Course Instructions

Instructors:

Don Bunk

Katherine Jones-Smith

Peter Millet

Seth Major

Class Time:

Group Meeting:  T/TH 10:30 – 11:45

Textbooks:

You will need a general text like Halliday/Resnick/Walker, Taylor’s Introduction to Error Analysis, and Eisberg and Resnick from Phys 290

Syllabus:

The syllabus will likely change over the semester and is only meant as a guideline.

Grading:

This class consists of two experiments and a theory project.  For each experiment you will write a journal style research paper of approximately 6-10 pages.  After receiving peer and instructor comments, these papers will be resubmitted for a final grade on that experiment.

Millikan project (Bunk)

33.3%

Theory project (Jones- Smith)

33.3%

NMR project (Millet)

33.3%

 

Lectures and discussions will be held in G047. The laboratory equipment is in G061. Look to the left of the door to find the entrance code to G061:  4739 6384

Approximate Schedule:

Week

Dates

 

1-4

1/20-2/12

Millikan Project

Final paper due: 2/12

5-8

2/17-3/31

Theory Project

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Spr. Break

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9-15

4/2-5/7

NMR

 

Physics 390