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Physics 251
Fall 2024
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Course Materials:
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Week 1:
8/28-29
Introduction to Error Analysis
Physics 251 syllabus (tentative)
Overhead slides for week 1
Course notes for week 1: Intro to Error Analysis
Error analysis handout
Due week 2 (in lab): "pre-lab" exercises on error analysis
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Week 2:
9/4-5
Python and LaTex tutorials
Python
Google Colaboratory (free, Google account required) YouTube: Intro to Colaboratory (3 min.)
Basic plotting in Python with Colaboratory [pdf]
LaTex
Overleaf: on-line LaTex editor/compiler (free, registration required)
Overhead slides: Lab Report Guidelines
Lab Report Template [zip folder] [pdf] [pdf of tex file] [tex]
Lab report examples: Electron Diffraction, Fall 2019 Thévenin resistance, Spring 2008
Additional LaTex example [zip folder] [pdf of tex file] [pdf]
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Week 3:
9/11-12
Experiment 1: Optical Interferometry, week 1
Instructions: Optical Interferometry
Due week 3 (in lab): "pre-lab" exercises on optical interferometry
Overhead slides: Lab book guidelines
Lab book example (from Mikhailov Lab)
Optional: Tutorial on the "rubber ruler" paradox (LIGO interferometer) [PDF].
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Week 4:
9/18-19
Experiment 1: Optical Interferometry, week 2
Lab Report Guidelines
Example Lab Report
Modeling data: Least squares fitting to a straight line
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Week 5:
9/25-26
Experiment 2: Blackbody Radiation, week 1
Instructions: Blackbody Radiation
Video: 4-point resistance measurement
Overhead slides: Intro to blackbody radiation
Due week 5 on Tuesday, Sept. 24 on Gradescope: "pre-lab" exercise on blackbody radiation
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Week 6:
10/2-3
Experiment 2: Blackbody Radiation, week 2
Python: Non-Linear Least Squares Fits and Log Plots [PDF] [Colab Notebook Link]
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Week 7:
10/9-10
Catch-up Week & Fall Break
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Week 8:
10/16-17
Experiments 3: Faraday Rotation, week 1
Instructions: Faraday Rotation
Due week 8 on Tuesday, Oct. 15 on Gradescope: "pre-lab" on Faraday rotation
Overhead slides: Oscilloscope Basics
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Week 9:
10/23-24
Experiments 3: Faraday Rotation, week 2
Overhead slides: Propagation of errors with covariance (and without derivatives)
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Week 10:
10/30-31
Experiment 4: 1-γ Interference, week 1
Instructions: 1-γ Interference
Due on Tuesday, Oct. 29 on Gradescope: "pre-lab" on 1-γ Interference
Python: Importing Data and Advanced Sinusoid Fits [PDF] [Colab Notebook Link]
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Week 11:
11/6-7
Experiments 4: 1-γ Interference, week 2
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Week 12: 11/13-14
Experiment 5: Superconductivity
Instructions: Superconductivity
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Week 13: 11/20-21
Special Project: Atomic Spectroscopy, week 1
Special Project Instructions: Atomic Spectroscopy
Lamp spectra
II_Spectrum.csv
III_Spectrum.csv
IV_Spectrum.csv
V_Spectrum.csv
VI_Spectrum.csv
VII_Spectrum.csv
VIII_Spectrum.csv
IX_Spectrum.csv
NIST spectroscopy databases
NIST: Basic Atomic Spectroscopic Data
NIST: Atomic Spectra Database
Extended/Video Report is due on December 16 by 5 pm (on Gradescope)
Guidelines for Extended Report and Video Report
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Week 14: 11/27-28
Thanksgiving Break: No Lab
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Week 15: 12/4-5
Special Project: Atomic Spectroscopy, week 2
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