PHYS 401 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

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Course materials are the work of current and prior course staff. Slides and supplementary materials labeled "EVC" and “JP” ​are due to E.V Colla and J. Filippini, respectively, who are also coauthors on most of the course lectures.

Week # Week of Lecture Lab Due
1 January 15 MLK HOLIDAY
NO LECTURE

Equipment intro lab
Writeup, Slides [EVC]

  
2 January 22

Introduction to Physics 401
Slides

Transients and oscillations in RLC circuits
Slides

Transients in RLC circuits
Writeup 

 Equipment
3 January 29

Error & Noise
Slides

Error propagation PS

 Report writing workshop
Slides 

RLC
(+1 day after usual due date)
4 February 5 Frequency domain analysis of linear circuits using synchronous detections
Slides		 Frequency domain analysis of linear circuits using synchronous detections
Writeup 		 Error propagation
5 February 12 Pulses in transmission lines
Slides		 Pulses in transmission lines
Writeup		 Frequency domain analysis
6 February 19 Counting statistics & Data analysis
Slides		 Counting statistics
Writeup		 Transmission lines
7 February 26 Millikan oil drop experiment I
Slides		 Millikan oil drop experiment I
Writeup
Apparatus manual
Millikan Origin project template		 Counting statistics
8 March 4 Millikan oil drop experiment II
Slides

Millikan oil drop experiment II
Same writeup as above

  
9   SPRING BREAK  
10 March 18 Torsional oscillator I
Slides

Torsional oscillator I
Writeup
Damping analysis notes

 Millikan experiment
11 March 25 Torsional oscillator II
Slides

Torsional oscillator II
Same writeup as above

  
12 April 1 Microwave
Slides		 Microwave cavities
Writeup		 Torsional oscillator
13 April 8 AC measurement of magnetic susceptibility I 
Slides 		 Final Project Week #1 - AC measurement of magnetic susceptibility I 
Writeup 
Magnetic materials references		  
14 April 15 AC measurement of magnetic susceptibility II 
Slides		 Final Project Week #2 - AC measurement of magnetic susceptibility II
Same writeup as above 
Tables for thermoelectric voltages		 Microwave cavities
15 April 22 Report help session Final Project Week #3 - AC measurement of magnetic susceptibility III
Same writeup as above 
Temperature controller notes 		  
16 April 29 No lecture NO LAB (Reading Day)  
17 May 6 Final Report and Resubmissions Due Wed 8May, 11:59pm