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Initial evidence that peer instruction is less effective for physics students with lower quantitative preparation in a highly heterogeneous class

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Eric N. Smith, Jacob Helwig, Kathryn Hendren, Jane M. Huk, Vernita Gordon
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 93, 541–550 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0070669
Published: July 2025
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Monte Carlo, blocking, and inference: How to measure the renormalization group flow

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Luca Di Carlo
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 93, 193–200 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0179365
Published: February 2025
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On Heisenberg and the bomb

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B. Cameron Reed
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 908–909 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0240112
Published: December 2024
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Scattering shadows

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Thomas Curtright, Gaurav Verma
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 924–930 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0208720
Published: December 2024
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Playing with active matter

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Angelo Barona Balda, Aykut Argun, Agnese Callegari, Giovanni Volpe
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 847–858 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0125111
Published: November 2024
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On cat–human interaction from the viewpoint of physics: An equation of motion

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Anxo Biasi
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 827–833 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0158200
Published: November 2024
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Cognitive biases can move opinion dynamics from consensus to signatures of transient chaos

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Emily Dong, Sarah Marzen
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 801–808 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0220792
Published: October 2024
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Comment on “Which is greater: e π or πe? An unorthodox physical solution to a classic puzzle” [Am. J. Phys. 92 (5), 397–398 (2024)]

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Roderick M. Macrae
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 717–718 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0221403
Published: September 2024
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Bose and the angular momentum of the photon

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Kirk T. McDonald
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 711–716 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0229168
Published: September 2024
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The e/m experiment: Student exploration into systematic uncertainty

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Nicholas P. Gray, Tanisha K. Rutledge, Leigh Parrott, Christopher A. Barns, Kevin B. Aptowicz
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 538–544 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0190546
Published: July 2024
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Quantum versus classical quenches and the broadening of wave packets

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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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In this issue: April 2024

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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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On the Brownian motion of a colloid trapped in optical tweezers: Experiments and simulations

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D. Pérez-Guerrero, B. Morales-Cruzado, G. I. Guerrero-García, E. Sarmiento-Gómez
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 290–298 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0077571
Published: April 2024
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Experimentation on stochastic trajectories: From Brownian motion to inertial confined dynamics

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Azul María Brigante, Corina Révora, Gabriel Fernando Volonnino, Marcos Damián Perez, Gabriela Pasquini, María Gabriela Capeluto
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 280–289 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0146444
Published: April 2024
View articletitled, Experimentation on stochastic trajectories: From Brownian motion to inertial confined dynamics
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Analytical expressions for the first passage time distribution and hit distribution in two and three dimensions

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Alexander Clarkson, Chi-Hang Lam, Hai-Yao Deng
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 299–307 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0121165
Published: April 2024
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Event-based analysis of convergence to energy equipartition

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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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On the normalization and density of 1D scattering states

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Chris L. Lin
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 205–209 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0082650
Published: March 2024
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Concepts in Monte Carlo sampling

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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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Microscopic derivation of the collision properties of molecules in two systems at thermal equilibrium

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Tongli Wei, Xiansheng Cao
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 92, 29–35 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0128644
Published: January 2024
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