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Volume 59, Issue 5
May 1991
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters to the Editor

Less is more in introductory physics courses
John L. Morack
Am. J. Phys. 59, 391 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16511
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The Doppler effect and conservation laws revisited...again
Don S. Lemons
Am. J. Phys. 59, 391 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16512
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Guest Comment

Guest Comment: Remember the consumer
Rolf Landauer
Am. J. Phys. 59, 393 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16513
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Papers

How much does the rigid body rotate? A Berry’s phase from the 18th century
Richard Montgomery
Am. J. Phys. 59, 394–398 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16514
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Investigation of driven harmonic oscillations in the computerized student laboratory
Shulamith G. Eckstein; Dan Fekete
Am. J. Phys. 59, 398–402 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16515
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The Graduate Record Examination as an indicator of learning of the curriculum taught to physics majors in US institutions
J. W. Halley; Azin Adjoudani; Patricia Heller; James S. Terwilliger
Am. J. Phys. 59, 403–410 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16517
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Magnetic charges in special relativity
I. Adawi
Am. J. Phys. 59, 410–412 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16518
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Symmetry in electrodynamics: A classical approach to magnetic monopoles
W. B. Zeleny
Am. J. Phys. 59, 412–415 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16519
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Illustrating phase transitions with soap films
David R. Lovett; John Tilley
Am. J. Phys. 59, 415–421 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16520
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Analogy between general relativity and electromagnetism for slowly moving particles in weak gravitational fields
Edward G. Harris
Am. J. Phys. 59, 421–425 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16521
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Variational approach to the stationary states of the double‐oscillator potential
Behzad Mirhashem; Richard A. Ferrell
Am. J. Phys. 59, 425–433 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16522
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Null‐length springs: Some curious properties
Eduardo A. Jagla; Diego A. R. Dalvit
Am. J. Phys. 59, 434–436 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16523
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Gauge invariance and threshold photon scattering on a composite target
H. T. Williams
Am. J. Phys. 59, 437–441 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16524
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A numerical study of quantum barrier penetration in one dimension
Charles W. Leming; Andrew Van Smith
Am. J. Phys. 59, 441–443 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16525
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Time‐of‐flight measurement of the speed of light using an acousto–optic modulator
J. A. Deblaquiere; K. C. Harvey; A. K. Hemann
Am. J. Phys. 59, 443–447 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16526
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Teaching the magnetostatic field: Problems to avoid
F. Herrmann
Am. J. Phys. 59, 447–452 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16831
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On the evaluation of the internal energy and chemical potential of an ideal fermion system
V. C. Aguilera‐Navarro; Gentil A. Estévez; Wilfrido Solano‐Torres
Am. J. Phys. 59, 452–454 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16827
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Computer simulation of space charge
K. W. Yu; W. K. Chung; S. S. Mak
Am. J. Phys. 59, 454–458 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16527
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Transition between particle behavior and wave behavior
François Bardou
Am. J. Phys. 59, 458–461 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16528
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Eddy current distributions: Their calculation with a spreadsheet and their measurement with a dual dipole antenna probe
Francis X. Hart; Kenneth W. Wood
Am. J. Phys. 59, 461–467 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16529
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Notes and Discussions

The relative times of Earth/Moon barycenter perihelion and of Earth perihelion
M. G. Calkin
Am. J. Phys. 59, 468–469 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16530
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Method of exhibiting different atomic states by graphing the real parts of the wave functions
Robert L. W. Chen
Am. J. Phys. 59, 469–470 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16531
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Laplace’s equation with physically uncommon boundary conditions
Sadri Hassani
Am. J. Phys. 59, 470–472 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16532
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New wine into old bottles: A nuptial arch
Eli Honig
Am. J. Phys. 59, 472 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16825
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Comment on ‘‘Linear least‐squares fits with errors in both coordinates,’’ by B. C. Reed [Am. J. Phys. 57, 642–646 (1989)]
D. P. Chong
Am. J. Phys. 59, 472–474 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16826
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Direct numerical integration of the radial equation
Frank Rioux
Am. J. Phys. 59, 474–475 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16801
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Simple derivation of the quantum mechanical virial theorem
T. C. Ernest Ma
Am. J. Phys. 59, 476 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16842
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Apparatus and Demonstration Notes

Microwave demonstration of the spatial shift due to the evanescent wave
Keh‐chang Chu; John D. Noble; Thomas Y. Chu
Am. J. Phys. 59, 477–478 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16802
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