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Relativistic corrections to the power spectrum
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The matter power spectrum is key to understanding the growth of large-scale structure in the Universe. Upcoming surveys of galaxies in the optical and HI will probe increasingly large scales, approaching and even exceeding ...
Radiometric characterisation of vineyard soils, Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
This study is aimed at investigating the feasibility of using the radiometric technique as an alternative to traditional methods for determining soil physico-chemical parameters which are important for terroir characterization. ...
Nuclear structure studies in the A=136 region using transfer reactions
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This thesis describes research work undertaken to study neutron pairing correlations
in 136Ba via the 138Ba(p, t) pair transfer reaction and to perform
high-precision spectroscopy of low-lying states in 136Cs using the ...
Proton conductivity stability studies by modelling
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
In this thesis, some of the challenges experienced by high temperature polymer electrolyte
membrane fuel cells are explored through material modelling techniques. A very important
aspect for a fuel cell is that it should ...
Neutral hydrogen in galaxies, its content and the effect of environment on its evolution
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Using two hydrodynamic galaxy formation simulations from the Mufasa project that I helped
develop, we aim to better understand the relationship between galaxy evolution and its cold gas
content commonly known as the ...
Test of traditional vibrational wisdom by 2 proton stripping onto targets of 108;110Pd,114Cd,115In
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The cadmium nuclei have traditionally been regarded as among the best examples
of spherical vibrational nuclei. However, advances in nuclear spectroscopy have
begun to detail the properties of these nuclei at the two and ...
Synthesis of the metallocenes for the production of exotic high energy ion beams
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
The Subatomic Physics Department of iThemba Laboratory for Accelerated Based Sciences (iThemba LABS) conducts experiments that require a variety of particle beams in order to study nuclear properties (reaction, structure, ...
Development and study of a Thoron (Rn-220) standard source
(University of Western Cape, 2019)
Thoron Rn-220 is a radioactive gas with a half-life of 55.6 s. It has been identified as a possible health concern in specific places such as monazite processing plants and (rare-earth) mines. The short half-life of Rn-220 ...