PHYSICS 47100EF SPRING 2021 (MR408) M 4:00-5:00 (Lab:MR422)

General Information:

• Syllabus: [html] [pdf]
• Text Book(s):
  • An Introduction to Error Analysis, John R. Taylor.
  • Experiments in Modern Physics, Adrian C. Melissinos and Jim Napolitano.
• Contact Professor Shattuck:
  • Email: [markdshattuck@gmail.com]
  • Office: [T1M-16] or [MR-419]
  • Lab: [MR-328]
  • Phone: (212) 650-8161
• Office Hours: M 2:00-4:00p (MR-422/MR-419) or by appointment.
• Physics Department: [Tutoring] [Home] [Info] [FAQ]

Final Exam:

• Final Exam
• Data for Final Exam

Lab Reports:

• Report Template
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List of Physical (At Home) experiments:

1. Density of Spaghetti (Lab 1: Due 3/1/2021)
2. Vibrational frequencies of a cantilever (Lab 2: Due 3/22/2021)
3. Virtual Millikan Oil Drop Experiment (Lab 3: Due 4/5/2021)
4. Gravitational Acceleration (Lab 5: Due 5/17/2021)

List of computational experiments:

1. Molecular Dynamics Simulation Laboratory (Lab 4: Due 5/03/2021)
2. Equation of state for hard disks (Under Construction)

List of physical experiments:

1. Measurement e/m for electron (Lorenz force)
2. Electron diffraction
3. Radioactivity [P2] [Manual] [ST360]
4. Frank-Hertz Experiment [Hg] [Ne]
5. Photoelectric effect [P2]
6. Microwave optics
7. Optical interferometer
8. Chaos
9. Optical Spectra
10. Millikan Oil Drop [PASCO documentation]
11. Optional/Extra Credit: [Noise] [Optical Diffraction]

Previous Classes Taught:

• PHYS 203 [F2008] [F2009]
• PHYS 204 [S2001][F2001][F2002][S2004][F2004][F2005][S2006]
• PHYS 207 [F2003][S2005][F2010]
• PHYS 208 [S2003]
• PHYS 351 [F2022] [S2023]
• PHYS 399 [F2023] [F2024]
• PHYS 371 [F2013] [F2015] [F2016] [F2017] [F2018] [F2019] [F2020]
• PHYS 471 [S2012] [S2014] [S2016] [S2017] [S2018] [S2019] [S2020] [S2021] [S2024]
• PHYS U856 Granular Materials [S2002][S2004]