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Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :

Yay! It goes "Mixing occurs in neutral meson systems when their mass and flavour eigenstates are different."

Now for the remaining ten chapters...

Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :

Here's hoping you don't have to change it. [Smile]

I lost count of how many times I changed the first sentence (and all subsequent ones...) of my MA thesis.

Posted by scholarette (Member # 11540) on :

I have changed my overall project 4 times now, so I have given up the idea of working on some parts of my thesis while working on the experiments. [Smile]

Actually, a lot of the background is the same, but the question being looked at is different so the phrasing and organization of the background changes.

Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :

Ooo, it's just a teaser. Be sure to put up a spoiler warning if you put later sentences of your thesis up. [Wink]

Congratz!

--Enigmatic

Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :

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Originally posted by King of Men:
Yay! It goes "Mixing occurs in neutral meson systems when their mass and flavour eigenstates are different."

That is such a simplification... [Roll Eyes]

Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :

KoM, do you compose all your academic writing in English, and is all of that in British English? Don't you study in Northern Europe... or am I thinking of someone else?

Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :

Well, I did study in northern Europe at one point, to wit, when I was doing my Master's thesis in Bergen. But that was before I joined the board. Even then I was doing my writing in English, though; as my supervisor says, "Physics has a common language; it's called Broken English". And I do it in British English because you dashed colonials are wrong, curse it.

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That is such a simplification...

Well, yes. It's an introductory chapter, sheesh. Geologists are going to read it. It's got pretty pictures, too.

Posted by Tstorm (Member # 1871) on :

Do you mind if a layperson asks what mesons have to do with Geology? I don't see the connection, but it must be fascinating... [Smile]

Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :

Nothing, but there are geologists (well, not literally, but non-particle physicists) on my thesis committee.