American Journal of Physics

Article	Citations
Infinite-fold energy degeneracy in 2D square lattices of magnetic spheres	49
Motion of a charged particle in the static fields of an infinite straight wire	43
Comment on projectile motion with quadratic drag using an inverse velocity expansion	22
Quantum mechanics: A historical-linguistic perspective	22
Motion of a charged particle in the electric field of a uniformly charged finite wire	20
Graphical analysis of an oscillator with constant magnitude sliding friction	16
Erratum: “Smooth double barriers in quantum mechanics” [Am. J. Phys. 78, 1352–1360 (2010)]	16
Complementarity and entanglement in a simple model of inelastic scattering	12
Playing melodies on a single string by exciting harmonics using the Lorentz force	12
Whose work matters? A tool for identifying and developing more inclusive physics textbooks	11
Elusive: How Peter Higgs solved the mystery of mass	11
Resource Letter DM1: Dark matter: An overview of theory and experiment	11
The crane operator's trick and other shenanigans with a pendulum	10
Online “Advanced Labs” in physics	10
An experimental demonstration of level attraction with coupled pendulums	10
Static dielectric response and screening in solid state physics: Why dimensionality matters in dielectrics	10
Data science education in undergraduate physics: Lessons learned from a community of practice	9
Quantifying biomolecular diffusion with a “spherical cow” model	9
An undergraduate lab experiment on matched filtering as used in gravitational wave detection	8
Escape from a one-dimensional metastable potential well revisited	8
The basic concepts determining electromagnetic shielding	8
The right way to introduce complex numbers in damped harmonic oscillators	8
Energy-mass equivalence from Maxwell equations	7
Stereographic projection to and from the Bloch sphere: Visualizing solutions of the Bloch equations and the Bloch–Riccati equation	7
The e/m experiment: Student exploration into systematic uncertainty	7

Electric field lines of an arbitrarily moving charged particle	7
An analysis of the large amplitude simple pendulum using Fourier series	6
Skier and loop-the-loop with friction	6
In this issue: October 2023	6
A Bose horn antenna radio telescope (BHARAT) design for 21 cm hydrogen line experiments for radio astronomy teaching	6
In this issue: July 2024	6
Resources-oriented instruction: What does it mean, and what might it look like?	6
The field inside an infinite solenoid of arbitrary cross section using Ampère's law	6
Approaching the thermodynamic limit of an ideal gas	6
Making digital aquatint with the Ising model	6
Electrically connected and magnetically coupled inductors: Aiding or opposing fluxes?	6
Color and thickness of soap films	6
Visual relativistic mechanics	6
Using Hexbugs™ to model gas pressure and electrical conduction: A pandemic-inspired distance lab	5
Comment on “Experimental determination of heat capacities and their correlation with theoretical predictions” [Am. J. Phys. 79(11), 1099–1103 (2011)]	5
Measuring the viscosity of air with soapy water, a smartphone, a funnel, and a hose: An experiment for undergraduate physics students	5
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
How energy is conserved in Newtonian gravity	5
Toward a more coherent and profession-related physics teacher education: Linking subject-specific and physics education content in the study entry phase	5
Comment on “Coefficient of rolling friction: Lab experiment”	5
Illustrations of loosely bound and resonant states in atomic nuclei	5
Comment on “Atom-emitting-a-photon solved on the back of an envelope” [Am. J. Phys. 91, 576 (2023)]	5
Analysis of ill-conditioned cases of a mass moving on a sphere with friction	4
Investigating the magnetic field outside small accelerator magnet analogs via experiment, simulation, and theory	4
Arduino cavity controller for LIGO analogy lab [Am. J. Phys. 87, 44 (2019)]	4
Probing coherent phonons in the advanced undergraduate laboratory	4
In this issue: October 2022	4
Practical study of optical stellar interferometry	4
In this issue: February 2022	4
In this issue: January 2023	4
2024 Lillian McDermott medal lecture: You only get one—My life pursuing excellence in physics education	4
In this issue: March 2025	4
Decoherence, entanglement, and information in the electron double-slit experiment with monitoring	4
In this issue: December 2024	4
Thermal damping of the motion of a piston: Any irreversibility implies dissipation	4
General formalism for calculating the thermal efficiency of thermodynamic cycles defined in a p–V diagram	4
Memories of a mid-20th century electrical measurements laboratory and its instrumentation	4
In this issue: October 2025	4
A simple Minkowskian time-travel spacetime	4
Conic transfer arcs for Kepler's problem	4
In this issue: March 2024	3
Orbital mechanics with the Global Positioning System	3
Simulation led optical design assessments: Emphasizing practical and computational considerations in an upper division physics lecture course	3
Unexplored aspects of a variational principle in electrostatics	3
A new microscopic look into pressure fields and local buoyancy	3
Gamma camera imaging in an undergraduate physics course	3
Progressive quantum collapse	3
Active charge and discharge of a capacitor: Scaling solution and energy optimization	3
Velocity reciprocity and the relativity principle	3
Gravitational waves without general relativity redux	3

Teaching magnetism with bivectors	3
In this issue: May 2022	3
Is contour integration essential? Alternatives for beginning physics students	3
Solving free-fall motion in a rotating frame through analogy with the electromagnetic problem	3
Coriolis acceleration and critical slowing-down: A quantitative laboratory experiment	3
Finding and improving bounds of real functions by thermodynamic arguments	3
Implementing a course-based authentic learning experience with upper- and lower-division physics classes	3
Resource Letter: Synthesis of the elements in stars	3
A simple derivation of relativistic energy and momentum	3
Self-inductance and magnetic flux	3
Surface plasmon resonance sensing in the advanced physics laboratory	3
In this issue: February 2024	3
Bringing three-dimensional learning to undergraduate physics: Insight from an introductory physics laboratory course	3
Modeling the induced voltage of a disk magnet in free fall	3
Relativistic spin-0 particle in a box: Bound states, wave packets, and the disappearance of the Klein paradox	3
Simple precession calculation for Mercury: A linearization approach	3
In this issue: April 2024	3
Event-based analysis of convergence to energy equipartition	3
Quantitative measurement of birefringence in transparent films across the visible spectrum	3
A revolution in physics education was forecast in 1989, why hasn't it happened? What will it take?	3
Nonlinear oscillator acceleration and period variation with amplitude	3
Comment on “Thermodynamics of Benford's first digit law” [Am. J. Phys. 87, 787–790 (2019)]	3
Resource Letter CP-3: Computational physics	3
Charging a supercapacitor through a lamp: A power-law RC decay	2
Determining the difference between local acceleration and local gravity: Applications of the equivalence principle to relativistic trajectories	2
Bose and the angular momentum of the photon	2
A tabletop experiment for speed of light measurement using a Red Pitaya STEMlab board	2
Erratum: “A compact disc under skimming light rays” [Am. J. Phys. 86(3), 169 (2018)]	2
Electrostatic shape energy differences of one-dimensional line charges	2
Splitting the second: Designing a physics course with an emphasis on timescales of ultrafast phenomena	2
Demonstrating two-particle interference with a one-dimensional delta potential well	2
In this issue: November 2022	2
In this issue: Special collection on the environment, sustainability, and climate change	2
Gravitoelectromagnetism: Removing action-at-a-distance in teaching physics	2
Oblique collision of a soft rubber disk with a rigid surface	2
Erratum: “Advanced lab on Fresnel equations” [Am. J. Phys. 83, 935–941 (2015)]	2
Calculation and measurement of center of mass: An all-in-one activity using Tangram puzzles	2
On the bifurcation behavior of a folded notebook page	2
In this issue: December 2025	2
Shortest derivation of time-independent perturbation theory	2
The edge profile of liquid spills	2
Solving introductory physics problems recursively using iterated maps	2
Elongation of a ferrofluid droplet near a permanent magnet: A tidal or magnetic energy effect?	2
Resource Letter MP-4: The Manhattan Project and related nuclear research	2
Computational modeling of diffusive dynamics in a bouncer system with an irregular surface	2
A short pre-history of quantum gravity	2
2025 Paul W. Zitzewitz excellence in K-12 teaching award: Getting by with a little help from my friends	2
A Lorentz force law with velocity differences	2
Simulating spin dynamics with quantum computers	2
A modern interpretation of Newton's theorem of revolving orbits	2
Labor-based grading practices in the physics classroom	2
Teaching rotational physics with bivectors	2
Predicting the axial deformation of an extensible garden hose when pressurized	2
BOOK REVIEW	2
Treating disorder in introductory solid state physics	2
Relativistic acceleration in noninertial frames of a line of objects	2
Dark Matter: Evidence, Theory, and Constraints	2
An in-fiber Mach–Zehnder strain sensor for studying multimode interference of light	2
Outcomes of teaching physics using action-adventure scenarios with minimal direct instruction	2
Low-cost quadrature optical interferometer	2
In this issue: July 2025	2
Invariants: Finding constancy in a sea of change	2
Comment on ‘Dynamics of a bouncing capsule: An impulse model vs a Hertzian model’	2
The computer revolution in physics education? It's here!	2
Exact solutions for the inverse problem of the time-independent Schrödinger equation	2
The acceleration at maximum jerk in fall with quadratic drag	2
Why and how to implement worked examples in upper division theoretical physics	2
Using a smartphone camera to explore ray optics beyond the thin lens equation	2
Perihelion precession in power-law potentials: Hénon's theorem	2
Hyperbolic times in Minkowski space	2
Pandemic modeling with the game of life	2
Employing an operator form of the Rodrigues formula to calculate wavefunctions without differential equations	2
Climate sensitivity from radiative-convective equilibrium: A chalkboard approach	2
The hardest-hit home run?	2
A simple electronic circuit demonstrating Hopf bifurcation for an advanced undergraduate laboratory	2
Cosmological horizons	2
Resource Letter ALC-1: Advanced Laboratory Courses	2
2024 AAPT award citations at the winter meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana	2
Exploring entropy by counting microstates of the p-state paramagnet	2
Numerical simulation projects in micromagnetics with Jupyter	2

ChatGPT-4 with Code Interpreter can be used to solve introductory college-level vector calculus and electromagnetism problems	2
Using smartphone photographs of the Moon to acquaint students with non-Euclidean geometry	2
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	2
Wigner rotation and Euler angle parametrization	2
Comment on “Avoid propagation of typos with numerical methods” [Am. J. Phys. 89(1), 9 (2021)]	1
Initial evidence that peer instruction is less effective for physics students with lower quantitative preparation in a highly heterogeneous class	1
Comment on “Bouncing on a slope” [Am. J. Phys. 89, 143–146 (2021)]	1
Conditional probability as found in nature: Facilitated diffusion	1
State reduction?	1
An alternative derivation of propagator for a linear potential	1
Erratum: “All objects and some questions” [Am. J. Phys. 91, 819–825 (2023)]	1
Advanced undergraduate lab on quantum beats	1
Electromagnetic induction: How the “flux rule” has superseded Maxwell's general law	1
Vertical quasistatic Poiseuille flow: Theory and experiment	1
Metastable states in a 1D quantum system	1
Understanding exotic black hole orbits using effective potentials	1
2022 AAPT award citations at the summer meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan	1
2025 Melba Newell Phillips Medal award talk: Who's your wingman?	1
Climate teaching tidbits	1
The mass spectrum of quarkonium using matrix mechanics	1
How the air slows a closing book	1
Entropy production diagrams	1
An undergraduate physics experiment to measure the frequency-dependent impedance of inductors using an Anderson bridge	1
What is the maximum radius of cold planets?	1
Efimov effect for two particles on a semi-infinite line	1
Adiabatic invariance and its application to Wien's complete displacement law of blackbody radiation	1
Resource Letter BP-1: Biological physics	1
In this issue: November 2025	1
In this issue: September 2024	1
Helping students apply superposition principle in problems involving spherical, cylindrical, and planar charge distributions	1
Phase plot of a gravity pendulum acquired via the MEMS gyroscope and magnetic field sensors of a smartphone	1
Energy density of any capacitor or inductor	1
Magnetic hyperfine interaction made easier	1
An alternative way to solve the small oscillations problem	1
Numerical simulation of mirages above water bodies	1
Virtual lab: Using spreadsheets to simulate experiments measuring viscosity, BJT NPN curves, and RL circuits	1
Educational Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor	1
Multivalued specific heat	1
Sliding and rolling along circular tracks in a vertical plane	1
Coherent diffraction imaging in the undergraduate laboratory	1
Extending the discussion of entropy	1
A colored line on an optical disk	1
A glimpse of matrix mechanics via the harmonic oscillator	1
BOOKS RECEIVED	1
Applications of the eikonal approximation in quantum mechanical scattering	1
Beautiful experiments: An illustrated history of experimental science	1
The emergence of classical mixtures from an entangled quantum state	1
Simple realization of the polytropic process with a finite-sized reservoir	1
Understanding two-dimensional tractor magnets: Theory and realizations	1
Fermilab humor	1
Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect demonstrated for sound waves from a waterfall: An experimental, numerical, and analytical study	1
A simple setup for the determination of the cosmic muon magnetic moment	1
On the Brownian motion of a colloid trapped in optical tweezers: Experiments and simulations	1
Maxwell's color box: Retracing the path of color matching experiments	1
Space pirates: A pursuit curve problem involving retarded time	1
A course on climate change and sustainable building design	1
On the normalization and density of 1D scattering states	1
Paragliders' launch trajectory is universal	1
The law of entropy increase for bodies in mutual thermal contact	1
Quantum fields from dimensional analysis: Applications in condensed matter systems	1
Elastic collisions on a simulated circular air track	1
The harmonic quantum Szilárd engine	1
A Standard Model Workbook	1
Erratum: “Fraunhofer diffraction by a thin wire and Babinet's principle” [Am. J. Phys. 73, 83–84 (2005)]	1
A wave packet approach to resonant scattering	1
Adaptable research-based materials for teaching quantum mechanics	1
Response to Rod Cross's Letter	1
Continuous fractional component Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo	1
Does active participation in a daily quiz (TOPday) improve long-term retention in biomechanics?	1
Williamson theorem in classical, quantum, and statistical physics	1
What is a degree of freedom? Configuration spaces and their topology	1
From sucking worms to Windkessel: The physics of an early eighteenth century firefighting device	1
Call for papers: Special issue on motivating physics learning through research applications	1
Monte Carlo, blocking, and inference: How to measure the renormalization group flow	1
Photon under repeated transverse Lorentz boosts: An apparent paradox	1
From light emission to solar power: Experiment on LED's photovoltaic behavior	1
Effects of greenhouse gases on Earth, Venus, and Mars: Beyond the one-blanket model	1
Comment on “Spectral shifts in general relativity,” [Am. J. Phys. 62(10), 903–907 (1994)]	1
Coupled oscillations of the Wilberforce pendulum unveiled by smartphones	1
Measuring the speed of light using optical feedback from a picosecond diode laser	1
A simple treatment of the trolley paradox	1
J. Robert Oppenheimer, Physicist	1
Unveiling the interdisciplinary character of negative pressure	1
Exploration of the Q factor for a parallel RLC circuit	1
Daniel Davis, Jr., and his Manual of Magnetism	1
Theoretical and experimental examination of simple coaxial photonic crystals for undergraduate teaching	1
In this issue: July 2023	1
In this issue: June 2024	1
Breakdown of the connection between symmetries and conservation laws for semiholonomic systems	1
Cost-effective measurement of magnetostriction in nanoscale thin films through an optical cantilever displacement method	1
Efficient and affordable thermoelectric measurement setup using Arduino and LabVIEW for education and research	1
In this issue: August 2023	1
In this issue: September 2025	1
Physics writing in the era of artificial intelligence	1
An undergraduate laboratory experiment on nucleation and growth via polarizing optical microscopy of semicrystalline polymers	1