The syllabus mentions some books under the caption “required reading”. These are not necessarily the books that students need to buy for this course.

Descriptions of experiments

There is a classic reference book for this kind of advanced lab courses: “Melissinos”. The original 1966 edition was a standard for many years. It is now online free of copyright. In 2003 a new edition was published, together with Napolitano. But the work is quite detailed, and it is not an easy read. It also contains descriptions of many experiments that we do not have the equipment for.

A very nice new book is the one by David and Shanni Prutchi (father and daughter), “Exploring quantum physics through hands-on projects.” The level of the theory is a bit too introductory for this course, but the book is a pleasure to read. They also have a web site: diyphysics.com.

Books for theoretical background

The syllabus lists two books, one in Swedish and one in English:

• Göran Jönsson, Atomfysikens grunder II, TeachSupport 1996.
• J. Lilley, Nuclear Physics, Principles and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, 2001.

These are just two of all the physics texts that you might want to study to prepare your presentations and lab reports.