/sci/ - Science & Math

>>8748694
I personally use TeXworks. It's flexible but more bare-boned than other editors. I'm also looking into using emacs for typesetting.
>>8748856
>I'm sure you have better things to do than answer our trivial questions
I wrote that up within minutes because I've worked so closely with it. It's no sweat.

Area of expertise:
>condensed matter theory
>TQFT
>some quantum algebra and geometric quantization

Question:
>what is the physical justification for the existence of cosmological strings, when the connectedness of Minkowski spacetime is assumed for the development of QED, the world's most accurate theory of reality?

>>8513604
I'd say within a few decades. There had been many experimental confirmations of high temperature (around 50K-200K) superconducting phases that basically arise out of topological phase transitions that protects these phases from thermal fluctuations (given that it is thermally relaxed adiabatically); and these superconductors can be further doped to increase the critical temperature.
The theory that describes superconducting behaviour is already quite accurate and well-studied, so I doubt there will be anything unpredictable happening that will prevent the implementation of high-temperature superconductors to commercial sectors.

The problem is mainly the cost of making superconducting material and keeping the conditions under which the material will lie in the superconducting phase. But once that's out of the way there will be no problem implementing it on a large scale.