Research fields

Physics

Physics groups run simulations and fits in notebooks, keep the parameters of every run, and write the paper in LaTeX without leaving the lab's workspace.

LabSpace for physicists

• Simulate a damped pendulum

  Integrate the equations of motion with SciPy and plot the trajectory and phase portrait. Change the damping and run it again in seconds.

  1. Write the equations of motion
  2. Integrate them with solve_ivp
  3. Plot angle over time
  4. Plot the phase portrait

• Fit a spectral line

  Fit a Gaussian line on a linear background to a measured spectrum and report the centre and width with their uncertainties.

  1. Load the measured spectrum
  2. Fit a Gaussian on a linear background
  3. Report centre and width with uncertainties
  4. Plot the fit and the residuals

• Write it up in LaTeX

  Write the paper in LaTeX next to a live preview, with the lab's references and figures to hand, and track each submission against its venue.

  1. Open the lab's writing
  2. Start a LaTeX manuscript
  3. Write the results in LaTeX
  4. The preview follows as you type

The tools behind it

• Notebooks: Numerical work in Python, in the browser or on your own machine
• Compute: Bring your own cloud, with quotas and a cost ceiling per month
• Results ledger: Parameters, metrics and environment kept for every run
• Manuscripts: LaTeX writing that compiles in LabSpace, with submission tracking