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UCB Astronomy Theses
Recent theses are available online via ProQuest, and a smattering of older ones are stored on this website. It doesn't seem possible to link directly to ProQuest's list of Berkeley Astronomy ones in particular, but there are a few ways to quickly find what you want. As of June 2012, you can search for a thesis by author like this:
- Go to search.proquest.com
- Click on “Advanced Search”
- In the main search box, enter something like “au(chornock, ryan)” for an author search
- In the “Source type” box, check only “Dissertations & Theses”
- Your desired thesis will almost always be in the first page of results.
And you can browse Berkeley astronomy theses like this:
- Go to search.proquest.com
- At the top of the page, select “Browse”
- Select “Dissertations and Theses”
- Select “Browse by Location”
- Expand “United States – California”, then “University of California, Berkeley”
- View the documents with the “astronomy” or “astrophysics” keywords. (Sadly, the different keywords probe disjoint subsets of the theses, and both of them pull in a lot of physics theses.)
- You probably then want to sort by “Publication Date (most recent first)”
Below is a very incomplete listing of Berkeley theses. The format is indicated in brackets, with “[PQ]” indicating a link to ProQuest. “(P)” after a name denotes a degree received in Physics. “(AST)” after a name denotes a degree received in Applied Science & Technology. Some of the direct file links are quite large, unsurprisingly, though others link only to abstracts.
Fall 2012
- Exploring the Dynamic Radio Sky with the Allen Telescope Array [PQ] by Peter Kelsey George Williams
Fall 2011
- Anisotropic Turbulence and Protostellar Feedback in Molecular Clouds [PQ] by Charles Edward Hansen
- The Diverse Environments of Gamma-Ray Bursts [PQ] by Daniel Alan Perley
- Spectral Observations and Analyses of Low-Redshift Type Ia Supernovae [PQ] by Jeffrey Michael Silverman
- Snacktime for Hungry Black Holes: Theoretical Studies of the Tidal Disruption of Stars [PQ] by Linda Elisabeth Strubbe
Fall 2010
- Mergers and Mass Assembly of Dark Matter Halos in a Λ–Cold Dark Matter Universe [PQ] by Onsi Joe Fakhouri
Spring 2010
- On the Evolution of Massive Galaxies [PQ] by Kristen L. Shapiro
- Merging Galaxies and Dark Matter Halos [PQ] by Andrew R. Wetzel
Fall 2009
- Astrophysical Applications of Spectropolarimetry [PQ] by Ryan T. Chornock
- Neutron-capture elements and planetary companions in the solar neighborhood [PQ] by Kathryn Mary Goldston Peek
- Investigations of low-mass star formation: Simulations and simulated observations [PQ] by Stella Susannah Reber Offner (P)
- Low-frequency interferometry: Design, calibration, and analysis towards detecting the epoch of reionization [PQ] by Aaron Robert Parsons
- Spitzer Space Telescope observations of dust in the Small Magellanic Cloud [PQ] by Karin Marie Sandstrom
Spring 2009
- Observational constraints on the assembly of galaxies and galaxy clusters [PQ] by Julia Marie Comerford
- Constraining the coevolution of galaxies and black holes at low mass [PQ] by Louis-Benoit Desroches
- Theoretical models of Gamma-Ray Burst central engines [PQ] by Brian David Metzger
Fall 2008
- Vortex flows in Jupiter's atmosphere and in protoplanetary disks [PQ] by Xylar Storm Asay-Davis (AST)
- Io's surface, atmosphere and volcanism [PQ] by Conor Murray Laver
Spring 2008
- Type Ia supernova evolution and dark energy [PQ] by Ryan Joseph Foley
- The Supernova Rate in the Local Universe [PDF] by Jesse Frederick Leaman
- Consequences of planetary migration: Kuiper belt dynamics and atmospheric escape from hot Jupiters [PQ] by Ruth Ann Murray-Clay
- High-velocity clouds and the Galactic Arecibo L-band feed array survey in H I [PQ] by Joshua Eli Goldston Peek
Spring 2007
- Groups and clusters of galaxies in the DEEP2 survey: Significance for cosmic evolution [PQ] by Brian Francis Gerke (P)
Fall 2006
- A High Angular Resolution Survey of Circumstellar Dust around Herbig Ae/Be Stars [PDF] by Marshall D. Perrin
Spring 2006
- Stellar Magnetic Activity and the Detection of Exoplanets [ADS] by Jason Thomas Wright
Fall 2005
- Lyman Alpha Emitting Galaxies at High Redshift: Direct Detection of Young Galaxies in a Young Universe [PDF] by Steven A. Dawson
- Computational and Theoretical Investigations of Star Formation [PDF] by Mark R. Krumholz (P)
- Spectral Energy Distributions of Embedded Protostars and Dusty Galaxies [PS] by Sukanya Chakrabarti (P)
- The Super Star Cluster Population of the M82 Nuclear Starburst [PDF] by Nate McCrady
Spring 2005
- Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxies: Observational Tests of the Cold Dark Matter Paradigm on Small Scales [PDF] by Joshua D. Simon
- Molecular Cloud Populations Across Galactic Environments [PDF] by Erik Rosolowsky
Fall 2002
- Infrared Spectroscopy of Massive Stellar Clusters in Starbursts [PDF] by Andrea Gilbert
- The Detection and Characterization of Low Mass Companions to Sunlike Stars [PS.gz] by James P. Lloyd
Fall 2002
- What and Where Are the MACHO Microlenses? [PDF] by Cailin Nelson (P)
Fall 2001
- Precision Multi-Telescope Timing of Millisecond Pulsars [PS.gz] by Andrea Lommen
- Star Formation from the Galaxy to the Cosmos [PS.gz] by Jonathan Tan
- Titan's Atmosphere at High-Resolution [PDF] by Henry Roe
Spring 2001
- The Role of Heating and Enrichment in Structure Formation [PS.gz] by Evan Scannapieco (P)
Fall 2000
- The Geometry and Cosmological Utility of Core-Collapse Supernovae [PS.gz] by Doug Leonard
- Distances and Stellar Populations of Elliptical Galaxies [PS.gz] by Michael Liu (P)
- Non-Radial Oscillations of Accreting Neutron Stars and Rotational Evolution During Type I X-Ray Bursts [PS.gz] by Andrew Cumming (P)
- Radial Gas Flows and Star Formation in Spiral Galaxies [PDF] by Tony H. Wong
Spring 2000
- Observational Cosmology from z=0.001 to z ~ 1 [PS.gz] by Jeffrey Newman
- Signatures of Dark Matter [PS.gz] by Edward Baltz
Fall 1999
- Magnetism and Rapid Photometric Variability in Symbiotic Binary Stars [PS.gz] by Jennifer Sokoloski (P)
Spring 1999
- Faint Galaxy Redshift Survey behind Massive Clusters [TXT] by Brenda Frye
- Interstellar Dust as a Cosmological Foreground [PS.gz] by Douglas P. Finkbeiner (P)
- Big Bang Leftovers in the Microwave: Cosmology with the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation [PS.gz] by Eric Gawiser (P)
Spring 1998
- Millisecond Pulsars: Decoding Magnetospheres [PS.gz] by Shauna M. Sallmen
- New Views of LINERs: Ultraviolet Properties and Optical Spectropolarimetry [PS] by Aaron J. Barth
- Protostellar Winds, Jets, and Chondritic Meteorites [PS] by Hsien Shang
Fall 1997
- High Frequency Very Long Baseline Interferometry Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei [PS] by Geoffrey C. Bower
- Millimeter Observations of Low Mass Star Formation in Rho Ophiuchus A and B1 [PS] by Theodore T. Yu
- The Ecology of the Cygnus Loop in Multi-Wavelength Observations [PS] by Nancy A. Levenson
- Mass Segregation in Globular Clusters M92, 47 Tucanae, and Omega Centauri [PS] by Albert J. Anderson
- Models of Interacting Stellar Winds [PS] by Francis P. Wilkin
Spring 1997
- Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Globular Clusters with Central Density Cusps [PS] by Craig A. Sosin (P)