2011
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.