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FY533: Experimental Physics II (5 ECTS)

STADS: 07013001

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the spring semester.

Teacher responsible

Email: kloesgen@memphys.sdu.dk

Timetable

Group	Type	Day	Time	Classroom	Weeks
Common	I	Monday	14-16	U17	9,17
Common	I	Monday	12-14	U17	15
Common	I	Tuesday	12-14	U17	17
Common	I	Friday	10-12	U154	5
Common	I	Friday	08-10	U154	9
Common	I	Friday	12-14	U17	15
H1	TE	Monday	14-16	U17	10,15
H1	TE	Monday	10-12	U17	18
H1	TL	Monday	12-16	Lab 8	20,22
H1	TE	Tuesday	12-14	U17	10,15
H1	TE	Tuesday	14-16	U17	17
H1	TL	Wednesday	08-12	Lab 8	21
H2	TL	Tuesday	12-16	Lab 8	20-22

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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:

Students taking the course are expected to:

Have basic knowledge from the introductory courses in physics (mechanics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics)
Have competences:
- in basic calculus including ordinary and partial differential equations
- with basic knowledge on the concepts in statistics and about error propagation.
Be able to use computers and to extend their portfolio towards the application of new user software for data analysis, presentation and modelling (Origin, SigmaPlot)

Course introduction

The aim of the course is to enable the students to plan, conduct, and analyse experiments in physics, directed to materials science. This is an important sector in modern physics, requiring advanced methods of instrumentation and having applications in the design of new tools e.g. for energy conversion and storage, personalized nanomedicine in health science, sensitized surfaces for sensors or functionalized clothing.

The course builds on the knowledge acquired in the first two years of the education, and it gives an academic basis for studying e.g. the topics within material sciences that are part of the degree. It trains essential skills in experimental physics, preparing for participating in research in future projects such as individual study projects, bachelor and master projects.

In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:

Give the competence to conduct physics experiments. The activities comprise:
- planning and execution of experiments
- data acquisition, analysis and critical revision
- documentation and reporting
- critical evaluation based on comparison to literature.
Give skills to apply modern methods use physical phenomena for the characterisation of material properties
Give knowledge and understanding of the methods of experimental physics and technical framework behind

Expected learning outcome

The learning objectives of the course is that the student demonstrates the ability to:

conduct additional reading on the theoretical background of the experiments,
describe
- the design of experiments in the course
- and the underlying theory,
use the setup to acquire data on selected samples,
perform a quantitative analysis of experimental data
- and assemble their presentation in significant tables and plots
- after use of computational and statistical methods
write a formal notebook throughout the course that documents
- the planning and conduction of the experiments in the laboratory with
- the data acquired
- and their analysis procedures
- and a critical assessment of own procedures and the results from them.
draw final conclusions from own results and compare to literature.
account for the experiments and results in the form of a written report.

Subject overview

The following main topics are contained in the course:

the concept of electromagnetic wave propagation
wave-matter interaction
scattering of waves (visible light, X-rays)
- from isolated objects
- from arrays of objects
form factor, structure factor, and diffusion

Literature
There isn't any litterature for the course at the moment.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam

Participation in the preparation and successful conduction of the experiments (note book) is a precondition for participation in exam element a). Passed/not passed, internal marking. (07013012).

Assessment and marking:

Written report (5 ECTS). Internal assessment after 7-scale grading. Exam aids allowed, a closer description of the exam rules will be posted under 'Course Information' on Blackboard. (07013002).

Performance throughout the course:

Note book writing during the whole course (50%).
Group reports on the laboratory activities (50%).

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 14 hours
Skills training phase: 36 hours, hereof:
- Tutorials: 12 hours
- Laboratory exercises: 24 hours

Educational activities Study phase: der skemalægges alene timer for studiefasen på 1. året hours

students shall work in teams of 2-3
self-study: preparation on the topics for the future experiments
scheduled study: discussion meetings

Educational form

The course applies the 3-phase model

In the Intro phase an introduction is given to the theoretical concepts and the practical principles behind each of the three experimental activities, with a skills training where the students are introduced to the note writing system, the technical details of the future experiments, the software tools and the laboratory work.

In the Study phase, individual preparations are performed to plan the experiments, and students do background reading.

The scheduled part of the study phase involves meetings to discuss the self-study outcome and guide to concrete planning of the experiments.

After the lab exercises data analysis and writing of reports is done.

Language
This course is taught in English.

Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.

Tuition fees for single courses
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