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estedrich
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Hi,
I am a recently-graduated physics and math major, looking to go back to grad school after a couple years off. I am having trouble choosing a graduate school to attend, because I am uncertain of my research interests. I took a couple graduate-level classes (QM and Particle Physics), and found these to be the most interesting classes that I took. This does not lead me to conlcude that I should research either of these topics, though, but rather that I am more interested in topics that I study at a graduate level. That being said, how do I go about deciding which area interests me most? I think I would like to go into theoretical particle physics, for example, so I go to the U of Colorado, Boulder Physics page to scan through the various research areas. One professor interests me, so I take a look at his recent publications - maybe I should try to learn more to see if it really does interest me. But the title of the publication is "CKM and Tri-bimaximal MNS Matrices in a SU(5) x(d)T Model." I can't understand the title, so I don't even bother trying to understand the paper itself. Is this normal? Or should I be able to understand that, coming out of undergrad?
I did do research in undergrad, but it was an experimental cosmology experiment, and I would rather not continue in that.
Should I read papers in journals, or are they all going to be along that vein?
Thanks for any advice
I am a recently-graduated physics and math major, looking to go back to grad school after a couple years off. I am having trouble choosing a graduate school to attend, because I am uncertain of my research interests. I took a couple graduate-level classes (QM and Particle Physics), and found these to be the most interesting classes that I took. This does not lead me to conlcude that I should research either of these topics, though, but rather that I am more interested in topics that I study at a graduate level. That being said, how do I go about deciding which area interests me most? I think I would like to go into theoretical particle physics, for example, so I go to the U of Colorado, Boulder Physics page to scan through the various research areas. One professor interests me, so I take a look at his recent publications - maybe I should try to learn more to see if it really does interest me. But the title of the publication is "CKM and Tri-bimaximal MNS Matrices in a SU(5) x(d)T Model." I can't understand the title, so I don't even bother trying to understand the paper itself. Is this normal? Or should I be able to understand that, coming out of undergrad?
I did do research in undergrad, but it was an experimental cosmology experiment, and I would rather not continue in that.
Should I read papers in journals, or are they all going to be along that vein?
Thanks for any advice