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Volume 64, Issue 8

August 1996

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ISSN 0002-9505

EISSN 1943-2909

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Editorials

Editorial: Download the searchable 1972–1995 index database

Robert H. Romer

Am. J. Phys. 64, 969 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18281

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Editorial: AJP’s 1995 Referees

Kannan Jagannathan; Robert H. Romer

Am. J. Phys. 64, 969–970 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18282

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Awards

American Association of Physics Teachers: Citations for Distinguished Service, 1996

Howard G. Voss

Am. J. Phys. 64, 971–973 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18313

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Papers

Resource Letter BELFEF‐1: Biological effects of low‐frequency electromagnetic fields

David Hafemeister

Am. J. Phys. 64, 974–981 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18314

Abstract

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Tabletop time‐reversal violation

Jonathan L. Rosner

Am. J. Phys. 64, 982–985 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18472

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Microscopic approach to reflection, transmission, and the Ewald–Oseen extinction theorem

Heidi Fearn; Daniel F. V. James; Peter W. Milonni

Am. J. Phys. 64, 986–995 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18315

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Specific heats and the equipartition law in introductory textbooks

Clayton A. Gearhart

Am. J. Phys. 64, 995–1000 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18316

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Reaction forces on a ladder leaning on a rough wall

Alejandro G. González; Julio Gratton

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1001–1005 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18317

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Paradoxical twins and their special relatives

Richard H. Price; Ronald P. Gruber

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1006–1008 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18318

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Shielding of an oscillating electric field by a hollow conductor

J. M. Aguirregabiria; A. Hernández; M. Rivas

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1008–1013 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18319

Abstract

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Classical theory of the chaotic ionization of highly excited helium atoms

M. M. Sanders; R. V. Jensen

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1013–1023 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18320

Abstract

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Duality transformation properties of quantities quadratic in the electromagnetic field

K. R. Brownstein

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1024–1027 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18321

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Exposing ‘‘hidden momentum’’

E. Comay

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1028–1034 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18452

Abstract

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Uniqueness of the Airy packet in quantum mechanics

K. Unnikrishnan; A. R. P. Rau

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1034–1035 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18322

Abstract

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More on the quantum propagator of a particle in a linear potential

Giovanni P. Arrighini; Nicola L. Durante; Carla Guidotti

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1036–1041 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18323

Abstract

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The Runge–Lenz vector and perturbed Rutherford scattering

C. E. Aguiar; M. F. Barroso

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1042–1048 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18324

Abstract

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Approximate evaluation of capacitances by means of Green’s reciprocal theorem

C. Donolato

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1049–1054 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18305

Abstract

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Models of power plants that generate minimum entropy while operating at maximum power

Adrian Bejan

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1054–1059 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18306

Abstract

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Applications of a simple quantum mechanical formula

Lior Goldenberg; Lev Vaidman

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1059–1060 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18307

Abstract

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Understanding alpha decay

Barry R. Holstein

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1061–1071 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18308

Abstract

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Notes and Discussions

Simple graphical solution for the finite square well with no change of variables

Jeffry V. Mallow

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1072–1073 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18205

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Mapping of the Coulomb problem into the oscillator: A comment on the papers by Bateman et al. [Am. J. Phys. 60(9), 833–836 (1992)], and P. Pradhan [Am. J. Phys. 63(7), 664 (1995)]

Harry A. Mavromatis

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1074–1075 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18309

View articletitled, Mapping of the Coulomb problem into the oscillator: A comment on the papers by Bateman et al. [Am. J. Phys. 60(9), 833–836 (1992)], and P. Pradhan [Am. J. Phys. 63(7), 664 (1995)]

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Comment on ‘‘General covariance, Lorentz covariance, the Lorentz force, and Maxwell equations,’’ by H. W. Crater [Am. J. Phys. 62 (10), 923–931 (1994)]

Daniel A. T. Vanzella; George E. A. Matsas; Horace W. Crater

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1075–1076 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18310

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Apparatus and Demonstration Notes

Mechanical oscillations in a circular loop

Y. K. Vijay

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1077–1078 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18311

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An ellliptical polarization machine

L. E. McNeil; D. E. Holmgren

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1078–1080 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18312

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Kinematical measurements using digital image capture

M. Marcuso; R. M. Webber

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1080–1083 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18357

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Book Reviews

Laser Experiments for Beginners

Richard N. Zare; Bertrand Spencer; Dwight S. Springer; Matthew P. Jacobson; F. Ross Hallett

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1084–1085 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18470

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3K: The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

Bruce Partridge; Lyman Page

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1085 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18437

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How to Study Physics

Judah Landa; Louis H. Cadwell

Am. J. Phys. 64, 1085–1086 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18438

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