Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 1938. / Reproduced from type-written copy. "Private edition, distributed by the University of Chicago libraries, Chicago, Illinois." Includes bibliographical references.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1983. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

A proton polarimeter employing multi-wire delay-line drift chambers (MWDDCs) has been built for ongoing pion absorption studies in the meson area at TRIUMF. A brief introduction of the theoretical basis of polarimeter and MWDCC operation is offered. An in-depth study of our own system is presented including an account of the data acquisition readout electronics and the procedures used for wire chamber position calibration. Detailed performance specifications of all aspects of our chamber are given, notably for the method used to solve the drift chamber left/right ambiguity. The chambers are found to operate reliably and efficiently with very good spatial resolution, σ = ~200µm. The systematic artificial asymmetry in the polarimeter is also studied. Finally, scattering-efficiency and figure-of-merit ([formula omitted]) results are presented for 230 MeV protons scattering off a 7cm carbon analyzer in the three cases of ø + π and 2π azimuthal scattering acceptance symmetry, and full polarimeter acceptance. In particular, it is found that when employing the Besset weighted-sums polarization extraction technique, imposition of ø + π azimuthal scattering symmetry results in only a small increase in measured statistical error compared to results obtainable from a full Fourier spectrum analysis with no applied acceptance symmetry. Suggestions for improvements to established practices are offered throughout. / Science, Faculty of / Physics and Astronomy, Department of / Graduate

A new type of astronomical polarimeter is presented that incorporates a fused silica stress-birefringent modulator which simultaneously allows the selection of chopping frequency (≤ 5 Hz) and spectral tuning (1 ≤ λ ≤ 2.5 μm) with very high modulation efficiency. Two integrating detector packages are discussed. The first uses a single germanium photodiode and HR polaroid analyzer and achieves σᵥ = 1% for a J = 14.5 object in 0.5 hr with the MMT. The second package uses a 12 x 30 pixel HgCdTe array and MgF₂ Wollaston prism to provide four simultaneous polarimetric channels that properly eliminate the systematic errors resulting from "staring" mode operation. The instrumental polarizations of the MMT are calculated using Mueller calculus and experimentally verified. It is found that the hexagonal symmetry of the telescope cancels the large amplitude spurious polarizations that arise from the single "arms" and results in a polarimetric efficiency term that is a function only of spectral bandpass and not sky position. Therefore, the MMT behaves essentially like a clean Cassegrain telescope. The continuum polarizations of five isolated highly magnetic white dwarfs are investigated both observationally and theoretically. The most complete broad-band polarimetric survey throughout the spectral region 0.35 ≤ λ ≤ 1.65 μm is performed. An apparent correlation in the linear polarizations of Grw + 70°8247, GD229, and G240-72 is discovered. In addition, no evidence for time-dependent rotation of position angle is found for any of the stars. Hydrogen Balmer photoionization occurring from the magnetically-perturbed bound states into the Coulomb-Lorentz mixed quasi-Landau continuum is investigated with the aid of recent high field calculations. Finally, the continuum polarization of Grw + 70°8247 is compared to models for cyclotron and inverse magnetobremsstrahlung absorptions in a dipolar field. The conclusion is that the continuum polarizations of these objects still eludes an exact description. New observations of BG C Mi reveal the first definitive discovery of polarized cyclotron emission in any intermediate polar and confirms that the long-held basic model of a magnetically accreting white dwarf is correct. The wavelength dependence of circular polarization is found to increase rapidly into the near-infrared, from V(I) = -0.25±0.06% to V(J) = -1.74±0.26% and suggests a field strength in the cyclotron emission region near 5-10 MG if the system scales directly with the AM Her stars.

Thesis (M.S. in Combat Systems Technology)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): Alfred W. Cooper, Gamani Karunasiri. Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-84). Also available online.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-54) and index.