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Volume 54, Issue 6
June 1986
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters To The Editor

A doctor’s answer
Robert J. Sciamanda
Am. J. Phys. 54, 490 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14575
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Running Crooke’s radiometer backwards
Frank S. Crawford
Am. J. Phys. 54, 490 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14576
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The Si and magnetic units
Berthold W. Schumacher
Am. J. Phys. 54, 490 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14577
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Editorial

Editorial: What constitutes acceptability for publication?
John S. Rigden
Am. J. Phys. 54, 491 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14578
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Papers

American Association of Physics Teachers 1985 Millikan Lecture Award Recipient: James B. Gerhart
Am. J. Phys. 54, 492–493 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14579
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‘‘Handling numbers,’’ James B. Gerhart’s acceptance speech for the 1985 Millikan Lecture Award presented by the American Association of Physics Teachers, Flagstaff, Arizona, 19 June 1985
James B. Gerhart
Am. J. Phys. 54, 493–500 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14849
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What is spin?
Hans C. Ohanian
Am. J. Phys. 54, 500–505 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14580
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The quest for ultrahigh energies
Andrew M. Sessler
Am. J. Phys. 54, 505–510 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14581
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Two‐density model of the Earth
Ralph Snyder
Am. J. Phys. 54, 511–513 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14582
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How Olympic records depend on location
Ernie McFarland
Am. J. Phys. 54, 513–520 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14583
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To derive the existence of gravity
Lars Falk
Am. J. Phys. 54, 520–525 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14584
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Magnetic forces and circuits
R. E. Benenson; R. Raffaele
Am. J. Phys. 54, 525–527 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14553
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The Poynting vector field and the energy flow within a transformer
F. Herrmann; G. Bruno Schmid
Am. J. Phys. 54, 528–531 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14554
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An experimental test of Newton’s celestial mechanics
Johannes Hardorp
Am. J. Phys. 54, 532–535 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14556
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Representation of relativistic quantities by trigonometric functions
V. Majerník
Am. J. Phys. 54, 536–538 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14557
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Application of special relativity to a simple system in which a motional emf exists
Murray D. Sirkis
Am. J. Phys. 54, 538–542 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14558
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Undergraduate experiment in critical phenomena. II. The coexistence curve of a binary fluid mixture
S. B. Ngubane; D. T. Jacobs
Am. J. Phys. 54, 542–546 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14559
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Uniform solutions for scattering by a potential barrier and bound states of a potential well
Joseph B. Keller
Am. J. Phys. 54, 546–550 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14560
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A simple formula for combining rotations and Lorentz boosts
A. C. Hirshfeld; F. Metzger
Am. J. Phys. 54, 550–552 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14561
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Helmholtz’s theorem revisited
Donald H. Kobe
Am. J. Phys. 54, 552–554 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14562
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Cooling by immersion in liquid nitrogen
Thomas W. Listerman; Thomas A. Boshinski; Lynn F. Knese
Am. J. Phys. 54, 554–558 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14563
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Classical dynamics and Lie groups
J. D. Louck; N. Metropolis
Am. J. Phys. 54, 558–564 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14564
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Exact solvable model for the Stark effect on a hydrogen atom
Jan Makarewicz
Am. J. Phys. 54, 565–567 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14540
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Exact solvable model of a one‐electron diatomic molecule
Jan Makarewicz
Am. J. Phys. 54, 567–568 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14541
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Notes and Discussions

Radiation reaction revisited—One more time
P. C. Peters
Am. J. Phys. 54, 569 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14542
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Response to ‘‘Radiation reaction revisited—One more time’’ [Am. J. Phys. 54, 569 (1986)]
Richard J. Cook
Am. J. Phys. 54, 569–570 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14543
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Classical rest energy of particles and their gravitation
Corrado Massa
Am. J. Phys. 54, 571 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14544
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Erratum:‘‘Instability in automobile breaking’’ [Am. J. Phys. 52, 903 (1984)]
W. G. Unruh
Am. J. Phys. 54, 571 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14870
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Erratum: ‘‘Problem: Torricelli’s Nozzle’’ [Am. J. Phys. 53, 1141 (1985)]
I. Richard Lapidus
Am. J. Phys. 54, 571 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14871
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Book Reviews

Authenticity in Art: The Scientific Detection of Forgery
Stuart J. Fleming; Edward Hall
Am. J. Phys. 54, 572 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14545
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Matter at Low Temperatures
P. V. E. McClintock; D. J. Meredith; J. K. Wigmore; Robert B. Hallock
Am. J. Phys. 54, 572–573 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14546
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Fourier Optics: An Introduction
E. G. Steward; Eugene Hecht
Am. J. Phys. 54, 573–574 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14547
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