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2024

Goldberg, Max Elliot (2024) Early Dynamics and Evolution of Extrasolar Planetary Systems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/cn1v-e821. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02102024-215953210

Li, Zhihui (2024) Unveiling the Structure of the Circumgalactic Medium of High-Redshift Galaxies via Emission and Absorption Lines. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/42cq-6x31. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06042024-015417159

2023

Sun, Guochao (2023) Understanding the Cosmological Evolution of Galaxies with Intensity Mapping. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/fzqw-2m61. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11052022-133519365

Zhou, Yi (2023) Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Unstable Dynamics of Caltech’s Plasma Jet: X-Rays, Ultraviolet, and Visible Light. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/yfha-cs19. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05262023-165151068

2022

Rosenthal, Lee Jesse (2022) The California Legacy Survey: a Three-Decade Census of Extrasolar Planets. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/1yh3-5g50. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05252022-201848577

2021

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

2020

Theios, Rachel Lauren (2020) Leveraging the Rest-Ultraviolet and Rest-Optical Spectra of Galaxies at 2 < z < 3. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/kj2p-j718. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06052020-225431864

Tinyanont, Samaporn (2020) Insights Into Stellar Explosions From Infrared Light. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/sp61-ag73. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06032020-150056562

Wongwaitayakornkul, Pakorn (2020) Dynamics of an Arched Magnetically-Twisted Current-Carrying Plasma. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/6Q9D-JH07. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03042020-114816620

2019

Barenfeld, Scott Alexander (2019) New Insights into Circumstellar Disk Evolution in the Era of ALMA. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/5DK0-H549. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05152019-180537558

Grudić, Michael Yvan (2019) The Role of Stellar Feedback in Star Cluster Formation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/7FBG-TE87. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06072019-111646558

2018

David, Trevor Justin (2018) On the Evolutionary Pathways of Stars and Extrasolar Planets. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9J67F42. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09132017-153137420

Guszejnov, Dávid (2018) On the Origin of Scales and Scaling Laws in Star Formation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/WZ2G-R643. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05142018-155029272

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

Piskorz, Danielle F. (2018) Exploring Exoplanets' Spectroscopic Secrets: Clues on the Migration and Formation of Hot Jupiters. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9222RZX. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09122017-074006746

Strom, Allison Leigh (2018) Unveiling the Physical Conditions in Star-Forming Galaxies at the Peak of Galaxy Assembly. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9N58JJN. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09082017-170618214

2017

Balokovic, Mislav (2017) Unveiling the Structure of Active Galactic Nuclei with Hard X-ray Spectroscopy. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9WM1BG8. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06052017-232351957

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

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

Oklopčić, Antonija (2017) Radiative Processes in Astrophysical Gases: From the Intergalactic and Interstellar Medium to Exoplanetary Atmospheres. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9GM85CS. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05312017-154839851

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

2015

Chaplin, Vernon Hampden (2015) Battery-Powered RF Pre-Ionization System for the Caltech Magnetohydrodynamically-Driven Jet Experiment: RF Discharge Properties and MHD-Driven Jet Dynamics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9T43R08. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05012015-172120954

Findeisen, Krzysztof (2015) New Insights from Aperiodic Variability of Young Stars. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z93F4MH9. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08272014-105550096

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

Trainor, Ryan Francis (2015) Faint Galaxies in the Megaparsec-Scale Environments of Hyperluminous QSOs at Redshifts 2 < z < 3. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z90K26JG. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08182014-123907723

Zhang, Ke (2015) Volatiles in Protoplanetary Disks. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9VQ30MD. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05222015-173941425

2014

Morton, Timothy Davies (2014) Demographic Studies of Extrasolar Planets. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11082013-132329970

Stevenson, Matthew Alan (2014) Observational and Theoretical Advances in Cosmological Foreground Emission. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09292013-182521898

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

2013

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

Rudie, Gwen Charlena (2013) The Intergalactic and Circumgalactic Medium Surrounding Star-Forming Galaxies at Redshifts 2<z<3. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9PZ56T6. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05202013-155707736

2012

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

Lee, Samuel Kuhnman (2012) Three Paths to Particle Dark Matter. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Q603-SH04. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05152012-125430182

Moser, Auna Louise (2012) Dynamics of Magnetically Driven Plasma Jets: An Instability of an Instability, Gas Cloud Impacts, Shocks, and Other Deformations. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/V7P0-AW84. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04132012-150652134

2010

Kraus, Adam L. (2010) Multiple Star Formation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/N0KT-QH17. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08252009-233632

2009

Salyk, Colette Vanessa (2009) Molecular Spectroscopy of Planet-Forming Regions in Circumstellar Disks. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/E4YF-FZ95. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05272009-151203

Schlichting, Hilke Elisabeth (2009) Understanding the Origin of Planetary Systems: Studying the Kuiper Belt and the Dynamics of Planet Formation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/SGJJ-9V78. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05282009-124109

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

2008

Christopher, Micol Huw (2008) Young, Massive Star Clusters in the Antennae. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/QP4P-SD67. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05152008-141502

O'Donovan, Francis Thomas (2008) The Detection and Exploration of Planets from the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/585M-JF91. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08272007-043911

Slesnick, Catherine Louise (2008) 1-10 Myr-Old Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs in Nearby Star Forming Regions. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/D7XM-E815. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08102007-161741

2007

Becker, George Dana (2007) A High-Resolution Study of the High-Redshift Intergalactic Medium. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/TND7-F429. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05312007-141523

2006

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

2005

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

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

2004

Selman, Fernando Javier (2004) The Initial Mass Function and Star-Formation History in the 30 Doradus Super-Association. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ZKTC-0760. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05122004-130955

2002

Burgasser, Adam Jonathan (2002) The Discovery and Characterization of Methane-bearing Brown Dwarfs and the Definition of the T Spectral Class. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KECQ-7R18. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10162001-185319