Physics 440 (ILab), Fall 2007
UMass Amherst Physics Department
Instructors: Profs. A. Dinsmore and M. Achermann
Announcements:

• Copies of the slides from the Statistics Tutorial are uploaded; see link below.
• Stats exercise is due Thurs 11/29 (as listed on schedule); exercise is available below (same as was handed out in class).
• Information for the Quantum Entanglement project is now uploaded.

  General Course Information:

  Course policies & procedures (pdf)

  Schedule

  Information on Specific Experiments:

  Group and project assignments (login)

  Project information

  Assigned Exercises:

  Literature-search exercise (pdf) due Tu, 9/11/07

  Plotting and fitting exercise (pdf) due Tu, 9/18/07. Data in .txt format.

  Error and Statistics handouts: Parts 1 (pdf, 608kB) and 2 (pdf, 82 kB). Assigned Exercise. NOTE that the pdf has links to on-line datafiles.

  Other Resources and Useful Information:

  Info to contact other students (login)

  Literature searches (and the exercise)

  Uncertainties

  Links to Web of Science and Physical Review

  IPs: general info (pdf) and demo IP(.ppt)

  FPs: general info (pdf)

  Manuscripts (pdf)

  
  

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  A. Dinsmore, Fall 2007