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 640-391 Laboratory Work

Note

The standard laboratory sequence taken by most students specialising in Physics and wishing to proceed to Honours-Level studies in Physics totals 25 points. This is usually achieved by completing 640-393 and 640-394. Either of the subjects 640-391 and 640-392 may additionally be taken to provide wider laboratory experience. The 25 point sequences (640-391 + 640-392 + 640-394) and (640-391 + 640-392 + 640-393) are also permitted if a student's course structure requires an asymmetric distribution of laboratory work between semesters. Note that 640-391 and 640-392 may only be taken in conjunction with 640-393 and/or 640-394.

Credit Points

6.25

Coordinator

Dr V N Gurarie and Dr D N Jamieson

Prerequisites

Physics 640-299.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

Three weeks (a week is made up of 3 days x 4 hours per day = 12 hours of work)

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.

The four subjects 640-391, 640-392, 640-393, 640-394 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.

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