Physics

Classical mechanics, electromagnetism, quantum physics, thermodynamics, and modern research.

Background

As Richard Feynman first said, almost every interaction we observe in the world (excluding nuclear physics and gravitation) boils down to just three actions:

  1. A photon goes from place to place
  2. An electron goes from place to place
  3. An electron absorbs or emits a photon

Over the last four years I have studied the theory and applications of these three actions across various length scales.

Portfolio

Characterization of Apollo-17 lunar sample

I got my hands on Apollo sample 75035.232 (roughly 50 years old). Take a look at the characterization techniques we used.

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Experiments with Entangled Photons

These experiments involve creation of a single photon source and interference effects. I used experimental data and the CHSH inequality to prove photons behave non-classically.

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Deuterium ion implantation of silicon dioxide

Investigation of ion irradiation and utilization of instance segmentation to analyze surface damage.

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Perturbation Theory

The theoretical foundation of time-dependent perturbation theory and its application to the ionization rate of hydrogen.

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Atomic Spectroscopy

Analysis of data from two atomic spectroscopy techniques to characterize hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and indium phosphide quantum dots.

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Dark Matter Candidate

The theory and analysis behind weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) which are hypothesized to be the primary constituent of cosmological dark matter.

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