Caracterización de aerosoles radiactivos en la ciudad de Barcelona 

    González de Perosanz, Miguel Àngel (Date of defense: 2012-03-19)

    This research work has been developed in order to contribute to the knowledge of radioactive aerosol characteristics and their behaviour in the atmosphere. The study was carried out in the city of Barcelona. The Instituto ...

    Colour and technology in historic decorated glazes and glasses 

    Molina Giralt, Glòria (Date of defense: 2014-05-09)

    Historical decorated glass and glazed ceramics are studied with the object to determine the technology of production and to relate it with the optical properties (colour, shine, opacity). Four different case of study are ...

    Coupled dynamical processes in bacteria 

    Dies Miracle, Marta (Date of defense: 2015-10-27)

    The main object of this Thesis is the study of the dynamical coupling between cellular processes, and how this coupling gives rise to a well-defined behavior in the presence of non-linearities and noise. Cell functioning ...

    Cryogenic Silicon Microstrip detector modules for LHC 

    Perea Solano, Blanca (Date of defense: 2004-07-05)

    CERN is presently constructing the LHC, which will produce collisions of 7 TeV protons in 4 interaction points at a design luminosity of 1034 cm-2 s-1. The radiation dose resulting from the operation at high luminosity ...

    Desenvolupament d'una metodologia fonamentada en la simulació discreta per a l'estudi de sistemes biològics d'interès tecnològic i científic 

    Ginovart, Marta (Date of defense: 1997-01-23)

    A partir de un simulador previo de cultivos bacterianos, se ha continuado desarrollando su metodología, basada en la simulación discreta, para extender su uso a diversos campos de aplicaciones técnicas y científicas. un ...

    Design and higher order optimisation of final focus systems for linear colliders 

    Marín Lacoma, Eduardo (Date of defense: 2012-12-21)

    The accelerator and particle physics communities are considering a lepton Linear Collider LC as the most appropriate machine to carry out high precision particle physics research in the TeV energy regime. The Compact Linear ...

    Development and applications of a computer code for Monte Carlo simulation of electronphoton showers 

    Sempau Roma, Josep (Date of defense: 1996-02-29)

    Se presenta el trabajo realizado sobre el paquete de Subrrutinas Penélope. Este código permite la simulación MC del transporte de fotones y electrones en la materia con geometrías complejas. Los aspectos considerados ...

    Development of a simulation tool for MHD flows under nuclear fusion conditions 

    Mas de les Valls Ortiz, Elisabet (Date of defense: 2011-12-01)

    In Nuclear Fusion Technology, MHD flows can be encountered in liquid metal (LM) breeding blankets, the part of a fusion reactor where tritium, one of the fusion fuels, is to be produced. There are several types of LM ...

    Development of advanced geometric models and acceleration techniques for Monte Carlo simulation in Medical Physics 

    Badal Soler, Andreu (Date of defense: 2008-04-24)

    Els programes de simulació Monte Carlo de caràcter general s'utilitzen actualment en una gran varietat d'aplicacions.<br/>Tot i això, els models geomètrics implementats en la majoria de programes imposen certes limitacions ...

    Dynamical behavior of delay-coupled semiconductor lasers 

    Martínez González, Cristina (Date of defense: 2009-01-30)

    In this Thesis we have presented the results of a set of experimental investigations of the dynamics of delay-coupled semiconductor lasers. The characterization of these systems includes topics such as the processing of ...

    Dynamics in orientationally disordered solids 

    Martínez García, Julio César (Date of defense: 2011-07-15)

    The key features of dynamics of ultraslowing glass forming systems are their universality in diversity. Its origin is recognized as one of the greatest challenges of condensed matter physics and materials engineering in ...

    Entrainment of semiconductor lasers : noise, modulation and synchronization 

    Martín Buldú, Javier (Date of defense: 2003-06-30)

    El objetivo de esta tesis es el estudio de la dinámica de los láseres de semiconductor (LS) con realimentación óptica, tanto desde el punto de vista experimental como numérico. La reflexión de la luz emitida por el láser, ...

    Estudi de sals foses mitjançant la dinàmica molecular 

    Alcaraz i Sendra, Olga (Date of defense: 2001-01-03)

    El treball Estudi de sals foses mitjançant la dinàmica molecular està integrat dins la línia de recerca Simulació de comportament atòmic en la matèria condensada i amb ell s'han assolit dos grans objectius. El primer ...

    Estudio de la carga de espacio en polímeros amorfos por espectroscopia dieléctrica 

    Mudarra López, Miguel (Date of defense: 2000-01-17)

    El término carga de espacio describe el estado eléctrico de un material, mal conductor, que mantiene una distribución de cargas eléctricas relativamente inmóviles. El estudio del efecto de la carga de espacio sobre las ...

    Estudio del efecto de la cristalización fría y del envejecimiento físico en las relajaciones de los polímeros mediante la técnica de corrientes estimuladas térmicamente 

    Cañadas Lorenzo, Juan Carlos (Date of defense: 1999-02-05)

    Los resultados que se analizan en este trabajo proceden fundamentalmente de dos polímeros (PET, PEN) y hemos utilizado esencialmente la técnica TSC centrándonos en el comportamiento de los mecanismos de conducción ligados ...

    Estudio del transporte de energía en plasma de fusión termonuclear con medidas experimentales obtenidas del espectrometro de intercambio de carga, realizado mediante técnicas de participación remota. 

    Fontdecaba Climent, Josep Maria (Date of defense: 2004-01-16)

    En la investigació de la fusió termonuclear controlada per confinament magnètic es important conèixer el transport d'energia en els plasmes, doncs aquest transport és el que fa que es refredi més o menys ràpidament amb el ...

    Evaluación de procedimientos desde la perspectiva probabilistica para la seguridad nuclear: aplicación a un reactor Westinghouse PWR 

    Martínez Cid, Manuel (Date of defense: 2012-11-09)

    Probabilistic Risk Assessment for the evaluation of procedures in the Nuclear Safety field. Application to a pressurized water reactor. The studies contained in this PhD are involved in the Nuclear Safety research field. ...

    Experimental study of feedback-induced dynamics in semiconductor lasers : from symbolic analysis to subwavelength position sensing 

    Aragoneses Aguado, Andrés (Date of defense: 2014-06-18)

    The aim of this thesis is the study of the dynamics induced by optical feedback in semiconductor lasers. This study aims, on the one hand, to improve our knowledge of stocahstic complex systems, and on the other hand, to ...

    Exploiting nonlinearity and noise in optical tweezers and semiconductor lasers : from resonant damping to stochastic logic gates and extreme pulses 

    Perrone, Sandro (Date of defense: 2014-02-07)

    This thesis is focused on the study of stochastic and nonlinear dynamics in optical systems. First, we study experimentally the dynamics of a Brownian nanometer particle in an optical trap subjected to an external forcing. ...

    First measurement of beta-decay half-lives and neutron emission probabilities in several isotopes beyond N = 126 

    Caballero Folch, Roger (Date of defense: 2015-06-05)

    In this work beta-decay half-lives and neutron-emission probability values have been experimentally determined for first time in several nuclei beyond the neutron-shell closure at N=126. To this aim the accelerator complex ...