• Introduction to Supersymmetry 

      Åm, Onar (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMF/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06)
      This thesis covers the mathematical foundations of supersymmetry, and looks at the simplest non-trivial example of supersymmetry in physics, the Wess-Zumino model. On the way we will also explicitly calculate the Poincar´e ...
    • Invariant characterization of Szekeres models with positive cosmological constant 

      McNutt, David Duncan; Coley, Alan; Layden, Nicolas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-07)
      We present an invariant characterization of black holes in the Szekeres spacetime with positive cosmological constant. In the formation of the black holes, we locate geometric horizons, and show that they coincide with the ...
    • An Invariant Characterization of the Levi-Civita Spacetimes 

      Watson, Cooper; Julius, William; Gorban, Matthew; McNutt, David Duncan; Davis, Eric; Cleaver, Gerald (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08)
      In the years 1917–1919 Tullio Levi-Civita published a number of papers presenting new solutions to Einstein’s equations. This work, while partially translated, remains largely inaccessible to English speaking researchers. ...
    • Investigation of crystal field, magnetic frustration and magnetization reversal effects in 4f and 3d oxides 

      Kademane, Abhijit Bhat (PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2022-09)
      This thesis deals with the investigation of single-ion excitations, magnetic frustration, and magnetization reversal phenomena. We have employed neutron scattering, μ+SR, and computational methods for these studies. Inverse ...
    • Investigation of glitches induced by single-crystal diamond compound refractive lenses based on crystal orientation 

      Zhang, Qiuyuan; Polikarpov, Maxim; Nataliya, Klimova; Larsen, Helge Bøvik; Mathiesen, Ragnvald; Emerich, Hermann; Thorkildsen, Gunnar; Snigireva, Irina; Snigirev, Anatoly (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Single-crystal diamond is considered as an ideal material for compound refractive lenses (usually abbreviated to “CRLs”) mainly due to its stability when bathed in strong X-ray radiation. Since CRLs come into operation by ...
    • An Investigation of Second-Order Finite Volume Methods for Field-scale Reservoir Simulation 

      Kvashchuk, Anna (PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2024)
      This thesis focuses on improving the accuracy of numerical simulation of flow in subsurface reservoirs by using second-order finite volume methods. The first-order finite volume method, commonly used in reservoir simulation, ...
    • Involutions of Quadrics 

      Kukalaj, Endrit (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMF/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-07-09)
      In the introductory chapter, we will explain briefly what all this work is about. First is worthy to mention that the most included area is algebraic geometry, which of course is a combination of algebra and linear algebra. ...
    • Konvergens av Fourier rekker i Hilbert rom - en introduksjon til sampling teori. 

      Løvoll, Anders Rikard. (Master thesis, 2021)
      Klassisk kalkulus som omhandler studie av kontinuerlig forandring kan spores helt tilbake til 1600 tallet. Derimot mangler klassisk kalkulus evnen til å tilstrekkelig transformere naturlige prosesser som lyd, radiobølger ...
    • Kortspillet SET og dets underliggende matematikk 

      Holm, Morten. (Bachelor thesis, 2021)
      SET er et høyt priset kortspill hvor hvert kort har objekter med forskjellig fyll, farge og fasong. Målet med spillet er å finne SET som består av tre kort hver som følger en bestemt regel for hvordan de kan slås sammen ...
    • Kumada-Corriu coupling in synthesis of PAHs 

      Hovland, Lone; Røyland, Marita Finnesand (Master thesis, 2022)
      The thesis explores the Kumada-Corriu coupling reaction as a possible handle to further functionalize PAHs. The starting material used was different types of triflate bearing PAHs. An attempt at preparing phenanthren-9-yl ...
    • Kumada-Corriu coupling in synthesis of PAHs 

      Hovland, Lone; Røyland, Marita Finnesand (Master thesis, 2022)
      The thesis explores the Kumada-Corriu coupling reaction as a possible handle to further functionalize PAHs. The starting material used was different types of triflate bearing PAHs. An attempt at preparing phenanthren-9-yl ...
    • Lattice Monte Carlo simulation and phase transitions in scalar field theories 

      Vembe, Jon (Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IMF/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)
      The cubic anisotropy model is a simple scalar field theory with a phase transition of either first- or second order depending on the values of its parameters, with similarities to the electroweak phase transition that ...
    • Lattice study of static quark-antiquark interactions in dense quark matter 

      Astrakhantsev, Nikita Yu.; Bornyakov, Vitaly G.; Braguta, Victor V.; Ilgenfritz, Ernst-Michael; Kotov, Andrey Yuryevich; Nikolaev, Alexander A.; Rothkopf, Alexander Karl (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05)
      In this paper we study the interactions among a static quark-antiquark pair in the presence of dense two-color quark matter with lattice simulation. To this end we compute Polyakov line correlation functions and determine ...
    • Learning the nonlinear flux function of a hidden scalar conservation law from data 

      Li, Qing; Evje, Steinar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-10)
      Nonlinear conservation laws are widely used in fluid mechanics, biology, physics, and chemical engineering. However, deriving such nonlinear conservation laws is a significant and challenging problem. A possible attractive ...
    • Left-Invariant Pseudo-Riemannian Metrics on Lie Groups 

      Markestad, Styrbjørn Juhl (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMF/2020;, Master thesis, 2020)
      n differential geometry and mathematical physics, there is interest in left-invariant pseudo-Riemannian metrics on Lie groups. We learn and review Lie theory, representation theory, geometric invariant theory, and differential ...
    • Lil3 dimerization and chlorophyll binding in Arabidopsis thaliana 

      Mork-Jansson, Astrid Elisabeth; Gargano, Daniela; Kmiec, Karol; Furnes, Clemens; Shevela, Dmitriy; Eichacker, Lutz (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      The two-helix light harvesting like (Lil) protein Lil3 belongs to the family of chlorophyll binding light harvesting proteins of photosynthetic membranes. A function in tetrapyrrol synthesis and stabilization of geranylgeraniol ...
    • Lithiation of Carbon terminated silicon Carbide Surface 

      Forcham, Gana Kingsly (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMF/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-14)
      With the aim of searching for a promising Anode material for lithium ion batteries, quantum espresso modelling of the introduction of Lithium into the carbon terminated Silicon Carbide (SiC) Surface layers with the bottom ...
    • Lithiation of Silicon Carbide. 

      Acharya, Sushil (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMF/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)
      Nowadays, different material like: lithium, silicon, germanium and tin are under investigation as possible anode materials for Lithium ion batteries (LIBs.) The function of anode in LIB is to accommodate the lithium ion ...
    • Log-density gradient covariance and automatic metric tensors for Riemann manifold Monte Carlo methods 

      Kleppe, Tore Selland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      A metric tensor for Riemann manifold Monte Carlo particularly suited for nonlinear Bayesian hierarchical models is proposed. The metric tensor is built from symmetric positive semidefinite log-density gradient covariance ...
    • Lokal trendestimering av Covid-19-smitte ved bayesiansk analyse 

      Adrian Serigstad (Bachelor thesis, 2021)
      Dette studiet tar for seg trendmodellen for Covid-19-smitte publisert i Stavanger Aftenblad. Hensikten er å videreformidle trendmodellens bayesianske bakteppe og fremheve bayesiansk analyse som metode for estimering under ...