Modern Physics Lab

Important Information

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If you have any questions or concerns regarding the modern physics laboratory, please address them to Dr. James E. Parks, Director of Undergraduate Physics Laboratories. He can be reached at (865) 974-8952, or jeparks@utk.edu. His office is located in Room 404 of the Nielsen Physics Building.

Spring 2009 Physics 461-462 Syllabus

• Spring 2009 Syllabus for Physics 461 Advanced Modern Physics Laboratory

Experiments

• The Hydrogen Balmer Series and Rydberg Constant
• Radioactive Half-Life of Barium-137m
• Attenuation of Radiation
• Photoelectric Effect
• Poisson Statistics
• Hall Effect
• FTIR Experiment
• Compton Scattering
• Lock-In Amplifier
• Temperature Dependent Lifetime of Fluorescence from a Phosphor
• X-ray Diffraction -- Robert Deserio's Experiment from the University of Florida
• Zeeman Effect
• LabView and Maple Analysis
• Pulsed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• Speed of Light with a Rotating Mirror
• Speed of Light in an Optical Fiber
• Cavendish Experiment
• Cesium Heatpipe Experiment

Resources

• Data Analysis Basics

  • Data Analysis Write-up by Dr. Bradley Armen
  • Tutorial on Excel Solver

   

• Radiation Safety Training

  • Statement from the University Safety Officer Concerning Badging for the Modern Physics Lab
  • Sealed Source Users Training Module
  • X-ray Users Training Module