On the right you see a brief overview of topics covered in each week. Click on the *Week* on the right to open a page showing the agenda for each week, including reading assignments. For each *Week* there are three columns: The left column contains reading assignments, occasional homework, and lecture notes for each of the two days. The middle and right columns have the files for Tuesday and Thursday, including reading and links. There is no required overall textbook for this course; instead you are provided with short relevant excerpts from a number of sources including textbooks. |
Week 0Organization, Detectors, Statistics Week 1Electronics, Noise Lab Week 2Fourier Analysis, Power Spectra Week 3Noise Sources & Assign Experiments Week 4Systematics, Chopping & Lab Experiments Week 5Optimal Filters, Low Level Signals Week 6Detector Physics Week 7CCDs Week 8Image Processing & Reconstruction Week 9Imaging Dark Matter, Pathological Science Week 10Lab Dark Matter, Microwave detectors |