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Volume 48, Issue 10

October 1980

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ISSN 0002-9505

EISSN 1943-2909

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Letters To The Editor
Editorial
Papers
Notes and Discussions
Book Reviews
Film Reviews

Letters To The Editor

Comment on the Note on “Orbital angular momentum and parity’’

Eugen Merzbacher

Am. J. Phys. 48, 799 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12223

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Universality anyone?

J. S. Wallingford

Am. J. Phys. 48, 799 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12224

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Physics for the amateur

David Harrison; James Prentice

Am. J. Phys. 48, 799 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12225

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Applicability of least‐squares formula

Jay M. Pasachoff

Am. J. Phys. 48, 800 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12226

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Review articles for the nonspecialist

Michael A. Morrison

Am. J. Phys. 48, 800 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12227

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Editorial

Editorial: Changes in the Journal Format

John S. Rigden

Am. J. Phys. 48, 801 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1807214

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Papers

Confirming the Planck–Einstein equation hv=(1/2)mv²

Paul Kirkpatrick

Am. J. Phys. 48, 803–806 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12228

Abstract

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Graphical introduction to the special theory of relativity

L. P. Staunton; H. van Dam

Am. J. Phys. 48, 807–817 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12229

Abstract

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Experimental study of Brownian motion in the limit of small time intervals by means of an ideal gas simulator

Henry Unruh, Jr.

Am. J. Phys. 48, 818–820 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12230

Abstract

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Minimum and absolute minimum spherical aberration of a simple, thin lens

Paul E. Klingsporn

Am. J. Phys. 48, 821–827 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12231

Abstract

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Integral equations and the bound‐state problem

B. Bagchi; R. G. Seyler

Am. J. Phys. 48, 828–833 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12232

Abstract

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Bandwidth and spectrum analysis

J. Gerard Anderson

Am. J. Phys. 48, 834–836 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12233

Abstract

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Dielectric loss measurements on raw materials

J. Mwanje

Am. J. Phys. 48, 837–839 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12234

Abstract

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Zero‐point term in cavity radiation

José Luis Jiménez; L. de la Peña; T. A. Brody

Am. J. Phys. 48, 840–846 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12221

Abstract

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Integrating microcomputers and microelectronics into the physics curriculum

Douglas S. Gale

Am. J. Phys. 48, 847–849 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12222

Abstract

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Reflection of rarefaction wave in one‐dimensional gas flow

Björn Sundelius

Am. J. Phys. 48, 850–854 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12235

Abstract

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Raising and lowering operators and spectral structure: A concise algebraic technique

L. de la Peña; R. Montemayor

Am. J. Phys. 48, 855–860 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12236

Abstract

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Plane electromagnetic waves in material media: Are they transverse waves?

P. Halevi

Am. J. Phys. 48, 861–867 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12237

Abstract

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Concepts of nonequilibrium thermodynamics in discrete model of heat conduction

David Lurié; Jorge Wagensberg

Am. J. Phys. 48, 868–872 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12277

Abstract

View articletitled, Concepts of nonequilibrium thermodynamics in discrete model of heat conduction

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Experimental studies of the He–Ne laser: resonators and self‐locking

I. S. Ruddock

Am. J. Phys. 48, 873–876 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12278

Abstract

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Kinetic theory derivation of the adiabatic law for ideal gases

Michael I. Sobel

Am. J. Phys. 48, 877–878 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12279

Abstract

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Notes and Discussions

Comment on “Water drop experiment for introductory laboratory’’

R.L. Powell; R.T. Foister

Am. J. Phys. 48, 879 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12280

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Response to ’’Comment on ’Water drop experiment for introductory laboratory’ ’’

Y. Ernesto Nagai

Am. J. Phys. 48, 879–880 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12281

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That speck in the bathtub—An elementary study in modeling and dimensional reasoning

Christopher Sherman

Am. J. Phys. 48, 882–883 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12283

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Construction of a gravitational lens

Vincent Icke

Am. J. Phys. 48, 883–886 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12284

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Space‐age ticktock

Leemon C. Baird

Am. J. Phys. 48, 886 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12285

Abstract

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Erratum: “Stochastic models of radioactive decay’’ [Am. J. Phys. 48, 172 (1980)]

I. A. Kinsella; P. B. O hAnnaidh; A. Dunne

Am. J. Phys. 48, 886 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12286

View articletitled, Erratum: “Stochastic models of radioactive decay’’ [Am. J. Phys. 48, 172 (1980)]

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Second‐order statistics of speckle patterns and intensity correlations: An instructive analogy

P. Hariharan

Am. J. Phys. 48, 880–881 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12282

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Book Reviews

Musical Acoustics: An Introduction

Donald E. Hall; Robert B. Weinberg

Am. J. Phys. 48, 890–891 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12220

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Simple Quantum Physics

Peter Landshoff; Allen Metherell; Lowell S. Brown

Am. J. Phys. 48, 891 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12217

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Film Reviews

A is for Atom, B is for Bomb: A Portrait of Dr. Edward Teller (film)

Brian Kaufman; Dietrich Schroeer

Am. J. Phys. 48, 894–895 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12218

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Color From Light (film)

Clark Dugger Film Producer; Churchill Films Distributor; Robert J. Semper

Am. J. Phys. 48, 895 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12219

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