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The document outlines the structure for reporting an experiment, including sections on aim, theoretical background, observations, uncertainties, analysis, and results. It emphasizes the importance of presenting raw data, discussing uncertainties, and deriving quantities through calculations and graphs. The conclusion should summarize key results, deviations from expectations, and suggest improvements to the experiment.

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Writeup Template

The document outlines the structure for reporting an experiment, including sections on aim, theoretical background, observations, uncertainties, analysis, and results. It emphasizes the importance of presenting raw data, discussing uncertainties, and deriving quantities through calculations and graphs. The conclusion should summarize key results, deviations from expectations, and suggest improvements to the experiment.

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Title of the Experiment

Aim:
State the primary purpose of the experiment in a few sentences.

Working principle/Theory:
Give a short theoretical background (keep it short). Explain the working principles of the
experiment, what is actually being measured and what will be subsequently derived.

This section will include a clear diagram or diagrams (as needed) to explain the working
principle.

This section will also include any mathematical relationships or equations used during
the experiment.

Observations:
Present the raw data recorded during the experiment.

Uncertainties:
Include a brief description of uncertainties. These will be instrumental, systematic or
random errors. Discuss sources of uncertainty that you did not quantify as well (do try to
assess which of these will be large or significant).

Analysis:
Use the observations to find the derived quantities. Show sample calculations (where the
calculation of the derived quantity is not straightforward). Plot relevant graphs, with
appropriately labelled axes. Mention the software used for plotting/fitting – describe the
equation of fit functions, parameters. Write down the fitted parameters and their
uncertainties.

Propagate the uncertainties mentioned in the previous section. Show one/two examples
of this as relevant.

Results and Conclusion:


Summarize the key results obtained from the experiment. Discuss how/why your result
deviates from expected results. Mention any potential improvements (to procedure or
experiment as relevant) with appropriate motivation.

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