Dec 13, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHYS 580 - Computer Interfacing in Experimental Physics


(3 units)

Prerequisite: PHYS 255  or consent of instructor.
(Undergraduates enroll in PHYS 480 ; graduates enroll in PHYS 580.) Modern data acquisition and analysis methods using computer-based equipment and high level software. Physics experiments performed with standard personal computers, research-quality data acquisition hardware, and programmable instruments. Computer use as tool in execution and interpretation of experiments.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hrs., laboratory 3 hrs.) Double Numbered with: PHYS 480