IU Physics P451/P551, Experiments in Modern Physics
Additional Info and Useful Links

Documents	The Art of Laboratory Logbooks Sample experimental report and instructions Another sample experimental report. A real writeup from a student. This report is an example of a report expected in this class.
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.
Statistics	NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods Cumulative Distribution Function of the Standard Normal Distribution Weighted Least-Squares Linear Fit for Excel.
Computing	SIGMAPLOT: (local) Sigmaplot help page 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
Physics	Theory of Atomic Fine and Hyperfine Structure , A good, brief introduction.

Rex Tayloe
Last modified: Thu Feb 5 12:03:27 EST 2004