PHYS-339 Measurements Lab
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News
- Got a fix for the Emacs vs McGill Email problem.
- Code available to generate Gnuplot script for Geiger experiment.
Location
We are currently located in Wong 0120 in the basement of the Wong Building.
Schedule
Calendar Entry
(3 credits; 6 hours)(Prerequisite: 198-241B) Introduction to modern techniques of measurement. The use of computers in performing and analysing experiments. Data reduction, statistical methods, report writing. Extensive use of computers is made in this laboratory; therefore some familiarity with computers and computing is an advantage.
People
- Professor Michael Hilke
- Teaching Assistant Mathieu Cesar
- Teaching Assistant Kemp Plumb
- Teaching Assistant Jason Schwartz
- Teaching Assistant Christian Voyer
- Technician Mark Orchard-Webb
Experiments
- Introduction to Programming
- Statistics / Geiger
- Labmaster Calibration
- Properties of He-Ne Laser
- Servo System
- Project
Projects
The following projects have been proposed thus far:
- Allaire & Staraci : Implementation of Pulse Height Analyser for study of attenuation of gamma by matter
- Aydin & Cottitto : Astonishing Heat Sinks
- Badran & Lin : Measurement of polarization rotation by organic molecules
- Borislav & Gorelick : Acoustic localization of sound source, using real-time correlation analysis with ###### ###### for target neutralization.
- Davis & Mohamed Yusoff : (tentative) measurement of photon momentum.
- Declerck & Theberge : Optical Mapping of Fraunhofer diffraction pattern using special filtering and Fourier analysis
- Kamio & Shershin : Measurement of speed of sound in gases as a function of temperature via time of flight
- Lagogiannis & Smilowitz: Complex filter design
- Mony & Smith : Frank-Hertz
- North & Shelbaya : Measurement of speed of sound
Lab Reports
- Lab Report Checklist (http://www.ugrad.physics.mcgill.ca/resources/339/checklist.pdf) - PDF document listing questions you should be able to answer yes to if you don't want to be penalized for technical issues. If you answer no to one of these questions, you need to have a really convincing answer to the follow up question "Why not?".
- Report Guidelines (http://www.ugrad.physics.mcgill.ca/resources/voyerc/guide339.pdf) - This not so crusty description of what is expected in the structure of the report. Written by DHR, deviate at own risk. -=* NEW *=-
- General Report Comments (http://www.physics.mcgill.ca/~voyerc/reports_339.pdf) - A short list of comments relevant to the particular class to date. Most information within is included in the report guidelines with a few stylistic additions.
Groups
Remote access
This may be covered elsewhere in the Wiki, but you can access your home directory via the information superhighway at the following service station:
- https://webfolders.mcgill.ca/students/dasusername
General Lab Report Comments From The TAs
Stephen and Christian have supplied a few general comments on the lab reports you may find useful. They include mostly issues that come up quite often and that can not only be easily avoided, but will not go unnoticed.
