PHYS 6751: Graduate Nuclear and Particle (Fall 2016)

Tuesday & Thursday 2:00-3:50pm in Edwards Accelerator Laboratory Rooms 101 & 208
Instructor: Zach Meisel (email: meisel@ohio.edu, office: 204 EAL)
Office Hours: Wednesday in 204 EAL, 10-11am, or by appointment
Final Exam: Tuesday December 6th in 204 EAL, 12:20-2:20pm

Course Overview

The purpose of this course is to gain hands-on experience with modern experimental techniques in low-energy nuclear physics. This includes the use of common experimental equipment and open-source software used for contemporary nuclear physics research. The bulk of the course will consist of performing four experiments, analyzing the resultant data, and writing a report for each experiment in the style of a modern journal publication.

Course information, such as lectures, hand-outs, and assignments will be posted here. Check back throughout the semester.

The course catalog description for PHYS 6751 can be accessed here.


Course Materials

Syllabus

Slides for

Manuals for
  • Experiment 1: Foil thickness determination via energy loss
  • Experiment 2: Measurement of the 197Au(n,g) cross section
  • Experiment 3: Foil characterization via Rutherford scattering
  • Experiment 4: Efficiency determination for a neutron long-counter

Grading rubrics for

Paper examples for

Presentation example for
Paper template packages for
  • NIMA Template: Tarball you could use to create your NIM paper
  • PRC Template: Tarball you could use to create your PRC paper.
    Note that you must have installed RevTex4-1.
  • PRL Template: Tarball you could use to create your PRL paper.
    Note that you must have installed RevTex4-1.

General Information


Academic Honesty

This goes without saying … but I'll say it anyways: you are expected to act in an academically honest fashion. This means abiding by the Ohio University Honor Code and adhering to the Code of Conduct.

If you have any concerns as to what does or does not constitute academic dishonesty (e.g. paraphrasing prior publications in a report), please don't hesitate to ask me.