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2023

• Anand, Emile Timothy — Pseudorandomness of the Sticky Random Walk (Senior thesis (Major))

2019

• McAneny, Michael Trevor — Aspects of Quasi-Single Field Inflation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2018

• Bartolotta, Anthony Leo — The Union of Quantum Field Theory and Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2017

• Herrmann, Enrico — Scattering in N=4 Super Yang Mills and N=8 Supergravity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pollack, Jason Aaron — Constraints on Cosmology and Quantum Gravity from Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Remmen, Grant Newton — Defining Gravity: Effective Field Theory, Entanglement, and Cosmology (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Saberi, Ingmar Akira — Knots, Trees, and Fields: Common Ground Between Physics and Mathematics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shen, Chia-Hsien — Aspects of Effective Field Theories from Scattering Amplitudes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2016

• Pei, Du — 3d-3d Correspondence for Seifert Manifolds (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stoica, Bogdan — Boundary Relative Entropy as Quasilocal Energy: Positive Energy Theorems and Tomography (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2014

• Arnold, Jonathan Mark — Baryon and Lepton Numbers in Particle Physics beyond the Standard Model (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Boddy, Kimberly K. — Cosmological Consequences of Dark Matter Interactions and Vacuum Fluctuations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chung, Hee Joong — Three-Dimensional Superconformal Field Theory, Chern-Simons Theorv, and Their Correspondence (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fornal, Bartosz — Baryon Number Violation beyond the Standard Model (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Park, Chan Youn — Branes and Supersymmetric Quantum Field Theories (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2013

• Engel, Kevin Thomas — Charged Pion Contribution to the Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Setter, Kevin Luke — Topological Quantum Field Theory and the Geometric Langlands Correspondence (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2012

• Bashkirov, Denis — Symmetries in Three-Dimensional Superconformal Quantum Field Theories (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Song, Jaewon — 4d/2d Correspondence: Instantons and W-Algebras (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Willett, Brian M. — Localization and Dualities in Three Dimensional Superconformal Field Theories (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yaakov, Itamar — Localization of Gauge Theories on the Three-Sphere (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2011

• Bandrés Motola, Miguel Angel — Superconformal Chern-Simons Theories and Their String Theory Duals (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dulaney, Timothy Ryan — Beyond the Standard Cosmology: Anisotropic Inflation and Baryophilic Dark Matter (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lipstein, Arthur Elias — Integrability of N = 6 Chern-Simons theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2010

• Ackerman Mayer, Lotty — A Quest for the Physics Beyond the Cosmological Standard Model (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dimofte, Tudor Dan — Refined BPS Invariants, Chern-Simons Theory, and the Quantum Dilogarithm (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gresham, Moira I. — Lorentz Symmetry Breaking in a Cosmological Context (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Park, Chang-Soon — Topics in Supersymmetry Breaking and Gauge/Gravity Dualities (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Vyas, Ketan D. — Topics in Topological and Holomorphic Quantum Field Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2009

• Tulin, Sean Michael — Supersymmetry: From Baryogenesis at the Electroweak Phase Transition to Low-Energy Precision Experiments (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2008

• Cook, Paul Langabi Hogan — Aspects of Topological String Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Jie — Holomorphic Anomaly Equations in Topological String Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2007

• Kile, Jennifer E. — Constraints on Physics Beyond the Standard Model and its Observable Effects (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• O'Connell, Dónal — Unusual Signs in Quantum Field Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Salem, Michael Phillip — Topics in Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Peng — Neutrina Mass Implications for Physics Beyond the Standard Model (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2006

• Dorsten, Matthew Paul — Topics in Heavy Particle Effective Theories (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Evnin, Oleg — On Quantum Interacting Embedded Geometrical Objects of Various Dimensions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jenkins, Alejandro — Topics in Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology beyond the Standard Model (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2005

• Lee, Christopher — Probing Physics and the Standard Model and Beyond with Electroweak Baryogenesis and Effective Theories of the Strong Interactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Hok Kong — Gauge Theory and Supergravity Duality in the PP-Wave Background (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Yi — Topological Sigma Models and Generalized Geometries (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McLoughlin, Tristan — The Near-Penrose Limit of AdS/CFT (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Okuda, Takuya — Large N Dualities in Topological String Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Swanson, Ian Jakov — Superstring Holography and Integrability in AdS₅ x S⁵ (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wessling, Margaret Ellen — Heavy Pentaquarks in the Diquark Model and the Large Nc Expansion (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2004

• Borokhov, Vadim Aleksandrovich — Monopole Operators and Mirror Symmetry in Three-Dimensional Gauge Theories (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ciocarlie, Calin A. — D-Brane Actions and N=2 Supergravity Solutions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ozakin, Arkadas Inan — RG-Flows, AdS/CFT Correspondence and Stability of Non-Dilatonic Branes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wu, Xinkai — Testing Gauge/Gravity Duality: The Eleven-Dimensional PP-Wave (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2003

• Lee, Peter Byungho — D-Branes in Anti-de-Sitter Space (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Park, Jongwon — String/Gauge Duality and Penrose Limit (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2001

• Goldberger, Walter D. — Brane Models and the Hierarchy Problem (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ouellette, Stephen Michael — SU(3) Chiral Symmetry in Non-Relativistic Field Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Popescu, Costin Radu — Branes, Brane Actions and Applications to Field Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1999

• Aganagic, Mina — String Theory on Calabi-Yau Manifolds: Topics in Geometry and Physics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stewart, Iain W. — Applications of Chiral Perturbation Theory in Reactions with Heavy Particles (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1998

• Cherkis, Sergey A. — Three-Dimensional Gauge Theories and Gravitational Instantons from String Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Davoudiasl, Hooman — Applications of Chiral Symmetry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gremm, Martin — Aspects of Heavy Quark Physics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leibovich, Adam Keith — Quarkonia Production in Nonrelativistic Quantum Chromodynamics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Westphal, Eric Rodney — Electroweak Baryogenesis via Scalar Baryon Number Transport (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1997

• Elwood, John Kenneth — Effective Field Theories in the Study of K_L → π^+π^-e^+e^- and Heavy Quark Fragmentation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gottesman, Daniel Eric — Stabilizer Codes and Quantum Error Correction (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kapustin, Anton N. — Topics in Heavy Quark Physics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Park, Jaemo — Aspects of String Dualities--Orientifolds, F-Theory and Super D-Branes & the M5-Brane (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1996

• McGraw, Patrick Neal — Dynamics of non-Abelian Aharonov-Bohm systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1995

• Chow, Chi-Keung — Heavy hadrons in the large Nc limit (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lu, Ming — Applications of heavy quark symmetry and long distance contributions to weak decays (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1994

• Brun, Todd Andrew — Applications of the Decoherence Formalism (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Clarence L. Y. — Quantum effective field theories in heavy quark physics and phase transitions in cosmology (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Kai-Ming — Non-Abelian discrete gauge theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yi, Piljin — On quantum fluctuations and black holes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1993

• Cleaver, Gerald B. — Kac-Moody algebras and string theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rosenthal, Philip J. — The dimension of spacetime (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schmidhuber, Christof — Extending the theory of random surfaces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1991

• Boyd, Charles Glenn — Aspects of heavy quark physics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bucher, Martin — On the theory of non-Abelian vortices and cosmic strings (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Raiten, Eric J. — Applications of current algebra in conformal field theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rivlis, Gil — Two topics in 2D quantum field theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Springer, Roxanne Patricia — QCD Effects in Weak Radiative β-Meson Decays (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yen, Tinju Tim — Strings, two-dimensional gravity, and matrix models (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1990

• Adler, Mark — The Persistence of Charm in the Relentless Decay of Beauty (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Espinosa, Olivier R. — Non-Conservation of Baryon Number at High Energy in the Standard Model (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Savage, Martin J. — Flavor SU(3) predictions for charmed baryon and B-meson decays (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Trivedi, Sandip Parimal — Topics in Quantum Gravity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1988

• Allen, Theodore John — The Singular Mechanics of Particles and Strings (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cline, James Michael — Effective Lagrangians and Infinity Cancellations for Open String Theories (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Douglas, Michael Ronald — G/H Conformal Field Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kiritsis, Elias B. — Topics in Conformal Field Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rey, Soo-Jong — On the BRST Invariance of String Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1987

• Mijić, Milan B. — Quantum and Inflationary Cosmology with Higher Derivative Gravity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Polychronakos, Alexios P. — Anomalous Quantum Mumbers and Topological Properties of Field Theories (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Siopsis, George — Some Aspects of the Quantization of Theories with a Gauge Invariance (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1985

• Bijnens, Johan Lambert — Chiral Perturbation Theory and the Weak Interaction (Dissertation (Ph.D.))