This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
In consultation with a member of staff the student will choose a topic within any branch of physics for which appropriate supervision is available and write an article on that topic that would be suitable for publication in the scientific literature as a review article.
Total contact hours: 0
Private study hours: 150
Total study hours: 150
Assignment (80%)
Presentation (20%)
Journal: Reviews of Modern Physics (American Physical Society)
Journal: Reports on Progress in Physics (Institute of Physics)
Journal: Condensed Matter Physics: Eds Seitz, Turnbull and Ehrenreich (Academic Press)
Journal: Astronomy and Astrophysics Review (Springer)
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
The intended subject specific learning outcomes. On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
Have:
An appreciation of the "state of the art" in a chosen focussed area of Physics.
An ability to explain complex physical arguments to an audience of experts.
An ability to make a critical analysis of specialist literature.
The intended generic learning outcomes. On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
Have:
An understanding at the frontier of knowledge in a subject.
An ability to make a critical analysis of published scientific literature.
Enhancement of the ability to interpret theory.
An ability to present information graphically and textually at an advanced intellectual level.
An ability to explain complex physical arguments to a scientifically literate, but non-specialist audience.
An ability to produce a substantial piece of independent work.
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