PHYSICS 180F · PHYS 180FElementary Particle Laboratory
Physics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Recommended: courses 18L, 126. Experience with computer programming, especially Python, is helpful but not required. Provides hands-on experience in measuring key properties of weak and electromagnetic interactions using cosmic ray muons. Provides exposure to common experimental techniques in particle physics. Overview of standard model, interaction of particles with matter, basic particle detection techniques, introductory probability and statistics, and analysis with Python and ROOT.
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Requisites: courses 110A, 115B.
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PHYSICS 180F
- PHYSICS 110AElectricity and Magnetism
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields1 more beneath
- PHYSICS 1BHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields (Honors)2 more beneath
- PHYSICS 1CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity1 more beneath
- PHYSICS 1CHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity (Honors)2 more beneath
- PHYSICS 115BQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 105BAnalytic Mechanics
- PHYSICS 115AQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 17Modern Physics
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