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Volume 83, Issue 4
April 2015
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

AWARDS

2015 AAPT Award Citations at the Winter Meeting, San Diego, California
Gay B. Stewart
Am. J. Phys. 83, 293–295 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4914030
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PAPERS

The puzzle of the steady-state rotation of a reverse sprinkler
Wolfgang Rueckner
Am. J. Phys. 83, 296–304 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4901816
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Wavefunction exchange and entanglement in one-dimensional collisions
Hemlin Swaran Rag; Julio Gea-Banacloche
Am. J. Phys. 83, 305–312 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4903078
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Particle dynamics in damped nonlinear quadrupole ion traps
Eugene A. Vinitsky; Eric D. Black; Kenneth G. Libbrecht
Am. J. Phys. 83, 313–319 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4902185
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A truly elementary proof of Bertrand's theorem
Siu A. Chin
Am. J. Phys. 83, 320–323 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4901974
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Einstein's perihelion formula and its generalization
Maurizio M. D'Eliseo
Am. J. Phys. 83, 324–331 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4903166
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Self-consistent, self-coupled scalar gravity
J. Franklin
Am. J. Phys. 83, 332–337 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4898585
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Getting the Lorentz transformations without requiring an invariant speed
Andrea Pelissetto; Massimo Testa
Am. J. Phys. 83, 338–340 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4901453
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Unveiling the physics of the Thomson jumping ring
Celso L. Ladera; Guillermo Donoso
Am. J. Phys. 83, 341–348 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4902891
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Completing the Liénard-Wiechert potentials: The origin of the delta function fields for a charged particle in hyperbolic motion
Daniel J. Cross
Am. J. Phys. 83, 349–352 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4904762
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Dimensional analysis as the other language of physics
R. W. Robinett
Am. J. Phys. 83, 353–361 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4902882
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Fluctuations in particle number for a photon gas
Harvey S. Leff
Am. J. Phys. 83, 362–365 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4904322
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PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH

Analyzing patterns in experts' approaches to solving experimental problems
Maja Poklinek Čančula; Gorazd Planinšič; Eugenia Etkina
Am. J. Phys. 83, 366–374 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4913528
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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

High-field level crossing in atomic hydrogen
Kara M. Lynch; Kieran Flanagan; H. Henry Stroke
Am. J. Phys. 83, 375–376 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4901810
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The pendulum swings back in Einstein's favor; a comment on “The equivalence principle as a stepping stone from special to general relativity: A Socratic dialog” [Am. J. Phys. 74, 22–25 (2006)]
Jeremy Bernstein
Am. J. Phys. 83, 376–377 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4904424
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APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES

Gamma ray spectroscopy with a silicon photomultiplier and a LYSO crystal
Abaz Kryemadhi; Kyler Chrestay
Am. J. Phys. 83, 378–381 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4901236
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BOOK REVIEWS

Farewell to Reality: How Modern Physics Has Betrayed the Search for Scientific Truth
Helge Kragh
Am. J. Phys. 83, 382 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4902399
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A Student's Guide to Entropy
Effrosyni Seitaridou
Am. J. Phys. 83, 383 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4901452
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BOOKS RECEIVED
Am. J. Phys. 83, 383–384 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4913788
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