Rutgers University Department of Physics and Astronomy
Physics
326: Computer Based Experimentation and
Physics Computing
Fall
2012
ANNOUNCEMENT 
[12/25/2012] Cutoffs of letter grades are finalized. Please check your gradebook for any error.
[12/09/2012] Makeup labs will be available in the week of Dec. 17. Only those with documented legitimate excuses will be allowed to take makeup labs.
[11/07/2012] Tonight's lecture is cancelled due to snow storm Athena. Lectures will be shifted one week after.
[10/30/2012] This week's classes are all CANCELLED. The course schedule is shift one week after.
[09/24/2012] A brief note on histogram plotting with OriginPro is posted.
[09/13/2012] For lab 1, it is OK to use Excel or other softwares to report your results.
[09/12/2012] Typos in Lab 1 and 2 manuals are corrected. Lecture 1 and 2 are uploaded to website.
[08/30/2011] Lecture notes will be available on Course Syllabus after each lecture.
[08/23/2011] No labs in the week of Thanksgiving.
[08/23/2012] Classes will start on Thursday, Sep. 4. First lecture is on Sept. 5. First labs are on the week of Sept. 10 - 14.
Here are some features of the Fall 2012 academic calendar.
Andrew Hogan prepared a nice introduction for using analysis software Origin to plot and analyze data. Here is the link.
Grade cutoffs
| A |
B+ |
B |
C+ |
C |
D |
F |
| 89.5 |
79 |
67 |
65 |
60 |
50 | <50 |
Guidelines for Lab Reports
(An example of
lab report is available)
Gradebook
to view the grades of your lab report
Lab 3 - Distribution Functions (2 week lab: Write-up for week 1; Write-up for week 2)
Lab 5 - Damped Harmonic Motion
Lab 6 - Forced Harmonic Motion (2 week lab)
Lab 7 -
Fourier Analysis, (2 week lab)
Chap 2
of SR760 Manual,
Agilent
33210A manual,
TDS 2012C
manual.
Lab 8 - Onset of Chaos (2
week lab) (PRL 47,
1349)
Students with Disabilities:
If you have a disability, you
are urged to visit the following web site to make the
necessary arrangements to support a successful learning
experience:
http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/ugrad/disabilities.html
