Experimental physics Definition and 145 Threads

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Instructor: Prof. Amal Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Course page: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105110/ Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

In respect to the above question, I also have a follow up question. Is progress in Theoretical Physics somewhat slow currently as compared to Experimental Physics?

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Hello everyone! Apologies if this question has been asked and answered before, please feel free to direct me to that post and delete this one, if needed and if it has been asked before and this post is, hence, redundant. I looked up some of the earlier posts such as...

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I am worried that I am passionate about physics and yearn for a career in physics(through theoretical physics), and by a career I mean a placement in a prestigious institute and then be part of leading physics, but would that require sacrificing my entire 20s and even 30s or can I can get all...

Greetings I'm currently designing a lab-script intended for comprehension and use at an undergraduate level. I was extremely frustrated during my undergrad to be dealing with a plethora of uninspired and dull experiments so I decided to take a slightly unconventional (or extremely conventional...

How could we detect negative mass matter? The only proposal I've ever heard of is that we could detect there's a cutoff frequency in the gravitational waves we receive, due to attenuation of those lower frequency waves by negative matter. Are there more experiments that could be conducted...

Hello everyone, I'm undergraduate and my project is an experiment in the field of quantum optics. For now, I have an Unknown beamsplitter in my lab and I want to calculate the operator of this beamsplitter in matrix form (this BS is not perfected equipment because the reflected beam is not...

Experimentalists, would you mind sharing your experience building a fiber-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer? What equipment did you use? How hard is it to achieve the same length of both arms with the fiber and couplers that you can buy online? And how sensitive is the resulting interferometer...

Homework Statement So I'm doing an experiment at uni which I have to find out the specific heat capacity of given small solid cylinder. We are given an insulated canister(a dewar flask) standing on a scale where we have to pour Liquid Nitrogen(hereafter will be referred as LN2) in. A cork with...

I'm an undergrad trying to figure out what career I want to pursue. I consider myself very good at math and physics and enjoy them, however I know that I definitely do not want to go into purely theoretical physics. I have been thinking about what I want to do for a while now and it occurred...

High school student here I am designing an experiment to test the effect of temperature on the torque required to twist a piece of metal, and need some advice on where to start researching. What I need help with is A) finding a table of the torque required to twist steel when cold, and B)...

Hi all, I'm currently a second year Applied Maths and Physics student. I will be specialising in Experimental physics next year. With this, I will have no more core (mandatory) mathematics modules. So far, I have taken, Linear Algebra I, Calculus, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra II...

Hi, I like mathematical physics and experimental physics, is it possible to change from one to another of these fields after earning PhD from one of them? Thanks

Is documentation and meticulous lab book keeping as big a part of theoretical physics as it is in experimental physics? From what I've seen, it seems like in experimental physics a big part is organizing files, noting where small changes have occurred, etc. Is it the same in theory? Does it vary...

My setup: plastic box (~1l) with the cover painted black mat the bottom of the box covered with sponges saturated with ethyl alcohol (90%) to the limit (all over sponge capacity poured back to bottle) turned upside down and placed on ~0.5kg of dry ice. I can see a 'rain' of particles of...

I am a theoretical physicist who would like to learn more about experimental physics. I will not work in a laboratory, so I do not need practical technical details. What I need are the general ideas and principles of various experimental techniques. Also, I don't want a book dealing with only...

Hi. I'm wondering how different potentials, such as the Dirac-Delta potential, linear potential, quandratic potenial, etc., are implemented experimentally. I only understand how the Schrodinger equation is solved if these are the potentials and I'd like to have a better understanding of quantum...

I have an inclination to be an experimentalist, in which discipline should I do my Bachelors in : Engineering Physics (B.Tech) or Physics (B.Sc) ? Thanks.

Currently I am studying a double major in Math and Physics, hopefully leading towards experimental physics, however come next semester I will have to pick my math "specialisations" from two of applied math (mostly chaos and optimisation etc.), pure math(mostly abstract algebra and analysis) and...

Does such a thing exist ?

I am currently doing a experimental project work on superconductors. I am supposed to study properties of FeTeSe. I am having trouble understanding the difference between Zero-Field Cooling and Field Cooling. In both cases, I am measuring magnetization with varying temperature (from lower to...

Hey guys, I'm super duper new to getting involved in online communities based around one of my life pillars. Basically, I love science and everything pertaining to the advancement of the human race as a whole. If you've any advice whatsoever on your learning habits, practicing math, or anything...

I have been recently introduced to QM and I am deeply interested in it. I have come to know that quantum cryptography, quantum computing, and quantum optics are the hot areas where research is going on. But I'm curious, is there theoretical research going on for understanding of the quantum...

We typically solve idealized problems in physics coursework. How about when we deal with real world Photonics Industry Problems, what Physics equations we will be talking of here?

Can someone recommend me a book that has all the experiments performed in physics from Classical Mechanics to Quantum field theory? (From the beginning of classical mechanics till today)

I was watching a sixty symbols video on Stephen Hawking: , and it got me thinking. Is there any practical value for theoretical physicists, if what they are doing is simply speculation not backed by any data? I understand observing a physical phenomena, and from understanding it predicting new...

I know this may not be a typical question for the Physics board. I am a MA Design student working on a project to illustrate experiments on speculative/fictional physical events. My final work will consist of strongly simplified staged experiment lab situations and should touch on the imaginary...

Hi, I'm currently thinking about what area I want my physics PhD (which i want to do anyway) to be in. I'm interested in condensed matter physics, although I'm not stuck on that idea. (I'm an experimentalist by the way.) What area is best to do a physics PhD in, in order to have a good chance...