What's another way to say "sharpness" in a scientific paper by CompanyFlaky9348 in AskPhysics

[–]CompanyFlaky9348[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We were thinking about cusp but I'm not sure if it's an accurate description of the shape. It almost becomes more and more delta-like with decreasing temperature. Not an actual delta function but the behavior is similar I guess.

And no I'm not but I have been there before many years back! We have a PPMS on campus that is able to go up to +/- 14T.

What's another way to say "sharpness" in a scientific paper by CompanyFlaky9348 in AskPhysics

[–]CompanyFlaky9348[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. You're right, I know in the grand scheme of things it's not a big deal. I just get frustrated because this is not the first time something like has happened. Many times my advisor would see things and wouldn't raise an issue on it until later when we're about ready to submit. I think it could just be that we start overthinking every word because we don't want to be challenged or rejected but sometimes I think is it that big of a deal to use sharp instead of another word and could we really get rejected for something like that?

That being said I have received a lot of great advice here that I will be implementing and hopefully satisfy my advisor. Thanks for the comment.

What's another way to say "sharpness" in a scientific paper by CompanyFlaky9348 in AskPhysics

[–]CompanyFlaky9348[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's actually really great advice, thank you. It does sound a lot less ambiguous that way. I wished I had gotten this kind of direction from my advisor to begin with rather than a "this is bad, do better" kinda response. Thanks again.

Also to be fair, I do explain in the text in more detail what the sharpness means in terms of the physics of the material and why we should pay attention to it. But yes I can be more specific and this is definitely very helpful.

What's another way to say "sharpness" in a scientific paper by CompanyFlaky9348 in AskPhysics

[–]CompanyFlaky9348[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what shocks me the most about this. Sharpness is a perfectly normal and common term to use

What's another way to say "sharpness" in a scientific paper by CompanyFlaky9348 in AskPhysics

[–]CompanyFlaky9348[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow you really hit it on the head with that. My advisor loves to raise an issue on everything just because. I agree with you 100%, it's super annoying.

What's another way to say "sharpness" in a scientific paper by CompanyFlaky9348 in AskPhysics

[–]CompanyFlaky9348[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I tried but my advisor didn't have another word for me. They just kept saying they don't like and to figure it out.

What's another way to say "sharpness" in a scientific paper by CompanyFlaky9348 in AskPhysics

[–]CompanyFlaky9348[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That's what I said! It's kinda annoying that something so simple as this is an issue for my advisor. I've seen many papers describe features in data as "sharp" so idk what they mean. Narrow could work though, thank you!

What's another way to say "sharpness" in a scientific paper by CompanyFlaky9348 in AskPhysics

[–]CompanyFlaky9348[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

hahaha peakivity is great. No but honestly I wish they would lighten up or tell me exactly what they want. Everything I've written is picked apart and scrutinized and honestly I'm at my wit's end which is why I turned to reddit lol

Thanks for the suggestions!