3605W Modern Physics Lab

Matlab Starter

(Last update: August 2023)

• Learning Outcomes: Students demonstrate that they have MATLAB installed and working, could write and document basic MATLAB live scripts, and could Find help for writing code using MATLAB help resources.

• Source file: Computing/Repository/MatlabStarter.tex

• History: Used in Spring2023 as a Week1 Lab Worksheet

•  Problem PDF Problem TEX PDF for TAs TEX for TAs MLX

HW 3 - Mean and Linear Fit

(Last update: July 2023)

• Learning Outcomes: Weighted mean, error on the mean, error on the weighted mean, χ^2 fitting of a straight line

• Source file: Computing/Repository/HW3.tex

•  Problem PDF Problem TEX Solution PDF 

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HW 4 - MATLAB functions and Linear Fit

(Last update: July 2023)

• Learning Outcomes: Learning to use MATLAB functions, Transforming a non-linear to a linear fit

• Source file: Computing/Repository/HW4.tex

• History: Used in S2023

•  Problem PDF Problem TEX Exponential Decay Solution PDF Exponential Decay MLX Exponential χ^2 MLX  

HW 5 - PDF and CDF

(Last update: July 2023)

• Learning Outcomes: Program a Poisson and Normal distributions and use them to approximate experimental data, Calculate cumulative probability for a normal distribution, Use a bar graph, Read data from a file

• Source file: Computing/Repository/HW5.tex

• History: Used in S2023

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HW 6 - PDF in Quantum Mechanics

(Last update: July 2023)

• Learning Outcomes:  Work with a quantum mechanical probability distribution function (PDF), Calculate moments of the PDF, Use non-dimensional quantities, Learn about PDFs that are changing with time.

• Source file: Computing/Repository/QMprobability.tex

• History: Used in S2023

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HW 7 - Interpreting Result and 'for' Loops

(Last update: July 2023)

• Learning Outcomes: Interpreting the results of a fit, Calculating χ^2 over a grid of points, Coding with for loops

• Source file: Computing/Repository/HW7.tex

• History: Used in S2023

•  Problem PDF Problem TEX PDF for TAs 

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