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diff --git a/syllabus_source/Makefile b/syllabus_source/Makefile new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2700488 --- /dev/null +++ b/syllabus_source/Makefile @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +# -*- make -*- + +make = make + +INSTALL = install -C +CP_FILES = $(INSTALL) --mode=664 + +#includes = weekly_topics.txt +includes = +t2t_files = $(wildcard *.t2t) +html_targets = $(t2t_files:%.t2t=%.html) +tex_targets = $(t2t_files:%.t2t=%.tex) +pdf_targets = $(t2t_files:%.t2t=%.pdf) + +dest_dir = ../syllabus + +all: html pdf copy2dest + +html: $(html_targets) + +pdf: $(pdf_targets) + +tex: $(tex_targets) + +weekly_topics.txt: ../tentative_list_of_topics.t2t + ../bin/tent_sched2weekly_topics.sh < ../tentative_list_of_topics.t2t > weekly_topics.txt + +$(dest_dir): + $(INSTALL) -d $(dest_dir) + +copy2dest: $(dest_dir) html pdf + $(CP_FILES) $(html_targets) $(pdf_targets) $(dest_dir)/ + + +$(html_targets): %.html : %.t2t $(includes) + txt2tags --css-sugar --toc --toc-level=1 -t html -o $@ $< + +$(pdf_targets): %.pdf : %.tex $(includes) + pdflatex $< + +$(tex_targets): %.tex : %.t2t $(includes) + txt2tags -t tex -o $@ $< + + + +clean_latex_tmp: + rm -f *.aux + rm -f *.log + rm -f *.out + rm -f *.tex + + +clean: clean_latex_tmp + rm -f last_time_uploaded + + +clean_all: clean + rm -f $(pdf_targets) + rm -f $(tex_targets) + rm -f $(html_targets) + rm -f $(includes) + +real_clean: clean_all diff --git a/syllabus_source/syllabus_2013_fall_Experimental_Atomic_Physics_251.t2t b/syllabus_source/syllabus_2013_fall_Experimental_Atomic_Physics_251.t2t new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b0f4dcd --- /dev/null +++ b/syllabus_source/syllabus_2013_fall_Experimental_Atomic_Physics_251.t2t @@ -0,0 +1,178 @@ +Physics 251 Syllabus, fall 2013 + +27 August 2013 + +%!includeconf: ../configs/config.t2t +% %%mtime(%Y-%m-%d) +%%!style(tex): ./evmikcompact +%!style(tex): fullpage,../styles/evmikcompact +%!style(tex): ../styles/evmik.sty +% %% parskip remove indent of the paragraphs +%!style(tex): parskip +%!style(html): ../evmik.css +%!postproc(tex): ,a4paper ,letter +%!postproc(tex): \\date{.*} \date{} +% %!postproc(tex): \\maketitle %\maketitle +%!postproc(tex): \\clearpage %\clearpage +%!postproc(tex): LaTeX \LaTeX{} + + += Instructor: Eugeniy E. Mikhailov = +- Office: Small Hall 253 +%- Lab: Small 032 and 065 +%- Phones: 221-3571 (office), 251-3560 (lab) +- Email: eemikh@wm.edu +%- Web: http://physics.wm.edu/~evmik/ +- Office Hours: MWR 9:30-10:30 and by appointment. + + +== Lab assistants == +Matt T. Simons <mtsimons@email.wm.edu> and Aj Pyle <ajpyle@email.wm.edu> + += What will we learn = +- Experimental techniques +- Lab report writing +- Uncertainty analysis + + += What will we do = +You will be conducting a new experiment every week, using the 170 minutes we have in class. + +== Reading Ahead == +The standard experiments have lab "manuals" which I will post at the website. You should reserve about half an hour to read over them before coming to lab. + + +== Labbook == + +Your lab book should be a regular style notebook without rings with either +line or quadrangle ruling or a computation logbook. It can be obtained at +most stationary stores (i.e. Staples, etc ...) + +You need to keep a good labbook, with your raw data, sketches or pictures of +the equipment, notes on your experimental methodology, calculations, etc. +Everything you do goes into this book and it provides the foundation for your +lab reports. You need to bring it every week (if you forget you'll have to run +home to get it). + +Diagrams, data, +graphs, and other notes on separate pieces of paper should be glued, taped, +or stapled into the lab book. If something falls out of the lab book during +reading/shaking/transporting, it is not the part of the log book and will +be discarded. All notes should be written in **pen**. Mistakes and errors +in design, data, and analysis will occur, and they should be crossed out +neatly. + +The lab book will be graded primarily on completeness and to a lesser +extent on neatness (i.e. better to be complete than neat, though doing both +is better yet). It should also feature a table of contents. The lab books +will be turned in every week or two and returned before the next lab. + +You should enter you lab notes and data directly into the lab book. A +"scratch" lab book that is neatly copied into the lab book at a later time +is not appropriate and will result in a significantly reduced grade. It is +OK though to use scratch paper which is glued into the lab book prior +submission. + + +== Lab reports == +You will need to write a report for each of the standard labs. Though you will +do the experiments in collaboration with a partner, your lab report is your own +work. They are due at the start of class the following week. Late reports will +be docked 5% per day. + +In physics and mathematics LaTeX is the standard program used to format +papers. It's great, especially for mathematical forumlae, figures with +captions, and tables. It's available on Windows/Mac/Linux. A previous student +says: + + "Just letting you know I used LaTeX using TeXnicCenter as my editor. + At first I was a bit skeptical because I felt Word could do just as + much without having to build the Document to view it. But as + experiments began to need more figures and equations I really started + to enjoy latex because it was so simple. I could make gigantic + equations like the Schrodinger's equation in just a minute whereas + word would have taken me quite a while. Anyways I'm really happy I + learned to use LaTeX and look forward to using it in the future." + +I **strongly** encourage you to try it but do not require it. MSWord and other WSIWYG +programs will also work. + +== Analysis software == +It might be tempting to use MSExcel for you analysis. I strongly suggest to +keep away from it. Moreover I will not accept plots made in Excel or its +analog. They are easy to spot, since they are ugly and have no notion of +proper axes limits. + +I suggest you to use Matlab which is very powerful and free for W&M students. + +Usually there is no "silver bullet" software which does good analysis and +presentation, and you might invest some time to find a good plotting +software as well. My personal choice is Gnuplot, though Matlab will do good +enough job most of the time. + + +== Lab visit == + +One week, instead of doing experiments, you will visit physics and applied +science research labs, and maybe even talk with a theorist or +two. You'll write up a summary of your visit. + + + + + + += Textbook = +There is no required text for this class. However, as supplements I suggest: +- Melissinos and Napolitano, "Experiments in Modern Physics", 2nd Ed., Academic Press. +- G. L. Squires, "Practical Physics", 4th Ed., Cambridge. + + += Sections = +There are several independent sections for this class. In general, you +cannot switch between them after the first experiment since you will have a +lab partner and some of the experiments require at least two people. + + += Physics 201 corequisite = +Physics 201 is a corequisite of this class. However, unlike Physics +101/102, the two classes are separate and we do not try very hard to keep +them in sync or make sure that 201 covers the theory behind a topic before +251 does the experiment. This is, more or less, how progress in physics +really occurs! Experimenters usually do their work at the frontier where +there is no theory or where there are multiple competing theories. + + += Evaluations = +Your final grade for the course will be determined from the following grading weight distribution: +- Lab reports and lab visit: 75% +- Special project: 15% +- Logbook evaluation: 5% +- Lab participation: 5% +- Occasionally I will make mistakes: typos, etc. If you report them or prove me wrong, +you will get an extra bonus. + + +I will drop the lowest lab score. However, in order to pass the class, +**you** **must** **do** **and** **turn** **in** **a** **report** **for** **all** **labs**. +You must also do the special +project. Makeup labs are only allowed with prior permission and for a good +reason or due to illness with a doctor's note. Unlike 101/102 labs there is no +reserved date. We'll just deal with this as necessary. + += Grading = +|| Grade | Score percentage | Grade | Score percentage | Grade | Score percentage | +| | | A | 94-100 | A- | 90-94 | +| B+ | 87-90 | B | 84-87 | B- | 80-84 | +| C+ | 77-80 | C | 74-77 | C- | 70-74 | +| D+ | 67-70 | D | 64-67 | D- | 60-64 | +| F | <60 | | | | | + + + + +%= Important dates = +% exams, break etc. +%%!include: ../important_dates.t2t + + |