PHYSICS 403

Spring 2011

University of Illinois

Physics Department

 

 

 

 

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Class Times

Tues 1-5pm

Thurs 1-5pm

 

5th floor of ESB

 

 

 

 

 

Details

       4 hours every Tuesday and Thursday

       occasional “after hours” access to the lab to finish work

       concepts of experimental research in condensed matter, atomic physics, quantum optics, nuclear and particle

physics, new experiments every 2 weeks

       writing lab reports : 6 total , about 1 every 2 weeks

        preparing scientific talks : 3 total, about 1 every 4 weeks

Grading

Item

Points

Expt. documentation: elog reports, shift summaries, plot quality

180 Total

60 / cycle

Formal reports: physics case, quality of results, depth of analysis, conclusions

600 Total

100 / report

Oral reports: motivation, organization of presentation; fielding questions

225

75 / oral

Total

1005 (grade based on max. score of 1000)

More details on labs in the Experiments section!

 

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