Browsing Science (Faculty of) by Subject "gravity"
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Correlation Functions of Heavy Operators in AdS/CFT
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-15)In this thesis we investigate the holographic dual description of correlation functions of heavy operators in conformal field theory. These heavy operators have scaling dimension that scales with the CFT central charge in ... -
Instabilities in Higher-Dimensional Theories of Gravity
(University of Waterloo, 2006)A number of models of nature incorporate dimensions beyond our observed four. In this thesis we examine some examples and consequences of classical instabilities that emerge in the higher-dimensional theories of gravity ... -
Neutron interferometer crystallographic imperfections and gravitationally induced quantum interference measurements
(American Physical Society, 2017-01-25)Dynamical diffraction leads to an interesting, unavoidable set of interference effects for neutron interferometers. This experiment studies the interference signal from two and three successive Bragg diffractions in the ... -
Neutron Interferometry at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(Hindawi, 2015)Neutron interferometry has proved to be a very precise technique for measuring the quantum mechanical phase of a neutron caused by a potential energy difference between two spatially separated neutron paths inside ... -
Rigid Quasilocal Frames
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-23)This thesis begins by introducing the concept of a rigid quasilocal frame (RQF) as a geometrically natural way to define an extended system in the context of the dynamical spacetime of general relativity. An RQF is defined ... -
Three Phase-Grating Moire Neutron Interferometer for Large Interferometer Area Applications
(American Physical Society, 2018-03-12)We demonstrate a three phase-grating moire neutron interferometer in a highly intense neutron beam as a robust candidate for large area interferometry applications and for the characterization of materials. This novel ...