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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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Determining the difference between local acceleration and local gravity: Applications of the equivalence principle to relativistic trajectories

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Steven A. Balbus
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 444–449 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0162082
Published: June 2024
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Modelling the Earth's magnetic field

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Nuno Barros e Sá, Lourenço Faria, Bernardo Alves, Miguel Cymbron
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 90, 436–444 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0074846
Published: June 2022
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Gravitational time dilation, free fall, and matter waves

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Anna P. Czarnecka, Andrzej Czarnecki
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 89, 634–638 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0003448
Published: June 2021
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Comment on “The equivalence principle in the Schwarzschild geometry” [Am. J. Phys. 62 , 1037 (1994)]

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Rafael P. Bernar, Luís C. B. Crispino, Atsushi Higuchi, Haroldo C. D. Lima Junior
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 88, 874–875 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0001572
Published: October 2020
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Reciprocity principle and relative accelerations in the theory of relativity

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Reza Rashidi, Fatemeh Ahmadi
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 758–762 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5115338
Published: September 2019
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Energy conservation in explicit solutions as a simple illustration of Noether's theorem

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Markus Pössel
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 141–143 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5086003
Published: February 2019
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Relativity on rotated graph paper

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Roberto B. Salgado
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 84, 344–359 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4943251
Published: May 2016
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Using worksheets to solve the Einstein equation

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Thomas A. Moore
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 84, 360–368 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4939908
Published: May 2016
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Einstein's Physics: Atoms, Quanta, and Relativity Derived, Explained, and Appraised.

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Hans C. Ohanian
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 81, 719–720 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4813218
Published: September 2013
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Spatial geometry of the rotating disk and its non-rotating counterpart

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Klaus Kassner
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 80, 772–781 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4730925
Published: September 2012
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Unusual commutation relations in physics

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André Nauts, Fabien Gatti
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 78, 1365–1375 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3482257
Published: December 2010
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Periodic lattices in Minkowski space

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A. D. Boozer
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 78, 1379–1383 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3480023
Published: December 2010
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Strain in layered zinc blende and wurtzite semiconductor structures grown along arbitrary crystallographic directions

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K. H. Yoo, J. D. Albrecht, L. R. Ram-Mohan
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 78, 589–597 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3291214
Published: June 2010
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Gauge transformation through an accelerated frame of reference

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Ashish Shukla, Kaushik Bhattacharya
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 78, 627–632 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3290866
Published: June 2010
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The equivalence principle, uniformly accelerated reference frames, and the uniform gravitational field

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Gerardo Muñoz, Preston Jones
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 78, 377–383 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3272719
Published: April 2010
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Lorentz-invariant three-vectors and alternative formulation of relativistic dynamics

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Krzysztof Rȩbilas
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 78, 294–299 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3258203
Published: March 2010
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Alternative derivation of the relativistic contribution to perihelic precession

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Tyler J. Lemmon, Antonio R. Mondragon
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 77, 890–893 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3159611
Published: October 2009
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Explicit gauge covariant Euler–Lagrange equation

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Clinton L. Lewis
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 77, 839–843 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3153503
Published: September 2009
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The swingby mechanism analyzed with a new graphical formalism for three-dimensional elastic collisions

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Rainer Müller
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 77, 354–359 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3072898
Published: April 2009
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