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PHYS 3220 3.0 Experiments in Modern Physics

A selection of experiments in fluid mechanics, electromagnetism, optics, and atomic, nuclear, and particle physics. Analysis of the data and detailed write-ups are required. One lecture hour which is devoted to techniques of data analysis and three laboratory hours per week.

Course Director

Dr. Cody Storry

253 PSE

codys@yorku.ca

Teaching Assistants

To be determined To be determined To be determined
000 PSE 000 PSE 000 PSE
@yorku.ca @yorku.ca @yorku.ca

Laboratory Technologists

Matthew George Nick Balaskas
122 PSE / 309 PSE 122 PSE
mgeorge@yorku.ca nickolaos@yorku.ca

Text Books

All are available in the library.

Required Text

  • An Introduction to Error Analysis, J.R. Taylor (1997), (also available in the library)

Additional useful text

  • Data Reduction and Error Analysis, P. R. Bevington and D. K. Robinson, (2003)

References

  • Experiments in Modern Physics, A. Melissinos.
  • Experimental Physics, R.A. Dunlap.
  • The Art of Experimental Physics, D.W. Preston and E.R. Dietz.


Prerequisite

  • SC/PHYS 2020 3.0
  • SC/PHYS 2060 3.0
  • SC/PHYS 2213 3.0

Corequisite

  • SC/PHYS 3040 6.0

Important Information

Library Research Session

Physicists observe and test occurrences in the natural world. They analyze the results, share their discoveries with colleagues and communicate their findings in scholarly publications. Writing is an important part of this process and can help to instruct and convince the reader while helping to facilitate the future development of science by building on the work of others.

A vast amount of information is available today in libraries and on the web and we need to develop the skills to use this information. The instruction sessions that your professor and I have organized will help you navigate the body of scientific literature that exists. You will become proficient in identifying reliable sources of information and critically evaluating these for the purposes of inclusion in your lab reports.

There will be in-class exercises and marked assignments based on the content covered. A total of 5% of your final mark for the course will be assigned for library research sessions, of which 1% will be allotted for participation.

Instructor: Dana Craig; e-mail: dcraig@yorku.ca, telephone 416-736-2100, ext 22835.

Sessions

  1. Introduction to RefWorks
  2. Scientific Publication Cycle
  3. Peer review and the scientific method
  4. Searching the physics literature
  5. Organizing your information using reference management software.