Spring 2015 PHYS-UA 74
Intermediate Experimental Physics II
SYLLABUS
Professor Peter Nemethy
Office: 707 Meyer
e-mail:
Phone: 8 7747 (outside: 212 998 7747)
Office Hours: by appointment. See me after class to set a time, or make an appointment by e-mail.
Lecture: Mondays 3:304:45pm, Meyer 122
Labs: Tues. 3:30 to 6: 0pm or Wed. 9:15am to 12:15pm, Meyer 221
(Labs start the week of Feb. 2)
LABORATORY
9 labs in total, as listed on webpage, with manuals.
Skip magnetic torque and seismometer!
More material:
[Read in particular: ErrorAnalysis.pdf and LabReport.pdf]
Details:
●Lab experiments are all set during the whole semester
●There will always be a TA there to help.
●Teams can do experiment together / share data.
●Everyone turns in their own lab report, but indicate your partner(s).
●Lab report is due 1 week after you do the experiment; turn in to your TA.
(1Point penalty - out of 10 - per week late)
●You may do a given experiment at any time during semester, so it doesn't matter when you do a given lab.
●No textbook, but info on the web, lab manuals, and handouts.
For a good grade on a lab report, we want to see:
- a well written report that shows you understood the experiment, performed it properly, analyzed data, explained results and conclusions clearly (9/10 points).
- identified the limiting factor of the equipment / procedure for the precision of the experiment (largest systematic uncertainty or piece limiting statistics if statistically limited), and suggested thoughtful ways to improve the experiment for a better result. (1/10 point).
- Extra credit: tried something interesting not in the lab instructions (safely and without breaking anything!) and tried to understand that effect (+1 point).
Grading:
Labs and Lab Reports: 25%
Final exam on lecture material: 25%
Lecture topics (tentative):
●Blackbody spectrum, Planck law, SB law, CMB, Hawking radiation
●Bolometer, Wheatstone bridge, Wein law, galvanometer
●FrankHertz effect, Photoelectric effect / work functions, photons, PMTs
●Band gaps, LEDs, photocells
●Speed of light (historical ways to measure)
●Lasers, coherence, basic special relativity, interferometry, LIGO
●Single photon interference, uncertainty principle, Einstein's box
●Waveparticle duality, DeBroglie wavelength, interfering electrons
●Electron magnetic moment (Dirac), g2 measurements, Penning trap, QED corrections
●Cloud chambers (videos), alpha, beta, gamma radiation, muons, stopping power /
ionization, pair production and Compton scattering
●Geiger counters, scintillators, Germanium detectors
●Radiation doses / units, environmental radiation, radiation safety
●Rutherford scattering, crosssection
Experiments:
●FrankHertz
●Photoelectric effect
●Michelson Interferometer
●Millikan Oil Drop
●Electron Spin Resonance
●Nuclear Spectroscopy
●Half-life
●Two slit interference
●Compton Scattering (New!)