| dc.contributor.advisor | Melott, Adrian L | |
| dc.contributor.author | Overholt, Andrew | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-07-30T10:55:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-07-30T10:55:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-04-19 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2010 | |
| dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10783 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/6466 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We re-examine past suggestions of a close link between terrestrial climate change and the Sun's transit of spiral arms in its path through the Milky Way galaxy. These links produced concrete fits, deriving the unknown spiral pattern speed from terrestrial climate correlations. We test these fits against new data on spiral structure based on CO data that does not make simplifying assumptions about symmetry and circular rotation. If we compare the times of these transits to changes in the climate of Earth, not only do the claimed correlations disappear, but also we find that they cannot be resurrected for any reasonable pattern speed. | |
| dc.format.extent | 15 pages | |
| dc.language.iso | EN | |
| dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
| dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.subject | Physics | |
| dc.subject | Astronomy and astrophysics | |
| dc.subject | Climate | |
| dc.subject | Earth | |
| dc.subject | Galaxies | |
| dc.title | Testing the Link Between Terrestrial Climate Change and Galactic Spiral Arm Transit | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.contributor.cmtemember | Anthony-Twarog, Barbara J | |
| dc.contributor.cmtemember | Twarog, Bruce A | |
| dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Physics & Astronomy | |
| dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.S. | |
| kusw.oastatus | na | |
| kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
| kusw.bibid | 7078879 | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |
