Modern Physics Laboratory
PHY 252 Spring 2024
PHY 252 Spring 2024
About
This is the webpage of PHY 252 Lab for Spring 2024. Follow these links for information about the lecture course: 251 Syllabus and 251 Calendar . More information is available on SBU Solar or Brightspace.
Manuals and Course Schedule
Here is the tentative lab schedule for PHY 252, Spring 2024.
- January 29 - Feb 2:
Michelson Interferometer
Discussion of Error Propagation in recitation, Tuesday or Thursday 11:30 in P-118. - February 5 - Feb 9: Photoelectric Effect
- February 12 - Feb 16: Charge on the Electron oPhysics Simulation Link
- February 19 - Feb 23: Bragg Scattering
- February 26 - Mar 1: e/m of the Electron
- March 25 - Mar 29: Hydrogen Emission
- April 01 - Apr 06: Scattering Angles
- April 22 - Apr 26: Nuclear Decay
Reference Documents and Tools
Here are some documents and tools you may find helpful:
Data Analysis Guide
Lab Report Guide
An older but useful PHY 252 Data Analysis Guide
Wolfram Mathematica at SBU can be downloaded or used at the Physics SINC Site
Contact Us
Here are ways to ask questions or report problems:
- To contact your professor or TA, use their SBU e-mail addresses.
- Dr. Bent Nielsen, Director of the Undergraduate Laboratories, is in charge of, among other things, the team which maintains & provides lab equipment. He and his staff are based in room A-132.