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<h1>PHYS 4210/11 3.0 Advanced Experimental Physics I/II </h1>

<p>Selected advanced experiments in physics related to
topics in solid state physics, atomic spectroscopy,
microwaves, low-noise measurements,
superconductivity, and nuclear and particle physics.</p>

<h2>Course Director</h2>
<p>Matthew George</p>
<p>122 PSE</p>
<p>mgeorge@yorku.ca</p>
<p>Office Hours: Come to my office anytime. I am always available to discuss matters relating to the course. If you cannot find me, send me an email to schedule a time to meet.</p> 

<h2>Teaching Assistants </h2>
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<tr><td>Nikita Bezginov </td>   <td>Arash Salehzadeh </td> <td>Elder Pinzon   </td> </tr>
<tr><td>309 Petrie </td>        <td>230 Petrie       </td> <td>238 Petrie     </td>  </tr>
<tr><td>nibezg@yorku.ca  </td>  <td>arash89@yorku.ca </td> <td>elder@yorku.ca </td> </tr>
</table>

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<tr><td> Matthew George</td>      </tr>
<tr><td> 122 PSE</td>         </tr>
<tr><td> mgeorge@yorku.ca </td>     </tr>
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<h2>Prerequisite</h2>
<ul>
<li>SC/PHYS 3210 6.0 or SC/PHYS 3220 3.0</li>
<li>SC/PHYS 4061 3.0</li>
<li>registration in an Honours
Program in Physics or Astronomy. </li>
</ul>

<h1>Schedule </h1>

<p> We will meet first for an orientation class at 2:30pm on Monday January 6, 2014 in Bethune 225. We will not meet every week. Emails will be sent well in advance notifying you when an in-class session will be held. </p> 
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<tr><td width=250>First Lab Report Due</td><td>Friday January 24, 2014</td></tr>
<tr><td>Second Lab Report Due</td><td>Friday February 14, 2014</td></tr>
<tr><td>Third Lab Report Due</td><td>Friday March 7, 2014</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fourth Lab Report Due</td><td>Friday March 28, 2014</td></tr>
<tr><td>Presentations </td><td>Mondays March 24 & 31, 2014</td></tr>
<tr><td>Oral Exam Times</td><td>T.B.A.</td></tr>
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<p> For your first lab report, I am offering a Lab Report Review, where you can schedule a time to come to my office so I can look at your completed (or nearly completed) lab report and offer some helpful comments before you submit the report to the TA for marking. You can sign-up up a lab review using the online system (see below) scheduled on or before January 22, 2014. </p>

<p>Reports are due by 4:30pm on the due date, and are to be handed in to Room 122 Petrie to either M. George or N. Balaskas. If neither is present, submit the report to Lauren in the Physics Office room 128 Petrie.</p>


<h2> Grading Scheme</h2>

<p>Students must complete 4 experiments with reports, an oral exam, and a presentation on a current experimental physics topic. </p>

<p>Each lab report will be graded out of 20. The marks for each lab report will be assigned as follows:</p>
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<tr><td width=150>Abstract</td><td>2</td></tr>
<tr><td>Introduction/Theory</td><td>5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Procedure/Method</td><td>3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Results/Analysis</td><td>5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Discussion/Conclusion</td><td>4</td></tr>
<tr><td>References</td><td>1</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Total'''</td><td>'''20'''</td></tr>
</table>

<p>The Final Mark for the course will be assigned as follows:</p>
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<tr><td>[[Main Page/Phys 4210/4210Reports|Lab Reports]]  75%</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Main Page/Phys 4210/Oral Exam|Oral Exam]]15%</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Main Page/Phys 4210/Presentation|Presentation]] 10%</td></tr>
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<h3>Penalties</h3>
<ul>
<li> For each day late, your lab report will lose 10%. If the report is due Friday, and is handed in on Monday you will loose 20% from the mark for that report.</li>
<li> If you come unprepared for a demonstration by the TA, you will loose 5%. You are expected to have read completely and have a basic idea of the experiment beforehand.</li>
<li> If you do not show up for a scheduled demonstration within 10 minutes of the scheduled time, you will have to schedule a new time for a demonstration, and will suffer a 5% penalty for wasting the TAs time. </li>
</ul>




<h1>Laboratory Manual</h1>

<p> To sign up for an experiment : [http://www.phas.yorku.ca/labs/  Experiment Sign-up] </p>
<p> Your username is your student number, and the password is studentnumberLastname (note the capitalization of the first letter of your last name).</p>

<p> '''Please submit a request to sign-up at least 24 hours before the time you wish to perform the lab.''' You will receive an email confirmation from the responsible TA confirming the time and date. Please show up prepared for the demo, and on time!</p>

<ul> 
<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/How to Choose Experiments|How to Choose Experiments]] </li>
<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/How to Write Reports|How to Write Reports]] </li>
<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 3220/Lab Safety|Lab Safety]] </li>
</ul>

<h2> List of Experiments </h2>
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<tr><td width=250>'''Experiment'''</td><td width=100>'''Location'''</td><td width=150> </td></tr>
<tr><td>'' [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Rutherford II|Rutherford Scattering II]]''</td><td>'' 111 PSE ''</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Coaxial Cable|Coaxial Cable]]</td><td> 126 PSE</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Waveguides|Waveguides]]</td><td> 123 PSE</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Optical Fibers|Optical Fibers]] </td><td> 126 PSE</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td> [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/He-Ne Lasers|He-Ne Lasers]]</td><td> 123 PSE</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>''[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Fourier Optics|Fourier Optics]]'' </td><td>'' 126 PSE''</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Zeeman Effect|Zeeman Effect]] </td><td> 123PSE</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Mass Spectrometer|Mass Spectrometer]]</td><td> 123 PSE</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Gamma Ray Spectroscopy|Gamma Ray Spectroscopy]] </td><td> 111 PSE</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Johnson Noise|Johnson Noise]] </td><td> 126 PSE</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td><del>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Semiconductors II|Semiconductors II]]</del> </td><td> 111 PSE</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Electron Spin Resonance|Electron Spin Resonance]] </td><td> 126 PSE</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Sonoluminescence|Sonoluminescence]]</td><td> 126 PSE</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Muon Lifetime|Muon Lifetime]]</td><td> 123 PSE</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>''[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Bell's Inequalities|Bell's Inequalities (COMING SOON!)]]''</td><td>'' 123 PSE''</td><td>''February 2014''</td></tr>
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