Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü: Recent submissions

  • Nonlinear oscillations of proteins 
    Demir, Veysi. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2006., 2006.)
    Slow modes of proteins exhibit nonlinear characteristics. Large deformations in proteins correspond to collective deformations. These are at relatively low energy compared to kBTroom where Troom is approximately 3000K. ...
  • Searching for solar axions in cast-cern solar telescope 
    Doğan, Özgen Berkol. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2006., 2006.)
    In this work, a general overview of the CAST experiment is given, and solutions to the specific problems that arose during the preperation time for the Phase II is explained, as well as the steps that were taken to reach ...
  • Structure formation on a quasicrystalline substrate 
    Bilki, Burak. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2006., 2006.)
    In recent Low Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED) Experiments by Flüuckiger et al. on periodic Al films grown on a quasicrystalline substrate, it was observed that depending on the thickness of the Al film grown, the ...
  • The application of the modified form of bath's law to the North Anatolian Fault Zone (NAFZ), Aegean Graben System and Cyprus Arc Zone 
    Yalçın, Sibel Ebru. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2006., 2006.)
    Earthquakes and aftershock sequences follow several empirical scaling laws: One of these laws is Bath's law for the magnitude of the largest aftershock. In this thesis, Modified Form of Bath's Law and its application to ...
  • Cellular automata modelling of multilane highway traffic 
    King, Hunter. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2006., 2006.)
    Cellular automata (CA) are often used to model traffic flow with the intent to both better understand the internal dynamics of traffic from a statistical physics point of view, and to create virtual experiments which cannot ...
  • Path integrals in non-relativistic quantum mechanics 
    Düztaş, Koray. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2006., 2006.)
    This thesis starts with a brief review of local and global approaches to classical mechanics. Path integral formalism, which constitutes a global approach to quantum mechanics, is introduced. A brief history of non-relativistic ...
  • Generation of 2D and 3D quasicrystalline structures using the projection method 
    Milas, Peker. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2006., 2006.)
    Two algorithms for generating 2D and 3D quasiperiodic lattices by the strip projection method are presented. For the 2D algorithm a 5D simple cubic integral lattice with unit lattice constant is used as root lattice with ...
  • Normal form approach to some chaotic sprott systems 
    İldeş, Medine. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2006., 2006.)
    In this study, the normal form method which had been previously applied to three of the Sprott systems is applied to three other Sprott systems with a different eigenvalue structure of their linearized parts. It is seen ...
  • Terrain induced wind profiles 
    Bayraktar, Evren. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2006., 2006.)
    In this study, the WOCSS meteorological model was used to produce threedimensional gridded wind fields. The results simulated by WOCSS were visualized in MATLAB environment. The WOCSS model was performed using a sample ...
  • Energy resolution and response analysis of the wedge 2-13 of the hadron forward calorimeter with electrons 
    Deliömeroğlu, Mehmet. (Thesis (M.S)-Bogazici University.Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2005., 2005.)
    CMS is one of the major detectors in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and it isbuilt to check postulations of the standard model, especially, the Higgs mechanism. TheHF calorimeter is part of the CMS detector to detect ...
  • Inhomogeneous quantum invariance group of commuting fermions 
    Altıntaş, Azmi Ali. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2004., 2004.)
    Since the middle of the twentieth century, physicists have concentrated on finding quantum counterparts of classical systems. When a classical system is quantized its invariance group may still be a classical group. In the ...
  • Weinberg-Salam model and e+ e- -> m+ m- process 
    Kalaycı, Jan. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 1981., 1981.)
  • Approximate ground state energies of one dimensional potential wells by the s-matrix formalism 
    Erkol, Hakan. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2003., 2003.)
    One dimensional potential wells are described as a collection of consecutive thin slices, each approximated by a Dirac delta well. Bound state energies of these Dirac delta well conglomerates are calculated, using a method ...
  • Spectral and scattering properties of point interactions 
    Altunkaynak, İsmet Barış. (Thesis (M.S)-Bogazici University.Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2005., 2005.)
    Point interactions in all relevant dimensions are important to model short rangeinteractions in quantum mechanics. They are exactly solvable and play an important role in solid state, nuclear and atomic physics. In this ...
  • Scalar gauge theory on a cylinder 
    Bingöl, Elif. (Thesis (M.S)-Bogazici University.Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2005., 2005.)
    In this thesis we study the large Nc limit of SU(Nc) gauge theory coupled to ascalar field in the fundamental and adjoint representations on a cylinder, following the ideas of Rajeev. We use a different kind of light-cone ...
  • D.C. photoconductivity in As2Se3 thin films 
    Atak, Kaan. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2003., 2003.)
    In this thesis, the D.C. photoconductivity in amorphous thin films of As2Se3 is investigated. The temperature dependence of dark, and photo currents are explored at the interval 240 - 360 K. Three regimes are observed in ...
  • Noncommutative phase and the unitarization of the quantum group GL(2) 
    Kaynak, Burak Tevfik. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2003., 2003.)
    In this thesis, a new *-operation (or unitarized form) is defined for the two-parameter quantum group GLp,q(2) in the case that pq is real, and the new group is denoted by Up,q(2). The most interesting aspect of our ...
  • Simulations and design of a prototype resistive plate chamber 
    Yıldızcı, Emre Burak. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2021., 2021.)
    Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) are particle detectors used by a wide variety of experiments around the world to cover large detection areas as they have good spatial and time resolutions as well as an uncomplicated ...
  • A search for vector-like leptons in ATLAS Run 2 data 
    Örgen, Bora. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2021., 2021.)
    The search for pair-produced heavy iso-singlet leptons predicted by Grand Unified Theory (GUT) based on group E6 is detailed in this study. The discovery channel through which the search has been conducted is pp→L_e L ...
  • Calibration of CMS luminometers using van der Meer and emittance scans 
    Çekmecelioğlu, Yusuf Can. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2021., 2021.)
    The calibration for the CMS luminosity measurement for the 2018 LHC run is described. The principal calibration is derived from the analysis of the van der Meer scan program in CMS taken in LHC fill 6868 on June 30th–July ...