Questions tagged [physics]
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Should I disclose existence of a preprint during journal submission if the preprint is very different?
I am submitting a manuscript to PNAS and they want to know if the work is in arxiv or a preprint server (a definite yes or no).
A few months ago, we had posted a much older version of the manuscript ...
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Recommendation letter for Physics Fellowship being a Computer Science student
As indicated, I am a computer science undergraduate with a keen interest in Physics. There is a fellowship program, and I would like to apply for it in the Field of Physics. They (the committee) ...
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Does a companion paper have to have the same authors?
I have a long paper and a short paper that I plan to submit together to Physical Review D/Physical Review Letters (PRD/PRL) as a joint submission. The short paper is basically a 4-page summary of the ~...
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How to handle advisor who insists on alphabetical ordering of names?
I am having a problem in my current research collaboration in a physics department. My supervisor and I have been working on a series of papers that have turned out well, one is published and 2 are ...
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Finding an internship in Physics or Mathematics after master's program
In France a student can have separately his master years. I had an M1 in Mathematical Physics and M2 in Astrophysics and Cosmology. At the end of the year I had an internship in Cosmological ...
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Will having an experimental summer internship hurt my chances of getting into a theoretical PhD?
I am a fourth-year student who is doing a master's in theoretical physics as part of an integrated master's program (3-year undergrad + 1 year master's). I have been between condensed matter ...
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Is it okay to share an idea if I haven’t proven it?
I have been working on a "theory" of mine relating to physics that I think may be right. However, I am a high schooler and ultimately it is just an idea (a hypothesis) and I can't prove it ...
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Is there a standard or agreement on which year is used as the reference point for calculating the anniversary of a scientific work?
Is there a standard or agreement on which year is used as the reference point for calculating the anniversary of a scientific work/book? Is the anniversary of a scientific work calculated from the ...
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Should I quit and find another PhD program if multiple preferred research interest supervisors are not taking any, or more than one, PhDs
I am a physics PhD student in India in one of the few premier institutes dedicated for research in natural sciences. I was extremely excited due to the cool bunch of topics and researchers present ...
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Is a Physics and Math double major worth it? [closed]
I am a freshman physics major, I had always loved physics when I was younger and becoming a great physicist was always my dream. However, for most of my highschool career I did not do well to the ...
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Working with applied mathematicians as a recent physics BS [closed]
I'm a recent Physics BS curious about research. A big reason is the sense of purpose, which I really need right now. I really admire what I learn from statements of purpose (that I read online) and ...
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Is it too late for me to start pursuing a degree in physics?
I'm 32 and have 10 years of experience as a software engineer. My academic background is ...unconventional: I failed most of my high school (IGCSE) exams except Biology and English, got into ...
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Received a review request from an unknown journal as a PhD student
I received recently an email asking me to review an article for Quantum Information Processing. I was expecting this to be a spam email, but the journal seems legit (it is not on the list of predatory ...
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How can a first year BSc physics student get started with research or internships?
I’m a first-year BSc student majoring in Physics and Mathematics with a minor in Astrophysics (Honours with research) at a tier-2 college in India. I’m super passionate about physics and kind of into ...
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Am I incapable of pursuing a PhD in physics, because I couldn't solve these two problems in an interview? [closed]
Today I met a professor of physics.
He spontaneously asked me two questions - one on evaluating a multidimensional integral in probability theory and the other on the exact form of the function of ...
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