COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

Physics C1493x: Fall 1997

Introduction to Experimental Physics

Week Date Reading1 LAB TOPIC(s)2
1. 2 Sept. - 0. Introduction to C1493         (no lab this week)
2. 9 Sept. Ch. 1 1. Measurement - the statistics of uncertainty
3. 16 Sept. Ch. 2-4 2. Kinematics - using the Sonic Ranger
4. 23 Sept. Ch. 5-8 3. Dynamics - with computer simulations
5. 30 Sept. Ch. 23,30 4. The Electron - measuring e/m
6. 7 Oct. Ch. 24-27 5. Electric Fields - equipotentials & Laplace's equation
7. 14 Oct. Ch. 39 6. Geometrical Optics - reflection, refraction, mirrors & lenses
8. 21 Oct. Ch. 40,41 7. Interference & Diffraction
9. 28 Oct. Ch. 40,42 8. Interferometry - Michelson-Morley, Fabrey-Perot
10. 4 Nov. - Surprise!   (lab under construction; possibly none...)
11. 11 Nov. Ch. 29,32,36 9. AC Circuits - using an oscilloscope
12. 18 Nov. Ch. 46 10. Semiconductor devices - diodes/rectifiers, transistors/amplifiers

Jess H. Brewer
Fri Sep 12 12:01:30 PDT 1997