Physics 403 Website

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Spring 2013

University of Illinois

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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!