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Modern Experimental PhysicsIntroduction for Physics 401 students
Fall 2019
Eugene V. Colla
• Goals of the course
• Experiments
• Teamwork
• Schedule and assignments
• Your working mode
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• Primary: Learn how to “do” research
Each project is a mini-research effort
How are experiments actually carried out
Use of modern tools and modern analysis and data-recording techniques
Learn how to document your work
• Secondary: Learn some modern physics
Many experiments were once Nobel-prize-worthy efforts
They touch on important themes in the development of modern physics
Some will provide the insight to understand advanced courses
Some are just too new to be discussed in textbooks
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Primary. Each project is a mini-research effort
Step1. Preparing:• Sample preparation• Wiring the setup• Testing electronics
Preparing the samples for ferroelectric measurements
Courtesy of Emily Zarndt & Mike Skulski (F11)
Step2. Taking data:If problems – go back to
Step 1.
Standing waves
resonances in Second
Sound experiment
Courtesy of Mae Hwee Teo and
Vernie Redmon (F11)
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Primary. Each project is a mini-research effort
Step3. Data Analysis If data is “bad” or not
enough data point – go back to Step 2
Step4. Writing report and preparing the talk
Plot of coincidence rate for
22Na against the angle between
detectors A and B. The fit is a
Gaussian function centred at
179.30° with a full width at half
maximum (FWHM) of 14.75°.
Courtesy of Bi Ran and Thomas
Woodroof
Author#1 and
Author#2
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Primary. How are experiments actually carried out ?
The procedures are not all written out
The questions are not in the back of the
chapter
The answers are not in the back of the book
You will have to learn to guide your own activities
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Primary. Use of modern tools and modern analysis and data-recording techniques
• Lock-in amplifiers
• Digital scopes
• Precise DMM’s
• Multichannel analyzers
• Cryogenic equipment
• Temperature controllers
• Sample preparation equipment
• Microscopes
• Modern optical equipment
• etc.
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Primary. Learn how to document your work
On line. Electronic logbook
Making an analysis report,Writing formal report
Presenting your findings orally
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Many experiments were once Nobel-prize-worthy efforts
1913. Heike Kamerlingh
Onnes
"for his investigations on
the properties of matter at
low temperatures which led,
inter alia, to the production
of liquid helium".1973. Ivar Giaever
"for their experimental
discoveries regarding
tunneling phenomena in
semiconductors and
superconductors,
respectively"
1976. Pyotr Leonidovich
Kapitsa
"for his basic inventions and
discoveries in the area of
low-temperature physics"
1986. Gerd Binnig
"for their design of
the scanning
tunneling
microscope"
1952. Felix Bloch and
Edward Mills Purcell
"for their
development of
new methods for
nuclear magnetic
precision
measurements and
discoveries in
connection
therewith"
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Secondary: Learn some modern physics
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1961. Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer
"for his researches concerning the
resonance absorption of gamma
radiation and his discovery in this
connection of the effect which bears
his name."
All experiments are divided in three main groups: Condensed Matter (CM),
Nuclear/ Particle Physics (NP), Atomic/Molecular/Optics (AMO)
• Condensed Matter (CM)– Superconductivity
– Tunneling in superconductors - new
– Contactless detecting of the superconductivity. Penetration depth.
– 2nd sound in He4 superfluid state
– Ferroelectrics and ferroelectric phase transition. Dielectric and pyroelectric study (Ferro1)
– Optical Investigation of the ferroelectric phase transition and domain formation (Ferro2)
– Polarization of the ferroelectrics. Hysteresis loops (Ferro3) –new
– Low temperature thermometry. Sensors calibration.
– Pulsed NMR
– Special Tools:
• Vacuum film deposition
• Atomic Force Microscope
• Polarizing microscope
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• Nuclear / Particle (NP)– Alpha particle range in gasses
– Cosmic ray muons:
– Angular correlations in nuclear decay
– Angular distribution of cosmic rays
– Mössbauer spectroscopy
– g-rays spectroscopy
• Atomic / Molecular / Optics (AMO)– Optical pumping of rubidium gas
– Berry’s phase
– Quantum erasure
– Quantum Entanglement
– Florescence spectroscopy
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Ferro1
Samples on the cryostat
stage
(1)
Sample preparation
setup150 200 250 300 350 400 450 5000
3
6
9100Hz
T (K)
'/1
000
1K/min
(2)
(3)
Results:
Temperature
dependence of the
dielectric constant
of barium titanate
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Ferro2
Courtesy of Dave Grych and Thomas
Hymel (F10)
Setup
Domains in tetragonal phase of BaTO3
Idea of operating
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Transmitter
Receiver
To lock-in
L
R1
R2
T<2.17KIdea of the experiment
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 9000.0
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1.0
1.1
1.2
40 50 60 70
0.25
0.50
0.75
T = 1.57K
ƒ (Hz)
R(
V)
R(
V)
Raw dataFinal result
Second sound
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Muon counting
Main stock of scintillators
Wiring Courtesy of Deniz Köksal, Emily Zarndt
Muons precession in magnetic field
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Optical pumping
5.14 5.16 5.18 5.20 5.22 5.24 5.26 5.28
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0.52
Inte
nsit
y (
a.u
.)
f (MHz)
Energy transitions of Rb85 for 10.8 G.
Double quantum transitions can be seen
and occur when two photons are
simultaneously absorbed. Courtesy of Natasha
Sachdeva (S2011)
85Rb
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An example of Lab manual
• Many are just guides
• A few purchased experiments have “real” manuals
• We serve as your guides … like real research
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Item Points
Expt. documentation: elog reports, shift summaries, plot quality; paper logbooks
180 Total
60 / cycle
Formal reports: physics case, quality of results, depth of analysis, conclusions
600 Total
100 / report
Oral report (midterm) : motivation, organization of presentation; fielding questions
100
Final oral presentation: (final exam) 120
Total 1000
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Date Day Activity Comment Note
1 1/21 Tues Orientation About Phy403
2 1/23 Thurs Cycle 1-1
3 1/28 Tues Cycle 1-2 OriginPro Intro/Root
4 1/30 Thurs Cycle 1-3 Elog Comments
5 2/04 Tues Cycle 1-4 Written Reports
6 2/06 Thurs Cycle 1-5
7 2/11 Tues Cycle 1-6 Error analysis C1-Ex1(2.12.20)
8 2/13 Thurs Cycle 1-7
9 2/18 Tues Cycle 1-8 Oral Reports/Talks
10 2/20 Thurs Cycle 2-1 Rotate
11 2/25 Tues Cycle 2-2 Optical spectroscopy C1-Ex2 (2.26.20)
12 2/27 Thurs Cycle 2-3
13 3/03 Tues Cycle 2-4 Ferroelectricity
14 3/05 Thurs Cycle 2-5 Rotate
15 3/10 TuesORALS 1
16 3/12 Thurs
3/14 Spring Break
17 3/24 Tues Cycle 2-6 High Energy Physics C2-Ex1(3.25.20)
18 3/26 Thurs Cycle 2-7
19 3/31 Tues Cycle 2-8 Noise (mw)
20 4/02 Thurs Cycle 3-1 Rotate
21 4/07 Tues Cycle 3-2 Lock-in Amps and FT C2-Ex2 (4.8.20)
22 4/09 Thurs Cycle 3-3
23 4/14 Tues Cycle 3-4 Entanglement
24 4/16 Thurs Cycle 3-5
25 4/21 Tues Cycle 3-6 Measuring Temp C3-Ex1 (4.22.20)
26 4/23 Thurs Cycle 3-7
27 4/28 Tues Cycle 3-8 To be announced
28 4/30 Thurs Final Orals #1
29 5/05 Tues Final Orals #1
5/07 READING DAY C3-Ex2 (5.6.20)
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• Total 26 seats
• The course is more appropriate for juniors and seniors
• Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent registration in P486.
• Instructor Approval Required
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