LECTURE3

AstrophysicsLiterature

Introduction

SolidWork• Needareputationasagoodresearcher• Workandresultsmustbetrusted• Reputationwithpeersisveryimportant

InnovativeThinking• Needtocontributesomethingnew• Needtounderstandthefieldtoknowwhatnewis.

WriteProposals• Proposeforobservations• Newdataleadstonewresults• Proposeoften• Recycleproposals• Do not get discouraged

WriteGrantApplications• Astronomersneedfunding• Fundinggivesyousomeindependence• Writemanyapplications• Recycleapplications• Do not get discouraged

BeaReviewer• Refereeforpublications• Reviewerforproposals• Timeconsuming• Establishyourselfas“the”expert• Insightintocuttingedgeofresearch

ShareYourKnowledge• Publishyourresults• Attendmeetingsandpresentresults• Giveseminarsandtalks• Talktoreporters• Givepublictalks

WorkFastandWorkHard• Astronomyiscompetitive• Beefficient• Youarejudgedonyourpublicationrecord• Publishorperish

StayAheadoftheCurve• Stayinformedinyourfield• Readtheliterature• Attendmeetings• Keepaneyeonthebigpicture

Publications

UnrefereedPublications• Conferenceproceedings• Astronomicaltelegrams• IAUCirculars• ResearchNotes

Goodforannouncingresultsandestablishingpriority.Not a substitute for refereed publications. 

RefereedPublicationsPeerreviewed.Primaryformofpublication.Process:• Writeapaper• Submitthepaper• Getareferee’sreport• Respondtothereport• Repeatasneeded

o Paperisaccepted,oro Paperisrejected.

• WriteanotherpaperMostpaperstakeatleastoneiteration.

MajorAstrophysicsJournalsTherearemanyjournals.Majorones:• ApJ—observationandtheory• AJ—mostlyobservation• A&A—allastronomy,Europeanjournal• MNRAS —allastronomy,Britishjournal• PASP —goodforinstrumentation&methods

• Science—breakingnews• Nature—breakingnews

o ARAA—Reviewarticles

TypesofArticlesArticleso Primarywaytopresentresults.o Trytopublishatleastonefirst‐authorpaperayear.

SupplementaryArticleso Primarilyforpublishinglargedatasets.

ReviewArticleso Invitedarticles.o Lotofwork.o Highprestige

Letterso Forresultsthatneedtobepublishedfasto Shorto Oftenabused

ResearchNoteso Workthatdoesnotmeritpeer‐reviewedpublication.

On­LineLiterature

Preprints• Articlesthathavebeensubmitted,butnotpublished.

• Mayormaynothavebeenreviewed.• arXiv

o http://arxiv.org/o Updateddailyo Spend10–15minuteseachdayscanningthetitlesandabstracts

• Contentsmaychange!PublishedArticles• JournalWebsites• AstrophysicsDataSystem(ADS)

o http://adsabs.harvard.edu/o Nearlycompletecollectiono Somearticlesrequireasubscriptiono Powerful,butnottoointuitiveinterface

• NEDo Goodwaytofindarticlesonaparticularsource

LaTeX

Typesettingsystem,notaworkprocessor.SomesimilaritiestoHTML.Powerful.Steeplearningcurve.Youmustlearnit.LaTeXAdvantageso Outputlooksprofessionalo Verypowerful,particularlyformathso Freeanduniversallyavailableo EasytoconvertLaTeXtootherformatso InputisASCIIo Mostjournalsrequireit

LaTeXDisadvantageso Steeplearningcurveo Obscuremark‐upnameso NotWYSIWYG,needtocompileLaTeXfiles

TrydoingthisinWord