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Volume 76, Issue 6
June 2008
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

PAPERS

Resource Letter QEDV-1: The QED vacuum
Walter Greiner; Stefan Schramm
Am. J. Phys. 76, 509–518 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2820395
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The river model of black holes
Andrew J. S. Hamilton; Jason P. Lisle
Am. J. Phys. 76, 519–532 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2830526
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Mapping of normal modes by perturbation
Fredy R. Zypman; C. Marc Bastuscheck
Am. J. Phys. 76, 533–536 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2837815
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Isochronous oscillations: Potentials derived from a parabola by shearing
C. Antón; J. L. Brun
Am. J. Phys. 76, 537–540 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2839560
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The motion of a freely falling chain tip: Force measurements
Jean-Christophe Géminard; Loïc Vanel
Am. J. Phys. 76, 541–545 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2870271
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The physics and the chemistry of the heat pad
B. Sandnes
Am. J. Phys. 76, 546–550 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2830533
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Diet Coke and Mentos: What is really behind this physical reaction?
Tonya Shea Coffey
Am. J. Phys. 76, 551–557 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2888546
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The physics of a stove-top espresso machine
Warren D King
Am. J. Phys. 76, 558–565 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2870524
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Thermodynamics of the heart: Relation between cardiac output and oxygen consumption
Mituo Uehara; Kumiko K. Sakane; Simone A. Bertolotti
Am. J. Phys. 76, 566–569 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2825395
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How students use mathematical resources in an electrostatics context
Dawn C. Meredith; Karen A. Marrongelle
Am. J. Phys. 76, 570–578 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2839558
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Dirac–Coulomb energy levels and expectation values
Gregory S. Adkins
Am. J. Phys. 76, 579–584 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2830535
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A historical derivation of Heisenberg’s uncertainty relation is flawed
John H. Marburger, III
Am. J. Phys. 76, 585–587 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2870628
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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

The role of boundary conditions in specifying the system: Comment on a comment by Cisneros et al. [Am. J. Phys. 75 (10), 953–955 (2007)]
F. A. B. Coutinho
Am. J. Phys. 76, 588–589 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2894522
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Dead time correction via the time series
Craig Meeks; P. B. Siegel
Am. J. Phys. 76, 589–590 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2870432
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Comment on “Vibration-rotation coupling in a Morse oscillator,” by C. E. Burkhardt and J. J. Leventhal [Am. J. Phys. 75 (8), 686–689 (2007)]
H. A. Buckmaster
Am. J. Phys. 76, 591 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2899737
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The exact relation between the displacement current and the conduction current: Comment on “Time-dependent generalizations of the Biot–Savart and Coulomb laws,” by D. J. Griffiths and M. A. Heald [Am. J. Phys. 59 (2), 111–117 (1991)]
José A. Heras
Am. J. Phys. 76, 592–595 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2899735
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Erratum: “Resource Letter PSNAC-1: Physics and society: Nuclear arms control” [Am. J. Phys. 76 (1), 5–14 (2008)]
Alexander Glaser; Zia Mian
Am. J. Phys. 76, 595 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2906230
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Erratum: “Two examples of circular motion for introductory courses in relativity” [Am. J. Phys. 75 (12), 1123–1133 (2007)]
Stephanie Wortel; Shimon Malin; Mark D. Semon
Am. J. Phys. 76, 595 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2908190
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APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES

Yellow He–Ne going red: A one-minute optics demonstration
Christopher Hopper; Andrzej Sieradzan
Am. J. Phys. 76, 596–598 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2825397
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BOOK REVIEWS

On the surface of things: Images of the extraordinary in science
David Stork
Am. J. Phys. 76, 599 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2906400
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BOOKS RECEIVED
Am. J. Phys. 76, 599–600 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2918277
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All objects and some questions
Charles H. Lineweaver, Vihan M. Patel
Ergodic Lagrangian dynamics in a superhero universe
I. L. Tregillis, George R. R. Martin
Interplay between Airy and Coriolis precessions in a real Foucault pendulum
N. N. Salva, H. R. Salva
Quantum fields from dimensional analysis: Applications in condensed matter systems
Richard Robinett
It is time to honor Emmy Noether with a momentum unit
Geoff Nunes, Jr.
Solving introductory physics problems recursively using iterated maps
L. Q. English, D. P. Jackson, et al.
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