Probability distributions, expected value, mean and variance, error sources, error propagation, maximum likelihood method, weighted grazing, least squares method, curve fitting. Installation and instrumentation of experiments, data presentation and analysis, reporting of experiments. Photoelectric effect, ratio of electron charge to mass, Cavendish torsion balance, radioactivity, Hall effect in semiconductors, gamma ray reduction, laser applications, and other modern physics experiments will be seen. Introduction to particle detectors and accelerators.
Compulsory