Malagarriga i Guasch, Daniel (Date of defense: 2017-01-13)
The aim of this thesis is to deepen into the understanding of the mechanisms responsible for the generation of complex and stochastic dynamics, as well as emerging phenomena, in the human brain. We study ...
Cojocaru, Elena-Ruxandra (Date of defense: 2016-11-24)
As the evolutionary end-point of most main-sequence stars, white dwarfs can be used to infer important properties concerning the formation and evolution of the different Galactic stellar populations. ...
Camargo Forero, Leonardo (Date of defense: 2019-10-25)
Supercomputing, also known as High Performance Computing (HPC), is almost everywhere (ubiquitous), from the small widget in your phone telling you that today will be a sunny day, up to the next great ...
Ferré Porta, Guillem (Date of defense: 2017-09-16)
The main objective of the thesis is to study static and/or dynamic properties of a set of quantum fluids by means of quantum Monte Carlo techniques, mainly using the path integral formalism to obtain ...
Riego Pérez, Albert (Date of defense: 2016-05-30)
The main objective of this work is to design the BEta-deLayEd Neutron detector (BELEN) detector for FAIR (Facility for Antiproton Ion Research). The purpose of this detector is the measurement of neutron ...
Hazami, Zahra (Date of defense: 2020-01-29)
In Synchrotron Light Source facilities with high energy and low emittance electron beams different techniques for improving the quality of the synchrotron light for the users are applied. With this aim ...
Cabeza de Vaca López, Israel (Date of defense: 2015-12-16)
This thesis is focused on the study of molecular interactions at the atomistic detail and is divided into one introductory chapter and four chapters referencing different problems and methodological ...
Medina Pardell, Judith (Date of defense: 2021-11-30)
The invention of the laser triggered the study of light-matter interactions. In turn, the advent of artificial structured materials on micro- and nanometer scales has become a fruitful playground to ...
Garcia Sabaté, Anna (Date of defense: 2016-06-20)
Due to the increasing interest in space exploration, management of two-phase flows in the absence of gravity has become a key aspect in improving the efficiency of technological applications for space ...
Gallart Escolà, Dani (Date of defense: 2019-09-27)
Heating plasmas to a relevant fusion temperature is one of the key aspects of magnetically confined fusion plasmas. Radio frequency (RF) heating with electromagnetic waves in the ion cyclotron range of ...