IU Physics P451
Experiments in Modern Physics
Additional Information and Useful Links
Documents
a short course in error analysis
Keeping a good Laboratory Logbook
How to write an experimental report
Sample experimental report.
Written by a P451 student.
general
SI Units
Fundamental Physical Constants
Unit Conversion
Powers of 10 and Prefixes
Properties of the Elements
Periodic Table and Isotopes
Resistor Color Code
( really cute)
Capacitor Color Code
More...
: all kinds of physics and astronomy stuff
Links
"Introduction to Physics Research"
Lectures from a U. of Illinois course... lots of useful info.
Ortec "Experiments in Nuclear Science"
MIT Junior Lab
. Helpful info and ideas here.
Computing
PAW:
PAW www page
(at CERN)
Macros:
mulife.kumac
macro to histogram and fit muon life time data from
muonmca.dat
.
ivb.kumac
macro to plot and fit mag field measurements found in
ivsb2.vec
.
More PAW Macros
Hans-Otto Meyer
Last modified: July 2005