That's a very good idea, twofish-quant; one of those who I hope to be a recommender is quite active in what I want to write about, and [at this point in time at least] I get along reasonably well with. Assuming of course that the article survives peer-reviewing; would it make much of a...
Many thanks for your response, Vanadium 50. I have not published anything as of yet; my intention is to have things ready by the end of September this year. In fact, I do not know much of the publishing process; how easy is it to do this? Apart from issues of plagiarism, why would you not advise...
I hope to apply for a Ph.D. place in 2012; is it possible to send off written papers [as if to write extended articles] as part of the application, to demonstrate competence? I am worried that otherwise the grades for the various modules of my Physics degree that won't end up as my intended...