Astronomy and Modern Physics

Physics and Astronomy

Mazur Group (Harvard University). A Harvard research group that includes education research as well as physics research. The site offers links to ongoing research into peer instruction, gender and physics, the value of classrooms demonstrations, and technology and education. The link below is to the portion of their website on Learning Science. http://mazur.harvard.edu/education/educationmenu.p...

Faculty of Physics and Astronomy

Faculty of Physics and Astronomy

Thermoelectric Properties of Bismuth Nanowires: Bismuth nanowires were electrochemically deposited in ion track-etched polymer membranes and their transport properties were studied. The Seebeck coefficients of single-and polycrystalline nanowires were measured as a function of wire diameter and temperature. For that purpose, a sample holder was designed that is capable of contacting nanowire ar...

Faculty for Physics and Astronomy

This thesis investigates Time-of-Flight (TOF) 3D imaging systems. A mathematical model is developed to predict the systematic errors and statistical uncertainties of such cameras. In order to determine the errors experimentally and to test the model, a custom experimental setup has been built for this work. Chapter 2 provides a detailed discussion of this experimental setup. Three camera system...

Statistical challenges in modern astronomy

Despite centuries of close association, statistics and astronomy are surprisingly distant today. Most observational astronomical research relies on an inadequate toolbox of methodological tools. Yet the needs are substantial: astronomy encounters sophisticated problems involving sampling theory, survival analysis, multivariate classification and analysis, time series analysis, wavelet analysis,...