@qmbphysics.bsky.social
PhD physicist, mainly interested in the quantum many body problem & some AI/ML. I will occasionally post physics stuff. Aka quietphysicist and susurrus1 on other sites.
Maintainer of: @arxiv-nucl-th.bsky.social and @arxiv-nucl-ex.bsky.social
Maintainer of: @arxiv-nucl-th.bsky.social and @arxiv-nucl-ex.bsky.social
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Women in Nuclear Tunisia, a professional networking organization, develops programs to promote women leaders in STEM, especially in#NuclearScience. Read more about their work in the African Physics Newsletter: https://go.aps.org/3yPsg2z
June 21, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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Splashdown! 🔭 🧪 #astrophotography #ArtemisII
April 11, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Splashdown! 🔭 🧪 #astrophotography #ArtemisII
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The names of 72 female scientists will be added to the Eiffel Tower, to accompany those of 72 male scientists that are already engraved there tinyurl.com/e2satnyp
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January 28, 2026 at 5:37 PM
The names of 72 female scientists will be added to the Eiffel Tower, to accompany those of 72 male scientists that are already engraved there tinyurl.com/e2satnyp
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You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
December 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
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Holy Potatoes.
NSF now planning to let POs largely decide what gets funded, and to send PIs reviews that are only 3-5 sentences long. They don't have to use outside reviewers (except maybe 1) and don't have to convene panels. (1/5)
NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists
Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities
www.science.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Holy Potatoes.
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I am SO FUCKING TIRED of having to ask this question constantly every single time a see an image.
SO FUCKING TIRED
SO FUCKING TIRED
Is this real or not real
November 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I am SO FUCKING TIRED of having to ask this question constantly every single time a see an image.
SO FUCKING TIRED
SO FUCKING TIRED
Just a hint of pink on the skycam tonight in the northern direction.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Just a hint of pink on the skycam tonight in the northern direction.
"Quantum Theory of Angular Momentum" by D. A. Varshalovich et al.
This book is chock-full of useful identities, some that I haven't seen anywhere else. Recommended.
This book is chock-full of useful identities, some that I haven't seen anywhere else. Recommended.
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
"Quantum Theory of Angular Momentum" by D. A. Varshalovich et al.
This book is chock-full of useful identities, some that I haven't seen anywhere else. Recommended.
This book is chock-full of useful identities, some that I haven't seen anywhere else. Recommended.
This evening's skycam view.
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This evening's skycam view.
The skycam captured a helicopter flying overhead as the streak of light on the right.
November 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The skycam captured a helicopter flying overhead as the streak of light on the right.
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Just found out python supports operator overloading for user-defined objects. Well then *rubs hands*
October 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Just found out python supports operator overloading for user-defined objects. Well then *rubs hands*
I want this thing so badly!
source: x.com/EagleAlpha19...
source: x.com/EagleAlpha19...
September 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I want this thing so badly!
source: x.com/EagleAlpha19...
source: x.com/EagleAlpha19...
Run!
people over 30 quote this with some life advice for the rest of us?
September 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Run!
Today's small victory after days of struggling with Racah algebra and incompatible definitions from different sources.
September 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today's small victory after days of struggling with Racah algebra and incompatible definitions from different sources.
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New paper: "Back and Forth with Akito Arima", link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.00093
September 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
New paper: "Back and Forth with Akito Arima", link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.00093
That's not the convergence behavior I was hoping for from my code. Needs more work...
September 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
That's not the convergence behavior I was hoping for from my code. Needs more work...
New books have arrived!
September 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
New books have arrived!
Work in progress.
Now the instructions say I have to insert that little pin at the bottom into a hole in the railing, but in order to do that I have to pull the whole thing apart and undo all the work I just did to make enough room to insert the pin. 🙄
Now the instructions say I have to insert that little pin at the bottom into a hole in the railing, but in order to do that I have to pull the whole thing apart and undo all the work I just did to make enough room to insert the pin. 🙄
August 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Work in progress.
Now the instructions say I have to insert that little pin at the bottom into a hole in the railing, but in order to do that I have to pull the whole thing apart and undo all the work I just did to make enough room to insert the pin. 🙄
Now the instructions say I have to insert that little pin at the bottom into a hole in the railing, but in order to do that I have to pull the whole thing apart and undo all the work I just did to make enough room to insert the pin. 🙄
Someone built a giant Lego version of the Agamemnon from Babylon 5 😮
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJJm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJJm...
Huge LEGO Babylon 5 Earth Alliance Destroyer Agamemnon Spaceship
YouTube video by Beyond the Brick
www.youtube.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Someone built a giant Lego version of the Agamemnon from Babylon 5 😮
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJJm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJJm...
I remember playing pong when it was still a novelty.
Age verification?
I remember Apollo 11 as it happened.
I remember Apollo 11 as it happened.
July 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I remember playing pong when it was still a novelty.
I was going to use an old NUC pc I had lying around to do some light computations that don't need to be constantly supervised.
Unfortunately, it looks like it just died on me. Time to look at other options, maybe an RPi5...
Unfortunately, it looks like it just died on me. Time to look at other options, maybe an RPi5...
July 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I was going to use an old NUC pc I had lying around to do some light computations that don't need to be constantly supervised.
Unfortunately, it looks like it just died on me. Time to look at other options, maybe an RPi5...
Unfortunately, it looks like it just died on me. Time to look at other options, maybe an RPi5...
3D printed for my hobby area, came out pretty nicely. Now working on another one to organize the million cables I have lying around.
July 2, 2025 at 3:51 AM
3D printed for my hobby area, came out pretty nicely. Now working on another one to organize the million cables I have lying around.
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Happy birthday to German-American theoretical #physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906-1972), the 2nd woman to win the Nobel Prize for #physics. 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬 #histsci As the series of increasingly large atomic nuclei grows with additional nucleons (protons p & neutrons n) from hydrogen to transuranic elements 🧵
June 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Happy birthday to German-American theoretical #physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906-1972), the 2nd woman to win the Nobel Prize for #physics. 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬 #histsci As the series of increasingly large atomic nuclei grows with additional nucleons (protons p & neutrons n) from hydrogen to transuranic elements 🧵