PHYS 128AL/BL
Experiments:
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Electron Charge (Millikan Oil Drop Experiment) | Lab Manual [PDF] |
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Cavendish Torsion Balance (Big G) |
You must read and understand the UCSB ES&H Laser Safety Manual [PDF] before you perform this lab! Pay special attention to the content on page 2. Lab Manual [PDF] Manual for Gravity Balls (Large Spheres) [PDF] Use the python code Capture.py to record the motion of the laser spot. Use ImageJ to process the resulting images. (ImageJ also has video capture capability.) |
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Cloud Chamber |
Lab Manual [PDF] Manual [PDF] Use VLC to export movies into a suitable file format for ImageJ. There is a VLC export configuration named ImageJ for this purpose. |
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Gamma Ray Spectroscopy |
Gamma Ray Introduction [PDF] UCS 30 Manual [PDF] Gamma Ray Lab Manual [PDF] |
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H-D Isotope Shift |
Lab Manual [PDF] (Updated 5/2025) Diffraction Grating Example Problems [PDF] |
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Interferometery |
You must read and understand the UCSB ES&H Laser Safety Manual [PDF] before you perform this lab! Pay special attention to the content on page 2. Manual for the PASCO Interferometer [PDF] |
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Laser Properties |
You must read and understand the UCSB ES&H Laser Safety Manual [PDF] before you perform this lab! Pay special attention to the content on page 2. Lab Manual [PDF] Instructions for equipment setup [PDF] Free Spectral Range of a Scanning Fabry-Perot Interferometer [PDF] Notes on He-Ne and Fabry-Perot from Columbia U. E.K.A. Advanced Physics Lab [PDF] Meredith Instruments LAB 0.8 manual [PDF] |
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Diode Laser Spectroscopy |
You must read and understand the UCSB ES&H Laser Safety Manual [PDF] before you perform this lab! Pay special attention to the content on page 2. Web page by the manufacturer |
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Mössbauer Effect |
Lab Manual [PDF] (Updated 10/2024) Nuclear Decay Data for Co-57 [PDF] (Excerpt from Monographie BIPM-5 - Volume 1 (2004), at https://www.bipm.org/en/publications/monographies) HP 33120A Arbitrary Waveform Generator Manual [PDF] |
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Muon |
Lab Manual [PDF] TeachSpin Manual [PDF] Information on NIM bin and modules |
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Pulsed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
UCSB NMR Experiment Notes [PDF] |
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Microwave Optics |
Lab Manual [PDF] |
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Johnson Noise |
Johnson Noise Lab [PDF] SR560 Low-Noise Preamplifier Manual [PDF] SR760 FFT Spectrum Analyzer Manual [PDF] |
Archive of Retired Experiments:
Since the inception of this course, we have added some new experiments to the repertoire, and we have removed others. You can find a table of the experiments that are no longer listed at this liink.