IU Physics P451/P551, Experiments in Modern Physics, Fall 2004, Experiments Page

IU Physics P451/P551
Experiments in Modern Physics

Experiments

Experiments

This page contains a list of the Advanced Lab experiments that are ready to go. Any one student will carry out only a subset of these experiments. Frequently, interested students will pursue an extensions of an existing experiment or even attempt a new experiment.
The links on this page lead to instructions (.pdf) for each experiment. These are meant as a guide. More detailled information can be found in the references that are given in the instructions. It is very important that you study this material before you attempt a new measurement.

Introductory Experiments (Methods and Equipment)

Data acquisition with a computer (get writeup (.pdf))
Vacuum Systems: Methods (get writeup (.pdf))
Magnetic Field Measurements (get writeup (.pdf))
Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy: Methods (get writeup (.pdf))
Poisson Statistics (get writeup (.pdf))
Electromagnetic Pulses (get writeup (.pdf))

Core Experiments (Modern Physics)

Thermionic emission (get writeup (.pdf))
see also Preston&Dietz, p 139ff

Beta Spectroscopy (get writeup (.pdf))
The Hall Effect and Conductivity in Ge (get writeup (.pdf))
see also Preston&Dietz, p 303ff

Cosmic Rays (get writeup (.pdf))
Neutron flux measurement (get writeup (.pdf))
Two-Photon Angular Correlations (get writeup (.pdf))
Chaos Observed with a Buckled Beam (get writeup (.pdf))
Optical Pumping of Rubidium (get writeup (.pdf))
see also manufacturer's instruction manual (hardcopy in SW125)

Fabry-Perot Interferometry (get writeup (.pdf))
Faraday Effect (get writeup (.pdf))
Black-Body Radiation (get writeup (.pdf))
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
see Preston&Dietz, p 277ff

Hans-Otto Meyer Last modified: July 2005