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In this issue: March 2025

John Essick, Jesse Kinder, Raina Olsen, Beth Parks, B. Cameron Reed, Donald Salisbury
Donald Salisbury
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 93, 205–206 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0260074
Published: March 2025
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An undergraduate lab experiment on matched filtering as used in gravitational wave detection

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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Includes: Supplementary data
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Advanced undergraduate lab on quantum beats

M. J. Wright, R. Beban, O. Chierchio, L. McCluney, T. Peña, J. P. St. John
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 93, 187–192 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0223788
Published: February 2025
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In this issue: February 2025

Joanna Behrman, John Essick, Harvey Gould, Claire A. Marrache-Kikuchi, Beth Parks, B. Cameron Reed, Jan Tobochnik, Keith Zengel
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 93, 125–126 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0254806
Published: February 2025
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Introducing quantum mechanics with a two-mode Mach–Zehnder interferometer

Gauthier Rey, Renaud Mathevet, Sébastien Massenot, Benoit Chalopin
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 93, 28–33 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0211194
Published: January 2025
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Why is there no Poisson spot in a solar eclipse?

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Jami J. Kinnunen
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 945–949 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0227357
Published: December 2024
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Demonstrating two-particle interference with a one-dimensional delta potential well

Zhi Jiao Deng, Xin Zhang, Yong Shen, Wei Tao Liu, Ping Xing Chen
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 786–793 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0176364
Published: October 2024
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Probing coherent phonons in the advanced undergraduate laboratory

Nicholas J. Brennan, Joseph Peidle, Anna Wang-Holtzen, Jieping Fang, Kathryn Ledbetter, Matteo Mitrano
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 693–702 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0190019
Published: September 2024
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Linewidth measurement of external cavity lasers

Tom A. Kuusela
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 459–465 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0207084
Published: June 2024
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In this issue: April 2024

Mario Belloni, John Essick, Claire A. Marrache-Kikuchi, Raina Olsen, Beth Parks, B. Cameron Reed, Donald Salisbury, Keith Zengel
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 245–246 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0204076
Published: April 2024
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A step forward in kinesthetic activities for teaching kinematics in introductory physics

Zachary Dale, Paul R. DeStefano, Lori Shaaban, Cora Siebert, Ralf Widenhorn
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 88, 825–830 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0001617
Published: October 2020
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Low-cost Fourier ghost imaging using a light-dependent resistor

Ritz Ann Aguilar, Nathaniel Hermosa, Maricor N. Soriano
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 976–981 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0000163
Published: December 2019
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Variation of the apparent size of the Sun visualized with basic photographic equipment

Peter Trillenberg
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 839–845 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5119510
Published: October 2019
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Single-pixel camera

Tom A. Kuusela
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 846–850 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5122745
Published: October 2019
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Where does energy go when it's “Gone”? Promoting understanding of energy dissipation

Roger G. Tobin, Sara J. Lacy, Sally Crissman, Nick Haddad, Orlala Wentink, Lane Seeley
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 569–576 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5110707
Published: July 2019
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Going through a phase: Infrared cameras in a teaching sequence on evaporation and condensation

Christopher Robin Samuelsson, Maja Elmgren, Charles Xie, Jesper Haglund
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 577–582 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5110665
Published: July 2019
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Spectroscopy of neon for the advanced undergraduate laboratory

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H. C. Busch, M. B. Cooper, C. I. Sukenik
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 223–229 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088806
Published: March 2019
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Simple undergraduate experiment for synthesizing and analyzing non-uniformly polarized beams by means of a Fresnel biprism

Gemma Piquero, Ismael Marcos-Muñoz, J. C. G. de Sande
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 208–213 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5089423
Published: March 2019
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Observation of the Talbot effect with water waves

Alexandra Bakman, Shmuel Fishman, Mathias Fink, Emmanuel Fort, Sander Wildeman
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 38–43 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5081051
Published: January 2019
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Using a shoebox spectrograph to investigate the differences between reflection and emission

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Timothy T. Grove, Jacob Millspaw, Eric Tomek, Rebeca Manns, Mark Masters
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 86, 594–601 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5045205
Published: August 2018
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