PES 315       Fall 2004 Modern Physics Lab

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Interesting Web sites

Modern Physics

• CU Boulder Physics 2000 site: http://www.Colorado.EDU/physics/2000/
• History of Physics (including Einstein images): http://www.aip.org/history
• Eric W. Weisstein's World of Physics: http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/
• Paul Drude (electrons in solids): http://www.pdi-berlin.de/drude.shtml

Quantum Mechanics Web Sites:

• Animation: Quantum Tunneling: http://phys.educ.ksu.edu/vqm/html/qtunneling.html

 Nuclear and Elementary Particle Web Sites:

• Glossary of Nuclear Science Terms: http://www.lbl.gov/abc/
• The Particle Adventure (and nuclear fusion): http://www.cpepweb.org/
• An Introduction to Particle Physics: http://hepwww.rl.ac.uk/Pub/Phil/contents.html
• Fermi Labs: http://www.fnal.gov/pub/inquiring/

Experimental

• Reference Web sites
  • periodic table of the elements: http://www.webelements.com/
  • physical/astronomical constants (CGS units): http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constants.html
  • physical constants and data (NIST): http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/contents.html
  • Tables of Physical Data (extensive!!): http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/tables/ttab.html#c1
  • NIST Atomic Spectra Database: http://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/AtData/main_asd
  • Gas Spectra: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/atspect2.html
  • simulations of gas spectra: http://home.achilles.net/~ypvsj/data/elements/
  • Refractive index tables:
    • http://www.is.kiruna.se/~cjo/d2i/REFRACTION.INDEX3.html
    • http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/tables/indrf.html
  • Electrical Engineering Circuits Archive: http://www.ee.washington.edu/eeca/
  • Thermodynamic Data and Property Calculation Sites
• Middlebury College Lab Manual: http://www.middlebury.edu/~PHManual/index.shtml
  •  e/m
  • Michelson Interferometer
• State University of New York - Stony Brook: http://superk.physics.sunysb.edu/~alpinist/phy251/phy252_f01.html
  •  e/m
  • spectroscopy
  • Millikan Oil Drop
  • Photoelectric Effect
  • Michelson Interferometer
• State University of New York - Potsdam - Photoelectric effect: http://www2.potsdam.edu/PHYS/islamma/Phys306Photoelectric.htm
• Georgia State University: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/class/p391.html
  • speed of light:  http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/c.html
  • spectroscopy: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/class/spectlab.html#c1
  • Franck-Hertz: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/FrHzL.html
  • Fabry-Perot Interferometer: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/phyopt/hdoub.html
• San Francisco State University: http://www.physics.sfsu.edu/~rrogers/Phys%20321/P321Index.htm
  •  Michelson-Morley interferometer: http://www.physics.sfsu.edu/~rrogers/Phys%20321/2_Mike.htm
  • e/m: http://www.physics.sfsu.edu/~rrogers/Phys%20321/3_E_m1.htm
  • photoelectric effect: http://www.physics.sfsu.edu/~rrogers/Phys%20321/4_PHOTO.htm
  • Franck-Hertz: http://www.physics.sfsu.edu/~rrogers/Phys%20321/5_Frank.htm
  • Millikan Oil Drop: http://www.physics.sfsu.edu/~rrogers/Phys%20321/4%20MIL3.htm
• University of Oregon - emission spectroscopy: http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/AtomicEmission/
• Kansas State University (simulations)
  • visual quantum mechanics - list of experiments: http://phys.educ.ksu.edu/vqm/
  • emission spectroscopy: http://phys.educ.ksu.edu/vqm/html/emission.html
  • hydrogen emission spectroscopy: http://phys.educ.ksu.edu/vqm/html/h2spec.html
  • double slit diffraction: http://phys.educ.ksu.edu/vqm/html/doubleslit/index.html
  • single slit diffraction: http://phys.educ.ksu.edu/vqm/html/singleslit.html
  • Franck-Hertz experiment: http://phys.educ.ksu.edu/vqm/html/FranckHertz.html
• Northwestern University
  • e/m, electron diffraction, Photoelectric effect, nuclear decay,
  • PDF files available at: http://wildcat.phys.nwu.edu/classes/2002Spring/Phyx335/PAGES/download.htm
• University of Tennessee at Chattanooga: http://www.utc.edu/~tbilgild/labbook282.html
• Fermi Labs: All about Light: http://www.fnal.gov/pub/inquiring/more/light/
• Scanning Electron Microscopy history: http://www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk/125/achievements/semhist-intro.htm