Physics 3719 Experiments

Physics 3719 Experiments


Group 1
  1. Simple Pendulum
  2. Geiger-Mueller Detector and Counting Statistics

Group 2
  1. Gravitational Constant G (gravitational torsion balance)
  2. Speed of Light c (rotating mirror, Foucault)
  3. Electron Charge-to-Mass Ratio e/m (orbital motion of electrons in a magnetic field)
  4. Thermal Radiation (Planck's blackbody intensity distribution, Stefan's total radiation law)
  5. Millikan Oil Drop Experiment (charge of an electron)
  6. Planck's Constant h (photoelectric effect)
  7. Franck-Hertz (inelastic scattering of electrons from mercury atoms)
  8. Balmer Spectrum (visible emission spectrum of excited hydrogen atoms)
  9. Thermionic Emission of Electrons (escape of electrons from a metal due to thermal excitation)
  10. Gamma Ray Spectroscopy (gamma ray energies in nuclear decay processes)
  11. High Resolution Optical Spectroscopy (hydrogen-deuterium wavelengths)
  12. Shot and Thermal Noise (determine electron charge from photodiode noise)

Group 3 Still under construction!

"High Energy" Experiments:
  1. Cosmic Ray Muon Lifetime
  2. Compton Scattering
  3. Gamma-Gamma Angular Correlations

"Low Energy" Experiments:
  1. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
  2. Specific Heat of Copper
  3. Brownian Motion




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