402-0240-00L Advanced Physics Laboratory II
| Semester | Autumn Semester 2018 |
| Lecturers | M. Donegà, S. Gvasaliya |
| Periodicity | every semester recurring course |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Comment | Prerequiste: "Advanced Physics Laboratory I" completed. Before enroling in "Advanced Physics Laboratory II", please enrol in "Advanced Physics Laboratory I". Enrol at most once in the course of the Bachelor programme! To have this course recognised instead of a proseminar or a semester paper please contact the Study Administration. |
Courses
| Number | Title | Hours | Lecturers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 402-0240-00 P | Fortgeschrittenes Experimentieren II (VP II) Permission from lecturers required for all students.
Montag obligatorisch. Das Praktikum ist auch Di, Mi und Fr geöffnet. Wer die Vorlesungs- und Übungsbestandteile aus Fortgeschrittenes Experimentieren I (VP I) nicht besucht hat, ist gehalten, diese nachzuholen. | 270s hrs |
| M. Donegà, S. Gvasaliya |
Catalogue data
| Abstract | This laboratory course provides basic training of experimental skills. These are experimental design, implementation, measurement, data analysis and interpretation, as well as error analysis. The experimental work has to be complemented by a concise written report, which trains the scientific writing skills. Manuals for the individual experiments are available in English. |
| Learning objective | Students learn to independently perform advanced experiments and document them scientifically correct. The following aspects are emphasized: - understanding complicated physical phenomena - structured approach to experiments with complex instruments - various practical aspects of experimenting and determining uncertainties - learning the relevant statistical methods for data analysis - interpretation of measurements and uncertainties - describing the experiments and the results in a scientifically proper manner, in direct analogy to publishing - ethical aspects of experimental research and scientific communication The experiments are complemented by a series of mandatory lectures covering the most important elements of statistics needed to correctly analyse the measured data. The main lectures topics are: - combinatorial calculus - probability distributions - error propagation - parameters estimation (least squares and likelihood fits) |
| Content | We offer experiments covering the following topics: Basic topics from mechanics, optics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism and electronics; as well as central topics from nuclear and particle physics, quantum electronics, quantum mechanics, solid state physics and astrophysics . |
| Lecture notes | Instructions for experiments are available in English. |
| Prerequisites / Notice | From a variety of over 50 experiments, students have to perform 4 experiments covering different topics. The experimental work is complemented by writing a scientific report. |
Performance assessment
| Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again) | |
Performance assessment as a semester course | |
| ECTS credits | 9 credits |
| Examiners | S. Gvasaliya, M. Donegà |
| Type | ungraded semester performance |
| Language of examination | German |
| Repetition | Repetition only possible after re-enrolling for the course unit. |
| Additional information on mode of examination | Sprache: Deutsch oder Englisch / Language: English or German |
Learning materials
| Main link | Information |
| Only public learning materials are listed. | |
Groups
| No information on groups available. |
Restrictions
| General | Permission from lecturers required for all students |
Offered in
| Programme | Section | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics Bachelor | Practical Courses (Programme Regulations 2010) | W |  |
| Physics Bachelor | Proseminars, Experimental and Theoretical Semester Papers | W | |