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Umaxo
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Hello,
I would like to ask you opinions on working in reasearch in physics as hobbiest in my spare time. Right know i am just looking around for options, so any opinion would be appreciated.
I have masters degree in theoretical physics. After finishing the study i started working and - long story short - soon i will be something they call "mathematical programmer". From what i gathered we will be numerically solving (usually optimalisational) problems for various companies that don't have capabilties to find best solution themselves.
Right now i don't want to get back to academia to be profesional physicist, but i still want to be in contact with physical research and community. I simply love physics:)
I have no illusions to make serious contributions to physics (especially theoretical) as hobbiest, but i still think i could contribute in my spare time somehow and remain in touch with modern physics. Perhaps in numerical modeling, that should be relatively close to my actual job...
One of the problems i am sure i will face is that i cannot really promise anything since i don't know how much time i will have or how effective i would be. I am confident to have 5-10hs a week for physics, which is not much and i also cannot really guaranteed it, and it makes me little reluctant to send emails to various research groups wheter they seek volunteers. Of course I will send those emails at some point, but i would like to hear you opinions first.
The areas that i am interested in are QFT and general relativity. I wrote my thesis in GR and i managed to pass the exams on QFT and gauge field theory, but i must admit i did not really understand those (but i really want to!). I managed to do the computations though... So i would like to stay in contact with these theories since they really interested me. I thought about QFT on curved spacetimes? There was some lecture on it at my UNI which i did not attend, but could perhaps combine both of my interests?...
Again, i don't look for any winnig prize research, just some hobby to keep in touch with physics and its community. I don't really know what to ask, but i would love your opinions and views on the matter. How do you think the physics community/research group would react to my proposition of being a volunteer? What kind of research do you think i could manage? Is something like this even possible? Could i stay in touch with the community even if my free time is not so big? Any other comments you would like to share?
Thanks
I would like to ask you opinions on working in reasearch in physics as hobbiest in my spare time. Right know i am just looking around for options, so any opinion would be appreciated.
I have masters degree in theoretical physics. After finishing the study i started working and - long story short - soon i will be something they call "mathematical programmer". From what i gathered we will be numerically solving (usually optimalisational) problems for various companies that don't have capabilties to find best solution themselves.
Right now i don't want to get back to academia to be profesional physicist, but i still want to be in contact with physical research and community. I simply love physics:)
I have no illusions to make serious contributions to physics (especially theoretical) as hobbiest, but i still think i could contribute in my spare time somehow and remain in touch with modern physics. Perhaps in numerical modeling, that should be relatively close to my actual job...
One of the problems i am sure i will face is that i cannot really promise anything since i don't know how much time i will have or how effective i would be. I am confident to have 5-10hs a week for physics, which is not much and i also cannot really guaranteed it, and it makes me little reluctant to send emails to various research groups wheter they seek volunteers. Of course I will send those emails at some point, but i would like to hear you opinions first.
The areas that i am interested in are QFT and general relativity. I wrote my thesis in GR and i managed to pass the exams on QFT and gauge field theory, but i must admit i did not really understand those (but i really want to!). I managed to do the computations though... So i would like to stay in contact with these theories since they really interested me. I thought about QFT on curved spacetimes? There was some lecture on it at my UNI which i did not attend, but could perhaps combine both of my interests?...
Again, i don't look for any winnig prize research, just some hobby to keep in touch with physics and its community. I don't really know what to ask, but i would love your opinions and views on the matter. How do you think the physics community/research group would react to my proposition of being a volunteer? What kind of research do you think i could manage? Is something like this even possible? Could i stay in touch with the community even if my free time is not so big? Any other comments you would like to share?
Thanks