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PHYS 4211 3.0 Advanced Experimental Physics I

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

Course Director

Dr. Matthew George

122 PSE

mgeorge@yorku.ca

Teaching Assistants

Aabid Patel	Eric Davidson	Victor Isaac
244 PSE	309 PSE	309 PSE
a36patel@yorku.ca	ebadavid@yorku.ca	vawzi@yorku.ca

Laboratory Technologists

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

Prerequisite

• SC/PHYS 3210 6.0 or SC/PHYS 3220 3.0
• SC/PHYS 4061 3.0
• registration in an Honours Program in Physics or Astronomy.

Lectures

In general, lectures will not be held every week. We will meet for the first time on Monday January 9, 2012 in room 225 Bethune College where we will discuss mainly administrative issues. We will meet again later in the term to discuss the presentations and exam.

Grading Scheme

Students must complete 4 experiments with reports, and an oral exam which will be based on their choice of experiments. There is an option to give an in class presentation on a current experimental physics topic (not your own!). This Presentation will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes of questions.

Each lab report will be graded out of 20. The marks for each lab report will be assigned as follows:

Abstract	2
Introduction/Theory	4
Procedure/Method	4
Results/Analysis	5
Discussion/Conclusion	4
References	1
Total	20

The final mark for the course will be assigned as follows:

Without Presentation	With Presentation
Lab Reports 70%	Lab Reports 70%
Oral Exam 30%	Oral Exam 15%
	Presentation 15%

Penalties

• For each day late, your lab report will lose 2.5%. If the report is due Friday, and is handed in on Monday you will loose 5% from the mark for that report.
• If you come unprepared for a demonstration by the TA, you will loose 5%.
• 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.

Schedule

First Lab Report Due	January 25, 2012
Second Lab Report Due	February 15, 2012
Third Lab Report Due	March 5, 2012
Fourth Lab Report Due	March 26, 2012
Presentations	March 26 and April 2
Oral Exam Week	April 10 to April 13

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 comment 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 24, 2012.

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.

Laboratory Manual

To sign up for an experiment : Experiment Sign-up

Your username is your student number, and the password is studentnumberLastname (note the capitalization of the first letter of your last name).

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!

• How to Choose Experiments
• How to Write Reports
• Lab Safety

List of Experiments

Experiment	Location	TA
Rutherford Scattering II	111 PSE	Eric Davidson
Coaxial Cable	126 PSE	Eric Davidson
Waveguides	123 PSE	Aabid Patel
Optical Fibers	126 PSE	Victor Isaac
He-Ne Lasers	123 PSE	Victor Isaac
Fourier Optics	126 PSE	Aabid Patel
Zeeman Effect	123PSE	Aabid Patel
Mass Spectrometer	123 PSE	Eric Davidson
Gamma Ray Spectroscopy	111 PSE	Eric Davidson
Johnson Noise	126 PSE	Aabid Patel
Semiconductors II	111 PSE
Electron Spin Resonance	126 PSE	Eric Davidson
Sonoluminescence (coming soon!)	126 PSE