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ADVANCED LABORATORY

Renata ADAMI ADVANCED LABORATORY

0522600025
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS "E. R. CAIANIELLO"
EQF7
PHYSICS
2024/2025

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2021
FULL ACADEMIC YEAR
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
432LESSONS
896LAB
SERGIO PAGANO T Curriculum
DANIELE DE GRUTTOLA Curriculum
SALVATORE DE PASQUALE Curriculum
RENATA ADAMI Curriculum
FABRIZIO BOBBA Curriculum
VALERIO BOZZA Curriculum
ORTENSIA AMOROSO Curriculum
Objectives
THE TEACHING IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS. ASPECTS OF PHYSICS OF MATTER, NANOTECHNOLOGIES, NUCLEAR AND HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, GEOPHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS ARE ANALYZED.
THE TEACHING HAS THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITY IN THE FIELD DESCRIBED ABOVE, WITH A DEEPER KNOWLEDGE OF TWO FIELDS IN PARTICULAR, AND TO GIVE THE STUDENT THE NECESSARY MEANS FOR THE DESIGN, EXECUTION AND ANALYSIS OF MODERN PHYSICS EXPERIENCES.
THE TEACHING AIMS AT MAKING THE STUDENT CAPABLE TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND TO UTILIZE THE VARIOUS TECHNIQUES IN USE IN AN EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY FOR DEVICES REALIZATION, MEASUREMENT AND DATA ANALYSIS.
Prerequisites
DEPENDING OF THE CHOSEN FILEDS OF STUDY, THE KNOWLEDGE OF ELEMENTS OF SOLID STATE PHYSYCS, RADIATION MATTER INTERACTION, NUMERICAL METHODS, GEOPHYSICS, OPTICS, SEMICONDUCTORS PHYSICS, ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY IS REQUIRED.
Contents
THE STUDENT CHOOSES 2 SEMESTERLY MODULES FROM THE FOLLOWING 5 OFFERED IN DIFFERENT SPECIALIST AREAS.

ASTROPHYSICS
LECTURES: ASTRONOMICAL MEASUREMENT (2 HOURS), DETECTORS AND PHOTOMETRY (5 HOURS), EFFECTS OF THE ATMOSPHERE (2 HOURS), ASTRONOMICAL OPTICS (5 HOURS), SPECTROSCOPY (2 HOURS).
LABORATORY ACTIVITIES: OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSIS OF THE RELATED DATA: PROPER MOTION AND ORBIT OF AN ASTEROID (12 HOURS), TRANSIT OF AN EXTRASOLAR PLANET (12 HOURS), LUMINOSITY PROFILE OF AN ELLIPTIC GALAXY (12 HOURS), SPECTRAL CLASSIFICATION OF A SAMPLE OF STARS (12 HOURS).

PHYSICS OF MATTER
LECTURES: TECHNIQUES FOR THE DEPOSITION OF THIN FILMS (3 HOURS), VACUUM TECHNOLOGY (2 HOURS), MORPHOLOGICAL AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES (3 HOURS), PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES (2 HOURS), TECHNIQUES FOR CRYOGENIC MEASUREMENTS (3 HOURS) , TECHNIQUES FOR ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS (3 HOURS)
LABORATORY ACTIVITIES: REALIZATION OF THIN FILMS OF INNOVATIVE MATERIALS (16 HOURS), MORPHOLOGICAL AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION (8 HOURS), GEOMETRIC DEFINITION BY PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY (8 HOURS), ELECTRICAL AND CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURE CHARACTERIZATION (16 HOURS).

NANOTECHNOLOGIES
LECTURES: NANOTECHNOLOGIES AND NANOMATERIALS, OUTLINE OF APPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY (2 HOURS), EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF NANOMATERIALS AND NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS (3 HOURS), INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNIQUES FOR THE RECOVERY OF NANOMATERIALS FROM SECOND AND SOURCES OF RAW MATERIALS INDUSTRIAL WASTE (3 HOURS) TECHNIQUES FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOMATERIALS AND NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS (8 HOURS).
LABORATORY ACTIVITIES: PREPARATION OF INNOVATIVE NANOMATERIALS/NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS (8 HOURS), CHARACTERIZATION USING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUES/ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS (6 HOURS), CHARACTERIZATION USING SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES (6 HOURS), CHARACTERIZATION USING DIFFRACTOMETRIC TECHNIQUES (4 HOURS) , CHARACTERIZATION THROUGH THERMOGRAVIMETRIC TECHNIQUES (2 HOURS), STUDY OF THE PROPERTIES OF NANOMATERIALS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS THROUGH ELECTROCHEMICAL/VOLTAMMETRY TECHNIQUES (6 HOURS), DATA PROCESSING AND MEASUREMENT EVALUATION (4 HOURS).

NUCLEAR AND HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
LECTURES: REVIEW OF RADIATION-MATTER INTERACTION AND PARTICLE DETECTORS (2 HOURS), PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING OF PARTICLES (2 HOURS), GASEOUS DETECTORS AND THEIR USE IN COLLIDER EXPERIMENTS AND IN THE MEASUREMENT OF COSMIC RAYS (4 HOURS), A DETECTORS SCINTILLATION AND SIPM (4 HOURS), DATA ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION (4 HOURS)
LABORATORY ACTIVITIES: DATA COLLECTION WITH MULTIGAP RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBERS (MRPC) DETECTORS (12 HOURS), SIGNAL TREATMENT WITH STANDARD NIM CRATE AND WITH CUSTOM ELECTRONICS (6 HOURS), EFFICIENCY AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL RESOLUTION STUDY OF A COSMIC MUON TELESCOPE (12 HOURS), STUDY OF THE MEAN LIFE OF MUONS (6 HOURS), CHARACTERIZATION AND TESTING OF SIPM (12 HOURS)

GEOPHYSICS
LECTURES: INTRODUCTION TO SEISMOLOGY AND DATA (2 HOURS), THEORY OF SIGNAL ANALYSIS (2 HOURS) ESTIMATION OF EARTHQUAKE SOURCE PARAMETERS (6) PRINCIPLES OF SEISMOMETRY (3 HOURS) NOISE ANALYSIS (3 HOURS)
LABORATORY ACTIVITIES: ANALYSIS OF SEISMIC CATALOGS, CONSULTATION OF BULLETINS AND REPRESENTATION (6 HOURS) PROCESSING OF SEISMIC SIGNALS (6 HOURS) CALCULATION OF THE LOCATION, MAGNITUDE AND FOCAL MECHANISM OF LOCAL EARTHQUAKES (14 HOURS) SEISMIC NOISE MEASUREMENTS AND PROCESSING (10 HOURS) )
Teaching Methods
THE STUDENT CHOOSES TWO TOPICS FROM THE SECTORS: PHYSICS OF MATTER, NANOTECHNOLOGIES, NUCLEAR AND HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, GEOPHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS IN WHICH THEY CARRY OUT THEORETICAL LESSONS AND LABORATORY EXPERIENCES.
EACH TEACHING MODULE IS ORGANIZED IN THE FOLLOWING WAY:
- CLASSROOM LESSONS ON THE TOPICS OF THE MODULE (2 CFU = 16 HOURS)
-LABORATORY EXERCISES FOR THE CARRYING OUT OF VARIOUS EXPERIMENTS RELATING TO THE TOPICS OF THE MODULE (4 CFU = 48 HOURS).
STUDENTS WILL BE DIVIDED INTO GROUPS (GENERALLY 2-3 STUDENTS PER GROUP).
AT THE END OF EACH LABORATORY EXERCISE EACH GROUP MUST SUBMIT A REPORT ON THE EXPERIENCE CARRIED OUT WHICH DESCRIBES OBJECTIVES, METHODOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM, DATA COLLECTED AND RELATED ANALYSIS.
Verification of learning
THE EXAM CONSISTS OF AN ORAL TEST WHERE:
•THE TOPICS OF COURSE ARE DISCUSSED, TO VERIFY THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND CREATE LINKS AMONGST THE VARIOUS TOPICS COVERED DURING THE LESSONS;
•THE REPORTS OF THE LABORATORY ACTIVITIES ARE DISCUSSED, TO VERIFY THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES AND THE SKILLS TO MAKE SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS.
THE EVALUATION WILL TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PRESENTATION, OF THE COMPLETENESS AND ACCURACY OF THE ANSWERS, AS WELL AS OF THE CLARITY IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE TEACHING TOPICS AND OF THE LABORATORY ACTIVITIES.
THE MINIMUM ASSESSMENT LEVEL (18/30) IS AWARDED WHEN THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATES SUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE TEACHING TOPICS AND MASTERY OF THE EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES USED
THE MAXIMUM LEVEL (30/30) IS ASSIGNED WHEN THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATES A COMPLETE AND IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE TOPICS COVERED AND THE EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES USED.
“CUM LAUDE” IS GIVEN WHEN THE CANDIDATE DEMONSTRATES SIGNIFICANT MASTERY OF THE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CONTENTS OF THE COURSE AND ALSO SHOWS THAT HE IS ABLE TO PRESENT THE TOPICS WITH LANGUAGE AND AUTONOMOUS PROCESSING SKILLS.
Texts
DEPENDING ON THE TOPICS CHOSEN THE REFERENCE TEXTS ARE THE FOLLOWING:
MAISSEL, R. GLANG, "HANDBOOK OF THIN FILM TECHNOLOGY", MCGRAW-HILL HANDBOOKS.
N.W. ASHCROFT, N.D. MERMIN, "SOLID STATE PHYSICS", SAUNDERS COLLEGE PUBLISHING CH. KITTEL “INTRODUZIONE ALLA FISICA DELLO STATO SOLIDO”, BORINGHIERI.
W.R. LEO "TECHNIQUES FOR NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS", SPRINGER-VERLAG, 1994.
G.F. KNOLL "RADIATION DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT", JOHN WILEY & SONS, 2000.
J. HAVSKOV, G. ALGUACIL, "INSTRUMENTATION IN EARTHQUAKE SEISMOLOGY", SPRINGER-VERLAG, BERLIN, 2004.
R. SCARPA, R. TILLING, "MONITORING AND MITIGATION OF VOLCANO HAZARDS", SPRINGER-VERLAG, BERLIN, 1996
“OBSERVATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS”, P. LENA, F. LEBRUN, F. MIGNARD, S. LYLE; SPRINGER-VERLAG, BERLIN, 1998.
“HANDBOOK OF CCD ASTRONOMY”, S. HOWELL, R. ELLIS, J HUCHRA, S KAHN, P.B. STETSON; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2000.
“ASTRONOMICAL OPTICS”, D.J. SCHROEDER; ACADEMIC PRESS INC., SAN DIEGO,1987.
More Information
THE TEACHERS CAN BE CONTACTED USING THEIR UNIVERSITY E-MAIL ADDRESS AND ON RECEPTION TIMES, PUBLISHED ON THE UNISA WEB SITE.
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