Lecture 1 Gravitation and Astrophysics: Last Frontiers of Physics
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LECTURE3
AstrophysicsLiterature
Introduction
SolidWork• Needareputationasagoodresearcher• Workandresultsmustbetrusted• Reputationwithpeersisveryimportant
InnovativeThinking• Needtocontributesomethingnew• Needtounderstandthefieldtoknowwhatnewis.
WriteProposals• Proposeforobservations• Newdataleadstonewresults• Proposeoften• Recycleproposals• Do not get discouraged
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WriteGrantApplications• Astronomersneedfunding• Fundinggivesyousomeindependence• Writemanyapplications• Recycleapplications• Do not get discouraged
BeaReviewer• Refereeforpublications• Reviewerforproposals• Timeconsuming• Establishyourselfas“the”expert• Insightintocuttingedgeofresearch
ShareYourKnowledge• Publishyourresults• Attendmeetingsandpresentresults• Giveseminarsandtalks• Talktoreporters• Givepublictalks
WorkFastandWorkHard• Astronomyiscompetitive• Beefficient• Youarejudgedonyourpublicationrecord• Publishorperish
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StayAheadoftheCurve• Stayinformedinyourfield• Readtheliterature• Attendmeetings• Keepaneyeonthebigpicture
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Publications
UnrefereedPublications• Conferenceproceedings• Astronomicaltelegrams• IAUCirculars• ResearchNotes
Goodforannouncingresultsandestablishingpriority.Not a substitute for refereed publications.
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RefereedPublicationsPeerreviewed.Primaryformofpublication.Process:• Writeapaper• Submitthepaper• Getareferee’sreport• Respondtothereport• Repeatasneeded
o Paperisaccepted,oro Paperisrejected.
• WriteanotherpaperMostpaperstakeatleastoneiteration.
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MajorAstrophysicsJournalsTherearemanyjournals.Majorones:• ApJ—observationandtheory• AJ—mostlyobservation• A&A—allastronomy,Europeanjournal• MNRAS —allastronomy,Britishjournal• PASP —goodforinstrumentation&methods
• Science—breakingnews• Nature—breakingnews
o ARAA—Reviewarticles
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TypesofArticlesArticleso Primarywaytopresentresults.o Trytopublishatleastonefirst‐authorpaperayear.
SupplementaryArticleso Primarilyforpublishinglargedatasets.
ReviewArticleso Invitedarticles.o Lotofwork.o Highprestige
Letterso Forresultsthatneedtobepublishedfasto Shorto Oftenabused
ResearchNoteso Workthatdoesnotmeritpeer‐reviewedpublication.
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OnLineLiterature
Preprints• Articlesthathavebeensubmitted,butnotpublished.
• Mayormaynothavebeenreviewed.• arXiv
o http://arxiv.org/o Updateddailyo Spend10–15minuteseachdayscanningthetitlesandabstracts
• Contentsmaychange!PublishedArticles• JournalWebsites• AstrophysicsDataSystem(ADS)
o http://adsabs.harvard.edu/o Nearlycompletecollectiono Somearticlesrequireasubscriptiono Powerful,butnottoointuitiveinterface
• NEDo Goodwaytofindarticlesonaparticularsource
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LaTeX
Typesettingsystem,notaworkprocessor.SomesimilaritiestoHTML.Powerful.Steeplearningcurve.Youmustlearnit.LaTeXAdvantageso Outputlooksprofessionalo Verypowerful,particularlyformathso Freeanduniversallyavailableo EasytoconvertLaTeXtootherformatso InputisASCIIo Mostjournalsrequireit
LaTeXDisadvantageso Steeplearningcurveo Obscuremark‐upnameso NotWYSIWYG,needtocompileLaTeXfiles
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TrydoingthisinWord
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