Instructor:
Mark Taylor |
| Office: Gerstacker 118 Phone: 569-5241 email: taylormp@hiram.edu Office Hours: MWF 4:15-6:00; Tues. 2:00-6:00; Thurs. 6:30-9:30; Sunday 3:00-6:00 |
Meeting Times:
Thursdays 1:00-4:00 Colton Physics Labs (rooms 8, 14, 18, 21) & Colton 2
Course Overview:
In this course you will carryout a series of experimental investigations in the areas of atomic physics, optics, solid state physics, and nuclear physics. Specific experiments include inelastic electron-atom scattering, optical interferometry, X-ray scattering, and gamma-ray spectroscopy. A complete understanding of each experiment requires a synthesis of knowledge from several different fields of physics. This course stresses basic experimental techniques and data and uncertainty analysis along with oral and written presentation of experimental results.
Links to PDF files:
| Course Information | Syllabus |
Experiments
| Exp. 1: Franck-Hertz | Exp. 5: Geiger Tube |
| Exp. 2: Multi-slit Diffraction | Exp. 6: Single Channel Analyzer |
| Exp. 3: Bragg Diffraction | Exp. 7: Gamma Ray Spectroscopy |
| Exp. 4: Laue Diffraction | |
| ( X-Ray Safety ) | ( Safe Source Handling ) |
Downloadable Software:
| LinReg for Windows | LinReg for Mac (OSX) |
