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2018

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

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

2017

Blackman, Jonathan Lloyd (2017) Surrogate Models of Gravitational Waves from Numerical Relativity Simulations of Binary Black Hole Mergers. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z93F4MPJ. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05242017-103834785

2016

Nerella, Tejaswi Venumadhav (2016) The Astrophysics of Strongly Interacting Systems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z900001N. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09042015-035149228

2015

Handmer, Casey John (2015) Gauge Invariant Spectral Cauchy Characteristic Extraction of Gravitational Waves in Computational General Relativity. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9NP22DZ. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05282015-131606315

Luan, Jing (2015) Toward Understanding Astrophysical Phenomena. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z97942NB . https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06052015-153743425

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

Zhai, Xiang (2015) Experimental, Numerical and Analytical Studies of the MHD-Driven Plasma Jet, Instabilities and Waves. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z90G3H3Q. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06092015-162916583

2014

Kaplan, Jeffrey Daniel (2014) Where Tori Fear to Trend: Hypermassive Neutron Star Remnants and Absolute Event Horizons or Topics in Computational General Relativity. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/WAB5-8460. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07122013-120734335

Privitera, Stephen M. (2014) The Importance of Spin for Observing Gravitational Waves from Coalescing Compact Binaries with LIGO and Virgo. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Q6KC-1957. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05282014-160218103

2013

Yang, Huan (2013) Topics in Gravitational-Wave Science: Macroscopic Quantum Mechanics and Black Hole Physics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/JMRS-DK55. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05222013-233805938

Zimmerman, Aaron Benjamin (2013) Topics in Black Hole Perturbation Theory and the Visualization of Curved Spacetime. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8809-P894. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05152013-113945625

2012

Chu, Tony (2012) Numerical Simulations of Black-Hole Spacetimes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/MKD2-1N95. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07292011-012517485

O'Connor, Evan Patrick (2012) Topics in Core-Collapse Supernova Theory: The Formation of Black Holes and the Transport of Neutrinos. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/RAAR-4C77. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06012012-103948541

2011

Perkins, Rory James (2011) Experimental and Analytical Studies of Merging Plasma Loops on the Caltech Solar Loop Experiment. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z1PS-YB20. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05252011-110433288