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Volume 62, Issue 5
May 1994
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters To The Editor

Physics and philosophy
Morton Tavel
Am. J. Phys. 62, 393–394 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17537
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Comment on ‘‘Editorial: Magnetic monopoles or cross products? Is physics too difficult?,’’ by Robert H. Romer [Am. J. Phys. 61, 1065–1066 (1993)]
Andrea Raspini
Am. J. Phys. 62, 393 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17588
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Where are the monopoles?
Marcel Wellner
Am. J. Phys. 62, 393 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17589
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Jerks and monopoles: Physical effects of the third derivative
Morris W. Leen
Am. J. Phys. 62, 393 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17590
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Guest Comment

Guest Comment: Why the APS must concern itself with education
Ruth H. Howes; K. B. Lyons
Am. J. Phys. 62, 395–396 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17538
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Papers

Fraunhofer diffraction of visible light by a narrow slit
T. W. Mayes; B. F. Melton
Am. J. Phys. 62, 397–403 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17539
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Quantum spectrum of a chain of oscillators
Damián H. Zanette
Am. J. Phys. 62, 404–407 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17540
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Exploring one‐dimensional quantum mechanics with transfer matrices
James S. Walker; J. Gathright
Am. J. Phys. 62, 408–422 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17541
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Renormalized vibrations of a loaded spring
J. M. Nunes da Silva
Am. J. Phys. 62, 423–426 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17542
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Wave front relativity
William Moreau
Am. J. Phys. 62, 426–429 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17543
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Micro‐Raman spectroscopy in the undergraduate research laboratory
R. Voor; L. Chow; A. Schulte
Am. J. Phys. 62, 429–434 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17544
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Scaling properties in the diffraction of focused waves and an application to scanning beams
G. W. Forbes
Am. J. Phys. 62, 434–443 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17545
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The photodiode array camera: A new method for acquiring airtrack data
Crispin O. Butler; David Bergeron
Am. J. Phys. 62, 444–450 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17546
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On the physics of Landau damping
David Sagan
Am. J. Phys. 62, 450–462 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17547
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Velocity fields inside a conducting sphere near a slowly moving charge
J. M. Aguirregabiria; A. Hernández; M. Rivas
Am. J. Phys. 62, 462–466 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17548
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Notes and Discussions

Demonstration of optical logic operations using fiber‐optic interferometry
F. Farahi; T. W. Mayes
Am. J. Phys. 62, 467–469 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17549
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The real part of a wave function in tunneling
Katsunori Mita
Am. J. Phys. 62, 470 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17550
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Comment on ‘‘Getting contextual and nonlocal elements‐of‐reality the easy way,’’ by R. Clifton [Am. J. Phys. 61, 443–447 (1993)]
Helle Bechmann Johansen
Am. J. Phys. 62, 471 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17551
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Comment on ‘‘Chaos in a computer‐animated pendulum,’’ by R. L. Kautz [Am. J. Phys. 61, 407–415 (1993)]
Lawrence Ruby
Am. J. Phys. 62, 472 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17552
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Apparatus and Demonstration Notes

A simple picoammeter for thermionic emission measurements
Clark Wagner; Henn H. Soonpaa
Am. J. Phys. 62, 473–474 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17553
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An electroscope discriminating the sign of charges
Salvatore Ganci
Am. J. Phys. 62, 474 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17554
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Book Reviews

Encyclopedia of Cosmology: Historical, Philosophical, and Scientific Foundations of Modern Cosmology
Norriss S. Hetherington; Yuri V. Balashov
Am. J. Phys. 62, 475–476 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17555
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Light and Color in the Outdoors
Marcel G. J. Minnaert; Robert Greenler
Am. J. Phys. 62, 476–477 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17556
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Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics
Ashok Das; Thomas Ferbel; N. Gauthier
Am. J. Phys. 62, 477–478 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17557
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In the Shadow of the Bomb: Physics and Arms Control
Sidney Drell; Benoit Morel
Am. J. Phys. 62, 478–480 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17558
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