Physics307L:Help

Please contact Dr. Koch with questions. Link to content from 2007 course

How to find primary research references

• NIST CODATA
• Google Scholar
• http://libproxy.unm.edu

Fitting a line

See this page.

Grading

See Physics307L:Grading.

Typesetting in TeX

Wikipedia guide to Tex editing in a Wiki
Harvard's page on typesetting math in TeX
Please note that the $ in TeX should be omitted in the wiki edit.

Some sample code

[math]\displaystyle{ f(x) = y + z }[/math]
[math]\displaystyle{ g(x) = \frac {z^{2 x}}{t + b_{j , i}} }[/math]

Wiki Editing Help

Editing wikis (wikipedia)
Guide to editing tables (wikipedia)

Textbooks

There is no required textbook for the course, but here are two good ones that would help you in your future career as an experimentalist:

• ISBN 093570275X John R. Taylor, An Introduction to Error Analysis: The Study of Uncertainties in Physical Measurements
• ISBN 0079112439 Bevington & Robinson, Data Reduction and Analysis for the Physical Sciences (This is the edition I have...I don't know whether the next edition is much better or not.)

Magnetic properties

• This PDF from Lakeshore is really helpful for figuring out units in magnetism: Media:Units for Magnetic Properties.pdf

New Equipment List

2 New Digital Multimeters (R)
More Banana cords
Flashlights
Meter stick
Stop Watches
Digital Caliper
~50 V Source (Excitation Neon)(R)
matlab, mathematica, or maple (as an alternative to labview)
(R indicates equipment that needs replacement)