640-391 Laboratory Work

Note

Physics 640-394, or 640-391 + 640-393 forms the standard laboratory subject taken by most students specialising in Physics and wishing to proceed to Honours-Level studies in Physics. Physics 640-391 or 640-392 may also be taken to provide wider practical experience. 640-391 can only be taken together with 640-392, 640-393 or 640-394.

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Physics 640-299.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

By the end of this subject the student should:

• comprehend a wide range of advanced experimental techniques;
• achieve a high level of skill in acquiring and evaluating experimental data and in writing and evaluating scientific reports;
• appreciate the role of experimentation in physics and the need for all physicists to be able to read and critically assess reports of experimental work.

These four subjects consist of different amounts of laboratory work drawn from a common pool of experiments. Practical experience is available in the following laboratories: nuclear physics, particle physics, diffraction, electronics, atomic physics, optical physics, astronomy. Workshop experience is also available; in some laboratories individual projects can be selected.

Assessment

Assessed continuously throughout the subject.