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December 1973
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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Advances in light‐emitting diodes
Physics Today 26 (12), 23–31 (1973);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3128359
Short‐range impurity states in ternary III‐V compounds enhance radiative recombination rates, thereby aiding the color tunability of semiconductor lamps and lasers.
VLF emissions from the magnetosphere
Physics Today 26 (12), 32–39 (1973);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3128360
A computer simulation shows how very‐low‐frequency emissions can be triggered in the magnetosphere and then propagate as “whistlers.”
Energy crises in perspective
Physics Today 26 (12), 40–51 (1973);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3128361
Estimates of US energy resources and projections of future energy consumption show that the country has enough fossil fuel to last 500 years and enough nuclear fuel to last for a million years.
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Physics Community
Editorial
France’s Oppenheimer
William Sweet
Making qubits from magnetic molecules
Stephen Hill
Learning to see gravitational lenses
Sebastian Fernandez-Mulligan