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Note on a classical case of self-organization: The Persian Immortals

Santos Bravo Yuste
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 93, 258–259 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0237521
Published: March 2025
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Ergodic Lagrangian dynamics in a superhero universe

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I. L. Tregillis, George R. R. Martin
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 93, 127–136 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0228859
Published: February 2025
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Decoherence, entanglement, and information in the electron double-slit experiment with monitoring

Frederick W. Strauch
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 93, 34–45 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0210117
Published: January 2025
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Quantum versus classical quenches and the broadening of wave packets

K. Schönhammer
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 466–472 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0174441
Published: June 2024
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Statistical physics of frictional grains: Some simple applications of the Edwards statistics

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Eric Bertin
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 375–384 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0094141
Published: May 2024
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Event-based analysis of convergence to energy equipartition

Arnaldo Spalvieri
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 210–213 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0142173
Published: March 2024
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Concepts in Monte Carlo sampling

Gabriele Tartero, Werner Krauth
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 65–77 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0176853
Published: January 2024
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Pandemic modeling with the game of life

David Faux, Thesha Thavaraja, Alana Croucher
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 91, 1008–1014 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0166146
Published: December 2023
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Conditional probability as found in nature: Facilitated diffusion

Ori Hachmo, Ariel Amir
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 91, 653–658 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0123866
Published: August 2023
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In this issue: August 2023

Claire A. Marrache-Kikuchi, Raina Olsen, Beth Parks, B. Cameron Reed, Donald Salisbury, Todd Springer
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 91, 573–574 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0164053
Published: August 2023
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Free expansion of a Gaussian wavepacket using operator manipulations

Alessandro M. Orjuela, J. K. Freericks
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 91, 463–469 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0083964
Published: June 2023
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An introduction to the Markov chain Monte Carlo method

Wenlong Wang
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 90, 921–934 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0122488
Published: December 2022
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Earthquake size: An example of a statistical distribution that lacks a well-defined mean

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Takuya Okabe, Jin Yoshimura
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 90, 501–505 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0010261
Published: July 2022
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In this issue: May 2022

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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Progressive quantum collapse

William J. Mullin, Asaad R. Sakhel, Robert J. Ragan
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 90, 200–206 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0009255
Published: March 2022
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Resource Letter BP-1: Biological physics

Raghuveer Parthasarathy
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 89, 1071–1078 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0060279
Published: December 2021
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Classical and quantum confocal parabolic billiards

Bárbara K. Villarreal-Zepeda, Héctor M. Iga-Buitrón, Julio C. Gutiérrez-Vega
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 89, 1113–1122 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0006018
Published: December 2021
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A gentle introduction to the non-equilibrium physics of trajectories: Theory, algorithms, and biomolecular applications

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Daniel M. Zuckerman, John D. Russo
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 89, 1048–1061 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0005603
Published: November 2021
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The Newcomb–Benford law: Scale invariance and a simple Markov process based on it

Andrea Burgos, Andrés Santos
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 89, 851–861 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0004957
Published: September 2021
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Thermal equilibrium of an ideal gas in a free-floating box

Scott Tremaine, Bence Kocsis, Abraham Loeb
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 89, 789–792 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0004955
Published: August 2021
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