause the loss of information but instead ...

    • Expanding the scope of electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy for structural studies of proteins and peptides 

      Shah, Anokhi (University of St Andrews, 2019-12-03) - Thesis
      Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy is a versatile tool for probing structural information about systems with unpaired electrons, in particular, biological systems with metal centres or chemically attached spin ...

    • Flexible holographic metasurfaces 

      Burch, James (University of St Andrews, 2019-07-22) - Thesis
      Metasurface holography has attracted much attention in recent years because of its practical applications including anti-counterfeiting, sensing, and lensing. However, most metasurface holograms have been constrained to ...

    • Portable and versatile cold atom experiments 

      Ireland, Philip (University of St Andrews, 2019-06-24) - Thesis
      This thesis describes the progress achieved towards two goals. One is the construction of a compact magneto-optical trap (MOT) apparatus, used both as a standalone undergraduate laboratory experiment and as part of a ...

    • Evolution of supermassive black holes : the role of galaxy mergers 

      Hewlett, Timothy Paul (University of St Andrews, 2019-06-24) - Thesis
      In this thesis the connections between galaxy mergers and the growth of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are investigated. In chapter 2 we investigate the links between galaxy mergers and active galactic nuclei (AGN) as ...