<p>Lecture, two hours; laboratory, four hours. Recommended: course 124. Students conduct experiments about cosmic ray counting and statistics, radioactive decay law measurement, beta decay spectrometer, and Compton scattering; perform independent data analyses of experimental data; and write scientific report for each experiment. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Physics

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Nuclear Physics Laboratory

PHYSICS 180A

4 units