Well, its a fairly new field. I'm skeptical that it will be an extremely powerful method, but so far, its been able to give novel results, albeit none particularly 'applicable'. And isn't CFT itself is quite useful in CMT, on its own right?
Its probably true that more traditional CMT is a safer...
I'll try to figure out who they are then. Is it acceptable to ask a professor for the contacts of his students?
Yeah he's very good. But he, and almost everyone else at CalTech does more quantum information than traditional CMT, which I'm not interested into be honest. I'm definitely...
Well, I'm interested in doing it at Chicago (there is 1 guy doing it). I have currently only worked on black holes.
AdS/CFT comes from string theory, but in this context is being used as a trick to calculate things in condensed matter, nuclear physics, etc; the guys doing AdS/(CMT+QCD) are...
Hahaha, you have a point. Ironically, its probably safer than some other options I have at the moment.
True. I think I've decided to go with Chicago over CalTech, and give it a chance. In the worst case I can try to transfer, and even this worst case is probably still better than trying to...
I'd have 1 more publication from my undergrad time, a physics (computational) internship, and if I wait 1 year before transferring (i.e. after I get the MS), probably some research and decent recs from grad school (given that I don't piss people off) as well.
I do agree that its likely to fail...
Get the job, but take at least 3 weeks off or at the least, part-time, to study. I'd put GRE studying anywhere between a 1 and 4 credit course, depending on the person.
Hmm, true. I guess it might not be worth taking the chance.
I didn't do this. I just named a few people, without too much research. Its good to know that its not making contacts that matters, I guess I'll comb through my application more carefully to deduce what the possible issue could have...
Hmm, I guess that's true. Maybe they will hire one or two new guys soon. Its reasonable to worry about small numbers of CMT guys, and them being young.
I'm interested in exactly the stuff you mention, as well as non-equilibrium/open systems (since I've done research on that). Most places do...
Thanks for the advice, guys. Sorry if I came off like I don't appreciate my choices, I actually like Chicago a lot, after visiting it.
Yeah, I get that impression. I definitely won't 'know' that I'm transferring, but I'm just concerned that it might be an issue.
Which is why I'm worried! It...
Thanks for the feedback so far!
I have been doing this, and I talked to quite a few people at the open houses. UC is great in soft matter, and CalTech has some great chemistry and quantum info stuff, but I'm mostly interested in non-equilibrium physics, strong correlations and topological...
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New poster here. I hope some of you will have experiences, or advice for my situation. I've searched a lot of threads here and on physicsgre or gradcafe, and haven't gotten quite the information I'd like.
Here's the facts:
- Senior at elite LAC in USA, Physics and Math double...