Experiments in physics 1

Regular enrolement

In this course the students have the choice of the selecting three of the following lab exercises:
• Measurement of permittivity of liquid crystals and ceramics
• Optical interferometry
• Optical correlation spectroscopy
• Multi-wire proportional chamber
• Measurement of weak interaction coupling constant through a measurements of muon decay time
• The contrast in MRI
• PIXE (proton induced X-ray emission)
• Tunneling microscopy and low energy electron diffraction
• Reactor: pulse experiment
• Hertzsprung-Russel diagram

• A. Likar, Fizikalna merjenja I in II
• W.R. Leo, Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments, Springer, 1987.
• B.P. Roe, Probability and statistics in experimental physics, Springer 1992.
• Specialna literatura ob posameznih vajah.

Students learn about basic experimental methods of physics.
Subject-specific competencies: Knowledge, understanding and practical hands-on experience in complex measurements in various fields physics. A large fraction of the lab exercises are carried out at the J. Stefan Institute.

Knowledge and understanding:
Acquire practical knowledge in the fields of experimental physics and instrumentation.
Application:
Ability to work with complex experimental equipment. Understanding critical parameters in experimentation in physics.
Reflection:
A critical assessment of an experimental apparatus, its accuracy and reliability.
Transferable skills:
Ability to work on a complex apparatus, data acquisition, and its collection and analysis. Ability to determine the accuracy of the measurement.

Lectures, laboratory excercises, analysis of measurements.

Reports on 3 lab excercises.
grading: 5 (fail), 6-10 (pass) (according to the Statute of UL)

Andrej Studen:

• Hribernik N, et al. Quantitative imaging biomarkers of immune-related adverse events in immune-checkpoint blockade-treated metastatic melanoma patients : a pilot study. European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging. 2022
• Studen, A., Clinthorne, N. System resolution versus image uncertainty for positron emission tomography scanners. Journal of Medical Imaging. 2022.
• Skoblar Vidmar M et al. The value of FET PET/CT in recurrent glioma with a different IDH mutation status [Elektronski vir] : the relationship between imaging and molecular biomarkers. International journal of molecular sciences 2022.