New Theory of Black Holes

[Jon Miller]

But will I look through it without taking a class in it?

JM

[DrS]

Ah... memories.

http://insti.physics.sunysb.edu/~siegel/Fields3.pdf

[DrS]

But will I look through it without taking a class in it?

If you can do matrix algebra, you don't need to take a class in GR, IMO.

[Jon Miller]

First course:

http://www.physics.umd.edu/courses/Phys624/mohapatra/phys624.pdf

Second course: (was a little light, to be honest)

http://www2.physics.umd.edu/%7Eyakovenk/teaching/phys625.spring2004/

Third course:

http://www.physics.umd.edu/courses/Phys832/syllabus_832_md.pdf

I sat in on 851 (Fall 2004) for a while.

There was also significant Field Theory (we met for an extra 1-2 hours a week) in:

http://www.physics.umd.edu/courses/Phys751/pati/syllabus.pdf

http://www.physics.umd.edu/courses/Phys752/index.html

[notyoueither]

How cute. Look at the physicists comparing the size of the slide rules.

[Jon Miller]

You were particle physics experiment?

JM

[DrS]

How cute. Look at the physicists comparing the size of the slide rules.

I gave up worrying about my size when I realized I wasn't smart enough to get paid to be a theorist.

As much as I love it, there are two kinds of theorists, the very best, and those who need to find other work.

[DrS]

You were particle physics experiment?

Experimental nuclear. Quark-gluon plasmas, specifically J/Psi suppression.

[Jon Miller]

Ah, particle physics theory?

I thought you were particle physics related.

I first was looking into being a theorist.. then decided that I didn't have what it took to be a professor in theory. I might not in nuclear experiment either.

JM

[Jon Miller]

Ah, I am at Jefferson Lab. My experiment is GEN (Electric form factor of the neutron).

You have any pointers? (career wise?)

Jon Miller

[DrS]

Experimental nuclear. Like you, I didn't have what it took to be a paid theorist. We can commiserate.

Actually, I can one-up you again. After postdoc, I couldn't even work in experimental nuclear. I'm parked in structural bio.

[Jon Miller]

I looked for about 1.5 years at being a condensed matter theorist (Before I decided that theory wasn't for me). So I am pretty poor right now in the experiment.

JM

[Jon Miller]

I might have had enough to do condensed matter theory if I spent the hours I spent when my experiment was running, man I hardly even slept.

JM

[DrS]

You have any pointers? (career wise?)

For what it's worth, learn how to write grants. I absolutely hated it, and it killed me. I was always far too arrogant to effectively beg for money.

[DrS]

I looked for about 1.5 years at being a condensed matter theorist (Before I decided that theory wasn't for me). So I am pretty poor right now in the experiment.

I guess you could say that I'm a condensed matter experimentalist these days (x-ray protein crystallography). It's not a bad life, and the funding is wonderful. People literally throw money at you.