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Tidal interactions between planets and stars
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical PhysicsSelwyn College, 2011-06-07)
Since the first discovery of an extrasolar planet around a solar-type star, observers
have detected over 500 planets outside the solar system. Many of these planets have
Jovian masses and orbit their host stars in orbits ...
The application of automated perturbation theory to lattice QCD
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical PhysicsTrinity College, 2011-11-08)
Predictions of heavy quark parameters are an integral component of precision
tests of the Standard Model of particle physics. Experimental measurements
of electroweak processes involving heavy hadrons provide stringent ...
On some partial differential equation models in socio-economic contexts - analysis and numerical simulations
(University of CambridgeDepartent of Applied Mathhematics and Theoretical PhysicsTrinity College, 2012-01-10)
This thesis deals with the analysis and numerical simulation of different partial differential equation models arising in socioeconomic sciences. It is divided into two parts: The first part deals with a mean-field price ...
Spiky strings and the AdS/CFT correspondence
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 2011-10-11)
In this dissertation, we explore some aspects of semiclassical type IIB string
theory on AdS3 × S1 and on pure AdS3 in the limit of large angular momentum
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We first focus on the integrability technique known as ...
A simple Bayesian estimate of direct RNAi gene regulation events from differential gene expression profiles
(2011-05-20)
Abstract Background Microarrays are commonly used to investigate both the therapeutic potential and functional effects of RNA interfering (RNAi) oligonucleotides such as microRNA (miRNA) and small interfering RNA (siRNA). ...
The impact and rupture of a water-filled balloon on a rigid surface
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 2014-06-10)
The dropping of a water-filled latex balloon onto a flat, rigid surface is an experiment that is known and has been performed by many, but on which there is no existing published work. High-speed images taken of the process ...
Quantum information, Bell inequalities and the no-signalling principle
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 2014-02-04)
This PhD thesis contains a general introduction and three main chapters. Chapter 2 investigates Bell inequalities that generalize the CHSH and Braunstein-Caves inequalities. Chapter 3 shows a derivation of an upper bound ...
The flow of rivers into lakes: Experiments and models
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 2014-06-12)
This study considers the motion of river water flowing into a lake. The study has two parts: field observations of an interflowing river in Lake Iseo (Italy); and laboratory experiments on basins fed by an underflow. In ...