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This is the provisional site for a bibliography of papers (and some books) pertaining to instructional labs in experimental physics. The original bibliography was compiled in 1993 and an update is in progress, with several topics updated to around 2006.
The purpose of this bibliography is to aid those constructing instructional labs, and equally importantly, to guide students doing independent projects.
Below is the classification with links to individual lists of articles. On other pages, the categories can be accessed by clicking on the appropriate topic in the sidebar.
Further work is intended to align the topic listings with the PIRA Physics Demonstration Classification system.
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02. Gravity, celestial mechanics, astrodynamics & relativity
03. Vibrations, oscillations and waves
04. Nonlinear dynamics, chaos & fractals
06. Fundamental quantum behavior
07. Elementary particles & nuclear physics
08. Atoms & molecules, spectroscopy & magnetic resonance
10. Charged particle physics & instruments
11. Plasmas, gas discharges & conducting fluids
12. Thermodynamics & statistical physics
13. Nonequilibrium phenomena & transport
14. Liquids & liquid crystals - structure & physicochemical properties
15. Solids - structure, mechanical & thermal properties
16. Solids - electronic structure, electrical, magnetic & optical properties
17. Quantum fluids & superconductivity
19. Mesoscopic physics, clusters & nanostructures
20. Chemical physics, polymer physics & combustion
21. Fluid dynamics & surface waves
22. Sound, ultrasound & acoustics
23. Astronomy, astrophysics, solar physics, space physics & cosmology
24. Geophysics, planetary physics & remote sensing
25. Atmospheric & ocean physics
26. Environmental & energy systems physics