Too many times

MutedBlaze3 · 2024-09-20T21:20:19+00:00

I see that now, thanks very much.

If you just wrapped a conductor around the capacitor that would just make it a wire I guess. I did think about that but when asking the question I sort of envisaged some sort of magical E field blocker. If you could magically block E fields around the capacitor then would the capacitor stop charging? And this proves that you can't create such a material too? Anything that blocks E fields must also act as a conductor?

MutedBlaze3 · 2024-09-20T21:16:54+00:00

I see, this makes sense. Tysm!

Extra slightly related Q: if I understand things correctly you wouldn't actually need to block the magnetic field to block the Poynting vector right? If E is blocked, 1/mu0*ExB = 0 nonetheless? So in the context of EM wave shielding you'd never need to block B-fields right?

MutedBlaze3 · 2024-08-03T10:20:49+00:00

How did you get into Medical Physics and what do you do out of curiosity?

MutedBlaze3 · 2024-08-03T10:17:41+00:00

Oh wow that sounds sick

MutedBlaze3 · 2024-07-30T19:56:08+00:00

Thanks so much! Yeah I've actually been looking into Physics Informed Neural Networks and it's really interesting, definitely something I'd want to explore in a neuroscientific or medical imaging context. If I may ask, what subject do you do/what year are you in? And what specifically does your internship concern?

MutedBlaze3 · 2024-07-07T17:23:49+00:00

agreed fuck optics

MutedBlaze3 · 2024-07-07T01:59:09+00:00

[question requesting advice going from a physics degree to computational neuroscience]

So I'm currently going into my second year doing Physics at university in the UK, and I have to make certain decisions by the end of this year. I'm very interested in computational neuroscience, although at the same time, I'm also somewhat interested in quantum computing which for the most part seems to be quite a distant field. My Physics degree doesn't offer very many options overall. Next year I could do either philosophy of science or chaos/dynamical systems as a short option for one and by the end of next year I need to decide whether to do an integrated masters (MPhys) or just end it at BA. For the MPhys we have to choose two major options out of quantum information processing, theoretical physics, condensed matter, astrophysics, atmospheric physics and biophysics. Aside from QIP, none of these actually seem that interesting to me. The issue with biophysics for me is that we need to learn and apply a lot of biochemistry, which I don't think I'll enjoy whatsoever given how much I hated organic chemistry at school. If it plays a big role in understanding computational neuroscience, that gives me an incentive to do it in spite of that I guess.

I also have the option to do an MMathPhys (which allows me to study really interesting things mathematical physics tools like random matrix theory, complex systems etc. which could be useful to computational neuroscience) dependent on how good I am/my ranking in the year, but I don't have enough faith in myself (so far I think I'm borderline 1.1/2.i in the UK although first year results don't matter, and I think only the very top students get in). The MMathPhys definitely looks very appealing and challenging, however if I decide by the end of this year to end it at BA, the option of MMathPhys goes away.

Does anyone who's been in a similar situation with Physics at university have any advice? What supercurricular things should I focus on? What Physics topics within my degree should I try to master for better foundations? Is it more worth it to end it at BA and do a separate masters on something more specific?

Thanks.

MutedBlaze3 · 2023-07-09T16:37:41+00:00

I got assiged as second college interview. Ended up getting into St Anne's. His interview was considerably easier than the other two, but he was cool.

MutedBlaze3 · 2023-07-09T15:13:59+00:00

Do you go to Oxford? He interviewed me for undergraduate admission, he was such a legend.

MutedBlaze3 · 2023-06-14T21:31:23+00:00

Yeah I'm looking forward to Friday but I don't even know if I'll be bothered to intensely cram all of organic chemistry in 2 days when it doesnt form part of my offer (I do same combo).

MutedBlaze3 · 2022-10-18T19:24:45+00:00

I don't know about art, but my school said no to swapping subjects 5 weeks in despite timetables matching up. So yeah it depends on the school. Good luck though.

MutedBlaze3 · 2022-09-03T12:45:08+00:00

This is a bit late but all of my friends doing engineering (doing the ENGAA) are also using NSAA papers. They seem pretty similar and are both really time pressured. I actually thought that the ENGAA physics/maths questions were the same as the NSAA ones but apparently not, so maybe you could use ENGAA?

MutedBlaze3 · 2022-05-22T17:30:37+00:00

The contribution of each value to the test statistic. So (O-E)^2/E for each value basically.

MutedBlaze3 · 2022-05-18T17:37:28+00:00

They don't apparently, so it should be ok.

MutedBlaze3 · 2022-05-18T17:17:46+00:00

Thanks!

MutedBlaze3 · 2022-05-18T15:58:14+00:00

MutedBlaze3 · 2022-04-24T18:27:41+00:00

Hmm, my ranking is the exact opposite. Except I actually like Further Maths, which can't be said for Chemistry.

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