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Volume 69, Issue 3

March 2001

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ISSN 0002-9505

EISSN 1943-2909

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
AWARDS
PAPERS
NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS
APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES
BOOK REVIEWS

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Answer to Question #67. The electric field outside a black hole

Emory F. Bunn; Matthew McIrvin

Am. J. Phys. 69, 245–246 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1343855

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Answer to Question #69. Hovering birds

Albert S. Perkins

Am. J. Phys. 69, 246 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1343857

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Answer to Question #69. Hovering birds

Ivan F. Costa; Bernardo A. Mello

Am. J. Phys. 69, 246–247 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1343858

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Answer to Question #67. The electric field outside a black hole

Kenneth J. Epstein

Am. J. Phys. 69, 246 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1344030

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Answer to Question #69. Hovering birds

Henn H. Soonpaa

Am. J. Phys. 69, 247 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1343859

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Answer to Question #71. Birds and bombers—Why the V-formation?

Stephen C. Pluntze

Am. J. Phys. 69, 247 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1343860

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AWARDS

Thomas D. Rossing: Recipient of the Robert A. Millikan Medal

Larry D. Kirkpatrick

Am. J. Phys. 69, 248 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1315298

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American Association of Physics Teachers 2000 Award for Excellence in Pre-College Physics Teaching: James H. Nelson

Larry D. Kirkpatrick

Am. J. Phys. 69, 249 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1335686

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American Association of Physics Teachers 2000 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Physics Teaching: Dwight E. Neuenschwander

Larry D. Kirkpatrick

Am. J. Phys. 69, 250 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1335687

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“Conversations with ghosts,” Dwight E. Neuenschwander’s acceptance speech for the 2000 Excellence in Undergraduate Physics Teaching Award, 31 July 2000

Dwight E. Neuenschwander

Am. J. Phys. 69, 251–254 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1335688

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PAPERS

Resource letter CPPPT-1: Critical point phenomena and phase transitions

Jan Tobochnik

Am. J. Phys. 69, 255–263 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1333102

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EPR test with photons and kaons: Analogies

N. Gisin; A. Go

Am. J. Phys. 69, 264–270 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1326080

Abstract

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Beth’s experiment using optical tweezers

D. N. Moothoo; J. Arlt; R. S. Conroy; F. Akerboom; A. Voit; K. Dholakia

Am. J. Phys. 69, 271–276 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1309520

Abstract

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Emil Wiechert (1861–1928): Esteemed seismologist, forgotten physicist

Joseph F. Mulligan

Am. J. Phys. 69, 277–287 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1323962

Abstract

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Teaching antenna radiation from a time-domain perspective

Glenn S. Smith

Am. J. Phys. 69, 288–300 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1320439

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Listening to the coefficient of restitution - revisited

I. Stensgaard; E. Lægsgaard

Am. J. Phys. 69, 301–305 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1326077

Abstract

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A link between the bounds on relativistic velocities and areas of hyperbolic triangles

C. Criado; N. Alamo

Am. J. Phys. 69, 306–310 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1323963

Abstract

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Acoustic quality factor and energy losses in cylindrical pipes

Michael J. Moloney; Daniel L. Hatten

Am. J. Phys. 69, 311–314 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1308264

Abstract

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Navigation in curved space–time

Thomas B. Bahder

Am. J. Phys. 69, 315–321 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1326078

Abstract

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Self-adjoint extensions of operators and the teaching of quantum mechanics

Guy Bonneau; Jacques Faraut; Galliano Valent

Am. J. Phys. 69, 322–331 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1328351

Abstract

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The physics of sliding cylinders and curling rocks

A. Raymond Penner

Am. J. Phys. 69, 332–339 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1309519

Abstract

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Measures of spread for periodic distributions and the associated uncertainty relations

G. W. Forbes; M. A. Alonso

Am. J. Phys. 69, 340–347 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1317562

Abstract

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The magic tesseracts and Bell’s theorem

P. K. Aravind

Am. J. Phys. 69, 348–353 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1313518

Abstract

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The dynamics of a massless hoop

W. F. D. Theron; N. M. du Plessis

Am. J. Phys. 69, 354–359 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1313521

Abstract

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Eikonal equation from continuum mechanics and analogy between equilibrium of a string and geometrical light rays

Consuelo Bellver-Cebreros; Marcelo Rodriguez-Danta

Am. J. Phys. 69, 360–367 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1317560

Abstract

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Generalizing the Heisenberg uncertainty relation

Eric D. Chisolm

Am. J. Phys. 69, 368–371 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1317561

Abstract

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A new solution for inflation

Valerio Faraoni

Am. J. Phys. 69, 372–376 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1290250

Abstract

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Radioactivity teaching: Environmental consequences of the radiological accident in Goiânia (Brazil)

R. M. Anjos; A. Facure; E. L. N. Lima; P. R. S. Gomes; M. S. Santos; J. A. P. Brage; E. Okuno; E. M. Yoshimura; N. K. Umisedo

Am. J. Phys. 69, 377–381 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1315603

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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

Nonreflecting termination of a mass-and-spring lattice

Bruce Denardo; Steven R. Baker

Am. J. Phys. 69, 382–384 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1309518

Abstract

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Comment on “Field pattern of a magnetic dipole” [Am. J. Phys. 68 (6), 577–578 (2000)] by J. P. McTavish

N. Gauthier

Am. J. Phys. 69, 384–385 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1315601

View articletitled, Comment on “Field pattern of a magnetic dipole” [Am. J. Phys. 68 (6), 577–578 (2000)] by J. P. McTavish

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The falling chain and energy loss

David Keiffer

Am. J. Phys. 69, 385–386 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1320436

Abstract

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APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES

A simple extension of Rüchardt’s method for measuring the ratio of specific heats of air using microcomputer-based laboratory sensors

G. D. Severn; T. Steffensen

Am. J. Phys. 69, 387–389 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1317558

Abstract

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The free rotator apparatus

Harold A. Daw; M. Ramona Daw Pomeroy

Am. J. Phys. 69, 389–393 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1317559

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BOOK REVIEWS

Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics

Lars Bergström; Ariel Goobar; Andrew H. Jaffe

Am. J. Phys. 69, 394 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1336841

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In the Shadow of the Bomb: Oppenheimer, Bethe, and the Moral Responsibility of the Scientist

S. S. Schweber; Leo Sartori

Am. J. Phys. 69, 394–395 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1339280

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The Odd Quantum

Sam B. Treiman; Barry Holstein

Am. J. Phys. 69, 395–396 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1339281

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Integrated Physics and Calculus

Andrew F. Rex; Martin Jackson; Robert G. Fuller

Am. J. Phys. 69, 396–397 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1339282

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