Advanced Physics Lab

Announcements

(December 14, 2012)

To help spread out the workload, the prelab exercises for a few of the experiments are separated into two sets.  The A-set will be due at the first session in an experimental rotation and the B-set (if there is one) will be due at the third session.

The schedule for this semester is available now available. Please refer to this schedule for the due dates of the lab reports, pre-lab excercises, and statistics homeworks.

There are sign in sheets posted in the lab. Sign in and out every session and for any off-hours work.

Assignments with due dates.

Instructors:

Ivan Furic	James Hamlin	Robert DeSerio
Office: 2037 NPB	Office: 2263 NPB	Office: 1236 NPB
Tel: 392-9327	Tel: 892-4947	Tel: 392-1690
E-mail:  ikfuric@phys.ufl.edu	E-mail: jhamlin@phys.ufl.edu	E-mail: deserio@phys.ufl.edu
Office hours:	Office hours:	Office hours:

Class Hours:

T, Th Periods 2-4 (8:30–11:30am), 1240 New Physics Building

Course Material:

• Guidelines/Syllabus
• Laboratory Notebook Guidelines
• Writing Scientific Reports Using LaTeX
• LaTeX template for PHY4803L
  
• Schedule
• A/B Prelab list
• Rotation schedule
  

Course Experiments:

• Group I

• Cosmic Ray Muons and the Muon Lifetime
• Gamma-Gamma Correlation
• Gamma Ray Spectroscopy

  Group II

• Low Temperature Transport
• High Tc Superconductivity
• Pulsed NMR

  Group III

• Optical Spectroscopy
• Rotation Vibration Spectrum of the HCl Molecule
• Saturated Absorption Spectroscopy

  Group IV

• Xray Diffraction
• Dynamic Light Scattering
• Chaotic Vibrations
• Quartz Crystal Tuning Fork in Superfluid Helium
  

Resources:

Natural Constants:

• Physical Constants
• Astrophysical Constants
• Periodic Table
• More physical constants by PhysLink

Statistics:

• Statistical analysis writeup (with exercises)
• Statistical analysis homework list
  
• Addendum: Regression Algebra
  
• Addendum: Poisson Variables
• Excel Add-in for linear regression algebra
• Excel workbook demonstrating correlated variables
  
• Excel workbook demonstrating slope-intercept correlation
  
• Excel workbook on linear regression using linear algebra
• Excel workbook on nonlinear regression using linear algebra
• Excel workbook on nonlinear regression for Poisson variables
• Excel workbook on chi-square distributions
  
• Excel workbook demonstrating Excel's linear regression and Solver program

Communications:

• Using a TiddlyWiki for your lab notebook
• TiddlyWiki main website
• TiddlyWiki template for PHY4803L (Unzip all files to a single directory and open 4803L_logbook_blank.html.)
  
• UF Reading & Writing Center
  
• Advice to Begininning Physics Speakers
• MikTeX and TeXnicCenter download instructions
  
• AIP Style Manual 4th Edition
  
• Virginia Tech Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students
• Elements of Style