American Journal of Physics

Article	Citations
Motion of a charged particle in the electric field of a uniformly charged finite wire	36
Graphical analysis of an oscillator with constant magnitude sliding friction	35
Energy and Entropy: A Dynamic Duo	29
An experimental demonstration of level attraction with coupled pendulums	18
Electric field lines of an arbitrarily moving charged particle	16
Complementarity and entanglement in a simple model of inelastic scattering	15
Whose work matters? A tool for identifying and developing more inclusive physics textbooks	14
Playing melodies on a single string by exciting harmonics using the Lorentz force	10
Motion of a charged particle in the static fields of an infinite straight wire	10
Comment on projectile motion with quadratic drag using an inverse velocity expansion	10
Static dielectric response and screening in solid state physics: Why dimensionality matters in dielectrics	9
Infinite-fold energy degeneracy in 2D square lattices of magnetic spheres	9
Erratum: “Smooth double barriers in quantum mechanics” [Am. J. Phys. 78, 1352–1360 (2010)]	9
Quantum mechanics: A historical-linguistic perspective	9
An undergraduate lab experiment on matched filtering as used in gravitational wave detection	8
Data science education in undergraduate physics: Lessons learned from a community of practice	8
Resource Letter DM1: Dark matter: An overview of theory and experiment	8
The basic concepts determining electromagnetic shielding	8
The right way to introduce complex numbers in damped harmonic oscillators	8
Quantifying biomolecular diffusion with a “spherical cow” model	8
The crane operator's trick and other shenanigans with a pendulum	8
The Great Paradox of Science: Why Its Conclusions Can Be Relied Upon Even Though They Cannot Be Proven	7
The e/m experiment: Student exploration into systematic uncertainty	7
Making digital aquatint with the Ising model	7
Online “Advanced Labs” in physics	7

In this issue: October 2023	6
Skier and loop-the-loop with friction	6
A Bose horn antenna radio telescope (BHARAT) design for 21 cm hydrogen line experiments for radio astronomy teaching	6
Comment on “Coefficient of rolling friction: Lab experiment”	6
A new look at quantal time evolution	6
In this issue: July 2024	6
The field inside an infinite solenoid of arbitrary cross section using Ampère's law	6
Stereographic projection to and from the Bloch sphere: Visualizing solutions of the Bloch equations and the Bloch–Riccati equation	6
Resources-oriented instruction: What does it mean, and what might it look like?	6
An analysis of the large amplitude simple pendulum using Fourier series	6
In this issue: October 2021	6
Electrically connected and magnetically coupled inductors: Aiding or opposing fluxes?	6
Energy-mass equivalence from Maxwell equations	6
Perfect and imperfect pitchfork bifurcations in a V-shaped spring-mass system: Comment on “Hysteresis in a simple V-shaped spring-mass system” [Am. J. Phys. 89, 663–665 (2021)]	5
Comment on “Experimental determination of heat capacities and their correlation with theoretical predictions” [Am. J. Phys. 79(11), 1099–1103 (2011)]	5
Conic transfer arcs for Kepler's problem	5
In this issue: February 2022	5
Using Hexbugs™ to model gas pressure and electrical conduction: A pandemic-inspired distance lab	5
Toward a more coherent and profession-related physics teacher education: Linking subject-specific and physics education content in the study entry phase	5
General formalism for calculating the thermal efficiency of thermodynamic cycles defined in a p–V diagram	5
In this issue: January 2023	5
How energy is conserved in Newtonian gravity	5
Simple precession calculation for Mercury: A linearization approach	5
Investigating the magnetic field outside small accelerator magnet analogs via experiment, simulation, and theory	5
Memories of a mid-20th century electrical measurements laboratory and its instrumentation	5
Supporting student success	4
2024 Lillian McDermott medal lecture: You only get one—My life pursuing excellence in physics education	4
Decoherence, entanglement, and information in the electron double-slit experiment with monitoring	4
Analysis of ill-conditioned cases of a mass moving on a sphere with friction	4
Probing coherent phonons in the advanced undergraduate laboratory	4
Nonlinear oscillator acceleration and period variation with amplitude	4
Arduino cavity controller for LIGO analogy lab [Am. J. Phys. 87, 44 (2019)]	4
In this issue: December 2024	4
Measuring the viscosity of air with soapy water, a smartphone, a funnel, and a hose: An experiment for undergraduate physics students	4
In this issue: March 2025	4
Illustrations of loosely bound and resonant states in atomic nuclei	4
Practical study of optical stellar interferometry	4
Thermal damping of the motion of a piston: Any irreversibility implies dissipation	4
In this issue: October 2022	4
Comment on “Atom-emitting-a-photon solved on the back of an envelope” [Am. J. Phys. 91, 576 (2023)]	4
A simple Minkowskian time-travel spacetime	4
Self-inductance and magnetic flux	4
Interference patterns produced by an evaporating droplet on a horizontal surface	3
In this issue: March 2024	3
Unexplored aspects of a variational principle in electrostatics	3
Comment on “Thermodynamics of Benford's first digit law” [Am. J. Phys. 87, 787–790 (2019)]	3
Resource Letter: Synthesis of the elements in stars	3
The floating point: Tales of the unexpected	3
Bringing three-dimensional learning to undergraduate physics: Insight from an introductory physics laboratory course	3
Resource Letter CP-3: Computational physics	3

Photoelectric effect measurements on a conventional neon bulb	3
Velocity reciprocity and the relativity principle	3
Is contour integration essential? Alternatives for beginning physics students	3
Coriolis acceleration and critical slowing-down: A quantitative laboratory experiment	3
Naïve Bohr-type quantization for power-law potentials	3
Event-based analysis of convergence to energy equipartition	3
A new microscopic look into pressure fields and local buoyancy	3
A revolution in physics education was forecast in 1989, why hasn't it happened? What will it take?	3
Gravitational waves without general relativity redux	3
In this issue: February 2024	3
Quantitative measurement of birefringence in transparent films across the visible spectrum	3
Modeling the induced voltage of a disk magnet in free fall	3
Active charge and discharge of a capacitor: Scaling solution and energy optimization	3
Progressive quantum collapse	3
Teaching magnetism with bivectors	3
Surface plasmon resonance sensing in the advanced physics laboratory	3
Simulation led optical design assessments: Emphasizing practical and computational considerations in an upper division physics lecture course	3
In this issue: August 2021	2
BOOK REVIEW	2
Implementing a course-based authentic learning experience with upper- and lower-division physics classes	2
BOOKS RECEIVED	2
Exact solutions for the inverse problem of the time-independent Schrödinger equation	2
The force required to operate the plunger on a French press	2
Understanding and compensating for noise on IBM quantum computers	2
Low-cost quadrature optical interferometer	2
Erratum: “Advanced lab on Fresnel equations” [Am. J. Phys. 83, 935–941 (2015)]	2
Why and how to implement worked examples in upper division theoretical physics	2
On the bifurcation behavior of a folded notebook page	2
Relativistic spin-0 particle in a box: Bound states, wave packets, and the disappearance of the Klein paradox	2
Perihelion precession in power-law potentials: Hénon's theorem	2
Using smartphone photographs of the Moon to acquaint students with non-Euclidean geometry	2
Exploring entropy by counting microstates of the p-state paramagnet	2
Finding and improving bounds of real functions by thermodynamic arguments	2
Demonstrating two-particle interference with a one-dimensional delta potential well	2
In this issue: May 2022	2
A simple derivation of relativistic energy and momentum	2
Charging a supercapacitor through a lamp: A power-law RC decay	2
Resource Letter ALC-1: Advanced Laboratory Courses	2
Determining the difference between local acceleration and local gravity: Applications of the equivalence principle to relativistic trajectories	2
Outcomes of teaching physics using action-adventure scenarios with minimal direct instruction	2
Pandemic modeling with the game of life	2
2024 AAPT award citations at the winter meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana	2
An in-fiber Mach–Zehnder strain sensor for studying multimode interference of light	2
Cosmological horizons	2
Comment on ‘Dynamics of a bouncing capsule: An impulse model vs a Hertzian model’	2
A modern interpretation of Newton's theorem of revolving orbits	2
Orbital mechanics with the Global Positioning System	2
A tabletop experiment for speed of light measurement using a Red Pitaya STEMlab board	2
Gamma camera imaging in an undergraduate physics course	2
Calculation and measurement of center of mass: An all-in-one activity using Tangram puzzles	2
A simple electronic circuit demonstrating Hopf bifurcation for an advanced undergraduate laboratory	2
In this issue: April 2024	2
Climate sensitivity from radiative-convective equilibrium: A chalkboard approach	2
Invariants: Finding constancy in a sea of change	2
ChatGPT-4 with Code Interpreter can be used to solve introductory college-level vector calculus and electromagnetism problems	2
Wigner rotation and Euler angle parametrization	2
Numerical simulation projects in micromagnetics with Jupyter	2
Solving introductory physics problems recursively using iterated maps	2
Gravitoelectromagnetism: Removing action-at-a-distance in teaching physics	2
Teaching rotational physics with bivectors	2
Treating disorder in introductory solid state physics	2
The Hohmann transfer as an application for teaching introductory physics	2
In this issue: Special collection on the environment, sustainability, and climate change	2
A gentle introduction to the non-equilibrium physics of trajectories: Theory, algorithms, and biomolecular applications	2
Electrostatic shape energy differences of one-dimensional line charges	2
Resource Letter MP-4: The Manhattan Project and related nuclear research	2
A short pre-history of quantum gravity	2
Maxwell's color box: Retracing the path of color matching experiments	1
Exploring complex pattern formation with convolutional neural networks	1
Erratum: “Two and three particles interacting in a one-dimensional trap” [Am. J. Phys. 85, 769 (2017)]	1
An undergraduate physics experiment to measure the frequency-dependent impedance of inductors using an Anderson bridge	1
A course on climate change and sustainable building design	1
Physics writing in the era of artificial intelligence	1
Simple realization of the polytropic process with a finite-sized reservoir	1
Concepts in Monte Carlo sampling	1
Predicting the axial deformation of an extensible garden hose when pressurized	1
A physics-based study of the stagnation enthalpy rise of moving normal shocks	1
The computer revolution in physics education? It's here!	1
J. Robert Oppenheimer, Physicist	1
Space pirates: A pursuit curve problem involving retarded time	1

BOOKS RECEIVED	1
A wave packet approach to resonant scattering	1
In this issue: August 2023	1
Resource Letter BP-1: Biological physics	1
Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect demonstrated for sound waves from a waterfall: An experimental, numerical, and analytical study	1
In this issue: June 2021	1
Splitting the second: Designing a physics course with an emphasis on timescales of ultrafast phenomena	1
Experimentation on stochastic trajectories: From Brownian motion to inertial confined dynamics	1
Entropy production diagrams	1
Janus Point: A New Theory of Time	1
Simulating spin dynamics with quantum computers	1
Coupled oscillations of the Wilberforce pendulum unveiled by smartphones	1
Exploration of the Q factor for a parallel RLC circuit	1
Response to Rod Cross's Letter	1
2022 AAPT award citations at the summer meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan	1
What is a degree of freedom? Configuration spaces and their topology	1
Multivalued specific heat	1
A versatile Hong–Ou–Mandel interference experiment in optical fiber for the undergraduate laboratory	1
Daniel Davis, Jr., and his Manual of Magnetism	1
Scattering shadows	1
Exam problems that link physical concepts with electrical phenomena in living cells	1
Magnetic hyperfine interaction made easier	1
Special issue on teaching about the environment, sustainability, and climate change	1
The edge profile of liquid spills	1
Fermilab humor	1
Book review—Beyond Global Warming: How Numerical Models Revealed the Secrets of Climate Change	1
Elongation of a ferrofluid droplet near a permanent magnet: A tidal or magnetic energy effect?	1
Erratum: “Fraunhofer diffraction by a thin wire and Babinet's principle” [Am. J. Phys. 73, 83–84 (2005)]	1
How the air slows a closing book	1
In this issue: November 2022	1
Understanding exotic black hole orbits using effective potentials	1
Bending of starlight by gravity	1
Bose and the angular momentum of the photon	1
In this issue: June 2024	1
Soil analysis using a 2″ NaI gamma detector	1
Oblique collision of a soft rubber disk with a rigid surface	1
Paragliders' launch trajectory is universal	1
A simple treatment of the trolley paradox	1
State reduction?	1
Erratum: “A compact disc under skimming light rays” [Am. J. Phys. 86(3), 169 (2018)]	1
Energy density of any capacitor or inductor	1
Williamson theorem in classical, quantum, and statistical physics	1
Gravitational time dilation, free fall, and matter waves	1
On viewing the Himalayas from the plains	1
Rubidium isotope shift measurement using noisy lasers	1
Comment on “Spectral shifts in general relativity,” [Am. J. Phys. 62(10), 903–907 (1994)]	1
2025 Melba Newell Phillips Medal award talk: Who's your wingman?	1
The hardest-hit home run?	1
Breakdown of the connection between symmetries and conservation laws for semiholonomic systems	1
Effects of greenhouse gases on Earth, Venus, and Mars: Beyond the one-blanket model	1
Phase plot of a gravity pendulum acquired via the MEMS gyroscope and magnetic field sensors of a smartphone	1
Modelling the Earth's magnetic field	1
The harmonic quantum Szilárd engine	1
Employing an operator form of the Rodrigues formula to calculate wavefunctions without differential equations	1
Making squeezed-coherent states concrete by determining their wavefunction	1
Dynamics of a bouncing capsule: An impulse model vs a Hertzian model	1
The law of entropy increase for bodies in mutual thermal contact	1
Beautiful experiments: An illustrated history of experimental science	1
Theoretical and experimental examination of simple coaxial photonic crystals for undergraduate teaching	1
Adiabatic invariance and its application to Wien's complete displacement law of blackbody radiation	1
Virtual lab: Using spreadsheets to simulate experiments measuring viscosity, BJT NPN curves, and RL circuits	1
Cost-effective measurement of magnetostriction in nanoscale thin films through an optical cantilever displacement method	1
An alternative way to solve the small oscillations problem	1
2024 David Halliday and Robert Resnick Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Physics Teaching Lecture: It's not business, it's personal. Teaching large classes, one student at a time	1
Helping students apply superposition principle in problems involving spherical, cylindrical, and planar charge distributions	1
On the Brownian motion of a colloid trapped in optical tweezers: Experiments and simulations	1
Relativistic acceleration in noninertial frames of a line of objects	1
In this issue: September 2024	1
Does active participation in a daily quiz (TOPday) improve long-term retention in biomechanics?	1
Fréedericksz transition on air	1
The mass spectrum of quarkonium using matrix mechanics	1
Electromagnetic induction: How the “flux rule” has superseded Maxwell's general law	1
Using a smartphone camera to explore ray optics beyond the thin lens equation	1
Sliding and rolling along circular tracks in a vertical plane	1
Elastic collisions on a simulated circular air track	1
In this issue: July 2023	1
Photon under repeated transverse Lorentz boosts: An apparent paradox	1
Labor-based grading practices in the physics classroom	1
A Standard Model Workbook	1
Understanding two-dimensional tractor magnets: Theory and realizations	1
Metastable states in a 1D quantum system	1
Design-oriented analysis	1
On the normalization and density of 1D scattering states	1
A simple setup for the determination of the cosmic muon magnetic moment	1
Hyperbolic times in Minkowski space	1
Why the action?	1
Single-, double-, and triple-slit diffraction of molecular matter waves	1
Comment on “Bouncing on a slope” [Am. J. Phys. 89, 143–146 (2021)]	1
2025 AAPT award citations at the winter meeting in St. Louis, Missouri	1
The drift motion of a spinning ball on carpet	1
Unveiling the interdisciplinary character of negative pressure	1
Scattering problems via real-time wave packet scattering	1
An algebra and trigonometry-based proof of Kepler's first law	1
Measuring the speed of light using optical feedback from a picosecond diode laser	1
Comment on “Avoid propagation of typos with numerical methods” [Am. J. Phys. 89(1), 9 (2021)]	1