PHYS 4311 Physics Experiments
Spring 2020
Last edit: 19 Mar '20
- Pulse Transmision and Cable Properties
- Franck-Hertz Experiment
- Photoelectric Effect
- Compton Scattering
- Low Light Detection
- Muon Lifetime
- plotter.plt A gnuplot script to plot histogram from lifetime data.
- fitter.plt A gnuplot script to fit histogram to find muon lifetime.
- X-ray Diffraction
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
- Single-Photon Double-Slit Interference
A short but useful document on statistics and error estimation is
Statistics and Error Estimation by G. Clark/MIT.
Read this brief guide for
guidance on how to write lab reports for PHYS 4311. You will need to use the latex documentation preparation package. The
files below are useful.
- 4311_sample.tex Latex source code file for your lab report. Edit this.
- 4311_sample.pdf A pdf version of the source file after its been "latexed."
- lab.cls File needed to process the above source code. Place in same directory as your source file. Do not edit.
- instraut.pdf A brief latex guide for formatting lab reports. A bit dated, read from p.7 onwards.
- circle.pdf Do not edit. File needed if you re-pdflatex 4311_sample.tex when practicing.
Read this brief guide for
guidance on how to plot data for PHYS 4311.
Useful References