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Announcements
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Find here class announcements, latest at top.
- 4/30/03
The room for our final exam presentations has been
Same time: 10am-12:30 Tues, 5/6
- 4/28/03
- Final presentations during our final exam time: Tues 5/6, 10am-12:30 in SW 238
Give a 10 min (+5 min for questions) presentations. A transparency
machine will be available. Contact me if you want to use a computer projector.
- Final reports due on Thurs 5/8. A sample report may be found at:
http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~p451_s03/sample_report.pdf . Follow this format.
- 4/7/03
- Have (at least) analysis done for Experiment 3 lab writeup. I will go over it with
you in class and hand back your last (Experiment 2) lab report.
- Final projects begin this week. Do the prep as listed in the email that I sent out.
- 3/27/03
- Group 2, Experiment 3 begins this week. Experiment assignments are listed below.
- Report for G2, Experiment 2 is due today! Make a copy of your report for
yourself as I will keep the copy that you turn in
- Decide on your final experiment soon. Talk to me about it.
- 3/24/03
- Group 2, Experiment 3 begins this week. Check on your assigned experiment
below.
- Think about your final experiment. Contact me to talk about what your what to do.
- 2/26/03
- Group 2, Experiment 1 continues tomorrow! Make sure that
you are in good shape to finish as the writeup is due next thursday 3/6.
- Group 2, Exp 2 assignments are posted below.
- 2/14/03
- Group 2 experimental writeups posted on the
Experiments Page .
Make sure that you read the references before class on
Thursday!
See experiment assignments below.
- Homework set 3 solutions are posted on the
Homework Page .
- 1/23/03
- Homework Set 2 solutions and Set 3 problems are posted. See the
Homework Page . Homework 3 due 2/6.
Homework set 3 consists of redoing set 2 in a slightly different way.
- 1/23/03
- Homework Set 1 solutions and Set 2 problems are posted. See the
Homework Page . Homework 2 due
1/30.
- Make sure to read the prep material for the next lab that you
are assigned before next class so as to work efficiently during class
time. Experiment assignments are tabulated below.
- 1/18/03
- D.W. Preston and E.R. Dietz, The Art of Experimental
Physics (Wiley, 1991) is not required for the class, but get a copy
if you can find and can afford. If not, a copy is on reserve and we have
one in the lab. It will come in handy.
- Magnetic fields lab writeup has been revised. Get corrected copy on
Experiments page.
- Homework 1 is due on 1/23. Have it
completed by class time so that we can discuss.
- 1/16/03 First day of class. See you at 1:25p sharp in SW 125.
Get your logbook before class.
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Syllabus
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Date |
Activity |
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1/16 |
Intro, Begin 1st Group 1 Experiment
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| 2 |
1/23 |
Homework 1 due,
Finish 1st Group 1 Experiment
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| 3 |
1/30 |
Homework 2 due,
Do 2nd Group 1 Experiment
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| 4 |
2/6 |
Homework 3 due,
Do 3rd Group 1 Experiment
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| 5 |
2/13 |
Do 4th (final) Group 1 Experiment
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| 6 |
2/20 |
Begin Group 2 experiment 1.
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| 7 |
2/27 |
Finsh Group 2 experiment 1. Report due 3/6.
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| 8 |
3/6 |
G2, Exp 1 report due. Begin Group 2 experiment 2.
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| 9 |
3/13 |
Finish G2, Exp 2. Report due 3/27.
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| 10 |
3/27 |
G2, Exp 2 report due. Begin G2, exp 3.
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| 11 |
4/3 |
Finish G2, Exp 3. Report due 4/10.
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| 12 |
4/10 |
G2, Exp 3 Report due. Begin final experiment.
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| 13-15 |
4/17-5-1 |
Work on Final Experiment.
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Finals Week |
TBA |
Final presentations at final exam time: Tues 5/6, 10am in SW 238.
Final report due on Thurs 5/8.
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Group 2
Experiment Assignments
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For the middle 6 weeks of class we'll work on the group 2 experiments as individuals,
Here are the experimental assignments.
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Assigned Experiment for... |
| Person |
Weeks 6-7 |
Weeks 8-9 |
Weeks 10-11 |
Weeks 12-15 |
| Sara B. |
Black-Body |
Fabry-Perot |
Cosmic Rays |
Electron Physics |
| Brian B. |
Fabry-Perot |
Gamma-Ray |
Black-Body |
Gamma-Gamma Correlations |
| Keith C. |
Vacuum |
Beta Spect. |
Chaos |
Hall Effect |
| Zach E. |
Faraday |
Chaos |
Gamma-Ray |
Beta Spect. |
| Pat O. |
Gamma-Ray |
Faraday |
Beta Spect. |
Scintillation |
| Reiko T. |
Beta Spect. |
Vacuum |
Fabry-Perot |
NMR |
| Mark T. |
Cosmic Rays |
Black-Body |
Vacuum |
Faraday Effect |
| Pam Y. |
Chaos |
Cosmic Rays |
Faraday |
Muon lifetime (II) |
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Group 1
Team Assignments
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For the first 5 weeks of class we'll work in teams, so as to complete
the four requisite experiments from Group 1. Here are the team assignments
for each week:
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Assigned Experiment for... |
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Week 2 |
Week 3 |
Week 4 |
Week 5 |
Brian B.
Keith C. |
Vacuum |
Mag. Fields |
gamma-rays |
PC-DAQ |
Zach E.
Pat O. |
Mag. Fields |
gamma-rays |
PC-DAQ |
Vacuum |
Mark T.
Pam Y. |
gamma-rays |
PC-DAQ |
Vacuum |
Mag. Fields |
Sara B.
Reiko T. |
PC-DAQ |
Vacuum |
Mag. Fields |
gamma-rays |
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