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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

 

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