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Detecting gravitational waves with light

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Markus Pössel
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 93, 499–510 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0228933
Published: June 2025
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Beth Parks, B. Cameron Reed, Donald Salisbury
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 93, 445–446 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0276909
Published: June 2025
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An undergraduate lab experiment on matched filtering as used in gravitational wave detection

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Michael Daam, Antje Bergmann, Carsten Rockstuhl, Ronny Nawrodt
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 93, 272–280 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0219962
Published: March 2025
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Resource Letter: Synthesis of the elements in stars

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Artemis Spyrou
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 731–736 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0209176
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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Lagrange points and regionally conserved quantities

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Eric M. Edlund
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 414–423 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0160904
Published: June 2024
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Orbital mechanics with the Global Positioning System

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William H. Baird, Kelly R. Patton
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 407–413 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0146547
Published: June 2024
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Arduino cavity controller for LIGO analogy lab [Am. J. Phys. 87 , 44 (2019)]

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Dennis Ugolini
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 392–394 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0193289
Published: May 2024
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Thermal infrared astronomy for the introductory laboratory

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Clifford W. Padgett, William H. Baird, J. Spencer Coile, Wayne M. Johnson, Erin N. Groneck, Robert A. Rose
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 91, 122–131 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0081072
Published: February 2023
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John Essick, Adam Fritsch, Claire A. Marrache-Kikuchi, Beth Parks, B. Cameron Reed, Todd Springer, Donald Salisbury
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 91, 85–86 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0139314
Published: February 2023
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A Bose horn antenna radio telescope (BHARAT) design for 21 cm hydrogen line experiments for radio astronomy teaching

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Ashish A. Mhaske, Joydeep Bagchi, Bhal Chandra Joshi, Joe Jacob, Paul K. T.
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 90, 948–960 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0065381
Published: December 2022
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Mario Belloni, Craig Bohren, Harvey Gould, Raina Olsen, Beth Parks, Donald Salisbury, Jan Tobochnik
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 90, 325–326 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0092373
Published: May 2022
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Continuous gravitational waves in the lab: Recovering audio signals with a table-top optical microphone

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James W. Gardner, Hannah Middleton, Changrong Liu, Andrew Melatos, Robin Evans, William Moran, Deeksha Beniwal, Huy Tuong Cao, Craig Ingram, Daniel Brown, Sebastian Ng
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 90, 286–296 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0009409
Published: April 2022
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Joseph Amato, John Essick, Claire A. Marrache-Kikuchi, Beth Parks, Donald Salisbury, Todd Springer
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 90, 245–246 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0089096
Published: April 2022
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Gravitational lens effect revisited through membrane waves

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Stefan Catheline, Victor Delattre, Gabrielle Laloy-Borgna, Fréderic Faure, Mathias Fink
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 90, 47–50 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0006612
Published: January 2022
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Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect demonstrated for sound waves from a waterfall: An experimental, numerical, and analytical study

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Arnt Inge Vistnes, Joakim Bergli
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 90, 20–30 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0006613
Published: January 2022
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Using smartphone photographs of the Moon to acquaint students with non-Euclidean geometry

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Hugo Caerols, Rodrigo A. Carrasco, Felipe A. Asenjo
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 89, 1079–1085 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0006156
Published: December 2021
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Tidal effects in a spacecraft

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Ugo Besson
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 89, 909–915 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0005070
Published: October 2021
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The Great Paradox of Science: Why Its Conclusions Can Be Relied Upon Even Though They Cannot Be Proven

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Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 89, 899–900 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0064249
Published: September 2021
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Making squeezed-coherent states concrete by determining their wavefunction

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E. Munguía-González, S. Rego, J. K. Freericks
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 89, 885–896 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0004872
Published: September 2021
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