MPhys Advanced Experimental Laboratory (F3020)

Key facts

Details for course being taught in current academic year
Level 3  -  30 credits  -  autumn and spring terms

E-learning links

Study Direct: F3020 (09/10)

Resources

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Course description

Course outline

Students will carry out four separate half-term experimental investigations. Experiments to be allocated include: Stern-Gerlach; Optical Pumping in Cs; beta-Ray Spectrometer; Optical Spectroscopy; Electron Spin Resonance; Atomic Force Microscopy; Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope; Doppler-Free Absorption Spectrscopy.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, a successful student should be able to:

Record accurately the progress of an extended experimental investigation in a clear and accurate manner.

Handle a range of experimental equipment safely and use it to obtain meaningful data.

Demonstrate an understanding of the working of the apparatus and of the physics of the experiment.

Analyse the data from each experiment and evaluate the quality of results obtained from the data.

Present the results and conclusions of the investigation in both written and oral form.

Assessments

Resit mode of assessment

Timing

Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.

Weighting

Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.

Teaching methods

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Contact details

Dr Michael Hardiman

Assess convenor
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/physics/profile1145.html

Dr Matthias Keller

Assess convenor
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/physics/profile178720.html