Dissertation

A couple of abstracts:

• The official dissertation abstract (html).

• An expanded abstract, aimed at a more general audience (pdf, 1M).

Here you can download my dissertation:

• Daniel Adam Steck, “Quantum Chaos, Transport, and Decoherence in Atom Optics,” Ph.D. dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin (November, 2001).
  • The nice version: double-sided, US letter paper, smaller print, index, author-year references, additional graphics (minor corrections added 05/02). Complete document (pdf, 43M).
    If you have a slower connection, you can download this version in pieces:
    • Part 0 (pdf, 200k): Front matter (title, abstract, contents, etc.), pp. i-xxiv.
    • Part 1 (pdf, 4.9M): Chapter 1 (Introduction), pp. 1-38.
    • Part 2 (pdf, 950k): Chapter 2 (Atomic Motion in an Optical Standing Wave), pp. 39-66.
    • Part 3 (pdf, 2.3M): Chapter 3 (Experiment I), pp. 67-100.
    • Part 4 (pdf, 3.6M): Chapter 4 (Localization and Decoherence in the Kicked Rotor), pp. 101-158.
    • Part 5 (pdf, 1.3M): Chapter 5 (Experiment II), pp. 159-198.
    • Part 6 (pdf, 6.3M): Chapter 6 (Chaos-Assisted Tunneling), pp. 199-248.
    • Part 7 (pdf, 980K): Appendix A (Cesium D Line Data), pp. 249-280.
    • Part 8 (pdf, 9.2M): Appendix B (Phase Space Gallery I: Standard Map), pp. 281-290.
    • Part 9 (pdf, 14M): Appendix C (Phase Space Gallery II: Amplitude-Modulated Pendulum), pp. 281-304.
    • Part 10 (pdf, 320k): Back matter (bibliography, index, vita), pp. 305-339.

  • The official UT version: single-sided, US letter paper, larger print, no index, numerical references. Complete document (pdf, 38M).

  • Both of these versions are in color, and I have tested them on a Hewlett-Packard 4500N color laser printer. For other versions optimized for different printers, versions with other formats, a copy on cd, or to see if I have extra printed copies, please contact me.

• Viewgraphs for my dissertation defense, entitled “Chaos-Assisted Tunneling in Atom Optics” (pdf, 11M).