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Volume 61, Issue 9
September 1993
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters To The Editor

Certainty in physics
Jay Orear
Am. J. Phys. 61, 775 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17166
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A response to ‘‘Galileo, Einstein, and the Church’’
John W. Zwart
Am. J. Phys. 61, 775–776 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17167
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Parallaxes with(out) CCD imaging cameras
George S. Mumford
Am. J. Phys. 61, 776 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17168
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Editorial

Editorial: Is physics multicultural?
Don S. Lemons
Am. J. Phys. 61, 777 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17169
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Papers

Resource Letter ETDSTS‐1: Experimental tests of the discrete space‐time symmetries
Eugene D. Commins
Am. J. Phys. 61, 778–788 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17170
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Compression of wavelets
S. C. Bloch
Am. J. Phys. 61, 789–798 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17171
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A computer‐simulated Stern–Gerlach laboratory
Daniel V. Schroeder; Thomas A. Moore
Am. J. Phys. 61, 798–805 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17172
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The envelopes of some families of fixed‐energy trajectories
A. P. French
Am. J. Phys. 61, 805–811 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17429
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Local currents in magnetic flux tubes and flux ropes
Paul Lorrain; Nikos Salingaros
Am. J. Phys. 61, 811–817 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17445
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Photon spin and the paraxial wave equation
H. A. Haus; J. L. Pan
Am. J. Phys. 61, 818–821 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17430
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A simple derivation of work and efficiency limits for blackbody radiation converters
J. M. Gordon
Am. J. Phys. 61, 821–822 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17431
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Derivation and implications of the symmetry property of the permittivity tensor
Pei‐Hsi Tsao
Am. J. Phys. 61, 823–825 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17432
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Accretion onto a rotating compact object in general relativity
Vladimír Karas; Rastislav Mucha
Am. J. Phys. 61, 825–828 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17433
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The hydraulic jump (‘‘shocks’’ and viscous flow in the kitchen sink)
Robert P. Godwin
Am. J. Phys. 61, 829–832 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17413
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Critical current density of YBa2Cu3O7−x
K. E. Oldenburg; W. A. Morrison; G. C. Brown
Am. J. Phys. 61, 832–834 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17414
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A study of the wave function of a particle striking a crystal interface
Gideon Friedmann; W. A. Little
Am. J. Phys. 61, 835–843 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17415
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On Bose–Einstein condensation
G. Scharf
Am. J. Phys. 61, 843–845 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17416
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Free expansion for real gases
Jacques‐Olivier Goussard; Bernard Roulet
Am. J. Phys. 61, 845–848 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17417
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Frame grabbing techniques in undergraduate physics education
W. Benenson; W. Bauer
Am. J. Phys. 61, 848–851 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17418
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Notes and Discussions

Geometrical quantum phase effect and Bohm’s quantum potential
R. E. Kastner
Am. J. Phys. 61, 852 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17419
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Comment on ‘‘On Feynman’s proof of the Maxwell equations,’’ by R. J. Hughes [Am. J. Phys. 60, 301–306 (1992)]
Ildeu de Castro Moreira
Am. J. Phys. 61, 853 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17420
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Comment on ‘‘A new angle on Compton scattering,’’ by D. Wilkins [Am. J. Phys. 60, 221–227 (1992)]
M. J. Hagmann
Am. J. Phys. 61, 854 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17421
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A simple setup to observe attractors in phase space
Trevor Mitchell; P. B. Siegel
Am. J. Phys. 61, 855–856 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17422
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Comment on ‘‘A concise derivation of the plane‐wave partial‐wave expansion,’’ by William J. Thompson [Am. J. Phys. 60, 378–379 (1992)]
N. Gauthier
Am. J. Phys. 61, 857 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17423
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New Problems

Nuclear scattering
G. F. Bertsch; E. Kashy
Am. J. Phys. 61, 858–859 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17424
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Book Reviews

Taming the Atom: The Emergence of the Visible Microworld
Hans Christian von Baeyer; Terje G. Vold
Am. J. Phys. 61, 860 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17425
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Science With a Vengeance: How the Military Created the US Space Sciences after World War II
David H. DeVorkin; Frank C. Jones
Am. J. Phys. 61, 860–861 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17426
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Genius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilard, the Man Behind the Bomb
William Lanouette; Bela Silard; David Hafemeister
Am. J. Phys. 61, 862–863 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17427
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Dynamics of the Standard Model
John F. Donoghue; Eugene Golowich; Barry R. Holstein; Mary K. Gaillard
Am. J. Phys. 61, 863–864 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17428
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Quantum solutions for the delta ring and delta shell
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Detecting gravitational waves with light
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Call for papers: Special issue on motivating physics learning through research applications
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