Thesis – Table of Contents Identification of a Spontaneous Thermal Wave In recent years the venerable topic of thermal (diffusion) waves [Ångström, 1862] has received increased attention [Mandelis, 2000], primarily in the context of modern methodologies for diagnosing the properties of condensed and gaseous matter. Advances in experimental techniques and in the understanding of the […]
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Thesis – Chapter 2: Experimental Setup and Overview of the Temperature Filament
Thesis – Table of Contents Experimental Setup and Overview of the Temperature Filament Large Plasma Device The Large Plasma Device (LAPD-U), part of the Basic Plasma Science Facility (BaPSF) at UCLA, provides an ideal parameter regime in which to perform this experimental investigation. The present device, as shown in Fig. 2.1, is a larger version […]
Thesis – Bibliography
Table of Contents Bibliography W. Horton. Drift waves and transport. Rev. Mod. Phys., 71(3):735-778, Apr 1999. doi: 10.1103/RevModPhys.71.735 Committee on Solar and Space Physics, Plasma Physics of the Local Cosmos. National Research Council, 2004. T.E. Evans, M.E. Fenstermacher, R.A. Moyer, T.H. Osborne, J.G. Watkins, P. Gohil, I. Joseph, M.J. Schaffer, L.R. Baylor, M. Bécoulet, J.A. […]
Funny Physicists on Television this Fall
If you are only going to watch one television show this fall… then watch something educational on the Discovery Channel or, better yet, the Science Channel. If you are going to watch at least two shows this fall, then add “The Big Bang Theory” to your list†. Last Tuesday evening I had the pleasure of […]
Force on a Charge in the Presence of a Conducting Plane
Perhaps the most common procedure in the study of any field of physics is to calculate the forces on various objects. Studying force problems in electrostatics is the foundation for developing a strong understanding of electrodynamics. In this topic an example calculation of the force on a charged particle in a system with another particle […]
Sample of Frequently Used LaTeX Items
Introduction I use LaTeX to write any documents that require the display of mathematics. In fact, since I will be writing my thesis in LaTeX, I am creating experiment summaries and analysis notes with it. Since I use some options very often it was worthwhile to create a simple template document. The template is the […]