PHYS 225a Lab : Introduction to Quantum Physics and Applications, Fall 2007

Instructor: Julia Velkovska  

email: julia.velkovska@vanderbilt.edu

phone: 322-0656 ; office SC 6410

Office hours: Mon 2 pm - 3 pm in my office or by appointment

TA: Michael Clemens

e-mail: michael.a.clemens@Vanderbilt.Edu
webpage:  http://www.hep.vanderbilt.edu/~velkovja/VUteach/PHY225a
Grading and class rules Partner pairs: PHYS225.01 , PHYS225.02
Homework assignment (Due Sept 11)
HW solutions
 


	Lab Scheduled/ Partner Pair	 
Pair 1 2 3 4 5
Sep 4 Introduction, error discussion. (ppt) (pdf)
Sep 11 1 10 9 8 7
Sep 18 2 1 10 9 8
Sep 25 3 2 1 10 9
Oct 2 4 3 2 1 10
Oct 9 5 4 3 2 1
Oct 16 6 5 4 3 2
Oct 23 Fall Break
Oct 30 7 6 5 4 3
Nov 6 Lab make-up period
Nov 13 8 7 6 5 4
Nov 20 Thanksgiving Break, no lab
Nov 27 9 8 7 6 5
Dec 4 10 9 8 7 6
Dec 11 Last Lab Period: catch-up


Lab write-ups
1 Digital Oscilloscope.
2 The Mechanical Oscillator.
3 Fourier Analysis.
Here is a page that describes how RC filters work.
4 Speed of Light.
5 Electron Diffraction
6 X-rays
7 Measurement of Ratio of Charge to Mass for Electron.
Hall Probe and Forces and Torques on a Dipole. + some older Handout manual.
9 Measurement of g with Kater Pendulum.
10 Poisson Statistics, Breadboard Scaler.
You will use a radioactive source to study Poisson statistics.