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Volume 64, Issue 5
May 1996
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters To The Editor

The ESAB effect
Hans Christian von Baeyer
Am. J. Phys. 64, 523 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18268
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Trinitite sources
Raymond G. Wilson
Am. J. Phys. 64, 523 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18269
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A comment on graduate oral examinations
Jeffery Brown
Am. J. Phys. 64, 523 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18270
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Meitner, Hahn, Hitler, and Siegbahn
David W. Trulock
Am. J. Phys. 64, 523–524 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18271
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The MPEMBA effect: The freezing times of hot and cold water
Charles A. Knight
Am. J. Phys. 64, 524 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18275
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Questions and Answers

Question ♯41. Polynomial for the finite Ising chain
S. F. Ling
Am. J. Phys. 64, 525–526 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18142
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Question ♯39. How did we get out of the big‐bang‐black‐hole?
A. C. de la Torre
Am. J. Phys. 64, 525 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18267
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Question ♯40. Bow wave inhibition
Hans C. Ohanian
Am. J. Phys. 64, 525 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18272
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Question ♯38. What is the simplest jerk function that gives chaos?
H. P. W. Gottlieb
Am. J. Phys. 64, 525 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18276
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Answer to Question ♯7 [‘‘The spin‐statistics theorem,’’ Dwight E. Neuenschwander, Am. J. Phys.  62 (11), 972 (1994)]
Thomas von Foerster
Am. J. Phys. 64, 526 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18143
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Answer to Question ♯13 [‘‘A central organizing principle for statistical and thermal physics?,’’ Ralph Baierlein, Am. J. Phys. 63(2), 108 (1995)]
Jack S. Semura
Am. J. Phys. 64, 526–527 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18144
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Answer to Question ♯15 [‘‘What space scales participate in cosmic expansion?,’’ Frank Munley, Am. J. Phys. 63(4), 297 (1995)]
James L. Anderson
Am. J. Phys. 64, 527–528 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18145
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Answer to Question ♯22 [‘‘Is there a gravitational force or not?,’’ Barbara S. Andereck, Am. J. Phys. 63(7), 583 (1995)]
Craig Callender; Robert Weingard
Am. J. Phys. 64, 528 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18146
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Answer to Question ♯22. [‘‘Is there a gravitational force or not?,’’ Barbara S. Andereck, Am. J. Phys. 63(7), 583 (1995)]
James L. Anderson
Am. J. Phys. 64, 528–529 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18147
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Guest Comment

Guest Comment: A balanced scholarly portfolio
Karen L. Johnston
Am. J. Phys. 64, 530–531 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18148
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Papers

Equation poems
Jeffrey J. Prentis
Am. J. Phys. 64, 532–538 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18149
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A maritime analogy of the Casimir effect
Sipko L. Boersma
Am. J. Phys. 64, 539–541 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18150
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Rolling and slipping down Galileo’s inclined plane: Rhythms of the spheres
Frank S. Crawford
Am. J. Phys. 64, 541–546 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18151
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Life and death in an expanding cage and at the edge of a receding cliff
P. L. Krapivsky; S. Redner
Am. J. Phys. 64, 546–552 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18152
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Thomas precession and the Liénard–Wiechert field
R. J. Philpott
Am. J. Phys. 64, 552–556 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18153
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Use of the computer for research on student thinking in physics
Diane J. Grayson; Lillian C. McDermott
Am. J. Phys. 64, 557–565 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18154
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A technique for experimentally observing the polarization ellipse
P. C. B. Fernando; S. Samarasinghe
Am. J. Phys. 64, 565–568 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18155
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Time‐dependent, generalized Coulomb and Biot–Savart laws: A derivation based on Fourier transforms
U. Bellotti; M. Bornatici
Am. J. Phys. 64, 568–570 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18265
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Christiaan Huygens’ discovery of the center of oscillation formula
Herman Erlichson
Am. J. Phys. 64, 571–574 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18156
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A nonlinear mechanical oscillator for physics laboratories
R. Dorner; L. Kowalski; M. Stein
Am. J. Phys. 64, 575–580 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18157
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The reversible process: A zero‐entropy‐production limit
John S. Thomsen; Helene C. Bers
Am. J. Phys. 64, 580–583 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18158
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Graphics simulation of a soap film catastrophe model
John Tilley; David R. Lovett
Am. J. Phys. 64, 583–588 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18159
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An elementary construction of the color wave functions in the quark model
Peter von Brentano; Winfried Frank
Am. J. Phys. 64, 589–593 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18459
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Validity of variational procedures for resonant states
A. García‐Zenteno; M. Moshinsky; Yu. F. Smirnov
Am. J. Phys. 64, 593–597 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18160
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The intrinsic magnetic moment of elementary particles
Robert J. Gould
Am. J. Phys. 64, 597–601 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18161
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A simple integrated circuit model of propagation along an excitable axon
P. H. Bunton; W. P. Henry; J. P. Wikswo
Am. J. Phys. 64, 602–606 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18162
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On the natural optical activity in an isotropic medium: An exactly solvable model
G. E. Vekstein
Am. J. Phys. 64, 607–610 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18266
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Approach to thermal equilibrium in a system with adiabatic constraints
Bruno Crosignani; Paolo Di Porto; Mordechai Segev
Am. J. Phys. 64, 610–613 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18163
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Using a moving diffraction grating to simulate the function of an acousto‐optic modulator
R. Corey; A. Schmidt; P. Saulnier
Am. J. Phys. 64, 614–617 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18164
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Derivation of relativistic force transformation equations from Lorentz force law
Oleg D. Jefimenko
Am. J. Phys. 64, 618–620 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18165
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A critical exponent of an aniseed‐based liquor
A. Mayorga; D. Thompson
Am. J. Phys. 64, 621–623 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18166
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Angular momentum states of the diatomic molecule
James O. Hornkohl; Christian Parigger
Am. J. Phys. 64, 623–632 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18167
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Introduction to the diffusion Monte Carlo method
Ioan Kosztin; Byron Faber; Klaus Schulten
Am. J. Phys. 64, 633–644 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18168
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Using model systems to demonstrate instances of mathematical inequalities
R. J. Tykodi
Am. J. Phys. 64, 644–648 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18259
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Efficiency and efficacy of incandescent lamps
D. C. Agrawal; Harvey S. Leff; V. J. Menon
Am. J. Phys. 64, 649–654 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18260
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Notes and Discussions

Relativistic momentum
P. Finkler
Am. J. Phys. 64, 655–656 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18261
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Erratum: ‘‘Applications of the Mathieu Equation’’ [Am. J. Phys. 64(1), 39–44 (1996)]
Lawrence Ruby
Am. J. Phys. 64, 655 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18476
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Coupled oscillators: A laboratory experiment
Georg Hansen; Ove Harang; Richard J. Armstrong
Am. J. Phys. 64, 656–660 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18262
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A circular catenary
Robert O’Keefe
Am. J. Phys. 64, 660–661 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18263
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New Problems

Undulator radiation
Charles A. Brau
Am. J. Phys. 64, 662–666 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18264
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Book Reviews

The Music of the Spheres: Music, Science and the Natural Order of the Universe
Jamie James; Robert M. Williamson
Am. J. Phys. 64, 667–668 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18443
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Post‐Use Review. Physics: Concepts and Connections
Art Hobson; Carl A. Kocher
Am. J. Phys. 64, 667 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18454
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A Traveler’s Guide to Spacetime: An Introduction to Special Relativity
Thomas A. Moore; Mark M. Payne
Am. J. Phys. 64, 668–670 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18432
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All objects and some questions
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Ergodic Lagrangian dynamics in a superhero universe
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A first encounter with exceptional points in a quantum model
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