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Volume 65, Issue 5
May 1997
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Guest Comment

Guest Comment: Making physical science courses valuable to nonscientists
Todd Duncan
Am. J. Phys. 65, 365–366 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18554
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Papers

Temperature dependence of Doppler-broadening in rubidium: An undergraduate experiment
Chris Leahy; J. Todd Hastings; P. M. Wilt
Am. J. Phys. 65, 367–371 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18553
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A laboratory experiment with blue light-emitting diodes
E. Redondo; A. Ojeda; G. Gonzalez Dı́az; I. Mártil
Am. J. Phys. 65, 371–376 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18547
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Simulations of nonlinear pivot-driven pendula
W. T. Grandy, Jr.; Matthias Schöck
Am. J. Phys. 65, 376–381 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18774
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Repulsive Casimir force as a result of vacuum radiation pressure
V. Hushwater
Am. J. Phys. 65, 381–384 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18548
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A simplified approach to collision processes
Gordon P. Ramsey
Am. J. Phys. 65, 384–389 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18549
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Continued fractions and the harmonic oscillator using Feynman’s path integrals
L. Q. English; R. R. Winters
Am. J. Phys. 65, 390–393 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18545
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Nonlinear dynamics of a sinusoidally driven pendulum in a repulsive magnetic field
Azad Siahmakoun; Valentina A. French; Jeffrey Patterson
Am. J. Phys. 65, 393–400 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18546
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Noncentral potentials and spherical harmonics using supersymmetry and shape invariance
Ranabir Dutt; Asim Gangopadhyaya; Uday P. Sukhatme
Am. J. Phys. 65, 400–403 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18551
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On the barometric formula
Mário N. Berberan-Santos; Evgeny N. Bodunov; Lionello Pogliani
Am. J. Phys. 65, 404–412 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18555
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Lorentz transformations of the electromagnetic field for beginners
Rafael Ferraro
Am. J. Phys. 65, 412–414 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18556
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The linear potential propagator
Barry R. Holstein
Am. J. Phys. 65, 414–418 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18550
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Concepts first—A small group approach to physics learning
Ronald Gautreau; Lisa Novemsky
Am. J. Phys. 65, 418–428 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18552
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Charged particle in a constant electromagnetic field: Covariant solution
Gerardo Muñoz
Am. J. Phys. 65, 429–433 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18626
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An alternative classical approach to the quantum-mechanical definition of the scattering cross section
J. Fiol; R. G. Pregliasco; I. Samengo; R. O. Barrachina
Am. J. Phys. 65, 433–436 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18557
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Notes and Discussions

T-iterated electrical networks and numerical sequences
J. J. Parera-López
Am. J. Phys. 65, 437–439 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18573
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Comment on “An elementary account of the factor of 4/3 in the electromagnetic mass,” by Patrick Moylan [Am. J. Phys. 63 (9), 818–820 (1995)]
W. Zimmermann, Jr.
Am. J. Phys. 65, 439–440 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18790
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Mechanical resonance detected with a Michelson interferometer
Paul Nachman; Paul M. Pellegrino; Aaron C. Bernstein
Am. J. Phys. 65, 441–443 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18558
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Birth and death of a black hole
Ronald Gautreau; Jeffrey M. Cohen
Am. J. Phys. 65, 444–446 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18559
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Particles pushed by an accelerated mirror
C. H. Woo
Am. J. Phys. 65, 446 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18560
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Apparatus and Demonstration Notes

Temperature field visualization in conducting solids using thermographic phosphors
G. Laufer; N. B. Rotchford; R. H. Krauss
Am. J. Phys. 65, 447–449 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18561
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Inexpensive optics for polarized light demonstrations
Paul R. Camp
Am. J. Phys. 65, 449–450 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18562
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A protective circuit for the Leybold electron spin resonance apparatus
John E. Sohl
Am. J. Phys. 65, 451 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18751
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Book Reviews

Post-Use Review. The Quantum Theory of Fields. Vol. I: Foundations
Steven Weinberg; Thomas W. Kephart
Am. J. Phys. 65, 452 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18603
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Special Functions: An Introduction to the Classical Functions of Mathematical Physics
Nico M. Temme; Daniel Zwillinger
Am. J. Phys. 65, 452–453 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18604
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Nuclear Energy: Principles, Practices, and Prospects
David Bodansky; Stephen Frantz
Am. J. Phys. 65, 453–454 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18605
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