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Introduction:This course is likely the last laboratory course you will take as an undergraduate at FIU. The course is intended to complement and extend what you've learned in the intro and modern physics labs to prepare you for graduate studies in physics or employment in industry or government. In contrast to prior lab coursework in this class, you are expected to work much more independently in both the preparation of your experiments and analysis of your results. The lab instructor while always willing and available to help will not provide you with a detailed set of instructions to perform the experiment or do the analysis. The primary goal and emphasize of the course is the production of research quality work; the final product being a paper suitable, in both content and formatting, for submission to a physics journal. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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< < | Grading Scale:Your final grade is based on the number of points you scores throughout the semester. Most of the points come from the research papers you will turn in during the semester. On the last week before finals, all students are required to give a presentation on a topic of interest related to the physics of the particular subject. These can be previous or upcoming presentations presented at a physics conference. Otherwise, your presentation can be on one of the labs you performed in class or some extension thereof. The presentation is graded and given equal weight to the research papers. On finals week all students are also required to take the Physics "Major Field Test" from ETS. These exams are multiple choice exams given to assess your overall mastery of the material you learned as an undergraduate student at FIU. Your overall course grade is not greatly affected by your score, in fact, everyone gets 5 additional points if you take the test and take it seriously. Your total points, scaled so that each assignment is 100 is compared to the table below to compute your final letter grade.
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You will be rotating through the various labs on a schedule to be determined by the schedule listed below. Typically you will complete 5 labs and your grade will be based on the score you earn on the labs plus the presentation at the end of the semester. The google calender linked belwo will show the lab due date and first draft due dates for your convenience. If there is an issue with the schedule please contact your instructor during the first few times we meet, since once you are on the schedule outlined below it will be difficult to change the sequence of labs. Ultimately you will be graded on five labs plus the presentation. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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A grading rubric GradingRubric will be applied to each lab using the criteria above to assess your performance. Your lab reports (papers) grade will constitute 80% of your final grade for the course. Reports will generally be due one week after you have completed the experiment. Reports that are late will have their grade reduced by approximately one letter grade if not turned in by the due date shown in the google calendar. After two weeks late the lab report will not be accepted and a zero will be assigned. Typically no grades for one lab report will significantly impact your course grade as there are only five lab report grades and one presentation grade in this course. If you miss more than one lab report your chances are pretty good of earning a C- or worse. That would mean you would have to take the class again before you graduate with a degree in Physics. You can use the Journal of Physics: Conference Series guidelines to format your paper in. But if you prefer to use some other physics journal guidelines you are more than welcomed to do that instead. We provide below zip files with the guideline/templates from the JPC for your convenience. | ||||||||
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< < | This course is likely the last laboratory course you will take as an undergraduate at FIU. The course is intended to complement and extend what you've learned in the intro and modern physics labs to prepare you for graduate studies in physics or employment in industry or government. In contrast to prior lab course work in this class you are expected to work much more independently in both the preparation of your experiments and analysis of your results. The lab instructor while always willing and available to help will not provide you with a detailed set of instructions to perform the experiment or do the analysis. The primary goal and emphasize of the course is the production of research quality work; the final product being a paper suitable, in both content and formatting, for submission to a physics journal. | |||||||
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< < | The course is organized around the production of publication quality research papers on a variety of physics experiments that emphasize different aspects of data taking and analysis. Each students, working in small two person teams, is presented with a series of experiments (listed below) over the 16 week semester. You are encouraged to collaborate closely within your lab partner, other members of the class or even your lab instructor; however, you are responsible for your own research papers. PLEASE DO NOT TURN IN THE SAME PAPER as your lab partner. Research papers should be written to the standards of a typical modern physics journal. This includes conforming to the a specific set of style and formatting requirements that are adhered to strictly. You can choose from among the various styles of publications in use today.The particular type-setting or word processing application used is up to you so you may choose whatever you are familiar with. For example latex or tex provide the "best looking" papers since these are typesetting application specifically designed for this purpose. Latex and particularly tex, rely on the use of "coded" keywords to draw symbols and equations on paper so are a little more difficult to use than WYSIWG applications like MS Word. On the other hand MS Word or Openoffice's are perfectly suitable for writing papers and can be made to produce excellent results. In fact, most journals today provide templates in word along side latex/tex. As a guide for what is expect of you in this class feel free to pull down one of the journals located above cabinets along the walls of our lab room. Likewise you can download pdfs of CMS papers I've linked for you that are of recent interest, attached below. Finally, I've provided you with latex and word templates you can use, see attachments below. | |||||||
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After you complete taking data on a given project you will have about one week to complete the report for the lab. The reports should resemble a journal paper. Each report should have an introduction, a description of the procedures and equipment used, a description of analysis procedures, tables and/or graphs of the data collected, and a discussion of the results. Proper use of significant figures and statistical analysis is expected. All graphs and tables should be well labeled and properly displayed. You should cite all references used in a bibliography. I've attached below a couple of recent paper examples from Journals: A Physical Review Letters (PRL) paper on yet another discrepancy between the recent faster than light neutrino results and known physics PhysRevLett.107.251801.pdf and a recent paper on Upsilon resonance production at the LHC by the CMS collaboration PhysRevD.83.112004.pdf. Look to these as samples of what I expect. In addition, the arxiv.org website also has many tex templates most of which I will accept. You may also search the APS site for word templates if you so desire or create your own based on the sample paper attached below. I will add templates as I find them to this twiki. There is some freedom in how you layout your paper but please consult the Physical Review journals PRL, PRB... guidelines for proper formatting and rules regarding the layout. Your report should include these sections: | ||||||||
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< < | Another rendition of the schedule is available here <a href="PHY4821LSchedule" data-wikiword="PHY4821LSchedule" data-mce-href="PHY4821LSchedule">PHY4821LSchedule</a></p><p>List of Available Labs (Lab due dates are posted in the calendar above. Please NOTE: that late will be penalized 1 point per day. After a week late the lab will not be graded.)</p><table border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><th>Field</th><th>Topic</th><th>References and Links</th><td> </td><th>Laboratory Instructions</th><th>Students</th></tr><tr><td>Computational Physics</td><td>Monte Carlo Methods, Binomial Statistics, Errors, Uncertainties and fittin</td><td>There are sections in both recommended texts related to this lab. Mellesino has a nice section on probability and statistics, distributions, fitting functions and so does Bevington and Robinson. Other sources and links: Helpful information on how to gain access and use the physics server medianoche <a href="HowToAccessComputing" data-wikiword="HowToAccessComputing" data-mce-href="HowToAccessComputing">HowToAccessComputing</a>, A recommend data analysis package called MNFIU or MN_FIT, essentially an interface to CERN MINUIT fitter. Its one of the few precursors to ROOT but is easier to use. The manual and information is available <a href="http://www-zeus.physik.uni-bonn.de/~brock/mn_fit.html" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://www-zeus.physik.uni-bonn.de/~brock/mn_fit.html">http://www-zeus.physik.uni-bonn.de/~brock/mn_fit.html</a>, The full blown ROOT data analysis package <a href="http://root.cern.ch/drupal/" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://root.cern.ch/drupal/">The ROOTt data analysis framework</a> , and Dr. Boeglin's, collection of python scripts and libraries (Labtools) <span class="WYSIWYG_LINK">http://wanda.fiu.edu/boeglinw/LabTools/doc/</span></td><td> </td><td><a href="MonteCarloLab" data-wikiword="MonteCarloLab" data-mce-href="MonteCarloLab">MonteCarloLab</a></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Statistics and Probability Distributions</td><td>Uncertainties, Poisson and Gaussian statistics</td><td>"Experiments in Modern Physics" 2nd ed. by Melissinos & Napolitano. Other sources, <a href="http://www.fiu.edu/~baraue/teaching/SrLab/Poisson.pdf" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://www.fiu.edu/~baraue/teaching/SrLab/Poisson.pdf">Poisson Statistics</a>, <a href="http://vassarstats.net/poissonfit.html" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://vassarstats.net/poissonfit.html">Poisson fitter</a>, <a href="http://people.ccmr.cornell.edu/~muchomas/8.04/Lecs/lec_statistics/node18.html" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://people.ccmr.cornell.edu/~muchomas/8.04/Lecs/lec_statistics/node18.html">Counting Statistics</a>,[XYZ of Oscilloscopes (Tektronix intro manual)]]</td><td> </td><td><a href="CountingLab" data-wikiword="CountingLab" data-mce-href="CountingLab">CountingLab</a></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Fundemental Constants</td><td>Millikan Oil Drop Experiment</td><td>A nice description of this lab is available from Meliesino & Napolitao 2nd ed. <a href="http://www.aip.org/history/gap/Millikan/01_Millikan.html" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://www.aip.org/history/gap/Millikan/01_Millikan.html">Millikan's orignal paper</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="MillikanLab" data-wikiword="MillikanLab" data-mce-href="MillikanLab">MillikanLab</a></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>E&M</td><td>Magnetic Torque & Gyromagnetic ratio</td><td><a href="http://www.teachspin.com/magnetic-torque.html" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://www.teachspin.com/magnetic-torque.html">Teachspin website: Magnetic Torque</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="MagneticTorqueLab" data-wikiword="MagneticTorqueLab" data-mce-href="MagneticTorqueLab">MagneticTorqueLab</a></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>E&M</td><td>Magnetic Force</td><td><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.teachspin.com/magnetic-force.html" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://www.teachspin.com/magnetic-force.html">Teachspin website: Magnetic Force</a></p><p> </p></td><td> </td><td><a href="MagneticForceLab" data-wikiword="MagneticForceLab" data-mce-href="MagneticForceLab">MagneticForceLab</a></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>NMR</td><td>Pulsed NMR, finding FID</td><td><p><a href="http://www.teachspin.com/pulsed-nmr.html" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://www.teachspin.com/pulsed-nmr.html">Teachspin website: Pulsed NMR</a></p><p> </p></td><td> </td><td><a href="NMagneticResonanceLab" data-wikiword="NMagneticResonanceLab" data-mce-href="NMagneticResonanceLab">NMagneticResonanceLab</a></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Astro/particle physics</td><td>Cosmic Ray Flux distribution</td><td> </td><td> </td><td><a href="CosmicRayLab" data-wikiword="CosmicRayLab" data-mce-href="CosmicRayLab">CosmicRayLab</a></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Condensed Matter Physics/Nanoscience</td><td>Quantized Conductance in nanocontacts</td><td>This is a newly developed experiment for students interested in condensed Matter Physics, nanoscience and nanotechnology. The experiment will be carried out in Professor Jin He's lab (CP 277) and will be supervised by a graduate student.</td><td> </td><td><a href="QuantizedConductance" data-wikiword="QuantizedConductance" data-mce-href="QuantizedConductance">QuantizedConductance</a></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>-- <a href="Main.JorgeRodriguez" data-wikiword="Main.JorgeRodriguez" data-mce-href="Main.JorgeRodriguez">Main.JorgeRodriguez</a> - 2012-01-02</p><p> </p><ul><li><a href="http://phy.fiu.edu/pub/Main/PHY4821L/HiggsDiscoverPaper-xarch-1207.7235v2.pdf" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://phy.fiu.edu/pub/Main/PHY4821L/HiggsDiscoverPaper-xarch-1207.7235v2.pdf">HiggsDiscoverPaper-xarch-1207.7235v2.pdf</a>: The Higgs discovery paper published by the CMS Collaboration in 2012.</li></ul><p class="WYSIWYG_NBNL"> </p><ul><li><a href="http://phy.fiu.edu/pub/Main/PHY4821L/PhysRevLett.107.251801.pdf" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://phy.fiu.edu/pub/Main/PHY4821L/PhysRevLett.107.251801.pdf">PhysRevLett.107.251801.pdf</a>: A PRL paper on the faster than light neutrino results obtained last September by the OPERA collaboration.</li></ul><p class="WYSIWYG_NBNL"> </p><ul><li><a href="http://phy.fiu.edu/pub/Main/PHY4821L/PhysRevD.83.112004.pdf" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://phy.fiu.edu/pub/Main/PHY4821L/PhysRevD.83.112004.pdf">PhysRevD.83.112004.pdf</a>: A recent PRD paper from the CMS collaboration on Upsilon production at the LHC. 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> > | Another rendition of the schedule is available here <a href="PHY4821LSchedule" data-wikiword="PHY4821LSchedule" data-mce-href="PHY4821LSchedule">PHY4821LSchedule</a></p><p>List of Available Labs (Lab due dates are posted in the calendar above. Please NOTE: that late will be penalized 1 point per day. After a week late the lab will not be graded.)</p><table border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><th>Field</th><th>Topic</th><th>References and Links</th><td> </td><th>Laboratory Instructions</th><th>Students</th></tr><tr><td>Computational Physics</td><td>Monte Carlo Methods, Binomial Statistics, Errors, Uncertainties and fittin</td><td>There are sections in both recommended texts related to this lab. Mellesino has a nice section on probability and statistics, distributions, fitting functions and so does Bevington and Robinson. Other sources and links: Helpful information on how to gain access and use the physics server medianoche <a href="HowToAccessComputing" data-wikiword="HowToAccessComputing" data-mce-href="HowToAccessComputing">HowToAccessComputing</a>, A recommend data analysis package called MNFIU or MN_FIT, essentially an interface to CERN MINUIT fitter. Its one of the few precursors to ROOT but is easier to use. The manual and information is available <a href="http://www-zeus.physik.uni-bonn.de/~brock/mn_fit.html" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://www-zeus.physik.uni-bonn.de/~brock/mn_fit.html">http://www-zeus.physik.uni-bonn.de/~brock/mn_fit.html</a>, The full blown ROOT data analysis package <a href="http://root.cern.ch/drupal/" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://root.cern.ch/drupal/">The ROOTt data analysis framework</a> , and Dr. Boeglin's, collection of python scripts and libraries (Labtools) <span class="WYSIWYG_LINK">http://wanda.fiu.edu/boeglinw/LabTools/doc/</span></td><td> </td><td><a href="MonteCarloLab" data-wikiword="MonteCarloLab" data-mce-href="MonteCarloLab">MonteCarloLab</a></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Statistics and Probability Distributions</td><td>Uncertainties, Poisson and Gaussian statistics</td><td>"Experiments in Modern Physics" 2nd ed. by Melissinos & Napolitano. Other sources, <a href="http://www.fiu.edu/~baraue/teaching/SrLab/Poisson.pdf" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://www.fiu.edu/~baraue/teaching/SrLab/Poisson.pdf">Poisson Statistics</a>, <a href="http://vassarstats.net/poissonfit.html" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://vassarstats.net/poissonfit.html">Poisson fitter</a>, <a href="http://people.ccmr.cornell.edu/~muchomas/8.04/Lecs/lec_statistics/node18.html" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://people.ccmr.cornell.edu/~muchomas/8.04/Lecs/lec_statistics/node18.html">Counting Statistics</a>,[XYZ of Oscilloscopes (Tektronix intro manual)]]</td><td> </td><td><a href="CountingLab" data-wikiword="CountingLab" data-mce-href="CountingLab">CountingLab</a></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Fundemental Constants</td><td>Millikan Oil Drop Experiment</td><td>A nice description of this lab is available from Meliesino & Napolitao 2nd ed. <a href="http://www.aip.org/history/gap/Millikan/01_Millikan.html" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://www.aip.org/history/gap/Millikan/01_Millikan.html">Millikan's orignal paper</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="MillikanLab" data-wikiword="MillikanLab" data-mce-href="MillikanLab">MillikanLab</a></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>E&M</td><td>Magnetic Torque & Gyromagnetic ratio</td><td><a href="http://www.teachspin.com/magnetic-torque.html" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://www.teachspin.com/magnetic-torque.html">Teachspin website: Magnetic Torque</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="MagneticTorqueLab" data-wikiword="MagneticTorqueLab" data-mce-href="MagneticTorqueLab">MagneticTorqueLab</a></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>E&M</td><td>Magnetic Force</td><td><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.teachspin.com/magnetic-force.html" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://www.teachspin.com/magnetic-force.html">Teachspin website: Magnetic Force</a></p><p> </p></td><td> </td><td><a href="MagneticForceLab" data-wikiword="MagneticForceLab" data-mce-href="MagneticForceLab">MagneticForceLab</a></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>NMR</td><td>Pulsed NMR, finding FID</td><td><p><a href="http://www.teachspin.com/pulsed-nmr.html" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://www.teachspin.com/pulsed-nmr.html">Teachspin website: Pulsed NMR</a></p><p> </p></td><td> </td><td><a href="NMagneticResonanceLab" data-wikiword="NMagneticResonanceLab" data-mce-href="NMagneticResonanceLab">NMagneticResonanceLab</a></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Astro/particle physics</td><td>Cosmic Ray Flux distribution</td><td> </td><td> </td><td><a href="CosmicRayLab" data-wikiword="CosmicRayLab" data-mce-href="CosmicRayLab">CosmicRayLab</a></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Condensed Matter Physics/Nanoscience</td><td>Quantized Conductance in nanocontacts</td><td>This is a newly developed experiment for students interested in condensed Matter Physics, nanoscience and nanotechnology. The experiment will be carried out in Professor Jin He's lab (CP 277) and will be supervised by a graduate student.</td><td> </td><td><a href="QuantizedConductance" data-wikiword="QuantizedConductance" data-mce-href="QuantizedConductance">QuantizedConductance</a></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>-- <a href="Main.JorgeRodriguez" data-wikiword="Main.JorgeRodriguez" data-mce-href="Main.JorgeRodriguez">Main.JorgeRodriguez</a> - 2012-01-02</p><p> </p><ul><li><a href="http://phy.fiu.edu/pub/Main/PHY4821L/HiggsDiscoverPaper-xarch-1207.7235v2.pdf" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://phy.fiu.edu/pub/Main/PHY4821L/HiggsDiscoverPaper-xarch-1207.7235v2.pdf">HiggsDiscoverPaper-xarch-1207.7235v2.pdf</a>: The Higgs discovery paper published by the CMS Collaboration in 2012.</li></ul><p class="WYSIWYG_NBNL"> </p><ul><li><a href="http://phy.fiu.edu/pub/Main/PHY4821L/PhysRevLett.107.251801.pdf" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://phy.fiu.edu/pub/Main/PHY4821L/PhysRevLett.107.251801.pdf">PhysRevLett.107.251801.pdf</a>: A PRL paper on the faster than light neutrino results obtained last September by the OPERA collaboration.</li></ul><p class="WYSIWYG_NBNL"> </p><ul><li><a href="http://phy.fiu.edu/pub/Main/PHY4821L/PhysRevD.83.112004.pdf" class="TMLlink" data-mce-href="http://phy.fiu.edu/pub/Main/PHY4821L/PhysRevD.83.112004.pdf">PhysRevD.83.112004.pdf</a>: A recent PRD paper from the CMS collaboration on Upsilon production at the LHC. 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To comply with state-mandated requirements, all students will be required to take an "exit exam". This exam covers everything in the FIU undergraduate physics curriculum: Modern Physics, Mechanics, E&M, Thermodynamics, and Quantum Mechanics. The exam is worth 5% of your final grade.Schedule | ||||||||
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Introduction:This course is likely the last laboratory course you will take as an undergraduate at FIU. The course is intended to complement and extend what you've learned in the intro and modern physics labs to prepare you for graduate studies in physics or employment in industry or government. In contrast to prior lab course work in this class you are expected to work much more independently in both the preparation of your experiments and analysis of your results. The lab instructor while always willing and available to help will not provide you with a detailed set of instructions to perform the experiment or do the analysis. The primary goal and emphasize of the course is the production of research quality work; the final product being a paper suitable, in both content and formatting, for submission to a physics journal. | ||||||||
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< < | The course is organized around the production of publication quality research papers on a variety of physics experiments that emphasize different aspects of data taking and analysis. Each students, working in small two person teams, is presented with a series of experiments (listed below) over the 16 week semester. You are encouraged to collaborate closely within your lab partner, other members of the class or even your lab instructor; however, you are responsible for your own research papers. PLEASE DO NOT TURN IN THE SAME PAPER as your lab partner. Research papers should be written to the standards of a typical modern physics journal. This includes conforming to the a specific set of style and formatting requirements that are adhered to strictly. You can choose from among the various styles of publications in use today.The particular type-setting or word processing application used is up to you so you may choose whatever you are familiar with. For example latex or tex provide the "best looking" papers since these are typesetting application specifically designed for this purpose. Latex and particularly tex, rely on the use of "coded" keywords to draw symbols and equations on paper so are a little more difficult to use than WYSIWG applications like MS Word. On the other hand MS Word or Openoffice's are perfectly suitable for writing papers and can be made to produce excellent results. In fact, most journals today provide templates in word along side latex/tex. As a guide for what is expect of you in this class feel free to pull down one of the journals located above cabinets along the walls of our lab room. Likewise you can download pdfs of CMS papers I've linked for you that are of recent interest, attached below. Finally, I've provided you with latex and word templates you can use, see attachments below. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After you complete taking data on a given project you will have about one week to complete the report for the lab. The reports should resemble a journal paper. Each report should have an introduction, a description of the procedures and equipment used, a description of analysis procedures, tables and/or graphs of the data collected, and a discussion of the results. Proper use of significant figures and statistical analysis is expected. All graphs and tables should be well labeled and properly displayed. You should cite all references used in a bibliography. I've attached below a couple of recent paper examples from Journals: A Physical Review Letters (PRL) paper on yet another discrepancy between the recent faster than light neutrino results and known physics PhysRevLett.107.251801.pdf and a recent paper on Upsilon resonance production at the LHC by the CMS collaboration PhysRevD.83.112004.pdf. Look to these as samples of what I expect. In addition, the arxiv.org website also has many tex templates most of which I will accept. You may also search the APS site for word templates if you so desire or create your own based on the sample paper attached below. I will add templates as I find them to this twiki. There is some freedom in how you layout your paper but please consult the Physical Review journals PRL, PRB... guidelines for proper formatting and rules regarding the layout. Your report should include these sections: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At the end of the semester, you will be required to give a 20 minute presentation on one of the experiments you did or a topic of your choosing related to some physics of interest to you. In the past students have presented work they've participated in during Summer research projects at FIU or elsewhere. For example: at Jefferson Lab, with the Biophysics group etc.,. Last semester someone presented a talk on the Physics of Fighting which I found rather interesting. In any case and to avoid conflicts all students need to have their topics approved by me before you present. The presentation will be graded and will constitute 15% of your course grade. The ability to convey and communicate your topic through oral presentations is a critical part of work as a physicist. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Introduction:This course is likely the last laboratory course you will take as an undergraduate at FIU. The course is intended to complement and extend what you've learned in the intro and modern physics labs to prepare you for graduate studies in physics or employment in industry or government. In contrast to prior lab course work in this class you are expected to work much more independently in both the preparation of your experiments and analysis of your results. The lab instructor while always willing and available to help will not provide you with a detailed set of instructions to perform the experiment or do the analysis. The primary goal and emphasize of the course is the production of research quality work; the final product being a paper suitable, in both content and formatting, for submission to a physics journal. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Your final grade is based on the number of points you scores throughout the semester. Most of the points come from the research papers you will turn in during the semester. On the last week before finals all students are required to give a presentation on a topic of interest related to the physics of the particular subject. These can be previous or upcomming presentations presented at a physics conferen. Otherwise your presentation can be on one of the labs you performed in class or some extension thereof. The presentation is graded and given equal weight to the research papers. On finals week all students are also required to take the Physics "Major Field Test" from ETS. These exams are multiple choice exams given to asses your overall mastery of the material you learned as an undergraduate students at FIU. Your overall course grade is not greatly affected by your score, in fact, everyone gets 5 additional points if you take the test and take it seriously. Your total points, scaled so that each assignment is 100 is compared to the table below to compute your final letter grade. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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< < | After you complete taking data on a given project you will have about one week to complete the report for the lab. The reports should resemble a journal paper. Each report should have an introduction, a description of the procedures and equipment used, a description of analysis procedures, tables and/or graphs of the data collected, and a discussion of the results. Proper use of significant figures and statistical analysis is expected. All graphs and tables should be well labeled and properly displayed. You should cite all references used in a bibliography. I've attached below a couple of recent paper examples from Journals: A Physical Review Letters (PRL) paper on yet another discrepancy between the recent faster than light neutrino results and known physics PhysRevLett.107.251801.pdf and a recent paper on Upsilon resonance production at the LHC by the CMS collaboration PhysRevD.83.112004.pdf. Look to these as samples of what I expect. In addition, the arxiv.org website also has many tex templates most of which I will accept. You may also search the APS site for word templates if you so desire or create your own based on the sample paper attached below. I will add templates as I find them to this twiki. There is some freedom in how you layout your paper but please consult the PRL or PR(A-Z) guideline for proper formatting and rules regarding the layout. Your report should include these sections: | |||||||
> > | After you complete taking data on a given project you will have about one week to complete the report for the lab. The reports should resemble a journal paper. Each report should have an introduction, a description of the procedures and equipment used, a description of analysis procedures, tables and/or graphs of the data collected, and a discussion of the results. Proper use of significant figures and statistical analysis is expected. All graphs and tables should be well labeled and properly displayed. You should cite all references used in a bibliography. I've attached below a couple of recent paper examples from Journals: A Physical Review Letters (PRL) paper on yet another discrepancy between the recent faster than light neutrino results and known physics PhysRevLett.107.251801.pdf and a recent paper on Upsilon resonance production at the LHC by the CMS collaboration PhysRevD.83.112004.pdf. Look to these as samples of what I expect. In addition, the arxiv.org website also has many tex templates most of which I will accept. You may also search the APS site for word templates if you so desire or create your own based on the sample paper attached below. I will add templates as I find them to this twiki. There is some freedom in how you layout your paper but please consult the Physical Review journals PRL, PRB... guidelines for proper formatting and rules regarding the layout. Your report should include these sections: | |||||||
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< < | The course is organized around the production of publication quality research papers on a variety of physics experiments that emphasize different aspects of data taking and analysis. Each students, working in small two person teams, is presented with a series of experiments (listed below) over the 16 week semester. You are encouraged to collaborate closely within your lab partner, other members of the class or even your lab instructor; however, you are responsible for your own research papers. PLEASE DO NOT TURN IN THE SAME PAPER as your lab partner. Research papers should be written to the standards of a typical modern physics journal. This includes conforming to the a specific set of style and formatting requirements that are adhered to strictly. You can choose from among the various styles of publications in use today.The particular type-setting or word processing application used is up to you. There are many good solutions among them are: latex or tex which provide the "best looking" papers since they are designed to produce extremely consistent manuscripts. These though are somewhat difficult to use and have a steep learning curve. You can also use Microsoft Word or Openoffice's word processing software both are perfectly suitable products and produce excellent results. Most journals today access word documents as well as latex and tex. You may check the numerous journals located above the cabinets on the eastern wall as a guide or just read the pdf of a couple papers of recent interest, attached below. You are also welcome to try the the latex and word templates linked below on this page. | |||||||
> > | The course is organized around the production of publication quality research papers on a variety of physics experiments that emphasize different aspects of data taking and analysis. Each students, working in small two person teams, is presented with a series of experiments (listed below) over the 16 week semester. You are encouraged to collaborate closely within your lab partner, other members of the class or even your lab instructor; however, you are responsible for your own research papers. PLEASE DO NOT TURN IN THE SAME PAPER as your lab partner. Research papers should be written to the standards of a typical modern physics journal. This includes conforming to the a specific set of style and formatting requirements that are adhered to strictly. You can choose from among the various styles of publications in use today.The particular type-setting or word processing application used is up to you so you may choose whatever you are familiar with. For example latex or tex provide the "best looking" papers since these are typesetting application specifically designed for this purpose. Latex and particularly tex, rely on the use of "coded" keywords to draw symbols and equations on paper so are a little more difficult to use than WYSIWG applications like MS Word. On the other hand MS Word or Openoffice's are perfectly suitable for writing papers and can be made to produce excellent results. In fact, most journals today provide templates in word along side latex/tex. As a guide for what is expect of you in this class feel free to pull down one of the journals located above cabinets along the walls of our lab room. Likewise you can download pdfs of CMS papers I've linked for you that are of recent interest, attached below. Finally, I've provided you with latex and word templates you can use, see attachments below. | |||||||
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This course is likely the last laboratory course you will take as an undergraduate at FIU. The course is intended to complement and extend what you've learned in intro and modern physics labs to prepare you for graduate studies in physics or employment in industry or government. In contrast to prior lab course work in this class you are expected to work much more independently in both the preparation of your experiments and analysis of your results. The lab instructor while always willing and available to help he will not provide you with a detailed set of instructions to perform the experiment. The primary goal and emphasize of the course is the production of research quality work; the final product being a paper suitable for submission to a physics journal. The course is organized around the production of publication quality research papers on a variety of physics experiments that emphasize different aspects of data taking and analysis. Each students, working in small two person teams, is presented with a series of experiments (listed below) over the 16 week semester. You are encouraged to collaborate closely within your lab partner, other members of the class or even your lab instructor; however, you are responsible for your own research papers. PLEASE DO NOT TURN IN THE SAME PAPER as your lab partner. Research papers should be written to the standards of a typical modern physics journal. This includes conforming to the a specific set of style and formatting requirements that are adhered to strictly. You can choose from among the various styles of publications in use today.The particular type-setting or word processing application used is up to you. There are many good solutions among them are: latex or tex which provide the "best looking" papers since they are designed to produce extremely consistent manuscripts. These though are somewhat difficult to use and have a steep learning curve. You can also use Microsoft Word or Openoffice's word processing software both are perfectly suitable products and produce excellent results. Most journals today access word documents as well as latex and tex. You may check the numerous journals located above the cabinets on the eastern wall as a guide or just read the pdf of a couple papers of recent interest, attached below. You are also welcome to try the the latex and word templates linked below on this page. Please note that this is a three credit UPPER LEVEL class and you will be expected to put in the corresponding amount of effort. | ||||||||
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A grading rubric GradingRubric will be applied to each lab using the criteria above to asses your performance. Your lab reports (papers) grade will constitute 80% of your final grade for the course. Reports will generally be due one week after you have completed the experiment. Reports that are late will have their grade reduced by one letter grade if not turned in on the due date and one letter grade for each week beyond that: An "A" turns into an "F" after four weeks. You can use the Journal of Physics: Conference Series guidelines to format you paper in. But if you prefer to use some other physics journal guidelines you are more than welcomed to do that instead. We provide below zip files with the guideline/templates from the JPC for your convenience. | ||||||||
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After you complete taking data on a given project you will have about one week to complete the report for the lab. The reports should resemble a journal paper. Each report should have an introduction, a description of the procedures and equipment used, a description of analysis procedures, tables and/or graphs of the data collected, and a discussion of the results. Proper use of significant figures and statistical analysis is expected. All graphs and tables should be well labeled and properly displayed. You should cite all references used in a bibliography. I've attached below a couple of recent paper examples from Journals: A Physical Review Letters (PRL) paper on yet another discrepancy between the recent faster than light neutrino results and known physics PhysRevLett.107.251801.pdf and a recent paper on Upsilon resonance production at the LHC by the CMS collaboration PhysRevD.83.112004.pdf. Look to these as samples of what I expect. In addition, the arxiv.org website also has many tex templates most of which I will accept. You may also search the APS site for word templates if you so desire or create your own based on the sample paper attached below. I will add templates as I find them to this twiki. There is some freedom in how you layout your paper but please consult the PRL or PR(A-Z) guideline for proper formatting and rules regarding the layout. Your report should include these sections: | ||||||||
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A grading rubric GradingRubric will be applied to each lab using the criteria above to asses your performance. Your lab reports (papers) grade will constitute 80% of your final grade for the course. Reports will generally be due one week after you have completed the experiment. Reports that are late will have their grade reduced by one letter grade if not turned in on the due date and one letter grade for each week beyond that: An "A" turns into an "F" after four weeks. You can use the Journal of Physics: Conference Series guidelines to format you paper in. But if you prefer to use some other physics journal guidelines you are more than welcomed to do that instead. We provide below zip files with the guideline/templates from the JPC for your convenience. |
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To comply with state-mandated requirements, all students will be required to take an "exit exam". This exam covers everything in the FIU undergraduate physics curriculum: Modern Physics, Mechanics, E&M, Thermodynamics, and Quantum Mechanics. The exam is worth 5% of your final grade.Schedule | |||||||||||||||||||
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Your final grade is based on the number of points you scores throughout the semester. Most of the points come from the research papers you will turn in, typically four or five papers. On the last week before finals all students are required to do a presentation on a topic of interest, related to physics, or on one of the labs. The presentation is graded and equal weight to the research papers. On finals week all students are also required to take the Physics "Major Field Test" from ETS. The exams are multiple choice exams given to asses your overall mastery of the material you learned as an undergraduate students at FIU. Your overall course grade is not greatly affected by your score, in fact, everyone gets 5 additional points if you take the test and take it seriously. Your total points, scaled so that each assignment is 100% is compared to the table below to compute your final letter grade. |
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PresentationAt the end of the semester, you will be required to give a 20 minute presentation on one of the experiments you did or a topic of your choosing related to some physics of interest to you. In the past students have presented work they've participated in during Summer research projects at FIU or elsewhere. For example: at Jefferson Lab, with the Biophysics group etc.,. Last semester someone presented a talk on the Physics of Fighting which I found rather interesting. In any case and to avoid conflicts all students need to have their topics approved by me before you present. The presentation will be graded and will constitute 15% of your course grade. The ability to convey and communicate your topic through oral presentations is a critical part of work as a physicist. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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You will be rotating through the various labs on a schedule to be determined by your interests and the availability of equipment. The number of labs you complete will depend on the difficulty level of the labs, so it may be that you will not be required to do every lab on the list. Some of the labs are required for all students. I will discuss with each of you individually which labs you will do. Once we have determined what you will be working on, we will fill in the schedule. In a rare case, you might work in one of the other professors' research lab. In such cases, I will schedule meeting times between you and the professor. List of Available Labs (Lab due dates are posted in the PHY4821LSchedule topic. Late lab grades will decrease over time) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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< < | This course is likely the last laboratory course you will take as an undergraduate at FIU. The course is thus intended to extend what you've already learned in intro and modern physics laboratory courses to prepare you for graduate studies in physics or employment in industry or government. As apposed to your prior lab courses you will also be expected to work much more independently in the perparation and execution of your experiments. For the most part you will need to perform your own research to sort out how to do the experiment and how to write the lab report. The lab instructor is there to help you but not to provide you with detailed instructions. In this class we want to emphasize the production of research quality work so the student is expected to pay particular attention to the collecting and analyzing of data, the proper handling of errors including the estimation of systematics errors, and conduct requisite statistical analysis. In the end the final product is supposed to be a research quality report that could be submitted to a physics journal. | |||||||
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< < | The class will be conducted in the following way: Each student, working in teams, will be presented with a series of experiments (listed below) over the semester. The experiments will be conducted with minimal instruction from the professor to stimulate the need for and emphasis of independent research. Within each team the students collaborate but each will be responsible for their own research papers. DO NOT TURN IN THE SAME PAPER as your lab partner. Each research paper should be written to the standards of a typical modern physics journal each which impose a specific set of style and formatting requirements that are strictly adhered to. The student can choose from amongst the various styles of publications in use today. The particular type-setting or word processing application used is up to the student. Applications such as latex or tex provide the "best looking" papers that produce extreemly consistent manuscripts. These type setting application though are difficult to use to those who have not done this before. I recommend that if you do not have a latex or tex template that you use whatever word processing software you are familiar with; MS word or Openoffice are pefectly fine. Please help yourself to any one of the periodicals located at the very top of the cabinets in the east wall of the lab. | |||||||
> > | The course is organized around the production of publication quality research papers on a variety of physics experiments that emphasize different aspects of data taking and analysis. Each students, working in small two person teams, is presented with a series of experiments (listed below) over the 16 week semester. You are encouraged to collaborate closely within your lab partner, other members of the class or even your lab instructor; however, you are responsible for your own research papers. PLEASE DO NOT TURN IN THE SAME PAPER as your lab partner. Research papers should be written to the standards of a typical modern physics journal. This includes conforming to the a specific set of style and formatting requirements that are adhered to strictly. You can choose from among the various styles of publications in use today.The particular type-setting or word processing application used is up to you. There are many good solutions among them are: latex or tex which provide the "best looking" papers since they are designed to produce extremely consistent manuscripts. These though are somewhat difficult to use and have a steep learning curve. You can also use Microsoft Word or Openoffice's word processing software both are perfectly suitable products and produce excellent results. Most journals today access word documents as well as latex and tex. You may check the numerous journals located above the cabinets on the eastern wall as a guide or just read the pdf of a couple papers of recent interest, attached below. You are also welcome to try the the latex and word templates linked below on this page. | |||||||
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After you complete taking data on a given project you will have about one week to complete the report for the lab. The reports should resemble a journal paper. Each report should have an introduction, a description of the procedures and equipment used, a description of analysis procedures, tables and/or graphs of the data collected, and a discussion of the results. Proper use of significant figures and statistical analysis is expected. All graphs and tables should be well labeled and properly displayed. You should cite all references used in a bibliography. I've attached below a couple of recent paper examples from Journals: A Physical Review Letters (PRL) paper on yet another discrepancy between the recent faster than light neutrino results and known physics PhysRevLett.107.251801.pdf and a recent paper on Upsilon resonance production at the LHC by the CMS collaboration PhysRevD.83.112004.pdf. Look to these as samples of what I expect. In addition, the arxiv.org website also has many tex templates most of which I will accept. You may also search the APS site for word templates if you so desire or create your own based on the sample paper attached below. I will add templates as I find them to this twiki. There is some freedom in how you layout your paper but please consult the PRL or PR(A-Z) guideline for proper formatting and rules regarding the layout. Your report should include these sections: | ||||||||
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PresentationAt the end of the semester, you will be required to give a 20 minute presentation on one of the experiments you did or a topic of your choosing related to some physics of interest to you. In the past students have presented work they've participated in during Summer research projects at FIU or elsewhere. For example: at Jefferson Lab, with the Biophysics group etc.,. Last semester someone presented a talk on the Physics of Fighting which I found rather interesting. In any case and to avoid conflicts all students need to have their topics approved by me before you present. The presentation will be graded and will constitute 15% of your course grade. The ability to convey and communicate your topic through oral presentations is a critical part of work as a physicist. | ||||||||
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< < | The text book by A.C. Melissinos and J. Napolitano "Experiments in Modern Physics 2nd Edition" (ISBN 0124898513) is highly recommended for this course but it is not required. The book describes, in detail, some of the more challenging experiments in the course, including the Millikan Oil Drop Experiment. The book also covers topics that are not only interesting but will be of use as you progress throughout your career in physics, particularly if you choose work that involves measuring and reporting on the results. Particularly there is a nice chapter at the end that summarizes the theory of probability and statistics and how these relate to measurements in the laboratory, a necessary need to know topic for all physicists. I would also recommend a more thorough reference on data reduction, errors, uncertainties and fitting. I've recently come across a nice book from Oxford Press entitled: "Measurements and their Uncertainties" by Ifan G. Hughes & Thomas P.A. Hase. Another reference would be the classic "Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences" by Philp R. Bevington. A third edition was published in 2003 by Bevington and Robinson which I've seen for as low as 50 dollars online. I strongly recommend that you purchase a copy for your library.
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Course Textbook and Recommended Reference MaterialThe text book by A.C. Melissinos and J. Napolitano "Experiments in Modern Physics 2nd Edition" (ISBN 0124898513) is highly recommended for this course but it is not required. The book describes, in detail, some of the more challenging experiments in the course, including the Millikan Oil Drop Experiment. The book also covers topics that are not only interesting but will be of use as you progress throughout your career in physics, particularly if you choose work that involves measuring and reporting on the results. Particularly there is a nice chapter at the end that summarizes the theory of probability and statistics and how these relate to measurements in the laboratory, a necessary need to know topic for all physicists. I would also recommend a more thorough reference on data reduction, errors, uncertainties and fitting. I've recently come across a nice book from Oxford Press entitled: "Measurements and their Uncertainties" by Ifan G. Hughes & Thomas P.A. Hase. Another reference would be the classic "Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences" by Philp R. Bevington. |
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Introduction:This course is likely the last laboratory course you will take as an undergraduate at FIU as such the course is intended to introduce you to modern research techniques and methodologies that will help prepare you for graduate studies in physics or employment in industry or government. The course builds on what you have learned in the Modern and Introductory Physics Labs courses. You will thus be expected to work independently to much greater extent to perform the experiments, research the work others have done and write a detailed lab report that is of the caliber consistent with research papers in physics. We want to emphasize the production of research quality work so the student is expected to pay particular attention to the collecting and analyzing of data, the proper handling of errors including the estimation of systematics error, conduct requisite statistical analysis and finally prepare a research quality report. |
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At the end of the semester, you will be required to give a 20 minute presentation on one of the experiments you did or a topic of your choosing related to some physics of interest to you. In the past students have presented work they've participated in during Summer research projects at FIU or elsewhere. For example: at Jefferson Lab, with the Biophysics group etc.,. Last semester someone presented a talk on the Physics of Fighting which I found rather interesting. In any case and to avoid conflicts all students need to have their topics approved by me before you present. The presentation will be graded and will constitute 15% of your course grade. The ability to convey and communicate your topic through oral presentations is a critical part of work as a physicist. | ||||||||
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You will be rotating through the various labs on a schedule to be determined by your interests and the availability of equipment. The number of labs you complete will depend on the difficulty level of the labs, so it may be that you will not be required to do every lab on the list. Some of the labs are required for all students. I will discuss with each of you individually which labs you will do. Once we have determined what you will be working on, we will fill in the schedule. In a rare case, you might work in one of the other professors' research lab. In such cases, I will schedule meeting times between you and the professor. List of Available Labs (Lab due dates are posted in the PHY4821LSchedule topic. Late lab grades will decrease over time)
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< < | After you complete taking data on a given project you will have about one week to complete the report for the lab. The reports should resemble a journal paper. Each report should have an introduction, a description of the procedures and equipment used, a description of analysis procedures, tables and/or graphs of the data collected, and a discussion of the results. Proper use of significant figures and statistical analysis is expected. All graphs and tables should be well labeled and properly displayed. You should cite all references used in a bibliography. I've attached below a couple of recent papers (PokerFacePaper.pdf) (CDFdijetPaper.pdf) for you to study as samples of what I expect. The arxiv.org site also has many tex templates most of which I will accept. You may also search the APS site for word templates if you so desire or create your own based on the sample paper. I will add templates as I find them to this twiki. There is some freedom in how you layout your paper but please consult the PRL or PR(A-Z) guideline for proper formatting and rules regarding the layout. Your report should include these sections: | |||||||
> > | After you complete taking data on a given project you will have about one week to complete the report for the lab. The reports should resemble a journal paper. Each report should have an introduction, a description of the procedures and equipment used, a description of analysis procedures, tables and/or graphs of the data collected, and a discussion of the results. Proper use of significant figures and statistical analysis is expected. All graphs and tables should be well labeled and properly displayed. You should cite all references used in a bibliography. I've attached below a couple of recent paper examples from Journals: A Physical Review Letters (PRL) paper on yet another discrepancy between the recent faster than light neutrino results and known physics PhysRevLett.107.251801.pdf and a recent paper on Upsilon resonance production at the LHC by the CMS collaboration PhysRevD.83.112004.pdf. Look to these as samples of what I expect. In addition, the arxiv.org website also has many tex templates most of which I will accept. You may also search the APS site for word templates if you so desire or create your own based on the sample paper attached below. I will add templates as I find them to this twiki. There is some freedom in how you layout your paper but please consult the PRL or PR(A-Z) guideline for proper formatting and rules regarding the layout. Your report should include these sections: | |||||||
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< < | After you complete taking data on a given project you will have about one week to complete the report for the lab. The reports should resemble a journal paper. Each report should have an introduction, a description of the procedures and equipment used, a description of analysis procedures, tables and/or graphs of the data collected, and a discussion of the results. Proper use of significant figures and statistical analysis is expected. All graphs and tables should be well labeled and properly displayed. You should cite all references used in a bibliography. I've attached below a couple of recent papers (PokerFacePaper.pdf) (CDFdijetPaper.pdf) for you to study as samples of what I expect. The arxiv.org site also has many tex templates most of which I will accept. You may also search the APS site for word templates if you so desire or create your own based on the sample paper. I will add templates as I find them to this twiki. There is some freedom in how you layout your paper but please consult the PRL or PRD guidlines for proper formatting and rules regarding the layout. Your report should include these sections: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ScheduleYou will be rotating through the various labs on a schedule to be determined by your interests and the availability of equipment. The number of labs you complete will depend on the difficulty level of the labs, so it may be that you will not be required to do every lab on the list. Some of the labs are required for all students. I will discuss with each of you individually which labs you will do. Once we have determined what you will be working on, we will fill in the schedule. In a rare case, you might work in one of the other professors' research lab. In such cases, I will schedule meeting times between you and the professor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> > | This course is likely the last laboratory course you will take as an undergraduate at FIU as such is intended to introduce you to modern research techniques and methodologies that will help prepare you for graduate studies in physics and/or employment in industry or government. The course builds on what the student has learned through our Modern and Introductory Laboratory courses and will be expected, to a greater extent, work independently to perform the experiments, conduct their own research and complete their lab report/research papers. | |||||||
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> > | In this course we want to emphasize the production of research quality work. The student is thus required to pay particular attention to the collecting and analyzing of data, the proper handling of errors including the estimation of systematics and finally the preparation of a research quality report. The class will be conducted in the following way. A series of experiments (listed below) are made available to the student over the semester and the student works with his or her partner to conduct the experiment and write their own research papers on each experiment conducted. The research paper is written to the standards of a typical modern physics journal. Typical physics journals such as the The Physical Review Letters, The Physical Review (A-Z), the Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Applied Physics etc., | |||||||
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< < | The text book by A.C. Melissinos and J. Napolitano "Experiments in Modern Physics 2nd Edition" (ISBN 0124898513) is highly recommended for this course but it is not required. The book describes, in detail, some of the more challenging experiments in the course, including the Millikan Oil Drop Experiment. The book also covers topics that are not only interesting but will be of use as you progress throughout your career in physics, particularly if you chose work that involves measuring and reporting on the results. Particularly there is a nice chapter at the end that summarizes the theory of probability and statistics and how these relate to measurements in the laboratory, a necessary need to know topic for all physicists. I would also recommend a more thorough reference on data reduction, errors, uncertainties and fitting. I've recently come across a nice book from Oxford Press entitled: "Measurements and their Uncertainties" by Ifan G. Hughes & Thomas P.A. Hase. Another reference would be the classic "Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences" by Philp R. Bevington. | |||||||
> > | The text book by A.C. Melissinos and J. Napolitano "Experiments in Modern Physics 2nd Edition" (ISBN 0124898513) is highly recommended for this course but it is not required. The book describes, in detail, some of the more challenging experiments in the course, including the Millikan Oil Drop Experiment. The book also covers topics that are not only interesting but will be of use as you progress throughout your career in physics, particularly if you chose work that involves measuring and reporting on the results. Particularly there is a nice chapter at the end that summarizes the theory of probability and statistics and how these relate to measurements in the laboratory, a necessary need to know topic for all physicists. I would also recommend a more thorough reference on data reduction, errors, uncertainties and fitting. I've recently come across a nice book from Oxford Press entitled: "Measurements and their Uncertainties" by Ifan G. Hughes & Thomas P.A. Hase. Another reference would be the classic "Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences" by Philp R. Bevington. | |||||||
Lab NotebooksYou should purchase a bound notebook to keep detailed notes about the experiments that you are working on. You should include data that you obtained, notes about the techniques, lists of references, etc. Notes should be dated so that you can cross reference things in the notebook with other materials you may get or produce during you experiments. A good researcher usually has five times as much information in the notebook than needed--but you never can be sure what you are going to need once you sit down to analyze your data. | ||||||||
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> > | Course Syllabus for Senior Physics Lab, PHY 4821L-U01Class Meets in RM CP251 on Monday & Friday 2:00pm - 4:50pmProfessor: Jorge L. Rodriguez Phone 305.348.0259 Office hours: Mon 1:00pm -2:00pm, Fri 2:00pm - 5:00pm or by appointmentIntroduction:This course is likely the last laboratory course you will take as an undergraduate at FIU and as such is intended to introduce you to modern research techniques and methodologies to help prepare you for future studies and/or employment. The student will learn how to do research quality work including the setup and some construction of the experimental apparatus, the collecting and analyzing of data, the proper handling of errors including the estimation of systematics and finally the preparation of a research quality report. Specifically several experiments (listed below) are made available to each student throughout the semester. The students will work in groups transitioning between experiments culminating in a lab report where results are detailed in a research paper written to the standards employed in physics journals such Physical Review Letters. Please note that this is a three credit UPPER LEVEL class and you will be expected to put in the corresponding amount of effort.Course Textbook and Recommended Reference MaterialThe text book by A.C. Melissinos and J. Napolitano "Experiments in Modern Physics 2nd Edition" (ISBN 0124898513) is highly recommended for this course but it is not required. The book describes, in detail, some of the more challenging experiments in the course, including the Millikan Oil Drop Experiment. The book also covers topics that are not only interesting but will be of use as you progress throughout your career in physics, particularly if you chose work that involves measuring and reporting on the results. Particularly there is a nice chapter at the end that summarizes the theory of probability and statistics and how these relate to measurements in the laboratory, a necessary need to know topic for all physicists. I would also recommend a more thorough reference on data reduction, errors, uncertainties and fitting. I've recently come across a nice book from Oxford Press entitled: "Measurements and their Uncertainties" by Ifan G. Hughes & Thomas P.A. Hase. Another reference would be the classic "Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences" by Philp R. Bevington. Lab NotebooksYou should purchase a bound notebook to keep detailed notes about the experiments that you are working on. You should include data that you obtained, notes about the techniques, lists of references, etc. Notes should be dated so that you can cross reference things in the notebook with other materials you may get or produce during you experiments. A good researcher usually has five times as much information in the notebook than needed--but you never can be sure what you are going to need once you sit down to analyze your data. To encourage this practice, lab notebooks will be collected from time to time and inspected for completeness. Lab ReportsAfter you complete taking data on a given project you will have about one week to complete the report for the lab. The reports should resemble a journal paper. Each report should have an introduction, a description of the procedures and equipment used, a description of analysis procedures, tables and/or graphs of the data collected, and a discussion of the results. Proper use of significant figures and statistical analysis is expected. All graphs and tables should be well labeled and properly displayed. You should cite all references used in a bibliography. I've attached below a couple of recent papers (PokerFacePaper.pdf) (CDFdijetPaper.pdf) for you to study as samples of what I expect. The arxiv.org site also has many tex templates most of which I will accept. You may also search the APS site for word templates if you so desire or create your own based on the sample paper. I will add templates as I find them to this twiki. There is some freedom in how you layout your paper but please consult the PRL or PRD guidlines for proper formatting and rules regarding the layout. Your report should include these sections:
PresentationAt the end of the semester, you will be required to give a 20 minute presentation on one of the experiments you did or a topic of your choosing related to some physics of interest to you. In the past students have presented work they've participated in during Summer research projects at FIU or elsewhere. For example: at Jefferson Lab, with the Biophysics group etc.,. Last semester someone presented a talk on the Physics of Fighting which I found rather interesting. In any case and to avoid conflicts all students need to have their topics approved by me before you present. The presentation will be graded and will constitute 15% of your course grade. The ability to convey and communicate your topic through oral presentations is a critical part of work as a physicist. Exit ExamTo comply with state-mandated requirements, all students will be required to take an "exit exam". This exam covers everything in the FIU undergraduate physics curriculum: Modern Physics, Mechanics, E&M, Thermodynamics, and Quantum Mechanics. The exam is worth 5% of your final grade. ScheduleYou will be rotating through the various labs on a schedule to be determined by your interests and the availability of equipment. The number of labs you complete will depend on the difficulty level of the labs, so it may be that you will not be required to do every lab on the list. Some of the labs are required for all students. I will discuss with each of you individually which labs you will do. Once we have determined what you will be working on, we will fill in the schedule. In a rare case, you might work in one of the other professors' research lab. In such cases, I will schedule meeting times between you and the professor. List of Available Labs (To check due dates please check the PHY4810LSpring2011Labs topic)
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