Physics 8

    Spring 2004

Rick Gaitskell

Wed 1/28
shive
single photon
laser double slit
clocks and meter sticks
a light bulb that I can pulse once

Fri 1/30
" Two masses and springs on BB.
" Shive, driven, UV, Clamped, frequencies for 4 modes.
" Examples of SHM.
" Airtrack with two gliders, and blind. One glider pinned. Release mechanism.

Mon 2/2
1) Coupled pendulums and blind.
3) Longitudinal and lateral oscillator: Two springs and one mass pinned horizontally.
3) Repeat the same Airtrack with two gliders, and blind. One glider pinned. Release mechanism.
4) PRS

Wed 2/4
PRS
Coupled pendulums.
Longitudinal - lateral oscillator; Three springs and two mass pinned horizontally.
Shive, driven, clamped, UV.

Mon 2/9
Vibrating String
Shive

Wed 2/11
" Vibrating String again
" Shive again
" Long Spring, he and I to make standing wave from pulses.
" Beats with tuning forks,
" Beats with two function generators on oscope,
" Beats with coupled pendulums.

Monday 2/16
" Beats with tuning forks,
" Beats with two function generators on oscope,
" Beats with coupled pendulums.
" Interference of sound
" Ripple tank, start with single slit.
" Two striped ropes to show difference in path length of two slits.

Wed 2/25
" Michelson, two cameras
" Small Martin Orrery, camera on Jupiter
" Speed of light
" PRS (Take Photos)
" Two clocks, two meter sticks
" His video edits
" Aberration of stellar light

Mon 3/1
Michelson Interferometer
4 clocks, two meter sticks
PRS

Mon 3/3
3 chalks again
meter sticks and clocks
note: work on cloud chamber

Mon 3/15
Muon video (he has)
Cloud chamber with beta source, also show muons.

Wed 3/17
cloud chamber with pitch blend

Mon 3/22
• clocks and meter sticks
• PRS

Wed 3/24
• clocks and meter sticks
• PRS

Mon 4/5
PE Effect (should be finished with it that day, not needed for Wed)

Wed 4/7 - Blackbody - we should try double prisms and also this new energy spectrometer/detector
- Atomic line spectra, both adsorption & emission
April 7
Blackbody with double prisms
Sun Bulb?
line spectra
Na absorption flames
High Pressure Na Lamp
Black body Bischel boxes

Mon 4/12
Single photon
Laser double slit
electron diffraction

Mon 4/12 for Wed 4/14
Repeat from Monday Single photon,
Laser double slit, and electron diffraction.

Wed 4/14 for Mon 4/19
Repeat single photon

Wed 4/21
PRS

Mon 4/26
PRS

Wed 4/28
PRS
SFH

Mon 5/3
STM