Find below the experiments that we will work on this semester. We won't have time to do all of them. See the Course Information Page for details of how many are required etc.
Relevant documents are/will be listed for each experiment. For many of the experiments, you will find a document with specific instructions for this semester's implementation of the experiment as well as a base document. Follow the instructions for this semester and refer to the base document (and any references).
Check this page frequently and before you prepare for a new experiment. It will be updated with new information frequently.
Methods and Equipment
- PC-DAQ
- PC-DAQ Writeup (.pdf) Last Revised: 9/4/03
- Vacuum Systems: Methods
- Vacuum Methods Writeup (.pdf) Last Revised: 9/24/03
- Magnetic Field Measurements
- Magnetic Field Measurements Writeup (.pdf) Last Revised: 9/24/03
- Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy: Methods
- Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy: Methods Writeup (.pdf) Last Revised: 9/4/03
- Poisson Statistics
- Poisson Statistics Writeup (.pdf) Last Revised: 9/24/03
- Electromagnetic Pulses
- Electromagnetic Pulses Writeup (.pdf) Last Revised: 9/4/03
Modern Physics
- Black-Body Radiation
- (Updated 2/18/03) Black-Body Radiation Writeup (.pdf)
- (Updated 2/18/03) Supplementary Notes (.pdf)
- Faraday Effect
- (1/10/00) Faraday Effect Writeup (.pdf)
- (Updated 10/9/03) Supplementary Notes (.pdf)
- Fabry-Perot Interferometry
- (12/21/99) Fabry-Perot Interferometry Writeup (.pdf)
- (Updated 10/9/03) Supplementary Notes (.pdf)
- Two-Photon Angular Correlations
- (Updated 10/9/03) Two-Photon Writeup (.pdf)
- Beta Spectroscopy
- (1/00) Beta Spectroscopy Writeup (.pdf)
- (Updated 2/18/03) Supplementary Notes (.pdf)
- Cosmic Rays
- (12/14/98) Cosmic Rays Writeup (.pdf)
- (Updated 10/16/03) Supplementary Notes (.pdf)
- Chaos Observed with a Buckled Beam
- (6/91) Chaos Writeup (.pdf)
- (Updated 10/27/03) Supplementary Notes (.pdf)
- Electron Physics: Thermionic Emission
- Experiment 7 (p 139ff) in D.W. Preston and E.R. Dietz, The Art of Experimental Physics
- (Updated 10/9/03) Supplementary Notes (.pdf)
- Optical Pumping of Rubidium
- (Updated 10/9/03) Optical Pumping Writeup (.pdf)
- "Optical Pumping of Rubidium - Guide to the Experiment", hardcopy in SW125.
- The Hall Effect and Conductivity in Ge
- (Updated 10/9/03) Hall Effect writeup (.pdf)
- Experiment 17 (p 303ff) in D.W. Preston and E.R. Dietz, The Art of Experimental Physics
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
- Experiment 15 (p 277ff) in D.W. Preston and E.R. Dietz, The Art of Experimental Physics