Physics307L:Schedule

Course Format

The course consists of one 50 minute lecture per week (Monday 1 pm to 1:50 pm) and one 3 hour lab period per week (either Monday or Wednesday, 2 pm to 4:50 pm).

Week 1, August 20 & 22

• Lecture, 1 pm Monday August 20th: Everyone meets in P&A Room 184. We will introduce ourselves, and go over administrative details. Assignments will be given to prepare everyone for the beginning of lab work in the second week.
• There will be no lab sessions during the first week of classes So, it's crucial to attend Monday at 1 pm.

Week 1 agenda

Week 2, August 27 & 29

• Lecture, 1 pm Monday August 27th: TBD. Probably 1/2 of lecture will deal with administrative stuff and re-introductions, and the rest will be the beginning of technical stuff related to the labs.
• Monday lab session 2:00-4:50 pm: Oscilloscope lab for everyone.
• Wednesday lab session 2:00-4:50 pm: Oscilloscope lab for everyone.

Week 3 agenda

Week 3 September 3 and 5, Classes canceled for Labor Day

• Since Monday Lecture and Lab are canceled for Labor Day, the Wednesday lab will also be canceled.

Week 4 September 10 and 12

• Beginning this week, students will be working on different labs from each other (because usually only one setup is available). There will be a sign up process on the wiki.

Experiments performed in 2006 course

Experiment	Preliminary Koch notes	Links
The oscilloscope
e/m Ratio for Electrons (dark)
Electron Diffraction (very dark, and works marginally)
Balmer Series (dark)
Planck’s Constant (dark)		MIT OpenCourseWare Planck's Constant exp. (A different setup)
Excitation Levels of Neon
Electron Spin Resonance
Poisson Statistics (MCA)
Mass of the Electron (MCA)
Speed of Light (MCA)

More details of the experiments can be found in the 2006 lab manual.