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Volume 86, Issue 1
January 2018
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

EDITORIAL

Editorial: AJP and PER
Michael Wittmann; Richard Price
Am. J. Phys. 86, 5–6 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5016042
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PAPERS

One step beyond the electric dipole approximation: An experiment to observe the 5p → 6p forbidden transition in atomic rubidium Editor’s Pick
F. Ponciano-Ojeda; S. Hernández-Gómez; C. Mojica-Casique; E. Ruiz-Martínez; O. López-Hernández; R. Colín-Rodríguez; F. Ramírez-Martínez; J. Flores-Mijangos; D. Sahagún; R. Jáuregui; J. Jiménez-Mier
Am. J. Phys. 86, 7–13 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5006775
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Revisiting the round bottom flask rainbow experiment Featured
Markus Selmke; Sarah Selmke
Am. J. Phys. 86, 14–21 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5008745
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Harmonic oscillator thermal density matrix: First-order differential equations for the position representation
L. F. Barragán-Gil; R. Walser
Am. J. Phys. 86, 22–24 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5008268
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Demonstrating the conservation of angular momentum using spherical magnets Editor’s PickVideo Abstracts
Johan Lindén; Joakim Slotte; Kjell-Mikael Källman
Am. J. Phys. 86, 25–30 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5002548
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Two famous results of Einstein derived from the Jarzynski equality
Fred Gittes
Am. J. Phys. 86, 31–35 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5003009
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The electric field of a uniformly charged cubic shell
Kaitlin McCreery; Henry Greenside
Am. J. Phys. 86, 36–44 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5009446
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Recommendations for the use of notebooks in upper-division physics lab courses
Jacob T. Stanley; H. J. Lewandowski
Am. J. Phys. 86, 45–53 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5001933
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COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS

Parallel programming with Easy Java Simulations
F. Esquembre; W. Christian; M. Belloni
Am. J. Phys. 86, 54–67 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5012510
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PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH

Race to improve student understanding of uncertainty: Using LEGO race cars in the physics lab
Maria Parappilly; Christopher Hassam; Richard J. Woodman
Am. J. Phys. 86, 68–76 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5003812
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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

Coefficient of rolling friction - Lab experiment
Leonid Minkin; Daniel Sikes
Am. J. Phys. 86, 77–78 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5011957
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BOOK REVIEWS

Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley & the Birth of Science
Michael Nauenberg
Am. J. Phys. 86, 79–80 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5012509
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BOOKS RECEIVED
Am. J. Phys. 86, 80 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5016043
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On cat–human interaction from the viewpoint of physics: An equation of motion
Anxo Biasi
A simple model of a gravitational lens from geometric optics
Bogdan Szafraniec, James F. Harford
Playing with active matter
Angelo Barona Balda, Aykut Argun, et al.
The physics of “everesting” on a bicycle
Martin Bier
Perfect and imperfect pitchfork bifurcations in a V-shaped spring-mass system: Comment on “Hysteresis in a simple V-shaped spring-mass system” [Am. J. Phys. 89, 663–665 (2021)]
J. J. Bissell, A. M. Nagaitis
Counterintuitive properties of relativistic relative motion for accelerated observers
M. Pössel
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