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% Don't modify this section unless you know what you're doing!
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\documentclass[letterpaper,12pt]{article}
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\usepackage{tabularx} % extra features for tabular environment
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\usepackage{amsmath} % improve math presentation
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\usepackage{graphicx} % takes care of graphic including machinery
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\usepackage[margin=1in,letterpaper]{geometry} % decreases margins
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\usepackage{cite} % takes care of citations
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\usepackage[final]{hyperref} % adds hyper links inside the generated pdf file
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\hypersetup{
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colorlinks=true, % false: boxed links; true: colored links
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linkcolor=blue, % color of internal links
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citecolor=blue, % color of links to bibliography
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filecolor=magenta, % color of file links
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urlcolor=blue
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}
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\begin{document}
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\title{Title of the Report}
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\author{A. Partner, B. Partner, and C. Partner}
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\date{\today}
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\maketitle
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\begin{abstract}
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In this experiment we studied a very important physical effect by measuring the
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dependence of a quantity $V$ of the quantity $X$ for two different sample
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temperatures. Our experimental measurements confirmed the quadratic dependence
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$V = kX^2$ predicted by Someone's first law. The value of the mystery parameter
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$k = 15.4\pm 0.5$~s was extracted from the fit. This value is
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not consistent with the theoretically predicted $k_{theory}=17.34$~s. We attribute this
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discrepancy to low efficiency of our $V$-detector.
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\end{abstract}
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\section{Introduction}
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The very important physical effect has applications to astronomy, nuclear physics, condensed matter, and more.
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\section{Theory}
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Here give a brief summary of the physical effect of interest and provide
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necessary equations. Here is how you insert an equation. According to
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references~\cite{melissinos, Cyr, Wiki} the dependence of interest is given
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by
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\begin{equation} \label{eq:aperp} % the label is used to reference the equation
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u(\lambda,T)=\frac{8\pi hc\lambda^{-5}}{e^{hc/\lambda kT}-1},
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\end{equation}
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where T is temperature in Kelvin, c is the speed of light, etc. Don't forget to
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explain what each variable means the first time that you introduce it.
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\section{Procedures}
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Give a schematic of the experimental setup(s) used in the experiment (see
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figure~\ref{fig:samplesetup}). Give the description of abbreviations
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either in the figure caption or in the text. Write a description of what is
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going on.
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\begin{figure}[ht]
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% read manual to see what [ht] means and for other possible options
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\centering \includegraphics[width=0.8\columnwidth]{sr_setup}
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% note that in above figure file name, "sr_setup",
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% the file extension is missing. LaTeX is smart enough to find
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% apropriate one (i.e. pdf, png, etc.)
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% You can add this extention yourself as it seen below
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% both notations are correct but above has more flexibility
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%\includegraphics[width=1.0\columnwidth]{sr_setup.pdf}
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\caption{
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\label{fig:samplesetup} % spaces are big no-no withing labels
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% things like fig: are optional in the label but it helps
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% to orient yourself when you have multiple figures,
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% equations and tables
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Every figure MUST have a caption.
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}
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\end{figure}
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\section{Analysis}
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In this section you will need to show your experimental results. Use tables and
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graphs when it is possible. Table~\ref{tbl:bins} is an example.
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\begin{table}[h
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\begin{flushright}
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\end{flushright}
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]
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\begin{center}
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\caption{Every table needs a caption, too.}
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\label{tbl:bins} % spaces are big no-no withing labels
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\begin{tabular}{|cc|}
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\hline
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\multicolumn{1}{|c}{$x$ (m)} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{$V$ (V)} \\
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\hline
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0.0044151 & 0.0030871 \\
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0.0021633 & 0.0021343 \\
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0.0003600 & 0.0018642 \\
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0.0023831 & 0.0013287 \\
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\hline
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\end{tabular}
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\end{center}
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\end{table}
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It is also recommended to plot the data graphically to efficiently illustrate
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any points of discussion. For example, it is easy to conclude that the
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experiment and theory match each other rather well if you look at
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Fig.~\ref{fig:exp_plots}.
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\begin{figure}[ht]
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\centering
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\includegraphics[width=0.5\columnwidth]{sr_squeezing_vs_detuning}
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% some figures do not need to be too wide
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\caption{
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\label{fig:exp_plots}
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Every plot must have axes labeled.
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}
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\end{figure}
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\section{Conclusions}
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Here you briefly summarize your findings.
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% References section will be created automatically
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% as it shown below. See text starting with line
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% Note: with this approach it is YOUR responsibility to put them in order
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% that they appear in the text.
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\begin{thebibliography}{99}
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\bibitem{melissinos}
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A.~C. Melissinos and J. Napolitano, \textit{Experiments in Modern Physics},
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(Academic Press, New York, 2003).
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\bibitem{Cyr}
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N.\ Cyr, M.\ T$\hat{e}$tu, and M.\ Breton,
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% "All-optical microwave frequency standard: a proposal,"
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IEEE Trans.\ Instrum.\ Meas.\ \textbf{42}, 640 (1993).
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\bibitem{Wiki} \emph{Expected value}, available at
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\texttt{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expected\_value}.
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\end{thebibliography}
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\end{document}
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