Af.5: Experimental Physics

Experimental Physics

Af.5: Experimental Physics

Contents

A course in experimental physics, consisting of 8 exercises each of 3 hours duration and 3 more advanced exercises of 2 times 3-5 hours. The course runs from September to May.



Contents of the 8 compulsory exercises:

  • Introduction to energy measurements and computer data analysis.
  • Gamma-radiation measured with a NaI detector and determination of halflife of V-52.
  • Decay scheme for Mn-56 -> Fe-56, measured with a high resolution Ge(Li) detector.
  • X-rays (from radioactive sources or an X-ray tube) measured with a Si(Li) diode.
  • Rutherford scattering of 400 keV protons from a van de Graaff accelerator.
  • Fermi distributions for metals from angular measurements of positron annihilation.
  • Microwave emission with Gunn diode, including antenna measurements and modulation.
  • Optical resonators with a He-Ne laser: #232&;talon, coating, confocal mirrors analyser.


Furthermore, 3 exercises are chosen among 5 standard advanced experiments and 15 research projects related to active groups. Reports are written for each experiment.

Text-books

Notes (about 110 pages) in Danish.

Evaluation

Reports



ECTS-credits

5



Semester

Fall + spring, 2.5 ECTS-credits each term