
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