Will My First Journal Article Impress?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the submission of a first journal article, focusing on the enhancement of diffusion and heat flow in fluids with time-varying shear, particularly in the context of stellar astrophysics. Participants express excitement and curiosity about the content and review process of the paper.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Technical explanation
  • Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses nervousness and excitement about their recent submission.
  • Another participant inquires about the topic of the submitted paper.
  • The author describes their paper as building on earlier work from the 1980s regarding diffusion and heat flow in fluids, noting that it addresses a previously neglected area in stellar astrophysics.
  • The author claims to have extended the analysis to apply to all stars with convective regions, not just those like the sun, by demonstrating that internal wave propagation direction does not affect the results.
  • Some participants express enthusiasm and support for the author's submission and inquire about the review process timeline.
  • The author mentions uncertainty regarding the review timeline, noting that the journal publishes infrequently and speculates on a possible publication date.
  • The author highlights their role as the primary author of the paper.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the excitement surrounding the submission and the support for the author, but there is no consensus on the specifics of the review process timeline or the implications of the research findings.

Contextual Notes

The discussion includes uncertainties regarding the significance of the effects discussed and the challenges in estimating fluid shear from internal waves. The scope of the paper's implications for stellar models remains open to interpretation.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in astrophysics, fluid dynamics, and the journal publication process may find this discussion relevant.

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Just submitted. I'm feeling a little shaky, nervous, and self-conscious (wrt to the paper). But somewhat excited.
 
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That's way cool, franz. What's it about?
 
Math Is Hard said:
That's way cool, franz. What's it about?


We took the results of two papers done in the early 80s on the enhancement of diffusion and heat flow in a fluid with time varying shear. The analysis had been largely neglected by the stellar astrophysics community (they were Astrophysical Journal Papers) because it didn't seem that the effect was significant, and its rather difficult to estimate quantitatively (because the fluid shear from internal waves is hard to estimate). But recent changes to observational data have thrown all the stellar models out of whack. Some guys took their analysis and applied it to the sun, and their results have shown some promise (they haven't published yet). I simply took the analysis and showed that it should apply to all stars with convective regions, not just stars like the sun with surface convective regions (by showing that the direction of internal wave propagation was no effect. Some other papers tried to explain the effect on heat flow as cause by energy transport by the wave flow, but that is a separate effect). The paper was actually written mostly as justification for the much bigger paper we're doing where we try to approximate the effect in our simulations.
 
That's awesome. How long is the review process? If you get published I will buy you some
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/1070/aftershock.gif
and we'll have a big party for ya! :biggrin:
 
Awesome!

Good luck with the review process!

Let us know if and when the article comes out. We will probably get it at our library.
 
Math Is Hard said:
That's awesome. How long is the review process? If you get published I will buy you some
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/1070/aftershock.gif
and we'll have a big party for ya! :biggrin:

:smile: :smile:

You remembered!

Yummy stuff. Not sure how long the review process is. This particular journal, Communications in Asteroseismology, only has about two issues a year, last one was in January, and the last two have been special conference proceedings. So my guess would be that this one will be published around Dec or Jan but I'm really not sure.

edit: BTW, I'm also primary author. :biggrin:
 

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