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Anderson, Marin Mallory (2019) Adventures Through Time and Phase Space: Characterizing the Dynamic Radio Sky, From MHz to GHz, From Seconds to Years. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/D28A-YQ77. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05222019-125805458

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Bochenek, Christopher David (2021) The Progenitors of Fast Radio Bursts. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/7tsx-x524. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05192021-014425301

Burdge, Kevin Brian (2021) Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars: Shedding Light on the Population of Galactic Gravitational Wave Sources. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/69gf-ex79. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05262021-184313606

Bilgi, Pavaman (2019) Optimization of CCD Charge Transfer for Ground and Space-Based Astronomy. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/CNKG-8Y84. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05302019-172558320

Bottom, Michael (2016) Two Roads to Planet Detection. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z97P8WC0. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05242016-123425364

Bhalerao, Varun B. (2012) Neutron Stars and NuSTAR: A Systematic Survey of Neutron Star Masses in High Mass X-ray Binaries & Characterization of CdZnTe Detectors for NuSTAR. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/CVT1-VR08. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05312012-150403422

Busch, Michael William (2010) Shapes and Spins of Near-Earth Asteroids. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ZVGV-8X89. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04082010-125341638

Berger, Edo (2004) Cosmic Explosions: The Beasts and Their Lair. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/QV7S-4S81. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05202004-165422

Bouchez, Antonin Henri (2004) Seasonal Trends in Titan’s Atmosphere: Haze, Wind, and Clouds. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/7KVP-D712. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10272003-092206

Bloom, Joshua Simon (2002) Toward an Understanding of the Progenitors of Gamma-Ray Bursts. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/GKHP-2K61. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-01062003-061357

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Cao, Yi (2016) Cosmic Explosions: Observations Of Infant Hydrogen-Free Supernovae Towards An Understanding Of Their Parent Systems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9XD0ZNT. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05142016-213503805

Cody, Ann Marie (2012) A Search for Pulsation in Young Brown Dwarfs and Very Low Mass Stars. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/N3M2-TA49. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03302012-134254713

Cameron, Patrick Brian (2009) The Formation and Evolution of Neutron Stars: Astrometry, Timing, and Transients. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/HTW7-8X31. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08152008-140704

Cenko, Stephen Bradley (2009) The Energetics and Environments of Swift Gamma-Ray Bursts. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/SNRD-BR66. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06272008-153145

Collins, Benjamin Forster (2009) Understanding the Solar System with Numerical Simulations and Lévy Flights. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/840K-TD87. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05292009-130440

Corder, Stuartt Allan (2009) Optimizing Image Fidelity with Arrays. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Q7H2-2P58. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10172008-054754

Canzian, Blaise J. (1990) Molecular Gas and Star Formation in the Central Regions of Virgo Spiral Galaxies. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/pcga-sm96. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06182007-104442

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De, Kishalay (2021) The Whisper and the Bang: Cosmic Fireworks in the Lives of Compact Binaries. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/vc3g-5723. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05062021-042641560

Duggan, Gina Elizabeth (2020) Signatures of the r-Process in Ancient Stellar Populations Using Barium Abundances. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/D0A8-BM50. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11082019-215827632

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Eastwood, Michael William (2019) Searching for the Cosmic Dawn with the Hyperfine Structure Transition of Hydrogen. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/DYPP-JP25. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05272019-174203596

Eisner, Joshua Aaron (2005) High Angular Resolution Studies of the Structure and Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/61Y5-F650. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05262005-141109

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Grossman, Erich Nathan (1988) A Far-Infrared Heterodyne Spectrometer for Airborne Astronomy. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/79cv-bm83. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01222013-150156111

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Ho, Anna Yen Qin (2021) The Landscape of Relativistic Stellar Explosions. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/99s8-vj17. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07132020-190219502

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Jensen-Clem, Rebecca Marie (2017) A Toolbox for Exoplanet Exploration. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z96971M9. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05302017-105911246

Jacoby, Bryan Anthony (2005) Recycled Pulsars. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/H5DY-5J74. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-01272005-015012

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Kleiser, Io K. (2019) Modeling Rapidly Fading Supernovae as Nickel-Free Core-Collapse Explosions of Extended Helium Stars. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/5YEJ-EX71. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09032018-174351545

Kao, Melodie Minyu (2017) Constraining Substellar Magnetic Dynamos using Brown Dwarf Radio Aurorae. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9J964DK. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06052017-105748197

Kasliwal, Mansi Manoj (2011) Bridging the Gap: Elusive Explosions in the Local Universe. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/EA7Q-WX87. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05162011-094345225

Kaplan, David Lior Ariel (2004) The Diversity of Neutron Stars: Nearby Thermally Emitting Neutron Stars and the Compact Central Objects in Supernova Remnants. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/2890-AB41. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05272004-150045

Kern, Brian Daniel (2002) Optical Pulse-Phased Observations of Faint Pulsars with a Phase-Binning CCD Camera. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/XP9W-WM62. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06042002-125011

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Lippuner, Jonas (2018) r-Process Nucleosynthesis in Neutron Star Mergers with the New Nuclear Reaction Network SkyNet. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9V40SCS. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06072017-212011532

Levitan, David Benjamin (2013) Finding Needles in the Haystack: A Search for AM CVn Systems Using the Palomar Transient Factory. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/MJJ0-7A67. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06062013-224902992

Lane, Benjamin Frederick (2003) High-Precision Infra-Red Stellar Interferometry. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/618C-6550. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-03122003-112232

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Mishra, Abhilash (2018) The Low-Frequency Frontier: Cosmology with Future 21cm Experiments. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9W37TJ2. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09112017-150629661

Mooley, Kunal Prakash (2015) Exploring the Dynamic Radio Sky: The Search for Slow Transients with the VLA. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03222015-185636984

Max-Moerbeck Astudillo, Walter Kennerth (2013) The Relationship Between the Radio and Gamma-Ray Emission of Blazars. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ZX5X-V114. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05302013-225100503

Metchev, Stanimir Angelov (2006) Brown Dwarf Companions to Young Solar Analogs: An Adaptive Optics Survey Using Palomar and Keck. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ZGB1-CY59. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08262005-170055

Mazin, Benjamin A. (2005) Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/GZ72-V784. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10042004-120707

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Nakajima, Tadashi (1989) Diffraction-Limited Imaging on the 200-Inch Telescope. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/hgnx-x451. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06032013-115455313

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Plant, Kathryn A. (2024) A New Sensor for Milky-Way Particle Accelerators: The Standalone-Radio Cosmic Ray Detector at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory Long Wavelength Array. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/vgew-6g30. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08262023-021312243

Pearlman, Aaron Benjamin (2021) Hunting for Fast Radio Transients in the Local Universe and Pulsars Toward the Center of the Milky Way Galaxy. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ts6a-c751. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechThesis:06082021-172928280

Pérez Muñoz, Laura María (2013) Grain Growth in Protoplanetary Disks. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/1BJC-4G54. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05302013-223659579

Porter, Alain Cheyney (1988) Isophotometry of Brightest Elliptical Galaxies in Rich Clusters. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/3WWA-4575. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09092008-112224

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Richers, Sherwood Andrew, III (2018) Neutrino Radiation Transport and Other Topics in High Energy Density Astrophysics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9PC30JH. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07212017-001528247

Reisenegger, Tassilo Andreas (1993) Hydrodynamics of neutron star interiors and laboratory superfluids. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/1FTJ-0J14. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01082013-145722103

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Singer, Leo Pound (2015) The Needle in the 100 deg² Haystack: The Hunt for Binary Neutron Star Mergers with LIGO and Palomar Transient Factory. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9ZP442V. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12102014-223122387

Soderberg, Alicia Margarita (2007) The Many Facets of Cosmic Explosions. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/5f1t-7f27. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05252007-140338

Sandhu, Jagmit Singh (2001) High Precision Dual Frequency Timing of Millisecond Pulsars. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/17DD-8X47. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09172008-084556

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Tendulkar, Shriharsh Prakash (2014) Beyond the Blur: Construction and Characterization of the First Autonomous AO System and an AO Survev of Magnetar Proper Motions. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/7YS5-1P75. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11192013-181748112

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Villadsen, Jacqueline Rose (2017) The Search for Stellar Coronal Mass Ejections. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9P55KGB. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02022017-141014631

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Waszczak, Adam (2015) Solar System Small-Body Demographics with the Palomar Transient Factory Survey. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z91G0J73. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05292015-134454898

Wiktorowicz, Sloane John (2009) Unambiguous Black Hole Mass from Polarimetry and Application to Hot Jupiters. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/3YVF-VE44. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-03032009-092300

Weinberg, Nevin Nachum (2005) I. Ash Injection and Exposure During Radius Expansion Type I X-Ray Bursts. II. Stellar Dynamics at the Galactic Center. III. Weak Gravitational Lensing by Dark Matter Concentrations. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/V8PX-AE66. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06022005-151603

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Yao, Yuhan (2023) High Energy Transients Powered by Black Holes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/amfw-4150. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05232023-200614979

Yost, Sarah Anne (2004) Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows: Constraining Physical Parameters and Fireball Model Assumptions. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/FHCW-2P04. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09252003-152937