Last updated 05/02/01 04:06 AM
Schedule - Spring 2001
Physics 405 Prof. Robert Gammon
DATE |
SUBJECT |
HOMEWORK DUE Beginning of Class |
| Jan. 29 | 1st day of classes at UM | |
| Jan. 31 | Course Introduction, Experiments tour, Pictures | |
| Feb. 7 | Using "Acquire" & Errors | Read Bevington Chapter 1 (Taylor Chapters
1,2,4) First Homework due Prelab Questions for unit #1 due |
| Feb. 14 | Counting Experiments and use of Win-MCA Software | Read Bevington Chapter 2 (Taylor Chapters
5,10,11) 1st Lab report due ( Fri. 2/16) |
| Feb. 21 | Errors and experimental noise
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Read Bevington Chapter 3 (Taylor Chapters
3,5,7) 2nd Homework due Unit #2 prelab questions due |
| Feb. 28 | Least squares fitting | Read Bevington Chap. 4,6 (Taylor Chapters
8,12) 3rd Homework due 2nd Lab report due (Fri. 3/2) |
| Mar. 7 | Least Squares fitting | Read Bevington Chap. 7,8 Unit #3 prelab questions due |
| Mar. 14 | Lecture #6 (TBD) | Read Bevington Chap. 9,11 4th Homework Due 3rd Lab reports due (3/16) |
| Mar. 21 | Spring Break, no class | |
| Mar. 28 | No Lecture | Unit # 4 Prelab questions due |
| April 4 | Homework #5 due | |
| April 11 | Four 12min presentations: Barker, Caspi, Clevanger, Cohen | Unit # 5 Prelab questions due |
| April 18 | Four 12 min presentations: Fridman, Gillani, Henry, Kochhar | 4th and 5th Lab reports due (4/20) |
| April 25 | Four 12 min presentations: Larson, Moreford, Osborn, Rohde | Unit # 6 Prelab questions due |
| May 2 | Four 12 min presentations: Stone, Tober, Van Breen, Yuan | |
| May 9 | Unit # 7 Prelab questions due | |
| May 11 | 6th Notebook report Due | FRIDAY NIGHT, 6 PM |
| May 14 | Formal report due | by 9 AM Monday |
| May 15 | Last day of classes at UM 7th Unit/report Due |
Tuesday Night, 6 PM |