Physics 8, Spring 2005

Rick G.

Wed. Jan 26
1. Shive - no driver - UV light – clamped.
2. Laser - double slits – interference
3. Single Photon - double slits - Interference
(Make sure individual photons clearly arrive (dont have rate too high))
4. SpecRel (Simultaneity) Movie in Powerpoint on Rick’s computer
5. Clocks / Meter sticks
3 blue & 3 red
2 x 2m sticks
6. Demo table with a ruler in middle held by clamp and two of the clocks

Mon 1/31
1) 4 Clocks, 2 meter sticks, rolling table. Also two boards and a ping pong ball to model the tick-tock ball in the movie.
2) Michelson Morley.
3) PRS!!!!

Wed 2/2
Michaelson
Clocks and meter sticks and
wipes box of mac stuff

Mon 2/7
Clocks and meter sticks, tennis ball and two boards
box of mac stuff.
Two pieces of chalk held on a rod to draw parallel lines.
PRS and projector.

Wed 2/9
Clocks and meter sticks, tennis ball and two boards
box of mac stuff.
Two pieces of chalk held on a rod to draw parallel lines.
PRS and projector.

Mon 9/14
PRS w file
Clocks and meter sticks, tennis ball and two boards
box of mac stuff.

Wed 9/16
PRS w updated file
Clocks and meter sticks, tennis ball and two boards
box of mac stuff.

Wed 2/23
PRS w file
Two blue Clocks on bench and two red clocks on rolling table, and meter sticks, tennis ball and two boards
box of mac stuff.
PRS w file

Fri 2/25
Cloud chamber with Americium

Mon 2/28
1) Pasco doppler on a string
2) Old doppler on a rope
3) Cloud Chamber with Pitch blende outgassed over the weekend.
4) Clocks and meter sticks.

Wed 3/2
1) Box and ball
2) Cloud Chamber with Pitch blende outgassed over the weekend.
3) Clocks and meter sticks.

Mon 3/7
1) Box and ball
2) Cloud Chamber with Pitch blende outgassed over the weekend.
3) Clocks and meter sticks.

Wed. 3/9
1) Box and ball
2) Clocks and meter sticks.

Mon 3/14
exam

Wed. 3/16
" Two masses and springs on BB.
Both Shive and Long, UV, Clamped,
" Examples of SHM.
" Airtrack with two gliders, and blind. One glider pinned. Release mechanism.


Mon 3/21
1. Shive driven
2. Long. Driven
3. Airtrack and two gliders
4. Coupled pendulum w blind
5. Stiff springs w mass long/lateral oscillator

Wed 3/23
1. String
2. Monochord
3. Long spring
4. Tuning fork beats
5. Scope beats

Mon 4/4
monochord
" Vibrating String again
" Long Spring, he and I to make standing wave from pulses.
" Beats with tuning forks,
" Beats with two function generators on oscope,
" Beats with coupled pendulums.

Wed 4/6
Ripple Tank
adjustable single, single, grating, three, four, Double slits
w red and green lasers ON TWO CAMERAS!
Striped ropes.

Mon 4/11
1. Red&Green lasers double slits
2. Red laser single slit.
3. Interference of sound.
4. Photoelectric effect, variac, volty, current.
5. Zinc plate, quartz glass, lead glass.

Wed. 4/13
1. Repeat photoelectric effect 1P39.
2. Wein's law w double prisms and spectrometer.
3. Bischel boxes.
4. Sodium absorption and emission line, hi and low pressure spectra.
5. Sun bulb on variac.
6. Electron diffraction.

Mon 4/18
Electron
Single photon
Bischel boxes (perfect absorber AND perfect emitter All light that goes in the hole is gone. Closed system)
Laser double slit.

Wed 4/20
Electron Diff. w ruler
Single Photon
Laser double slit

Mon 4/25
PRS