PHYS 574 - Experimental Methods in Physics

★ 3 (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-3/2)

Faculty of Science

Statistics and data analysis: S/N considerations; interactions of photons, neutrons, and charged particles with matter; detectors; vacuum technology. Other topics to be selected according to students' needs and instructor's preference.

No syllabi

Winter Term 2024

Lectures

Section Capacity Class times Instructor(s)
LECTURE B01
(11457)
18
2024-01-08 - 2024-04-12 (MWF)
11:00 - 11:50
CCIS 4-285
Co-Instructor: James Pinfold
Co-Instructor: Michael Woodside

Labs

Section Capacity Class times Instructor(s)
LAB H01
(11458)
18
2024-01-08 - 2024-04-12
TBD

Winter Term 2025

PHYS 574 - Data Analysis in Physics
★ 3 (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

This course teaches the principles for designing physics experiments and analyzing data to obtain robust results. It explores the choice of experimental methods and conditions used for data collection and examines important techniques used for data analysis. Topics include: experimental and numerical noise/background sources, characteristics, and mitigation; sampling, replicates, and controls; probability distributions; parameter estimation; error estimation and confidence levels; model selection, model fitting, and hypothesis testing; non-parametric analyses; applications of frequentist and Bayesian statistics; modes of failure in measurements and analysis.


Lectures

Section Capacity Class times Instructor(s)
LECTURE B01
(78251)
18
2025-01-06 - 2025-04-09 (MWF)
11:00 - 11:50
CCIS 4-285