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A thesis is a self-contained document. Every physicist should be able to understand the contents without additional literature. Every none physicist should get an idea of your work. Give a reasonable introduction to ensure that everybody gets the required basics to understand your work. You can concentrate on the aspects which are important for your topic, but make sure to give a proper citation so that the interested reader can get additional background information. Do not repeat the contants of existing previous works or papers. Summarize them reasonably in the view of your thesis and properly reference them.
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<summary>Where do I need citations?</summary>
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Make sure that all statements in your thesis which are not standard textbook physics or a statement of your own work are properly cited. If you copy text from somewhere, because it is better than any text you could produce and fits perfectly, ensure that it is marked as quotation. Make sure that you properly reference your graphics if they are taken from somewhere else and indicate if you modified them. A PhD thesis is a publication! To publish copyright protected material in your work permission of the right owner is required. It is debatable how much modification is required to make it 'your own work'.
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