PHYS 3650L - Modern Physics Laboratory

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The objective of this laboratory is to use the Foucault method to measure the speed of light.


    

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import 
import math
import matplotlib
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
%matplotlib inline


    

    




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ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-6-abf6f5086397> in <module>()
----> 1 import Markup
      2 import math
      3 import matplotlib
      4 import numpy as np
      5 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

ImportError: No module named Markup

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class ListTable(list):
    """ Overridden list class which takes a 2-dimensional list of 
        the form [[1,2,3],[4,5,6]], and renders an HTML Table in 
        IPython Notebook. """
    
    def _repr_html_(self):
        html = ["<table>"]
        for row in self:
            html.append("<tr>")
            
            for col in row:
                html.append("<td>{0}</td>".format(col))
            
            html.append("</tr>")
        html.append("</table>")
        return ''.join(html)
table = ListTable()
table.append(['trial', 'Range'])
table.append(['   ', '(m)'])
trial=[1,2,3,4,5]
x = [0.95,0.96,0.95,0.96,0.99]
y=0.0
for i in range(0,len(x)):
    xx = x[i]
    ttrial = trial[i]
    table.append([ttrial,xx])
table


    

    
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trial
Range
   
(m)
1
0.95
2
0.96
3
0.95
4
0.96
5
0.99

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x0 = 0
y0 = 0.09
g=9.8
x = [0.90,0.902,0.89,0.895,0.85]
y = 0
for i in range(0,len(x)):
    y = y+x[i] 
xaverage = y/len(x)
print 'xaverage =', xaverage, 'm'
t=((2*y0)/g)**0.5
print 't = ', t , 's'
v0=xaverage/t
print 'v0 = ', v0, 'm/s'


    

    




xaverage = 0.8874 m
t =  0.135526185436 s
v0 =  6.54781212314 m/s

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rise = 0.035
hypotenuse = 0.4
theta = math.atan(rise/hypotenuse)
print 'theta=', theta


    

    




theta= 0.0872777129495

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table = ListTable()
able = ListTable()
table.append(['trial', 'Range'])
table.append(['   ', '(m)'])
trial=[1,2,3,4,5]
x = [1.10,1.08,1.07,1.09,1.10]
for i in range(0,len(x)):
    xx = x[i] 
    ttrial = trial[i]
    table.append([ttrial, xx])
table


    

    
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trial
Range
   
(m)
1
1.1
2
1.08
3
1.07
4
1.09
5
1.1

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x0 = 0 
y0 = 0.11
y = 0
for i in range(0,len(x)):
    y = y+x[i] 
xaverage = y/len(x)
print 'xaverage =', xaverage, 'm'
t=(v0*math.sin(theta)+(v0*math.sin(theta)+2*g*y0)**0.5)/g
print 't = ', t , 's'
r = v0*math.cos(theta)*t 
print 'range = ', r, 's'
Disc= (xaverage-r)/r*100
print '%Disc = ', Disc


    

    




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5
xaverage = 1.088 m
t =  0.233110895711 s
range =  1.64838338729 s
%Disc =  -33.9959375719

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