Syllabus

 

IU Physics P451/551, Experiments in Modern Physics
Spring 2007 (class #13590/13599)

 

 

Schedule:

Week

Date

Activity

1

1/11

Introduction. Begin 1st introductory experiment

2

1/18

Finish 1st introductory experiment

3

1/25

2nd introductory experiment

4

2/1

3rd introductory experiment

5

2/8

4th (final) introductory experiment

6

2/15

Begin 1st core experiment

7

2/22

Core experiments

8

3/1

Core experiments

9

3/8

Core experiments

10

3/15

Spring break

11

3/22

Core experiments

12

3/29

Core experiments

13

4/5

Core experiments

14

4/12

Core experiments

15

4/19

Finishing up final core experiment 

16

4/26

Free Week (preparing final report and presentation)

17

5/3

Final presentations
SW 238 - 1:00-3:30. We will go in alphabetical order, each person will have 15mins + 5mins for questions. We'll have a transparency machine and a computer projector.

 

For the first 5 weeks, we will work in teams of 2 to complete 4 introductory experiments.

Team assignments for the introductory experiments:

student

1/18

1/25

2/1

2/8

Young Jin, Adam

Vacuum methods

Electromagnetic pulses

Gamma spectroscopy

Magnetic field

Peter, Robert

Magnetic field

Vacuum methods

Electromagnetic pulses

Gamma spectroscopy

Brett, Brian

 Gamma spectroscopy

Magnetic field

Vacuum methods

Electromagnetic pulses

Dov, James

Electromagnetic pulses

Gamma spectroscopy

Magnetic field

Vacuum methods

After finishing the intro experiments, we will work on the core experiments. Now you will work alone to finish 3 core experiments. Assignments for the core experiments:

student

Weeks 6-8

Weeks 9-12

Weeks 13-15

Presentation

Brett

 Black body

 Chaos

 NMR

 

Brian

 Cosmic ray

 Hall Effect

 Black body

 

Dov

 NMR

 Thermionic Emission

 Chaos

 

James

 Hall effect

 Faraday

 Beta spectroscopy

 

Peter

 Faraday Rotation

 2 Photon

2 Photon

 

Robert

 Thermionic Emission

Cosmic ray 

 Faraday

 

Young Jin

 2 photon

 Optical Pumping

 Hall effect

 


FINAL PRESENTATIONS will be given on Thursday, May 3, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Swain West 238. An overhead and computer projectors and a blackboard will be available. There will be a laptop with a CD drive and USB port.

Last modified in January, 2007