Adrian Biland: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2023 |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Adrian Biland |
| Address | Inst. f. Teilchen- und Astrophysik ETH Zürich, HPK F 28 Otto-Stern-Weg 5 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 633 20 20 |
| Fax | +41 44 633 11 04 |
| biland@ethz.ch | |
| Department | Physics |
| Relationship | Adjunct Professor |
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| 402-0000-02L | Laboratory Course in Physics for Students in Food Sciences   Please make an enrolment in mystudies. Register the experiments here: https://www.lehrbetrieb.ethz.ch/laborpraktika. For further information visit: https://ap.phys.ethz.ch Only students from 3rd Semester BSc Food Science on are admitted to this Laboratory Course. | 2 credits | 4P | A. Biland, A. Eggenberger, A. Müller | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | The central aim is to provide an individual experience of the physical phenomena and the basic principles of the experiment. By conducting simple physical experiments the student will learn how to properly use physical instruments and how to evaluate the results correctly. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Laboratory work forms an important part of the education in natural sciences. The overhead topic in this lab course is the confrontation of fundamental problems of any experiment. Using the example of simple tasks, the following aspects should be considered in particular: - the practical structure of the experiment and the knowledge of the measuring methods - the use and handling of measuring instruments - the correct evaluation and assessment of the observations - deepening the knowledge in some areas of elementary physics - physics as a personal experience. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | Lab safety; error calculation and report writing; 6 selected experiments on a variety of topics. Selection of experiments may vary between courses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | Manuals for the experiments in the physics lab; additional material is provided on the course website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 402-0000-03L | Laboratory Course in Physics for Students in Earth Sciences Please make an enrolment in mystudies. Register the experiments here: https://www.lehrbetrieb.ethz.ch/laborpraktika. For further information visit: https://ap.phys.ethz.ch Only students from 3rd Semester BSc Earth Sciences on are admitted to this Laboratory Course. | 2 credits | 4P | A. Biland, A. Eggenberger, A. Müller | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | The central aim is to provide an individual experience of the physical phenomena and the basic principles of the experiment. By conducting simple physical experiments the student will learn how to properly use physical instruments and how to evaluate the results correctly. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Laboratory work forms an important part of the education in natural sciences. The overhead topic in this lab course is the confrontation of fundamental problems of any experiment. Using the example of simple tasks, the following aspects should be considered in particular: - the practical structure of the experiment and the knowledge of the measuring methods - the use and handling of measuring instruments - the correct evaluation and assessment of the observations - deepening the knowledge in some areas of elementary physics - physics as a personal experience. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | Lab safety; error calculation and report writing; 6 selected experiments on a variety of topics. Selection of experiments may vary between courses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | Manuals for the experiments in the physics lab; additional material is provided on the course website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 402-0300-00L | IPA Colloquium | 0 credits | 1S | A. Biland, A. de Cosa, A. Refregier, H. M. Schmid, further lecturers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | Research colloquium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 402-0713-00L | Astro-Particle Physics I | 6 credits | 2V + 1U | A. Biland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | This lecture gives an overview of the present research in the field of Astro-Particle Physics, including the different experimental techniques. In the first semester, main topics are the charged cosmic rays including the antimatter problem. The second semester focuses on the neutral components of the cosmic rays as well as on some aspects of Dark Matter. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Successful students know: - experimental methods to measure cosmic ray particles over full energy range - current knowledge about the composition of cosmic ray - possible cosmic acceleration mechanisms - correlation between astronomical object classes and cosmic accelerators - information about our galaxy and cosmology gained from observations of cosmic ray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | First semester (Astro-Particle Physics I): - definition of 'Astro-Particle Physics' - important historical experiments - chemical composition of the cosmic rays - direct observations of cosmic rays - indirect observations of cosmic rays - 'extended air showers' and 'cosmic muons' - 'knee' and 'ankle' in the energy spectrum - the 'anti-matter problem' and the Big Bang - 'cosmic accelerators' | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | See lecture home page: http://ihp-lx2.ethz.ch/AstroTeilchen/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literature | See lecture home page: http://ihp-lx2.ethz.ch/AstroTeilchen/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 701-0033-00L | Laboratory Course in Physics for Students of Environmental Sciences Only students from 3th Semester BSc Environmental Sciences on are admitted to this lecture. | 2 credits | 4P | M. Münnich, A. Biland, A. Eggenberger, N. Gruber | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | Learning with the basic principles of scientific experimentation. By performing experiments in different fields of experimental physics the students will learn the usage of measurement instruments as well as the correct analysis and assessment of the measurements. Physics as a personal experience will play an important role in it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Working in a laboratory forms an important part of modern scientific education. Using simple experimental setup the laboratory course will provide basic knowledge of: - the setup of experiments, - various measurement techniques, - the use of various measurement instruments, - the correct performance of experiments, - the analysis of the accuracy of the measurements, - and the interpretations of the measured quantities. The course will also deepen the knowledge of experimental physics. In addition to experiments selected from the physics lab for physicists, this lab course offers experiments specially developed for bachelor students in environmental sciences, which illustrate the mutual relationships between physical processes and chemical and biological phenomena. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | The students select 4 out of 18 offered experiments which they like to perform. For each of these experiments the students document and analyze their measurements, estimate in written reports the accuracy of their results and compare these with the values expected according to the laws of physics. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | Manuals for the experiments are provided online on the Moodle pages of the course. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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