PHYS 575A, C, D - Special Topics in
Experimental Physics:
Radiation and Detectors
Last updated: 27-Oct-2015 note
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Autumn Quarter, 2015
3 graduate credits OR 3 Continuing Education Units
Meets: Tuesdays, 6:30-8:50pm
EXCEPT: First class meeting is THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1
Room: Physics-Astronomy Building, Room A-110
OR -- available online at the same time
Labs: Two (or more) special sessions for hands-on
work in lab, Physics-Astronomy Room B-248 (3 hr each,
Thursday Oct 15 and Oct 22 - dates to be confirmed in class)
Instructor:
R. Jeffrey Wilkes
Kenneth Young Memorial Professor,
Department of Physics
B303 Physics Astronomy Building, 543-4232
wilkes@u.washington.edu |
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Course description
PCE
information
Physics Professional MS Program information
Announcements:
- First class meeting is 6:30
pm, A-110 Physics-Astronomy, on Thursday, October 1.
- Lectures will be recorded
! Adobe Connect sessions will be recorded,
and will be available here. Click on the links there to launch
an Adobe Connect window, and play back the class.
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Course syllabus and calendar
(updated 10/27)
- Course information (procedures,
homework, grading)
- Schedule and signup table for term project
presentations. This is a Google spreadsheet in the UW Google
Docs filespace; log in with your UW NetID username and password
(NOT your personal Google username) for access. Sign in to the
slot you want, then exit, and let me know you did so by email.
- Link to Adobe Connect for online attendance: http://uweoconnect.extn.washington.edu/phys575/
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In case of difficulty connecting, PCE online support is
available until 10 pm, dltechsupp@pce.uw.edu.
You may also reach them at 206-221-1393.
- Copies of slides to be shown in class
will appear here, one hour before class.
- Links to Adobe Connect
recordings of lecture sessions. [available about 1 day
after each class]
- Documents
for lab sessions (writeups and handouts) - Lab 2 now
posted.
- Required textbook: Knoll, Glenn F., Radiation Detection
and Measurement, Wiley, 3rd ed., 2000 (or
4th ed., 2012)
- Watch this space for further course information...
UW Professional and Continuing Education (PCE) contact:
To request forms for course registration, or for questions about
registration or tuition payment, please contact:
Chantelle Vollmer
Program Administrator (for help with PCE administrative functions:
course registration, tuition payment)
206.685.9586 | cvollmer@pce.uw.edu
Physics
Professional MS Program contacts:
For information about the Physics Professional MS Degree Program,
see Physics
PMSP
home page, or contact :
Catherine Provost
Graduate Student Adviser (for help with Graduate School or Physics
Department rules and requirements)
C-139B Physics-Astronomy
emsp@u.washington.edu
206-543-2488
R. J. Wilkes
Faculty Coordinator for Physics PMSP (for academic advising)
B-305 Physics-Astronomy
emsp@u.washington.edu
(206)-543-4232
Note: Mail to emsp@u.washington.edu is
forwarded to both Ms Provost and Prof. Wilkes
Course description
Radiation (particles or photons) and radiation detectors of many
kinds are crucial for acquiring information on physical phenomena
and performing quantitative measurements in applied physics,
astrophysics, health sciences and many other fields.
This course will combine lectures with a seminar-discussion
format. We will provide an overview of the nature of particle and
photon radiation, their interactions with matter, and radiation
effects. Sensors and detector systems for nuclear radiation and
subatomic particles, and their applications in particle
astrophysics, medical diagnostic imaging, industrial R&D, and
basic research will be discussed. Specific material covered will
depend upon interests of students.
Students will be expected to make brief, informal presentations,
reporting on topics they have chosen to investigate. The
instructor is an experimental particle physicist.
Prerequisites:
Intermediate level physics courses (E&M, QM, and
thermodynamics), or equivalent engineering courses.
Open to:
a) Students matriculated in the UW Physics Evening MS Degree
Program.
b) Anyone with adequate undergraduate preparation in a physical
science, mathematics or engineering, including the prerequisites
listed above. You may enroll for this class as a graduate
non-matriculated student (GNM), or as a Certificate student,
without joining the degree program. Please contact PCE for further information.
c) Full or part time UW graduate students, from any college or
campus.
Sections and course sequence
- This course is the first in a sequence of 3-credit courses
offered for a Certificate in Radiation Physics by the UW Physics
Department. For information on how to register for the
Certificate program, please contact UW
Professional and Continuing Education (PCE).
- All 3 sections meet at the same time and participate in class
activities together. However, grading and assigned work may be
different for CEU and Graduate students.
- Students in the Certificate Program will
receive 3 Continuing Education Units for this course. This
course is a prerequisite for subsequent courses in the
certificate sequence. Certificate students register in Section
D (SLN
21988)
- Graduate students will receive 3 credits for
this course.
- Students matriculated in the Physics Professional
MS degree program (or Physics GNM
students) may register for Section C (SLN
19523) of this course as an elective through PCE, as
for other Physics evening courses; if they complete the
entire 3-course sequence, "With Concentration in
Radiation Physics" will be recorded on their
transcript.
- Students matriculated in any other UW graduate
degree program may register in Section A
(SLN
19522) via MyUW.
- The first few class sessions will be talk and discussion (in
lecture room A-110). We will agree upon dates/times for the lab
sessions (in advanced-lab classroom B-260).
- Students may attend any session online via Adobe Connect.
Attendance in person is recommended but not required, except for
lab sessions.
...Always under construction:
revisit frequently.
All contents of this site (c) R. J. Wilkes, 2015.