2014

Welcome to Advanced Physics Lab 2014!

Instructors

Professor: Tobias Marriage (marriage@pha.jhu.edu), Office: Bloomberg 215

TAs: Ian Anderson (ianderso@pha.jhu.edu)

Lab Guru: Steve Wonnell (wonnell@pha.jhu.edu)

Wiki

This page (https://wiki.pha.jhu.edu/advlab_wiki/index.php/2014) is your source of much course-related knowledge.

Also check out general descriptions of labs and pages for previous years at

https://wiki.pha.jhu.edu/advlab_wiki/index.php

General Description

In this class, you will carry out six experiments, some of which helped form the basis for modern physics. More importantly, you'll learn

• how to conduct an experiment with special attention to estimating systematic and statistical measurement errors,
• how to model the data/understand the goodness of fit (<math>\chi^2 </math>) and errors on model parameters,
• and how to present your work through scientific writing.

These three aspects essentially define the course. Each lab will be evaluated based on how well the three aspects are realized.