Past Theses

Some of the thesis topics of graduate students who were part of the LLNL EBIT group:

"Benchmarking transition energies and emission strengths for X-ray astrophysics with measurements at the Livermore EBITs"
Natalie Hell
Ph. D. Thesis, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2017

"Benchmarking charge exchange theory in the dawning era of space-born high-resolution X-ray spectrometers"
Gabriel Betancourt-Martinez
Ph. D. Thesis, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2017

"Spectroscopic Investigations of Highly Charged Tungsten Ions"
Joel H.T. Clementson
Ph. D. Thesis, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 2010

"Spectroscopic Investigations of Highly Charged Ions using X-ray Calorimeter Spectrometers"
Daniel B. Thorn
Ph. D. Thesis, University of California - Davis 2008

"Doppler Measurements in the Edge of the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak using a High-Resolution Visible Spectrometer"
Alexander T. Graf
Ph. D. Thesis, University of California - Davis 2008

"Experimental Studies of X-ray Line Formation in Iron L-shell Ions: Resonant Processes and Direct Excitation"
Ming Feng Gu
Ph. D. Thesis, Columbia University, New York, 2000

"Spectroscopy of Fe L-Shell Line Emission from Fe XVII-XXIV in the 10-18 Å Wavelength Band"
Gregory V. Brown
Ph. D. Thesis, Auburn University, Alabama, 2000

"Spectroscopy of Middle Charge State High-Z Ions in the Ultraviolet for Plasma Diagnostics"
Steven B. Utter
Ph. D. Thesis, Auburn University, Alabama, 1999

"High-resolution Spectroscopic Diagnostics of Very High-Temperature Plasmas in the Hard X-Ray Regime"
Klaus Widmann
Ph. D. Thesis, University of Graz, Austria, 1998

"A study of Diagnostic X-Ray Lines in Heliumlike Neon Using an Electron Beam Ion Trap"
Bradford J. Wargelin
Ph. D. Thesis, University of California - Berkeley, 1993

"Dielectronic Recombination of Highly Charged Ions Uusing an Electron Beam Ion Trap"
David R. DeWitt
Ph. D. Thesis, University of California - Davis 1992

"Electron Impact L-shell Ionization of Highly Charged Lithiumlike Ions"
Keith L. Wong
Ph. D. Thesis, University of California - Davis, 1992

"Innershell Ionization of Highly Charged Lithiumlike Ions"
David A. Vogel
Ph. D. Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 1992