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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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A simple Minkowskian time-travel spacetime

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John D. Norton
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 93, 241–249 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0224022
Published: March 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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In this issue: December 2024

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Jesse Kinder, Beth Parks, Donald Salisbury, Todd Springer, Keith Zengel
Keith Zengel
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 905–906 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0245536
Published: December 2024
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Hyperbolic times in Minkowski space

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Anıl Zenginoğlu
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 965–974 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0214271
Published: December 2024
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Comment on “Determining the difference between local acceleration and local gravity: Applications of the equivalence principle to relativistic trajectories” [Am. J. Phys. 92 (6), 444–449 (2024)]

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Frank Wang
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 982–983 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0227213
Published: December 2024
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Teaching magnetism with bivectors

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Steuard Jensen
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 936–944 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0176852
Published: December 2024
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A simple model of a gravitational lens from geometric optics

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Bogdan Szafraniec, James F. Harford
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 878–884 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0157513
Published: November 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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In this issue: October 2024

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Mario Belloni, John Essick, Harvey Gould, Jesse Kinder, Claire A. Marrache-Kikuchi, Raina Olsen, Beth Parks, B. Cameron Reed, Donald Salisbury, Todd Springer, Jan Tobochnik, Keith Zengel
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 725–726 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0234511
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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Understanding exotic black hole orbits using effective potentials

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Steven Pakiela, Brett Bolen, Benjamin P. Holder, Monica Rizzo, Shane L. Larson
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 686–692 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0149655
Published: September 2024
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In this issue: September 2024

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Mario Belloni, John Essick, Beth Parks, B. Cameron Reed, Todd Springer, Keith Zengel
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 645–646 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0230218
Published: September 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
View articletitled, Photon under repeated transverse Lorentz boosts: An apparent paradox
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A linear-algebraic derivation of the Lorentz transformation

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Phil Schwartau
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 670–673 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0216153
Published: September 2024
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Rutherford scattering of quantum and classical fields

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Martin Pijnenburg, Giulia Cusin, Cyril Pitrou, Jean-Philippe Uzan
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 597–605 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0175025
Published: August 2024
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Comment on “On the linearity of the generalized Lorentz transformation” [Am. J. Phys. 90(6), 425–429 (2022)]

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Justo Pastor Lambare
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 635–638 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0185737
Published: August 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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In this issue: July 2024

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Jesse Kinder, Claire A. Marrache-Kikuchi, Raina Olsen, Beth Parks
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 485–486 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0221011
Published: July 2024
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