Writings

Some of my physics writings that don't belong in a research journal.

Lay

• ThePrint, The Hindu

  • Essays on particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology for a broad audience.

• Nature Unsolved

  • The outstanding puzzles of physics that worry me the most. (The footnotes, doubling as a reference repository, are for a technical audience.)

• Mythos [arXiv]

  • Timeline of Greek mythology retold in the ubiquitous names of experiments and codes in fundamental physics. [Running updates]

  • The Wandering Tribe

    • Origin tale of the family of Greek gods who gave their names to Solar System bodies.

• Invisible Forces [PDF]

  • Pamphlet accompanying a fabric-and-beads sculpture exhibited at Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver, made by artists I collaborated with.

  • On Collaboration

    • Transcript of a public speech I gave on the experience at Swiss-Canadian Innovation Fest, Apr 2022.

• Peer review

  • A layperson's introduction to the process of peer review and publication.

• Pasta

  • My 'lab note' in Massive Science on how nuclear pasta in the crusts of neutron stars could be a sensitive detector of dark matter.

Technical

• My favourite paper

  • Or: Presentation is everything.

• Particle Bites

  • My erstwhile contributions to the online journal club.

• Stability [PDF]

  • Notes for a journal club talk doubling as a mini-review. I am fascinated by what makes dark matter stable/long-lived. If you know of more mechanisms than listed here, please e-mail me.

• Special relativity

  • My notes on mind-tickling conceptual aspects of the topic.

• Susskind's General Relativity [PDF]

  • Handwritten notes of lectures by Leonard Susskind at a Continuing Studies course.