Methods for Correlated Electron Systems



A dissertation submitted to the

Division of Research and Advanced Studies
of the University of Cincinnati

in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph. D.)

in the Department of Physics
of the College of Arts and Sciences

2006

by

Cyrill Branko Slezak

B.A., Adams State College, 1998
M.S., University of Cincinnati, 2000

Commmittee Chair:

Professor Mark Jarrell