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Instructor: Tobias Marriage (marriage@pha.jhu.edu)

TAs: Arpit Gupta (arpit@pha.jhu.edu)

Recommended Texts

Bevington & Robinson, Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences
Melissinos & Napolitano, Experiments in Modern Physics
Lamport, LaTeX: A Document Preparation System

General Description

In this class you will complete seven experiments. You'll do the experiments in groups. Separately you will analyze data and submit lab reports. The first experiment is short and will be done in the first week. The rest of the experiments are more involved and you will have two weeks to complete each.

Lab Reports

Lab reports are to be created on a computer with computer generated graphics, plots, etc. The preferred document preparation system for the reports is LaTeX. The computers in the PUC lab have various installations of LaTeX editors/compilers. You can also download freeware for your personal computers. The lab reports should have an abstract, an introduction, description of the experiment (apparatus and procedure), description of the analysis, discussion of results, a conclusion (including future directions), and a bibliography.

Course Schedule

Jan 31: Introductory Lecture; Photoelectric Effect
Feb 7: First Lab
Feb 14: First Lab Presentations, Latex Tutorial
Feb 15: Second Lab Begins, First Report (Draft) Submitted
Feb 21: Second Lab Presentations, First Report (Draft) Returned
Feb 28: Third Lab Begins, Second Report (Draft) Submitted, First Report (Final) Submitted
Mar 7: Third Lab Presentations, Second Report (Draft) Returned
Mar14: Fourth Lab Begins, Third Report (Draft) Submitted, Second Report (Final) Submitted
Mar 21: Spring Break
Mar 28: Fourth Lab Presentations, Third Report (Draft) Returned
Apr 4: Fifth Lab Begins, Third Report (Final) Submitted, Fourth Report (Final) Submitted
Apr 11: Fifth Lab Presentations
Apr 18: Sixth Lab Begins, Fifth Report Submitted
Apr 25: Sixth Lab Presentations
May 2: Sixth Report Submitted

Report Submission and Grading

Reports should be emailed in PDF format to the instructor at marriage@pha.jhu.edu. The reports are due by midnight on the day before the "submitted" date in the schedule above. Late reports will not be accepted.

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 *Melissinos & Napolitano, ''Experiments in Modern Physics''
 *Lamport, ''LaTeX: A Document Preparation System''
+====General Description====
+In this class you will complete seven experiments. You'll do the experiments in groups. Separately you will analyze data and submit lab reports. The first experiment is short and will be done in the first week. The rest of the experiments are more involved and you will have two weeks to complete each.
+====Lab Reports====
+Lab reports are to be created on a computer with computer generated graphics, plots, etc. The preferred document preparation system for the reports is LaTeX. The computers in the PUC lab have various installations of LaTeX editors/compilers. You can also download freeware for your personal computers. The lab reports should have an abstract, an introduction, description of the experiment (apparatus and procedure), description of the analysis, discussion of results, a conclusion (including future directions), and a bibliography.
 ====Course Schedule====
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 ====Report Submission and Grading====
-The reports are due by midnight on the day before the "submitted" date in the schedule above. Late reports will not be accepted.
+Reports should be emailed in PDF format to the instructor at marriage@pha.jhu.edu. The reports are due by midnight on the day before the "submitted" date in the schedule above. Late reports will not be accepted.