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Comment on “Atom-emitting-a-photon solved on the back of an envelope” [Am. J. Phys. 91 , 576 (2023)]

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Mathieu Beau
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 93, 288 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0235401
Published: April 2025
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A simple derivation of relativistic energy and momentum

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Ajoy Ghatak, Beth Parks
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 93, 288–289 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0251790
Published: April 2025
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Counterintuitive properties of relativistic relative motion for accelerated observers

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M. Pössel
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 957–964 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0203454
Published: December 2024
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A simplified relativity experiment

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David P. Jackson, Fedya Grishanov, Noah Lape, Emma Lothrop
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 775–779 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0218373
Published: October 2024
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Gravitational waves without general relativity redux

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Robert C. Hilborn
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 780–785 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0175979
Published: October 2024
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Photon under repeated transverse Lorentz boosts: An apparent paradox

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Tugdual LeBohec
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 674–679 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0193902
Published: September 2024
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The role of the Silberstein/Thomas/Wigner-rotation in the rod and slit paradox

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Mads Vestergaard Schmidt, Erich Schoedl
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 630–634 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0175922
Published: August 2024
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Relativistic acceleration in noninertial frames of a line of objects

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Chris Dobson
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 258–269 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0144523
Published: April 2024
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Is the equivalence principle useful for understanding general relativity?

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Peter C. Aichelburg
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 90, 538–548 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0010106
Published: July 2022
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Energy-mass equivalence from Maxwell equations

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Alejandro Perez, Salvatore Ribisi
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 90, 305–313 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0009156
Published: April 2022
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Relativistic spin-0 particle in a box: Bound states, wave packets, and the disappearance of the Klein paradox

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M. Alkhateeb, A. Matzkin
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 90, 297–304 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0009408
Published: April 2022
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Black hole flyby

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Sebastian J. Szybka
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 89, 783–788 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0004305
Published: August 2021
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Galilei proposed the principle of relativity, but not the “Galilean transformation”

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K. M. Browne
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 88, 207–213 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0000303
Published: March 2020
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Comment on “Relativistic phase velocity transformation” [Am. J. Phys. 57 (7), 628–630 (1989)]

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Samuel Picton Drake, Geoff Pointer
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 403–404 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5096624
Published: May 2019
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Reply to ‘Comment on “ ‘Relativistic’ particle dynamics without relativity” ’ [Am. J. Phys. 87 , 144–145 (2019)]

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Allan Walstad
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 401 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5095944
Published: May 2019
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Comment on “Relativistic particle dynamics without relativity” [Am. J. Phys. 86 , 747–749 (2018)]

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S. Di Matteo
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 144–145 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5086004
Published: February 2019
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Relativistic description of the photoelectric effect

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Julio Güémez, Manuel Fiolhais
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 86, 825–830 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5052359
Published: November 2018
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Einstein's Mass-Energy Equation, Volume I: Early History and Philosophical Foundations

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Eugene Hecht
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 86, 797–800 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5052425
Published: October 2018
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“Relativistic” particle dynamics without relativity

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Allan Walstad
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 86, 747–749 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5049812
Published: October 2018
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Deriving mass-energy equivalence and mass-velocity relation without light

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Youshan Dai, Liang Dai
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 86, 284–289 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5021794
Published: April 2018
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