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PHYS 4210 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
Matthew George
122 PSE
mgeorge@yorku.ca
Teaching Assistants
| Nikita Bezginov | |
| 309 Petrie | |
| nibezg@yorku.ca |
Laboratory Technologists
| Matthew George |
| 122 PSE |
| mgeorge@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.
Grading Scheme
Students must complete 4 experiments with reports, an oral exam, and a presentation on a current experimental physics topic (not a topic you have previously researched as a summer research student, or work/study student etc..). 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 | 5 |
| Procedure/Method | 3 |
| Results/Analysis | 5 |
| Discussion/Conclusion | 4 |
| References | 1 |
| Total | 20 |
The Final Mark for the course will be assigned as follows:
| Lab Reports 75% |
| Oral Exam15% |
| Presentation 10% |
Penalties
- For each day late, your lab report will lose 5%. If the report is due Friday, and is handed in on Monday you will loose 10% from the mark for that report.
- 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.
- 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
We will meet first for an orientation class at 10:30am on Monday September 9, 2013 in Bethune 228. We will not meet every week. Emails will be sent well in advance notifying you when a in-class session will be held.
| First Lab Report Due | Friday September 27, 2013 |
| Second Lab Report Due | Friday October 18, 2013 |
| Third Lab Report Due | Friday November 8, 2013 |
| Fourth Lab Report Due | Friday November 29, 2013 |
| Presentations | Monday November 25 and Monday December 2, 2013 |
| Oral Exam Times | T.B.A. |
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 September 24, 2013.
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!
List of Experiments
| Experiment | Location | TA |
| Rutherford Scattering II | 111 PSE | |
| Coaxial Cable | 126 PSE | |
| Waveguides | 123 PSE | |
| Optical Fibers | 126 PSE | |
| He-Ne Lasers | 123 PSE | |
| Fourier Optics | 126 PSE | |
| Zeeman Effect | 123PSE | |
| Mass Spectrometer | 123 PSE | |
| Gamma Ray Spectroscopy | 111 PSE | |
| Johnson Noise | 126 PSE | |
| 111 PSE | ||
| Electron Spin Resonance | 126 PSE | |
| Sonoluminescence | 126 PSE | |
| Muon Lifetime | 123 PSE |
