Degree Projects Theoretical Physics

Welcome

Welcome to the canvas information page for the courses 

FYTK03, FYTM05, FYTM06

Contents​​

The following webpage contains generic information regarding the degree project courses FYTK03 and FYTM05-06. The course calendar and course stream on this page are not active.

General information

Entry requirements FYTK03

For admission to the course, 135 credits in science studies is required, out of which 90 credits in physics and 45 credits in mathematics according to the course requirements in the current program syllabus for a Bachelor of Science in Physics as well as English 6/B. Of the 90 credits in physics at least 15 credits has to be in theoretical physics.

Entry requirements FYTM05

For admission to the course it is required to have knowledge equivalent to English 6/B, a Bachelor's degree in physics and in addition 45 credits of physics at an advanced level including knowledge equivalent to: FYSN21, Quantum physics in research and society, 7.5 credits, FYSN17, Quantum mechanics, 7.5 credits and one of the course packages for biological physics or theoretical physics in accordance with the course requirements in the current program syllabus for a Master of Science in Physics. For a degree project in theoretical particle physics knowledge corresponding to FYTN18, Theoretical particle physics, 7.5 credits is also required.

Entry requirements FYTM06

For admission to the course it is required to have knowledge equivalent to English 6/B, a Bachelor's degree in physics and in addition 45 credits of physics at an advanced level including knowledge equivalent to: FYSN21, Quantum physics in research and society, 7.5 credits, FYSN17, Quantum mechanics, 7.5 credits and one of the course packages for biological physics or theoretical physics in accordance with the course requirements in the current program syllabus for a Master of Science in Physics. For a degree project in theoretical particle physics knowledge corresponding to FYTN18, Theoretical particle physics, 7.5 credits is also required.

Teachers

Schedule

There is a mandatory introduction meeting, and a few additional mandatory course components (see below), but mostly you and your supervisor decide when to meet.

Introductory Meetings

You must attend the compulsory introduction meeting, for projects starting during the fall 2023, Monday,  August 28, 13:15, in Lundmarksalen.  You must also attend the general physics introduction meeting also in Lundmarksalen from 14-17.

Directions:

Lundmarksalen is located in the astronomy building, Sölvegatan 27.

Application

Through antagning.se Links to an external site.

Project timeline

Below follows information, roughly ordered in time, about your thesis project.

At the start of the course

You must attend the introduction meetings, see above. Slides from the introduction meeting autumn 2023 are available here Download here.  During these meetings, you will be informed about the compulsory modules

  • Academic Writing and  Popular Science Writing
  • Library Resources

which, besides your thesis work, must be completed during the degree project, see further information here. (Master students who did their bachelor project in Lund after 2018 are not required to retake these modules.)

You must also sign a Download registration form

with your supervisor (and reviewer) during the first two weeks and provide a one-page project plan for your project. These are to be sent to the appropriate course responsible person (see above) at latest two weeks after the introductory meeting. Use the above registration form, not the Physics Department form.

Further information will be given during the introductory meeting.

Halfway through

We will have a midterm meeting (you, the course responsible and your supervisor) halfway through your thesis work to assess your progress. At this meeting we will discuss your progress and try to assess if you can complete the thesis on time. For master projects there will also be a compulsory half-time presentation in connection with the half-time meeting.

Thesis

The general guidelines for writing the thesis are:

  • The thesis should be written in the style of a scientific paper.
  • The target audience should be a peer student who has completed the Theoretical Particle Physics course (FYTN18) or the Theoretical Biophysics course (FYTN05). If your work is about general relativity, you may also assume that the reader has taken the General Relativity course (FYTN08), and for master theses you may assume Quantum Field Theory (FYTN19) if needed.
  • A well-written, concise thesis is valued higher than a lengthy, unpolished thesis.
  • Using the standard template Download template, your thesis must not significantly exceed 25 pages (bachelor), 40 pages (30 hp master), 50 pages (60 hp master). Do not change the length of your thesis by changing font or margin width.
  • On the front page, please put the name of the division where you are writing your thesis, ie. either "Theoretical Particle Physics" (above "Department of Physics") or "Computational Biology and Biological Physics".

Here you can find a few recommended books for how write scientific text.

The thesis must be submitted before the deadline (approximately two weeks before the oral presentation) to the course responsible and the thesis reviewer. For projects ending during the autumn semester 2023 the deadline is December 28, 2023, at 5pm. For projects ending during the spring semester 2024 the deadline is May 14, 2024, at 5pm. The report should be sent electronically to the reviewer and course responsible. Before handing in the thesis, you must have iterated the text with your supervisor a few times. Your supervisor must approve of the thesis before sending it to the reviewer/course responsible.

Oral Presentation

Oral presentations for projects ending in January 2024 are scheduled for the week Jan 11-12th 2024. Oral presentations for projects ending in May 2024 are scheduled on Wed-Thu May 29-30th 2024. Precise schedule of the talks will be communicated via email. You should have discussed and rehearsed your oral presentation with your supervisor in good time before the presentation. The length of the thesis presentation should be:

  • B.Sc.: 20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes questions
  • M.Sc., 30 hp (FYTM05): 30 minutes presentation + 15 minutes questions
  • M.Sc., 60 hp (FYTM06): 40 minutes presentation + 15 minutes questions
  • Master thesis half-time presentation: 20 minutes

For the oral presentation, we assess the time planning, presentation structure, communication skills and the ability to answer questions.

Some students have found this Download this latex beamer template useful (here on overleaf) Links to an external site. . (This link is here upon request from students.. Please let us know of potential issues.)

What happens after the oral presentation

The reviewer, course responsible and the supervisor will meet (typically the same day as the presentation) and decide on a grade based on:

  • Scientific work (independence and commitment, work effort and time planning, quality)
  • Written report (structure, understanding, clarity, language and style)
  • Oral presentation (time planning, structure, communication, ability to answer questions)

The grading guidelines distributed to the reviewers and examiners can be found Download here

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You will also get feedback on your report by the reviewer and the course responsible. Based on this feedback you will need to rewrite your thesis, which will then need to be approved by the reviewer. Once your thesis is approved, you should upload it to LUP (Lund University Publications Student Papers) along with your abstract and popular science description. Once the thesis is uploaded, the final approval is made by the course responsible, who at this stage also takes care that your grade is registered in LADOK and that your thesis is made public in LUP.