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PHYS 334 Lab Wiki Home (Spring 2026)
Getting started...
Here are the nuts & bolts for how the course will run.
- Course calendar (Spring 2026): phys_334_spring_2026.pdf
- In-lab activities run W/Th/F from 1:30-5:30 pm in KPTC 005/009.
- Presentations are held in KPTC 213 starting at 1:30 pm.
- All report deadlines are by 11:59 pm on the listed due date.
- The most important information about how the course runs is located here: Course Operations and Guidelines.
Experiment Assignments
Gamma Cross Sections Experiment
Everyone will do the Gamma Cross Sections experiment as a warm-up during Week 1. Students will work individually in the lab.
- Days in lab: Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27
- Report: due Friday, April 3 @ 11:59 pm.
Projects
Students will work in pairs on two larger projects for the rest of the quarter.
- Project 1 will run Wednesday through Friday in Weeks 2-4
- Project 1 Presentations: Wednesday, April 22 @ 1:30 pm
- Project 2 Reports: Friday, April 24 @ 11:59 pm
- Project 2 will run Wednesday through Friday in Weeks 6-8
- Project 2 Presentations: Wednesday, May 20 @ 1:30 pm
- Project 2 Report: Friday, May 22 @ 11:59 pm
Project Assignments
| Experiment | Round 1 | Round 2 |
| Pulsed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance | Sana & Valerie | Yiqiu & Richard |
| Optical Pumping | Taeyeon & Yiqiu | Sana & Al |
| Compton Scattering | Richard & Al | Taeyeon & Valerie |
Essential Course Reading
The pages below are considered essential reading for students in PHYS 334. You should look over and understand everything in these pages on Day 1 of the course. Refer to them whenever you have any questions about how the course operates or what is expected for your work.
Tutorials
Proper data analysis is a must for this course. You are free to use whatever software you are comfortable with, but the resources below provide some specific information for those who are just starting out or who need a refresher. Below are several information pages and full tutorials:
- Tutorial: Python Tutorial (a tutorial provided to students in PHYS 211)
- Information: An Introduction to Python
- Information: Least-Squares Fitting
Also, you may find it useful to typeset your reports professionally in LaTeX. If you aren't familiar with LaTeX, we link below to an assignment used in PHYS 211 that is used to get students up and running very quickly.
- Tutorial: My First LaTeX Document (a tutorial provided to students in PHYS 211)
- Template: Article Template (an Overleaf template which can be used as a report starting place)
Supplemental Material
We have developed many pages of supplemental material that can serve as references as you work in the lab or write your reports.
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