PHYS0560
Experiments in Modern Physics [ Course Website ] [ Lab Website ]
Provide an understanding of how and why experiments are designed and performed; provide an insight in and some background to modern physics; expose students to the modern experimental research techniques.
Assignments and Grading
Assignments: There will be at least 6 experiments, a probable list
being:
Radioactive Decay
Blackbody radiation
X-Rays, Diffraction
Franck-Hertz Experiment
Zeeman Effect
Semiconductors
Grading:
Based on lab reports, lab preposal, lab notebooks, possible class
presentation, and a final exam.
Readings and Required Texts
Required:
An Introduction to Error Analysis, Taylor
Modern Physics, Tipler/Llewellyn
Recommended (provisionally; list may change) - on reserve in SCI:
Introduction to Modern Physics, Anderson
The Art of Electronics, Horowitz and Hill
Experiments in Modern Physics, Melissinos
Introduction to Atomic Physics, Enge, Wehn, and Richards
Modern Physics from A to Z, Rohlf
Labs meet for 3 hours/week.
