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Volume 79, Issue 5
May 2011
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

GUEST EDITORIAL

Helping scientists communicate to people
Gordon J. Aubrecht, II
Am. J. Phys. 79, 437–439 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3562189
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PAPERS

A memorandum that changed the world
Jeremy Bernstein
Am. J. Phys. 79, 440–446 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3533426
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Classical applications of the Klein–Gordon equation
Pierre Gravel; Claude Gauthier
Am. J. Phys. 79, 447–453 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3559500
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Particles that take photographs of themselves: The emergence of the triggered cloud chamber technique in early 1930s cosmic-ray physics
Matteo Leone
Am. J. Phys. 79, 454–460 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3545817
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Equation of the field lines of an axisymmetric multipole with a source surface
S. G. Gregory
Am. J. Phys. 79, 461–469 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3549206
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A double pendulum model of tennis strokes
Rod Cross
Am. J. Phys. 79, 470–476 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3556712
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Five ways to the nonresonant dynamic Stark effect
Benjamin J. Sussman
Am. J. Phys. 79, 477–484 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3553018
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Dirac, Majorana, and Weyl fermions
Palash B. Pal
Am. J. Phys. 79, 485–498 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3549729
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Improving students’ understanding of quantum mechanics via the Stern–Gerlach experiment
Guangtian Zhu; Chandralekha Singh
Am. J. Phys. 79, 499–507 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3546093
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Student understanding of wave behavior at a boundary: The limiting case of reflection at fixed and free ends
Mila Kryjevskaia; MacKenzie R. Stetzer; Paula R. L. Heron
Am. J. Phys. 79, 508–516 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3560430
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Calibrating the frequency of tuning forks by means of Lissajous figures
Jorge Quereda; Marina Ramón; Blanca Silva; Juan José Hinarejos; José Gabriel Rodrigo; Daniel Farías
Am. J. Phys. 79, 517–520 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3546095
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Radial motion in a central potential for singular mass densities
Ulrich Zürcher; Miron Kaufman
Am. J. Phys. 79, 521–526 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3549737
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Absorption of a pulse by an optically dense medium: An argument for field quantization
P. R. Berman; J.-L. Le Gouët
Am. J. Phys. 79, 527–531 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3549235
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Transparent quantum waveguide
Rossen Dandoloff; Bjørn Jensen; Avadh Saxena
Am. J. Phys. 79, 532–535 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3553460
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Newton’s superb theorem: An elementary geometric proof
Christoph Schmid
Am. J. Phys. 79, 536–539 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3552142
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PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH

The implications of a robust curriculum in introductory mechanics
Chance Hoellwarth; Matthew J. Moelter
Am. J. Phys. 79, 540–545 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3557069
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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

Comment on “The quantum mechanics of electric conduction in crystals,” by R. J. Olsen and G. Vignale [Am. J. Phys. 78 (9), 954–960 (2010)]
Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi
Am. J. Phys. 79, 546–549 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3549205
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Reply to “Comment on ‘The quantum mechanics of electric conduction in crystals,’ ” by Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi [Am. J. Phys. 79 (5), 549–551 (2010)]
Raina J. Olsen; Giovanni Vignale
Am. J. Phys. 79, 550–551 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3556151
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APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES

Demonstrating superposition of waves and Fourier analysis with tuning forks and MacScope II
Michael C. LoPresto
Am. J. Phys. 79, 552–554 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3549196
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Demonstration of optical spatial coherence using a variable width source
J. P. Sharpe; D. A. Collins
Am. J. Phys. 79, 554–557 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3549723
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BOOK REVIEWS

How Did the First Stars and Galaxies Form?
Milan M. Ćirković
Am. J. Phys. 79, 558–559 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3545815
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The Shape of Inner Space: String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe’s Dimensions
Joshua Erlich
Am. J. Phys. 79, 559–560 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3553464
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BOOKS RECEIVED
Am. J. Phys. 79, 560 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3574381
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