PHYS 480L
Fall 2009
Tom Browder
Working in teams of 2 or 3 persons, you will perform the
the following experiments in the course of the semester:
This is a writing-intensive course (90% of the course grade).
For each experiment you will turn in answers to your self-study
questions and a Physical Review
Letters style paper reporting the results. The due dates for the 4 reports
(first drafts) in Fall 2009 will be:
- 1st draft of Report on Positronium Angular Correlation (Due
Oct 9)
- Final Report on Positronium Angular Correlation (Due Oct 16)
- MC experiment and Answers to questions
about interaction of radiation and matter
- 1st draft of report on Speed of Light, (Due Oct 23)
- Final report on Speed of Light (Due Nov 6)
- 1st Draft of Nuclear Spectroscopy (Due Nov 13)
- Final Report on Nuclear Spectroscopy (TBA)
- TBA (First draft of report on Polarization Phenomena)
- TBA (Final Draft of Polarization Phenomena)
You will work on each experiment for 4 scheduled lab periods. This is a 2
credit hour lab because you will in general not be able to complete the
experiments in the scheduled lab periods. For some labs
your team will have to arrange
to come in at other times. I am generally available to
let you in to the lab (my office is WAT 233, down the hall) and there
will also be a key in the WAT217 office of Peter Huang
that you can borrow. Note that you will have to make arrangements
with me for use of radioactive sources at non-scheduled times.
The textbook is : Experiments in
Modern Physics by Melissinos and Napolitano (2nd edition). I will
also supply some useful handouts (e.g. fast electronics, optics).
Grading:
Written work 90%
5-6 Quizzes 5%
Lab work/participation 5%
Scheduling Items
Fall Belle Analysis Meeting and School, Sept 29-Oct 5
DOE review, Oct 12-13
Belle General Meeting and Belle-II Meeting, Nov 16-20
Last modified: 3 November 2009
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