PHY 451 | Lecture Schedule and Notes

Spring Semester 2014 Lectures
Wk	Date	Day	Topic	Reading & Notes/Slides	Laboratory
0	01/08	Wed	introduction	Syllabus, Slides: Introduction to Exps.	No Labs
1	01/15	Wed	data and error analysis	lecture notes: data and error analysis video: intro. to error analysis (from UC Berkeley) references: [EMP] Experiments in modern physics, Ch. 10 [Lyons] A practical guide to data analysis for physical science studies [Berendsen] A student's guide to data and error analysis (Please see LabArchive's "notes" folder.)
2	01/22	Wed	data and error analysis	see above!
3	01/29	Wed	experiments on quantization	EMP Ch. 1, EMP Ch. 3 Stern-Gerlach & Frank-Hertz Experiments
4	02/05	Wed	magnetic resonance experiments	Spin, magnetic resonance, and optical pumping EMP Ch. 6.2 Zeeman effect EMP Ch. 7 NMR
5	02/12	Wed	magnetic resonance experiments	see above 02/05
6	02/19	Wed	magnetic resonance experiments	see above 02/05
7	02/26	Wed	optical pumping	see above 02/05
8	03/05	Wed	Spring break. No class.
9	03/12	Wed	electrons in solids	EMP Ch. 2
10	03/19	Wed	quantum fluids - superconductors & superfluids
11	03/26	Wed	optics experiments	EMP Ch. 5
12	04/02	Wed	scattering and coincidence	EMP Ch. 9
13	04/09	Wed	Presentations
14	04/16	Wed	Presentations
15	04/23	Wed	Presentations
16	04/30	Wed	Final exam week. No class.