Reply to Reed for math/physics?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Reed for math/physics?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is Reed for [b]astrophysics[/b]/particle physics?[/quote]
Reed lacks the astronomical tradition of colleges with long-established observatories. Reed also does not offer a geosciences program, which would be important for the study of planetary science. Nonetheless, Reed would offer the necessary foundation in physics and mathematics for a student who is interested in modern-day astrophysics and cosmology.[/quote]
Geoscience and Astro are separate fields and really have little collaboration. [/quote]
Students interested in astrophysics and cosmology may be interested in planetary science as well. And the methods and insights of geosciences programs are highly relevant to planetary science. [/quote]
Then join a research lab in the summer? The information you actually need is physics, not the planetary geochemistry, which is mostly steered by your research interest and maybe one grad course. Cosmological research mostly doesn't involve much planetary composition research, it involves foundational physics. Theoretical physics is the gateway to exploring these research fields. [b]Much of cosmology deals with dark matter candidacy.[/b][/quote]
The question of [i]dark energy[/i] tends to be more accessible to observational cosmologists. Inquiry into dark matter falls more within the realm of experimental and particle physics.[/quote]
[b]You don’t think particle physics has a connection to people who observe the early universe?[/b]

Some researchers entire career is the belief that understanding fundamental particles makes most sense through cosmological inquiry over other methods.[/quote]
The early universe, at least with respect to electromagnetic information, is practically and theoretically inaccessible to observational cosmologists. Inquiry into this stage, then, relies predominately on theoretical models and particle collider experimentation.[/quote]
And cosmology? [b]I can’t believed someone is arguing that cosmology has no relation to particle physics.[/b] Dark Matter, something cosmologists are very interested in, is everywhere- and it’s an unidentified subatomic particle. If I were to ask you to identify a subatomic particle, maybe if you’re a whizz, you’d think up a particle collider, but the naive question would be “hey, where do these particles come from and how do they form,” hence Cosmology…[/quote]
In changing "observational cosmology" to "cosmology," you have lost the distinction of prior comments. [/quote]
The distinction between "observational cosmology" and "particle physics" is much blurrier than you're making it sound. A huge amount of modern cosmology is motivated by questions that are fundamentally about particle physics: dark matter, inflation, baryogenesis, neutrino physics, dark sectors, and other beyond-the-Standard-Model phenomena.
There are researchers whose entire programs sit precisely at that intersection. For example, Cyril Creque-Sarbinowski, an incoming professor at Pomona College, explicitly describes his work as developing theoretical and statistical frameworks to study inflation, the dark sector, and baryogenesis through cosmology. That's not particle physics or cosmology in isolation—it's both.
Cosmologists don't just look through telescopes and particle physicists don't just build colliders. The cosmic microwave background, large-scale structure, primordial abundances, and other cosmological observables are some of the strongest probes we have of fundamental physics at energies far beyond what current accelerators can reach.
So for a student interested in astrophysics, cosmology, dark matter, or early-universe physics, the important preparation is usually a strong foundation in physics and mathematics. That's one reason students interested in these topics might look at places like Pomona College, where faculty such as Cyril Creque-Sarbinowski are actively working on questions that connect cosmology directly to particle physics.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics