$Description: \\phyugclu\WWW\courses\phys403\spring12\bold50.gif$ PHYSICS 403

Spring 2014

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!