2024 Faculty Courses School of Science Undergraduate major in Physics
Research opportunity in Laboratories (PHY)
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Physics
- Instructor(s)
- Teaching Staffs
- Class Format
- Experiment (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- PHY.Z381
- Number of credits
- 002
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course facilitates students' understanding of principles and methods of advanced observation techniques which constitute important bases in the wide area in physics as well as presentation skills.
In this lecture, each student sets up various measurement systems, and prepare sample materials, and actually detects the signals from nature and the responses from nature to the applied excitation. Through these experiences, each student asks not only to acquire the advanced observation techniques, but also to enjoy the experiments on the physics.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. Acquire the advanced experimental techniques for the research on physics.
2. Acquire the ability to capture the essence of the observed phenomena and to find essential issues to be solved based on the examination of experimental results.
3. Acquire the skills to make a presentation that other people can easily understand
Keywords
Mössbauer effect, radiation, ion trap, astronomical data analysis, laser, time resolved measurements, superconductor, ferroelectrics, semiconductor
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Following the guidance, each student selects 3 experimental subjects among 10~12 experimental subjects. Students perform laboratory experiments on each subject for four course hours in the afternoon and due to submit their own experimental report before the prescribed deadline. For the final subject, students will be asked to make a presentation about the experiment's contents.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Each student performs several laboratory experiments among the following subjects. Each experiment on a subject completes four course hours in the afternoon. 1. Mössbauer effect 2. β-ray spectrometer 3. observation of gamma rays and cosmic rays 4. ion trap 5. α-ray 6. astronomical data analysis 7. dye lasers 8. time resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy 9. ferroelectricity and computer-aided measurements 10. high-Tc superconductors 11. carrier transport in semiconductors | Explain the physics which dominates the phenomena observed in the experimental subjects you have selected and the principles and method of the observation techniques used in them. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
A textbook issued by staffs in the Physics Department will be given. Some other books may also be used when necessary.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Unspecified.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Based on attendances (including that to the Guidance), discussions and submitted reports, and presentations.
Related courses
- PHY.L202 ： Experiments in Physics A
- PHY.L203 ： Experiments in Physics B
- Basic experiments in physics
- PHY.E212 ： Electromagnetism II
- PHY.E205 ： Electromagnetism
- PHY.Q207 ： Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
- PHY.Q208 ： Quantum Mechanics II
- PHY.S301 ： Statistical Mechanics
Prerequisites
Classes, exercises and basic physics experiments held until the second quarter of the third year for Physics Course students are recommended to be studied before taking this course.
Other
Consult the course instructors if you wish to register without attending the guidance.