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Volume 40, Issue 1

January 1987

ISSN 0031-9228

EISSN 1945-0699

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Reference Frame
Letters
Search and Discovery
Articles
Washington Reports
Meetings
Physics Community
Books
New Products
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Obituaries
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Reference Frame

Holes and Loose Ends in Particle Physics

Steven Weinberg

Physics Today 40 (1), 7–9 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815288

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Letters

STM Not Developed in a Vacuum

J. William Gadzuk

Physics Today 40 (1), 11 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815289

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SDI: Subs, Space and Smuggling

Robin S. Messing; Robert Jastrow; Marvin King; Gordon W. McClure; Thornton Page

Physics Today 40 (1), 11–110 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815290

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Treaties and the Constitution

David I. Caplan; Richard David Laumann; Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky

Physics Today 40 (1), 110 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815321

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Science Advisor's Role

Mark Goodman

Physics Today 40 (1), 110 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815322

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Who's Politicizing Physics?

Nathan Wiser

Physics Today 40 (1), 110–112 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815323

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Noncrystalline Semiconductors

Elliot Berman

Physics Today 40 (1), 112 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815324

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Search and Discovery

Physics Nobel Prize Awarded for Microscopies Old and New

Bertram Schwarzschild

Physics Today 40 (1), 17–21 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815291

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Tristan $e^{+} e^{-}$ Collider in Japan Yields 50 GeV of Mass

Gloria B. Lubkin

Physics Today 40 (1), 21–23 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815292

View articletitled, Tristan <span class="inline-formula no-formula-id"><span class="mathFormula"></span><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><msup xmlns=""><mi mathvariant="normal">e</mi><mrow><mi>+</mi></mrow></msup><msup xmlns=""><mi mathvariant="normal">e</mi><mrow><mi>−</mi></mrow></msup></math></span> Collider in Japan Yields 50 GeV of Mass

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Articles

Probing Semiconductor‐Semiconductor Interfaces

Robert S. Bauer; Giorgio Margaritondo

Physics Today 40 (1), 26–34 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881110

Synchrotron radiation studies are shedding light on the theoretically complex regions between different semiconductors, bringing closer the goal of predicting band structures at the meV accuracies necessary for device applications.

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Asymptotic Freedom

David J. Gross

Physics Today 40 (1), 39–44 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881111

The force between quarks varies with the distance between them: The dynamics of the vacuum enhance the force at large distances, while at short distances the interaction grows weaker.

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Icosahedral Boron‐Rich Solids

David Emin

Physics Today 40 (1), 55–62 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881112

The unusual three‐center bonding and unique crystal structures of these refractory materials produce many exceptional properties: Some compounds are, for example, very high‐temperature thermoelectrics.

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Physics News in 1986

Phillip F. Schewe

Physics Today 40 (1), S1–S70 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815287

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Washington Reports

SDI: Losing Momentum Over What is Affordable and Possible

Irwin Goodwin

Physics Today 40 (1), 47–51 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815295

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Making Waves: Poindexter Sails into Scientific Databases

Irwin Goodwin

Physics Today 40 (1), 51–52 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815296

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Meetings

AAPT and APS Meet in San Francisco

Margaret Marynowski

Physics Today 40 (1), 65–66 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815298

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Physics Community

Key Decision Nears on Proposed Argonne Photon Source

William Sweet

Physics Today 40 (1), 71 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815299

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Marchuk is President Soviet Academy

William Sweet

Physics Today 40 (1), 71–72 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815300

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Cornell Unit Surveys Some US Academy Members on SDI

William Sweet

Physics Today 40 (1), 72–73 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815301

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Nominations Urgently Sought for Gemant Award

Physics Today 40 (1), 73 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815302

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Kogelnik is Elected 1987 Vice President of OSA

Physics Today 40 (1), 73 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815303

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New Edition of Physics Staff Directory is Available from AIP

Physics Today 40 (1), 74 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815304

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In Brief

Physics Today 40 (1), 74 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815305

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Books

Magnetic Glasses

K. Moorjani; J. M. D. Coey; Jeffrey W. Lynn

Physics Today 40 (1), 77 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815306

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Chemistry of Atmospheres: An Introdction to the Chemistry of the Atmospheres of Earth, the Planets, and Their Satellites

Richard Wayne; Ralph J. Cicerone

Physics Today 40 (1), 77–78 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815307

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Masks of the Universe

Edward Harrison; Robert H. March

Physics Today 40 (1), 78–79 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815308

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Infinite Vistas: New Tools for Astronomy

James Cornell; John Carr; Per H. Andersen

Physics Today 40 (1), 79 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815309

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New Books

Physics Today 40 (1), 79–83 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815310

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New Products

New Products

Physics Today 40 (1), 85–87 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815311

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We Hear That

Gürsey Receives Wigner Medal for Symmetry Work

Physics Today 40 (1), 89 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815312

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In Brief

Physics Today 40 (1), 89–90 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815313

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Obituaries

Wallace C. Koehler

Ralph M. Moon, Jr.; Michael K. Wilkinson; Alexander Zucker

Physics Today 40 (1), 90 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815314

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Herbert A. Pohl

Paul A. Westhaus; N. V. V. J. Swamy

Physics Today 40 (1), 90–91 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815315

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Robert Narvaez Little Jr

Jorge Antillón; Robert Beck Clark; Austin Gleeson

Physics Today 40 (1), 91–93 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815316

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Marc de Hemptinne

Jules Deutsch; Pierre Macq

Physics Today 40 (1), 93 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815317

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News from APS

Hwa is the Recipient of the 1986 Apker Award

Physics Today 40 (1), 95 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815318

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Publicity Planned for Star Wars Study

Physics Today 40 (1), 95 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815319

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Calendar

Calendar

Physics Today 40 (1), 97–104 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815320

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