Physics 344

Experimental Physics I

Fall 2009

 

Scheduled course time -- 2:15 - 5:15PM MWF

 

Location: Room 377 Physics Building

Instructors: Professor Martin Forstner

  • Office: 217 Physics Building
  • Phone: x3878
  • email: mbforstn<at>syr.edu
  • office hours: TBA or by appointment

Professor Richard Schnee

  • Office: 331 Physics Building
  • Phone: x2579
  • email: rwschnee<at>phy.syr.edu
  • office hours: T 4:30-6:30pm or by appointment
Teaching assistant: Kathleen Kelly -- kekell05 <at>syr.edu clinic hours: WF 1-2pm

Course content and syllabus

General procedure for labs (.pdf file)

Announcements

September 4, 2009

 

 We have posted an example of a lab notebook, using one of the professor's actual lab notebook entries for the experimental physics course he took back when he was an undergraduate. It is not meant to be an example of a perfect notebook (it scored 90%), but we expect it will help.

 

 We have posted instructions for using ORIGIN software for most tasks you will want to do in this course.

 

PHY344 -- Introductory Measurement and Error Analysis Project (.pdf file)

 

*Introductory Error Analysis homework (all problems from Taylor textbook, second edition) -- due Wednesday, Sep. 9

PHY344: 2.23, 3.7, 4.9, 4.15, 4.18, 5.36

Experiments (with links to .pdf descriptions; *check for updates throughout semester):