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 640-393 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.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Dr L Bursill

Prerequisites

Physics 640-299.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

Six 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; and

  • 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 two subjects 640-393 and 640-394 consist 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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