Department of Physics

10ΥΚΟ05 Basic Physics Laboratory I

Course webpage:https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS157

Course outline

Course content

Introductory lectures:

• Experimental uncertainty. Mean value. Variance. Normal distribution.
• Error propagation. Experimental process. Analysis of experimental data. Method of least squares and applications to the experimental data.
• Introduction to Monte Carlo methods. Applications and virtual experiments. Presentation in the amphitheater.

Laboratory experiments:

• Mathematical pendulum.
• Measuring g on an inclined plane with sensors. Photogates. Instantaneous and average velocity.
• Electric circuits. Ohm’s και Kirchoff’s laws.
• Measurement with a micrometer. Estimation of material density. Buoyancy. Archimedes’ principle.
• Monte Carlo excercise.