The Intro Physics Lab @ Caltech
Ph3 is a one-term introductory course in experimental physics that includes instruction in statitical error analysis and the use of Mathematica for analyzing data. It is offered during Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters, with lab sessions once per week for three hours.

Laboratory handouts:
   Electronics Test Equipment and Digital Data Acquisition
   The Magneto-Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator
   Electrodynamic Ion Trapping
   Precision Laser Interferometry

Book: John R. Taylor, An Introduction to Error Analysis, (3rd edition)

Mathematica handouts:

   Mathematica-1

   Mathematica-2

   Mathematica-3

   Mathematica-4

   Mathematica-5

   Mathematica-6

   Mathematica-7

   Mathematica-8


Course contacts:

Eric Black, blacke@caltech.edu
Kenneth Libbrecht, kgl@caltech.edu