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Revisiting Sommerfeld's atomic model using Euler–Lagrange dynamics

Wilder R. Cardoso, Mariana C. Nakagaki
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 872–877 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0219344
Published: November 2024
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Where does energy go when it's “Gone”? Promoting understanding of energy dissipation

Roger G. Tobin, Sara J. Lacy, Sally Crissman, Nick Haddad, Orlala Wentink, Lane Seeley
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 569–576 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5110707
Published: July 2019
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A unified, contemporary approach to teaching energy in introductory physics

Ruth Chabay, Bruce Sherwood, Aaron Titus
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 504–509 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5109519
Published: July 2019
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Applying the resources framework of teaching and learning to issues in middle school physics instruction on energy

Michael C. Wittmann, Laura A. Millay, Carolina Alvarado, Levi Lucy, Joshua Medina, Adam Rogers
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 535–542 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5110285
Published: July 2019
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Peculiarities in the gravitational field of a filamentary ring

Dániel Schumayer, David A. W. Hutchinson
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 384–394 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5092450
Published: May 2019
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Which part of a chain breaks?

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Seung Ki Baek
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 86, 663–669 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5045661
Published: September 2018
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Can mechanical energy vanish into thin air?

Joaquín Moreno
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 86, 220–224 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5019022
Published: March 2018
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Coefficient of rolling friction - Lab experiment

Leonid Minkin, Daniel Sikes
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 86, 77–78 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5011957
Published: January 2018
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Sliding down an arbitrary curve in the presence of friction

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Felipe González-Cataldo, Gonzalo Gutiérrez, Julio M. Yáñez
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 85, 108–114 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4966628
Published: February 2017
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Is the tautochrone curve unique?

Pedro Terra, Reinaldo de Melo e Souza, C. Farina
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 84, 917–923 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4963770
Published: December 2016
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Electromagnetic field energy revisited

Robert C. Hilborn
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 84, 531–536 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4950762
Published: July 2016
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A LEGO Watt balance: An apparatus to determine a mass based on the new SI

L. S. Chao, S. Schlamminger, D. B. Newell, J. R. Pratt, F. Seifert, X. Zhang, G. Sineriz, M. Liu, D. Haddad
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 83, 913–922 (2015)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4929898
Published: November 2015
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A non-isochronous rocking oscillator

A. Filipponi
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 82, 1142–1148 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4895009
Published: December 2014
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Chemical energy in an introductory physics course for the life sciences

Benjamin W. Dreyfus, Julia Gouvea, Benjamin D. Geller, Vashti Sawtelle, Chandra Turpen, Edward F. Redish
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 82, 403–411 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4870391
Published: May 2014
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Faraday's first dynamo: A retrospective

Glenn S. Smith
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 81, 907–917 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4825232
Published: December 2013
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Can free-response questions be approximated by multiple-choice equivalents?

Shih-Yin Lin, Chandralekha Singh
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 81, 624–629 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4804194
Published: August 2013
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A missing magnetic energy paradox

Constantino Grosse
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 81, 298–302 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4776652
Published: April 2013
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Noether's theorem and the work-energy theorem for a charged particle in an electromagnetic field

Donald H. Kobe
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 81, 186–189 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4771881
Published: March 2013
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Computational problems in introductory physics: Lessons from a bead on a wire

Thomas J. Bensky, Matthew J. Moelter
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 81, 165–172 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4773561
Published: March 2013
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The quadratically damped oscillator: A case study of a non-linear equation of motion

B. R. Smith, Jr.
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 80, 816–824 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4729440
Published: September 2012
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