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Volume 58, Issue 10

October 1990

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ISSN 0002-9505

EISSN 1943-2909

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Letters To The Editor
Guest Comment
Papers
Notes and Discussions
Apparatus
Book Reviews

Letters To The Editor

Scientific delegations to China? A response to Robert H. Romer’s editorial [Am. J. Phys. 58, 298–299 (1990)]

D. K. Nachtigall

Am. J. Phys. 58, 903 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16291

View articletitled, Scientific delegations to China? A response to Robert H. Romer’s editorial [Am. J. Phys. 58, 298–299 (1990)]

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The Planck stroll recalculated

Robert L. P. Wadlinger; Geoffrey Hunter

Am. J. Phys. 58, 903–904 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16292

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Quantum binding in low dimensions

A. R. P. Rau

Am. J. Phys. 58, 904 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16293

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Helping students to recognize multiple integrals

Edwin R. Jones; Richard L. Childers

Am. J. Phys. 58, 904–905 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16294

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Women—Why so few?

Michael Levin

Am. J. Phys. 58, 905–906 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16295

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Resonances

Marvin L. De Jong

Am. J. Phys. 58, 906 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16296

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Guest Comment

Guest Comment: Physics research in undergraduate institutions

John Van Zytveld

Am. J. Phys. 58, 907 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16297

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Papers

Verification of fundamental principles of mechanics in the computerized student laboratory

Shulamith G. Eckstein

Am. J. Phys. 58, 909–915 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16298

Abstract

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Slinky‐whistler dispersion relation from ‘‘scaling’’

Frank S. Crawford

Am. J. Phys. 58, 916–917 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16299

Abstract

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Simple derivation of Lagrange’s three‐body equilibrium

Daniel F. Styer

Am. J. Phys. 58, 917–919 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16300

Abstract

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Measuring small vibrations with interferometry

Joshua B. Diamond; Denis P. Donnelly; James D. Breault; Mary E. McCarthy

Am. J. Phys. 58, 919–922 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16301

Abstract

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Spring–mass chains: Theoretical and experimental studies

Mônica Silva Santos; Eduardo Soares Rodrigues; Paulo Murilo Castro de Oliveira

Am. J. Phys. 58, 923–928 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16500

Abstract

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Interference between spontaneous emission in different directions

Ming Lai; J.‐C. Diels

Am. J. Phys. 58, 928–930 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16302

Abstract

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Geometric interpretation of a nonlinear gauge

Martin Andreas Schweizer

Am. J. Phys. 58, 930–933 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16303

Abstract

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The oscilloscope as a measuring instrument

B. A. Cooke; T. J. Harris; H. S. Derbyshire

Am. J. Phys. 58, 933–935 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16304

Abstract

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An inductorless double scroll chaotic circuit

Thomas P. Weldon

Am. J. Phys. 58, 936–941 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16305

Abstract

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Aberration and Doppler shift: The cosmic background radiation and its rest frame

T. Greber; H. Blatter

Am. J. Phys. 58, 942–945 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16306

Abstract

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Perturbation of Uranus by Neptune: A modern perspective

H. M. Lai; C. C. Lam; K. Young

Am. J. Phys. 58, 946–953 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16307

Abstract

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The diffraction grating under nonuniform illumination

Kenneth S. Mendelson; Frank G. Karioris

Am. J. Phys. 58, 954–956 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16308

Abstract

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Newton’s law of cooling—A critical assessment

Colm T. O’Sullivan

Am. J. Phys. 58, 956–960 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16309

Abstract

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Quantum mechanical study of particles in ‘‘softened’’ potential boxes and wells

Lewis S. Salter

Am. J. Phys. 58, 961–967 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16257

Abstract

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Cyclotron resonance effects in a fluorescent lamp plasma

Julie Orr; Richard Wolfson

Am. J. Phys. 58, 968–973 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16258

Abstract

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Macroscopic motion of a totally isolated system in statistical equilibrium

Bernard Diu; Claudine Guthmann; Danielle Lederer; Bernard Roulet

Am. J. Phys. 58, 974–978 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16259

Abstract

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Torque and force on a magnetic dipole

Lev Vaidman

Am. J. Phys. 58, 978–983 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16260

Abstract

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The exactly solvable Thomas–Fermi atom in two dimensions

R. K. Bhaduri; S. Das Gupta; S. J. Lee

Am. J. Phys. 58, 983–986 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16261

Abstract

View articletitled, The exactly solvable Thomas–Fermi atom in two dimensions

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Fractal dimension: Limit capacity or Hausdorff dimension?

Christopher Essex; M. A. H. Nerenberg

Am. J. Phys. 58, 986–988 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16262

Abstract

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Tangent law of refraction for heat conduction through an interface and underlying variational principle

A. Tan; L. R. Holland

Am. J. Phys. 58, 988–991 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16263

Abstract

View articletitled, Tangent law of refraction for heat conduction through an interface and underlying variational principle

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A tricritical point in the dimerized Ising chain phase diagram

C. E. Zaspel

Am. J. Phys. 58, 992–994 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16264

Abstract

View articletitled, A tricritical point in the dimerized Ising chain phase diagram

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Optical bistability experimentation with liquid dyes

H. Y. Zhang; X. H. He; S. H. Tang; M. H. Kuok

Am. J. Phys. 58, 994–996 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16265

Abstract

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On the skin effect approximation

Glenn S. Smith

Am. J. Phys. 58, 996–1002 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16266

Abstract

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Expansion coefficients of a squeezed coherent state in the number state basis

J. J. Gong; P. K. Aravind

Am. J. Phys. 58, 1003–1006 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16337

Abstract

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The role of kinematics in Hamiltonian dynamics: Momentum as a Lagrange multiplier

M. C. Whatley

Am. J. Phys. 58, 1006–1011 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16338

Abstract

View articletitled, The role of kinematics in Hamiltonian dynamics: Momentum as a Lagrange multiplier

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Notes and Discussions

Why l(l+1) instead of l²?

P. W. Milonni

Am. J. Phys. 58, 1012 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16284

Abstract

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Perturbation expansion in quantum mechanics

B. S. Lee

Am. J. Phys. 58, 1012–1014 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16285

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Tracking the wild eclipse

R. J. Manning; L. S. Cain

Am. J. Phys. 58, 1014–1016 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16286

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A square‐well potential model to describe lambda‐hypernuclei

P. B. Siegel; Mark Farrow‐Reid

Am. J. Phys. 58, 1016–1017 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16287

Abstract

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The Mandelbrot set for binary numbers

Peter Senn

Am. J. Phys. 58, 1018 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16288

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Apparatus

Determining e/m with a Bainbridge tube: Less data, more physics

William J. Thompson

Am. J. Phys. 58, 1019–1020 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16289

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Book Reviews

The Aharonov−Bohm Effect

Murray Peshkin; Akira Tonomura; Daniel M. Greenberger

Am. J. Phys. 58, 1021–1022 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16290

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Schr̈odinger: Life and Thought

Walter Moore; N. L. Balazs

Am. J. Phys. 58, 1022–1023 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16499

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