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"G.P. Thomson performed experiments on electron scattering ... It has been quipped that J.J. Thomson got the Nobel prize for discovering that electrons are particles, and G.P. Thomson got it for discovering that they aren't."

American Institute of Physics, "A Look Inside the Atom"

Image from:  Diffraction of Cathode Rays. III G. P. Thomson Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character, Vol. 125, No. 797 (Sep. 2, 1929), pp. 352-370

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  PHYS 275 Experimental Physics Laboratory
       

 

 
  This course will focus on the experiments of modern physics, that is, those experiments that were crucial in the development of quantum physics since the beginning of the 20th century. Topics will include blackbody radiation, the photoelectric effect, electron diffraction and atomic spectra. Our approach will be to examine the classic and modern theoretical descriptions, then compare the predictions of these models with measurements.

 

   

Useful Information

Class Time

W 2:00-4:50 PM

Location

P-212, P-117

Instructor

Dr. Yuly

 

Course Materials

Laboratory

Assignments

Warm-up Exercise

Photoelectric Effect

Blackbody Radiation

Electron Diffraction

Atomic Spectra

Frank Hertz

 

Experiment

Presenter

Photoelectric Effect

Jonathan

Blackbody Radiation

Lindsay

Electron Diffraction

Phillip

Atomic Spectra

Adam

Frank Hertz

Kurt