Physics 143 Fall 2007
Lab Information

Lab Guide

Lab Schedule

Lab Descriptions and Related Documents

• The First Lab:
  
  
  
  • Data and Error Analysis of a Random Process
    • Lab 0A (last updated 08/26/07)
    • Lab 0B (last updated 09/03/07)
    • Statistical (random) and systematic errors
    • Error analysis examples from previous years
    • Oscilloscope Tutorial
  
  
• The Regular Labs:
  
  
  • Measurement of e/m and Electron Diffraction
    • Lab Description (last updated 09/26/07)
    • Supplement from manufacturer
    • Info on Helmholtz coils
    
    
  • Measurement of the Speed of Light and Other Waves
    • Lab Description (last updated 11/08/07)
    • Thin lens equation
    • How to read a Vernier scale
    
    
  • The Michelson Interferometer
    • Lab Description (last updated 09/26/07)
    • Some additional info
    
    
  • The Blackbody Spectrum
    • Lab description
    • Handout 1: info on the prism's angle-wavelength relation, and relation between resistance and temperature.
    • Handout 2: calibration and data-taking procedures
    
    
  • The Photoelectric Effect and Measurement of Planck's Constant
    • Lab Description (last updated 11/09/07)
    
    
  • Two-Slit Interference, One Photon at a Time
    • Lab Description (last updated 11/02/07)
    
    
  • Muon Physics
    • Lab Description (last updated 11/08/07)
    • Links to AJP paper and users manual
  
  
• Note: Mathematica, Maple, and Matlab, software useful for data analysis, are available from Duke OIT.