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Volume 85, Issue 11
November 2017
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

GUEST EDITORIAL

Guest Editorial: Truth, beauty, and supergravity
Stanley Deser
Am. J. Phys. 85, 809–811 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4994807
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PAPERS

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Entanglement isn't just for spin Editor’s Pick
Daniel V. Schroeder
Am. J. Phys. 85, 812–820 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5003808
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Confining rigid balls by mimicking quadrupole ion trapping Featured
Wenkai Fan; Li Du; Sihui Wang; Huijun Zhou
Am. J. Phys. 85, 821–829 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5005927
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Dielectric media considered as vacuum with sources Editor’s Pick
Hans Olaf Hågenvik; Kjell Bløtekjær; Johannes Skaar
Am. J. Phys. 85, 830–833 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5003810
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Variational approach to the soft-Coulomb potential in low-dimensional quantum systems
Federico Grasselli
Am. J. Phys. 85, 834–839 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4994809
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Cosmic ray topography
Matthew Bressler; Lydia Goodwin; Abaz Kryemadhi
Am. J. Phys. 85, 840–843 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4996874
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An acoustic demonstration of an avoided crossing
William Newman; Alexandria Skinner; Shawn A. Hilbert
Am. J. Phys. 85, 844–849 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4996871
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PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH

Personalized instructor responses to guided student reflections: Analysis of two instructors' perspectives and practices
Daniel L. Reinholz; Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer
Am. J. Phys. 85, 850–860 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5002683
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NOTES AND DISCUSSION

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Comment on “Not all counterclockwise thermodynamic cycles are refrigerators” [Am. J. Phys. 84, 413–418 (2016)]
João P. S. Bizarro
Am. J. Phys. 85, 861–863 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5005928
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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

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Reply to “Comment on ‘Not all counterclockwise thermodynamic cycles are refrigerators’” [Am. J. Phys. 85, 861–863 (2017)]
R. H. Dickerson; J. Mottmann
Am. J. Phys. 85, 864–865 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5005929
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Three new roads to the Planck scale
Valerio Faraoni
Am. J. Phys. 85, 865–869 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4994804
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Comment on “Magnetic field calculation for arbitrarily shaped planar wires” [Am. J. Phys. 68(3), 254–258 (2000)]
S. Gratkowski
Am. J. Phys. 85, 869–870 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5005528
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A demonstration of decoherence for beginners
L. Lerner
Am. J. Phys. 85, 870–872 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5005526
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APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES

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A compact grism spectrometer for small optical telescopes
Dominic A. Ludovici; Robert L. Mutel
Am. J. Phys. 85, 873–879 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5000801
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BOOK REVIEWS

John Stewart Bell and Twentieth-Century Physics: Vision and Integrity
Michael Nauenberg
Am. J. Phys. 85, 880 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4983117
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Rays, Waves, and Scattering: Topics in Classical Mathematical Physics
James A. Lock
Am. J. Phys. 85, 880–882 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5005527
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Drawing Physics: 2,600 Years of Discovery from Thales to Higgs
Dwight E. Neuenschwander
Am. J. Phys. 85, 882–883 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5002679
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BOOKS RECEIVED
Am. J. Phys. 85, 883–884 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5005825
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