PHY 4550 and 6555C - CRYOGENICS - Spring 2009
INSTRUCTOR
Gary Ihas 2352 NPB, 352.392.9244ihas@phys.ufl.edu
CLASS MEETING TIMES
Tuesday/Thursday (5:10pm to 6:25 pm) Room 1002 NPBLECTURES ....................Homework
Files are PDF
Introduction to Cryogenics .. ......Read Ch. 1 in Flynn/1 slide on cryogenic milestone since 2001
Safety/Disasters..................................................................Skim Ch. 11 in Flynn
Properties of Cryogens........................................Read Ch. 3 sec. 1
Cooling Below 4K part 1..................................................Read p. 433-439
Cooling Below 4K part 2.................................................Title for symposium due Feb. 16
Large Scale Refrigeration/Liquefaction.................Read Ch. 6-JT coeff of ideal gas
Properties of Materials at Low Temperature.......Read Ch. 4 -talk outline due Feb. 24
Insulation.................................................................................Read Ch. 6 - first draft of talk due March 10
Recycling..................................................................................Talk Final draft due March 17 for 1st day speakers
Instrumentation.............................................................. .Talk Final draft due March 21 for 2nd day speakers
Cryo Symposium - March 15 to April 1.................Talk Final draft due March 24 for 3rd day speakers
.................................................................................................Talk Final draft due March 28 for 4th day speakers
.................................................................................................Talk Final draft due March 31 for 5th day speakers
MicroKelvin and NHMFL: Guest Lecturer Prof. Neil Sullivan....April 6-clicker questions
Trip To McKnight Brain Institute: Host Prof. Tom Mareci..........April 8-required of grad. students
Meet in front of Brain Institute--clik here for map
all enrolled in class invited...................................................................500 word grad student paper due April 11
Dark Matter and Wimp Detection: Guest Lecturer Prof. Terek Saab...April 15-followed by tour of lab
all invited to tour-required of graduate students..............................500 word grad student paper due April 18