Physics 134
Physics Advanced Laboratory
Winter, 2009, UC Santa Cruz
Instructor:
Gey-Hong Gweon, Sam, ISB 249, gweon
at ucsc.edu, (Tel) 9-1806
Lab
Schedule: 2-6 pm, WF
Office
Hours: 1-2 pm, Tue and Thur (or just drop by or make an appointment)
Teaching Assistant:
Daniel Damiani, NSII 308, ddamiani
at ucsc.edu, (Tel) 804-839-0571
In this laboratory,
students plan, perform, and write up three “classic experiments,” selected from
the pool of about a dozen possible experiments.
Students re-enact immensely exciting discoveries, on their own terms,
and accordingly learn first-hand what key physical concepts (“photons”,
“quantization”, “particles”, “crystals”, etc.) really mean. In the process, they acquire laboratory
skills that will be useful in general research laboratories that they might
work in in the near future. Also, much like in real laboratories,
students are guided, but are advised to act independently to develop and
demonstrate their mastery and creativity.
By keeping a good laboratory journal of their work and by writing up
clear and effective laboratory reports, students should demonstrate that (1)
they understand the underlying physical principles, (2) they mastered the
experimental technique, creatively when necessary, (3) they constantly characterized
and minimized the error bars throughout the experiment, and (4) they correctly
analyzed the data, with reasonable interpretations and discussions.
For all
course materials (syllabus, lab manuals, and any other upload) click here.
Experimental Schedule
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Experiment #1 (Week of Jan 12 --
Week of Jan 26) |
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Hobbs,
Stevens |
Cavendish |
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Ikeda,
Knorr |
Compton |
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Martchovsky, Silverman |
NMR |
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Gerling, Linan |
X-ray
fluorescence |
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Arabia |
Non-linear
dynamics |
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Experiment #2 (Week of Feb 2 --
Week of Feb 16) |
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Hobbs,
Ikeda |
Millikan
oil drop |
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Knorr, Stevens |
Gammay ray spectroscopy |
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Gerling, Martchovsky |
muon lifetime |
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Linan, Silverman |
X-ray
diffraction |
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Arabia |
Compton |
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Experiment #3 (Week of Feb 24 --
Week of Mar 9) |
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Hobbs,
Stevens |
muon lifetime |
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Knorr, Linan |
Second
sound |
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Gerling, Ikeda |
X-ray
diffraction |
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Martchovsky, Silverman |
Non-linear
dynamics |
Books on Reserve
Experimental nucleonics, by Ernst Bleuler and
George J. Goldsmith
Experiments in modern physics. Melissinos,
Adrian C.
Fundamentals of modern physics. Eisberg, Robert Martin.
An introduction to
error analysis : the study of uncertainties in
physical measurements / John R. Taylor.
Introductory nuclear physics. Halliday, David, 1916-
LATEX : a document
preparation system : user's guide and reference manual / Leslie Lamport