251 Lab

Fall 2003

Wednesday/Thursday, 2-5 pm in Rooms 203& 205 of Small Hall
Instructors:

W. J. Kossler	Rm 129	221 3519	kossler@physics.wm.edu
Assistant: Rui Yang	Rm 318b	221 3550	rxyang@wm.edu

Due to the large enrollment, we will be doing two separate labs each week. The text for the course is: Experiments in Modern Physics by A. Melissinos. Reports are due one week after the lab work. Collaboration is allowed and in fact expected, but the writeup should be individual.

Week	Date	Experiment
1	8/27,28	Organizational Meeting and Photos
2	9/3,4	Direct Measurement of the Speed of Light
3	9/10,11	Michelson Interferometer
4	9/17,18	Fabry-Perot Interferometry Na Doublet Splitting
5	9/24,25	Measurement of the Charge to Mass Ratio for the Electron
6	10/1,2	Electron Diffraction
7	10/8,9	$\hbar$/e Photoelectric Effect
8	10/15,16	Blackbody Radiation
9	10/22,23	Millikan Oil Drop Experiment I
10	10/29,30	Millikan Oil Drop Experiment II
11	11/5,6	Atomic Spectroscopy of the Hydrogen Atom
12	11/12,13	Sodium Atom Spectroscopy
13	11/19,20	Superconductivity
14	11/26,27	Thanksgiving Break
15	12/4,5	Tour of Physics and Applied Science Labs