What This Document Is
This document is a completed lab report (Lab 202) for Physics II Lab (PHYS 121A) at New Jersey Institute of Technology, submitted on January 16, 2021. The lab focuses on numerically verifying Gauss’s Law using MATLAB. It includes code and results from calculations performed to demonstrate the relationship between electric flux and enclosed charge.
Why This Document Matters
This report is intended for students enrolled in PHYS 121A who have completed the corresponding lab experiment. It serves as a submission for grading and demonstrates the student’s ability to apply theoretical concepts to a practical computational problem. Instructors may use it as a sample solution or for assessment purposes.
Common Limitations or Challenges
This is a *completed* lab report, meaning it presents results and code *after* the experiment has been conducted. It does not provide guidance on *how* to perform the experiment, interpret the results, or troubleshoot MATLAB code. It is a specific instance of applying Gauss’s Law, and may not cover all possible scenarios.
What This Document Provides
The full report includes: an introduction outlining the objectives and theoretical background of Gauss’s Law; a reference to the experimental procedure detailed in the lab manual; MATLAB code used to calculate electric flux through different surfaces; numerical results (values of flux integrals); and potentially, answers to specific questions posed in the lab assignment. This preview only provides a glimpse of the code and results, and does *not* include the full theoretical explanation or experimental setup.