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Labs

Information on the Junior Lab Experimental Notebook (PDF)

Safety Information (PDF)

8.13 Experiments - Fall 2007

OVERVIEW OF EXPERIMENTs LAB GUIDEs
Introductory experiments Junior lab introductory experiments (PDF)
Introductory experiment 1: Optics Optics lab guide (PDF)
Introductory experiment 2: Photoelectric effect Photoelectric effect lab guide (PDF)
Introductory experiment 3: Poisson statistics Poisson statistics lab guide (PDF)
Introductory experiment 4: Electromagnetic pulses Electromagnetic pulses lab guide (PDF)
Compton scattering Compton scattering lab guide (PDF)
The Franck-Hertz experiment The Franck-Hertz experiment lab guide (PDF)
Relativistic dynamics Relativistic dynamics lab guide (PDF)
Pulsed NMR: spin echoes Pulsed NMR: spin echoes lab guide (PDF)
The speed and mean life of Cosmic-Ray Muons The speed and mean life of Cosmic-Ray Muons lab guide (PDF)
Rutherford scattering Rutherford scattering lab guide (PDF)
Optical emission spectra of hydrogenic atoms Optical emission spectra of hydrogenic atoms lab guide (PDF)
X-ray physics X-ray physics lab guide (PDF - 1.5 MB)
Neutron physics Neutron physics lab guide (PDF - 1.2 MB)
Johnson noise and shot noise Johnson noise and shot noise lab guide (PDF)
The quantum mechanics of alpha decay The quantum mechanics of alpha decay lab guide (PDF - 1.5 MB)
21 cm radio astrophysics 21 cm radio astrophysics lab guide (PDF)

 

8.13 Experiments - Spring 2008

OVERVIEw OF EXPERIMENTs LAB GUIDEs
The Zeeman effect The Zeeman effect lab guide (PDF)
Optical pumping of RB vapor Optical pumping of RB vapor lab guide (PDF)
Pulsed NMR: spin echoes Pulsed NMR: spin echoes lab guide (PDF)
Mössbauer spectroscopy Mössbauer spectroscopy lab guide (PDF)
Superconductivity Superconductivity lab guide (PDF)
21 cm radio astrophysics 21 cm radio astrophysics lab guide (PDF)
Doppler-free laser spectroscopy Doppler-free laser spectroscopy lab guide (PDF)
Quantum information processing Quantum information processing lab guide (PDF)