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| + | [https://ghz.unm.edu/education/juniorlab_pdfs/tds400_cursor.pdf TDS400 Taking Cursor Measurements] | ||
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| + | == Background Reading == | ||
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| + | [https://www.aps.org/programs/outreach/history/historicsites/michelson-morley.cfm The Michelson-Morley Experiment] | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
| − | Experiment set up in PAIS 1417 and verified by Mike Hasselbeck, | + | Dec 2019 - Experiment set up in PAIS 1417 and verified by Mike Hasselbeck |
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| + | Feb 2020 - Taken down and moved to PAIS 1405, along with long optics table | ||
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| + | March 2020 - Set up again by Zac Castillo, and revised setup design to make alignment easier | ||
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| + | Dec 2020 - Set up again by Youngwoo Yi, with revised setup ([https://ghz.unm.edu/education/juniorlab_pdfs/experimentprocedures/speedoflight_revisedsetup.pdf compared here]) | ||
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| + | Feb 2021 - Data taking with new setup successfully completed in 1 lab session by junior lab students | ||
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| + | == Notes == | ||
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| + | This experiment must be set up on a longer optics table. | ||
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| + | This experiment can be completed in one session if optical setup and alignment is done ahead of time. | ||
Latest revision as of 14:43, 23 March 2021
Measuring the Speed of Light
TDS400 Taking Cursor Measurements
Background Reading
The Michelson-Morley Experiment
History
Dec 2019 - Experiment set up in PAIS 1417 and verified by Mike Hasselbeck
Feb 2020 - Taken down and moved to PAIS 1405, along with long optics table
March 2020 - Set up again by Zac Castillo, and revised setup design to make alignment easier
Dec 2020 - Set up again by Youngwoo Yi, with revised setup (compared here)
Feb 2021 - Data taking with new setup successfully completed in 1 lab session by junior lab students
Notes
This experiment must be set up on a longer optics table.
This experiment can be completed in one session if optical setup and alignment is done ahead of time.
