SYLLABUS
PHY
372
Instructor: Weidian
Shen
Modern
Physics Lab Office: 313 Strong Hall
336
Strong Hall Phone: 487-8797
Fall
2002 Assistant: Melissa
Brucker
Phone: (734)
657-1436
Prerequisites: PHY
370
Text: None. But a reference
manual will be provided.
Meeting Time: 11:00AM
- 1:00PM Monday or 10:00AM - Noon Thursday.
This
semester we will carry out seven experiments.
(1)
Measurement of Speed of Light with Optical Fiber
(2)
Measurement of Light Wavelength with a Ruler
(3) Hydrogen
Spectrum
(4)
Photoelectric Effect
(5)
Thomson's e/m Experiment
(6)
Millikan's Oil-Drop Experiment
(7) The
Franck-Hertz Experiment
You are given one week to finish
Experiment (1), (2), (3) and (4), and are given two weeks to finish Experiment
(5), (6) and (7).
We have one set-up for each
experiment. Two of you will form a
group. You and your partner can pick
either session, Monday or Thursday. Different
groups will carry out the seven experiments in different order, avoiding the
conflict in using the set-up. You will
work alone with Experiment (1), (2), (3) and (4), and will work with your
partner with Experiment (5), (6) and (7).
To make the arrangement, a sheet will be signed. The Five formal lab reports, each covering
one or two experiments, should be submitted on the following due days.
1st Report: September 30 or October 3
2nd Report: October 14 or 17
3rd Report: October 28 or 31
4th Report: November 11 or 14
5th Report: December 2 or 5
No late report will be
accepted for credit.
Grading:
Each report will have 20
points. Among the 20 points, 8 points
will be given depending on your performance in the lab and 12 points will be
given depending on your lab report and your result.
Performance Standard:
(1) Pre-read the reference manual
thoroughly, and make sure you clearly know the objective of the experiment, the
apparatus that will be used in it, and the experimental procedure. Write
a brief outline showing how you will carry out the experiment step by step,
bring it to the lab before the session starts, and let the instructor or
teaching assistant check it before you start doing experiment.
(2) Set up the apparatus correctly
and make all the adjustments carefully.
(3) Take data earnestly and
patiently.
(4)
After finishing the experiment, have your lab instructor or teaching assistant
sign your data sheet, and clean the table and return all the apparatus to their
original places.
(5) Follow the instruction of
instructor and teaching assistant.
The lab report should be neat and
legible, and consist of the following parts.
(1)
Cover page. It contains the title, name
of author, name of your partner (if you work together), date the report is
submitted and an abstract. You should
use 2-3 sentences to summarize what you did and your result/conclusion in the
abstract.
(2) Objective of the experiment.
(3)
Theoretical background of the experiment, containing the equations used in your
calculation and their derivation.
(4) Apparatus used in the
experiment.
(5) Procedure.
(6) Data.
(7) Calculation and Result.
(8) Discussion and Conclusion.
(9) Attached your original data
sheets with the report.
Grading Scale: A:
93-100; A-: 90-92; B+: 87-89; B: 83-86; B-: 80-82; C+: 77-79
C: 73-76;
C-: 70-72; D+: 67-69; D: 63-66; D-: 60-62.
Office
hour: Dr. Weidian Shen: 1:30-2:30PM MTWThF
Miss: Melissa Brucker: 9:00-10:00AM Th
336
Strong Hall
.
Appointments in
the time other than the above can be made through individual arrangement.