Advanced Physics Laboratory

Full course description

This skill is the culmination of the physics laboratory modules, and requires participants to use the skills that they have acquired in their previous lab experiences to good effect in order to design and conduct suitable experiments. The participants will have the opportunity to conduct experiments in material science, thermodynamics, optics, nuclear and particle physics and chaotic dynamics. During this skill, the participants will design experiments to test hypotheses in a variety of fields, ensuring that the data that they gather is sufficient to address pertinent questions in this field. Unlike the prerequisites, the participants will not be given step-by-step instructions for each experiment - a certain level of independence is both expected and required.