PHYSICS LABORATORY II A - L

Academic Year 2015/2016 - 2° Year
Teaching Staff: Salvatore COSTA
Credit Value: 12
Scientific field: FIS/01 - Experimental physics
Taught classes: 48 hours
Term / Semester:

Detailed Course Content

Description and subsequent realization of about 30 experiments aimed to measure physics quantities and/or to verify physical laws in the fields of electricity, magnetism and optics. Analysis of the collected experimental data.


Textbook Information

The teacher does not follow any textbook specifically, but utilizes material from different sources. Studying the slides shown during the lectures is normally adequate to pass the exam.

For the laboratory experiments, Instruction manuals are provided. They can also be downloaded from the Course web site (in Italian only): Instructions.

For students who wish to dwell deeper into the subjects of the Course, the following list is a selection of textbooks and other material concerning data analysis methods, electrical and optical instrumentation used in this Course, and related experimental procedures.

  1. A. FOTI, C. GIANINO: Elementi di analisi dei dati sperimentali, Liguori Ed., Napoli
  2. J. R. TAYLOR: Introduzione all'analisi degli errori, Zanichelli Ed., Bologna
  3. ISO(Int.Standard Org.): Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement, Ginevra
  4. L. KIRKUP, B. FRENKEL: An Introduction to Uncertainty in Measurement, Cambridge University Press
  5. L. G. PARRAT: Probability and Experimental Errors in Science, Wiley & Sons Inc.,N.Y.
  6. F. TYLER: A Laboratory Manual of Physics, Edward Arnold Ed., London
  7. M. SEVERI: Introduzione alla sperimentazione fisica, Ed. Zanichelli, Bologna
  8. E. ACERBI: Metodi e strumenti di misura, Città Studi Ed., Milano
  9. G. CORTINI, S. SCIUTI: Misure ed apparecchi di Fisica (Elettricità), Veschi Ed., Roma
  10. R. RICAMO: Guida alle esperimentazioni di Fisica,Vol. 2°, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano
  11. F. W. SEARS: Ottica Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano
  12. G. E. FRIGERIO: I laser, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano