American Journal of Physics

Article	Citations
Infinite-fold energy degeneracy in 2D square lattices of magnetic spheres	57
Motion of a charged particle in the static fields of an infinite straight wire	50
Motion of a charged particle in the electric field of a uniformly charged finite wire	26
Graphical analysis of an oscillator with constant magnitude sliding friction	23
Playing melodies on a single string by exciting harmonics using the Lorentz force	22
Complementarity and entanglement in a simple model of inelastic scattering	18
Elusive: How Peter Higgs solved the mystery of mass	16
An experimental demonstration of level attraction with coupled pendulums	15
Online “Advanced Labs” in physics	15
Electric field lines of an arbitrarily moving charged particle	13
The basic concepts determining electromagnetic shielding	12
An undergraduate lab experiment on matched filtering as used in gravitational wave detection	12
The right way to introduce complex numbers in damped harmonic oscillators	11
Static dielectric response and screening in solid state physics: Why dimensionality matters in dielectrics	11
Escape from a one-dimensional metastable potential well revisited	11
Resource Letter DM1: Dark matter: An overview of theory and experiment	10
Data science education in undergraduate physics: Lessons learned from a community of practice	10
Comment on projectile motion with quadratic drag using an inverse velocity expansion	10
Motivating separation of variables	10
Quantum mechanics: A historical-linguistic perspective	10
Whose work matters? A tool for identifying and developing more inclusive physics textbooks	10
The e/m experiment: Student exploration into systematic uncertainty	9
The CUBE virtual reality immersion	9
In this issue: July 2024	8
Stereographic projection to and from the Bloch sphere: Visualizing solutions of the Bloch equations and the Bloch–Riccati equation	8

In this issue: October 2023	8
An analysis of the large amplitude simple pendulum using Fourier series	8
A Bose horn antenna radio telescope (BHARAT) design for 21 cm hydrogen line experiments for radio astronomy teaching	7
Resources-oriented instruction: What does it mean, and what might it look like?	7
Visual relativistic mechanics	7
Approaching the thermodynamic limit of an ideal gas	7
Electrically connected and magnetically coupled inductors: Aiding or opposing fluxes?	7
In this issue: May 2026	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)]	6
Toward a more coherent and profession-related physics teacher education: Linking subject-specific and physics education content in the study entry phase	6
Color and thickness of soap films	6
The field inside an infinite solenoid of arbitrary cross section using Ampère's law	6
Comment on “Coefficient of rolling friction: Lab experiment”	6
Skier and loop-the-loop with friction	6
Comment on “Experimental determination of heat capacities and their correlation with theoretical predictions” [Am. J. Phys. 79(11), 1099–1103 (2011)]	6
A simple Minkowskian time-travel spacetime	5
Decoherence, entanglement, and information in the electron double-slit experiment with monitoring	5
Comment on “Atom-emitting-a-photon solved on the back of an envelope” [Am. J. Phys. 91, 576 (2023)]	5
Arduino cavity controller for LIGO analogy lab [Am. J. Phys. 87, 44 (2019)]	5
In this issue: March 2025	5
Nonlinear oscillator acceleration and period variation with amplitude	5
Self-inductance and magnetic flux	5
Analysis of ill-conditioned cases of a mass moving on a sphere with friction	5
Probing coherent phonons in the advanced undergraduate laboratory	5
In this issue: October 2022	5
2024 Lillian McDermott medal lecture: You only get one—My life pursuing excellence in physics education	5
Memories of a mid-20th century electrical measurements laboratory and its instrumentation	5
Thermal damping of the motion of a piston: Any irreversibility implies dissipation	5
In this issue: January 2023	5
In this issue: December 2024	5
Surface plasmon resonance sensing in the advanced physics laboratory	4
Simple precession calculation for Mercury: A linearization approach	4
Conic transfer arcs for Kepler's problem	4
Comment on “Thermodynamics of Benford's first digit law” [Am. J. Phys. 87, 787–790 (2019)]	4
Quantitative measurement of birefringence in transparent films across the visible spectrum	4
Resource Letter: Synthesis of the elements in stars	4
Gravitational waves without general relativity redux	4
A revolution in physics education was forecast in 1989, why hasn't it happened? What will it take?	4
Investigating the magnetic field outside small accelerator magnet analogs via experiment, simulation, and theory	4
Practical study of optical stellar interferometry	4
Is contour integration essential? Alternatives for beginning physics students	4
Resource Letter CP-3: Computational physics	4
In this issue: March 2024	4
Active charge and discharge of a capacitor: Scaling solution and energy optimization	4
Coriolis acceleration and critical slowing-down: A quantitative laboratory experiment	4
Using Hexbugs™ to model gas pressure and electrical conduction: A pandemic-inspired distance lab	4
In this issue: October 2025	4
How energy is conserved in Newtonian gravity	4
In this issue: February 2024	4
Teaching magnetism with bivectors	4

Bringing three-dimensional learning to undergraduate physics: Insight from an introductory physics laboratory course	4
Modeling the induced voltage of a disk magnet in free fall	3
Shortest derivation of time-independent perturbation theory	3
A simple derivation of relativistic energy and momentum	3
Resource Letter MP-4: The Manhattan Project and related nuclear research	3
Cosmological horizons	3
Outcomes of teaching physics using action-adventure scenarios with minimal direct instruction	3
A tabletop experiment for speed of light measurement using a Red Pitaya STEMlab board	3
In this issue: April 2024	3
Gravitoelectromagnetism: Removing action-at-a-distance in teaching physics	3
In this issue: May 2022	3
The physics of cranberry bogs	3
Numerical simulation projects in micromagnetics with Jupyter	3
Comment on ‘Dynamics of a bouncing capsule: An impulse model vs a Hertzian model’	3
Why and how to implement worked examples in upper division theoretical physics	3
Finding and improving bounds of real functions by thermodynamic arguments	3
Climate sensitivity from radiative-convective equilibrium: A chalkboard approach	3
A simple electronic circuit demonstrating Hopf bifurcation for an advanced undergraduate laboratory	3
Erratum: “Advanced lab on Fresnel equations” [Am. J. Phys. 83 , 935–941 (2015)]	3
Orbital mechanics with the Global Positioning System	3
A Lorentz force law with velocity differences	3
Event-based analysis of convergence to energy equipartition	3
In this issue: July 2025	3
2024 AAPT award citations at the winter meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana	3
A dimensional analysis path to h and the Bohr atom structure	3
On the bifurcation behavior of a folded notebook page	3
BOOK REVIEW	3
Solving free-fall motion in a rotating frame through analogy with the electromagnetic problem	3
Dark Matter: Evidence, Theory, and Constraints	3
Implementing a course-based authentic learning experience with upper- and lower-division physics classes	3
Treating disorder in introductory solid state physics	3
State reduction?	2
ChatGPT-4 with Code Interpreter can be used to solve introductory college-level vector calculus and electromagnetism problems	2
A wave packet approach to resonant scattering	2
Invariants: Finding constancy in a sea of change	2
Labor-based grading practices in the physics classroom	2
A note on the kinematic boundary condition with historical perspective	2
The acceleration at maximum jerk in fall with quadratic drag	2
In this issue: December 2025	2
A bent straw as a tool for an affordable student-safe experiment in vortex ring dynamics	2
Employing an operator form of the Rodrigues formula to calculate wavefunctions without differential equations	2
Demonstrating two-particle interference with a one-dimensional delta potential well	2
2025 Paul W. Zitzewitz excellence in K-12 teaching award: Getting by with a little help from my friends	2
Wigner rotation and Euler angle parametrization	2
Shaping softness from hard elements	2
In this issue: Special collection on the environment, sustainability, and climate change	2
The computer revolution in physics education? It's here!	2
Oblique collision of a soft rubber disk with a rigid surface	2
Efimov effect for two particles on a semi-infinite line	2
A surprise to many physicists: Excel can handle complex numbers	2
Response to Rod Cross's Letter	2
On the invariance of the spacetime interval	2
Hyperbolic times in Minkowski space	2
Charging a supercapacitor through a lamp: A power-law RC decay	2
Using a smartphone camera to explore ray optics beyond the thin lens equation	2
Exploring entropy by counting microstates of the p-state paramagnet	2
Perihelion precession in power-law potentials: Hénon's theorem	2
Physics writing in the era of artificial intelligence	2
From pinhole imaging to planetary orbit: A year-long solar angular measurement with a pinhole camera	2
Erratum: “A compact disc under skimming light rays” [Am. J. Phys. 86(3), 169 (2018)]	2
Low-cost quadrature optical interferometer	2
The hardest-hit home run?	2
Teaching rotational physics with bivectors	2
Computational modeling of diffusive dynamics in a bouncer system with an irregular surface	2
Elongation of a ferrofluid droplet near a permanent magnet: A tidal or magnetic energy effect?	2
Pandemic modeling with the game of life	2
A colored line on an optical disk	2
Coherent diffraction imaging in the undergraduate laboratory	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
Virtual lab: Using spreadsheets to simulate experiments measuring viscosity, BJT NPN curves, and RL circuits	2
An in-fiber Mach–Zehnder strain sensor for studying multimode interference of light	2
Splitting the second: Designing a physics course with an emphasis on timescales of ultrafast phenomena	2
Electrostatic shape energy differences of one-dimensional line charges	2
Comment on “Bouncing on a slope” [Am. J. Phys. 89, 143–146 (2021)]	2
Exploring Fourier methods with beer bottles	2
Resource Letter ALC-1: Advanced Laboratory Courses	2
In this issue: November 2022	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
Exact solutions for the inverse problem of the time-independent Schrödinger equation	2

Simulating spin dynamics with quantum computers	2
A modern interpretation of Newton's theorem of revolving orbits	2
Predicting the axial deformation of an extensible garden hose when pressurized	2
Calculation and measurement of center of mass: An all-in-one activity using Tangram puzzles	2
Relativistic acceleration in noninertial frames of a line of objects	2
Call for papers: Special issue on motivating physics learning through research applications	2
Solving introductory physics problems recursively using iterated maps	2
Quantum fields from dimensional analysis: Applications in condensed matter systems	1
Is the law of optical reflection true?	1
The Shock of Recognition: Motifs of Modern Art and Science	1
An undergraduate laboratory experiment on nucleation and growth via polarizing optical microscopy of semicrystalline polymers	1
BOOKS RECEIVED	1
2024 AAPT award citations at the summer meeting in Boston, Massachusetts	1
Numerical modeling of the magnetic vector potential and the associated electromagnetic momenta	1
Beautiful experiments: An illustrated history of experimental science	1
Semiquantitative reasoning can help students track energy and understand conservation: Examples and results from a course on sustainable energy	1
Efficient and affordable thermoelectric measurement setup using Arduino and LabVIEW for education and research	1
Introducing quantum computing to high school students with Grover's search algorithm	1
Effects of greenhouse gases on Earth, Venus, and Mars: Beyond the one-blanket model	1
Frequency dependence of the displacement current density	1
Exam problems that link physical concepts with electrical phenomena in living cells	1
Initial evidence that peer instruction is less effective for physics students with lower quantitative preparation in a highly heterogeneous class	1
Comment on “Which is greater: eπ or πe? An unorthodox physical solution to a classic puzzle” [Am. J. Phys. 92(5), 397–398 (2024)]	1
The drift motion of a spinning ball on carpet	1
Continuous fractional component Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo	1
The first Global e-Competition on Astronomy and Astrophysics	1
Strategies for human-powered water ferries	1
Advanced undergraduate lab on quantum beats	1
Laser beams in Fabry–Perot cavities with circular apertures	1
Exploration of the Q factor for a parallel RLC circuit	1
Climate teaching tidbits	1
Thermal physics in the data age—Students judge the applicability of the equipartition theorem	1
From sucking worms to Windkessel: The physics of an early eighteenth century firefighting device	1
Monte Carlo, blocking, and inference: How to measure the renormalization group flow	1
Erratum: “Fraunhofer diffraction by a thin wire and Babinet's principle” [Am. J. Phys. 73 , 83–84 (2005)]	1
Entropy production diagrams	1
Paragliders' launch trajectory is universal	1
On the Bogoliubov–Valatin transformation for fermionic Hamiltonians without a linear part	1
In this issue: August 2023	1
Does active participation in a daily quiz (TOPday) improve long-term retention in biomechanics?	1
Simulating epidemics via the theory of dynamical systems	1
Numerical simulation of mirages above water bodies	1
Photon under repeated transverse Lorentz boosts: An apparent paradox	1
Apparatus and method to recover the Mueller matrix in bright-field microscopy	1
A simple setup for the determination of the cosmic muon magnetic moment	1
Lagrange points and regionally conserved quantities	1
Scattering shadows	1
Fundamental properties of beamsplitters in classical and quantum optics	1
Why the action?	1
Tutorials in climate modeling	1
2025 AAPT award citations at the winter meeting in St. Louis, Missouri	1
Energy density of any capacitor or inductor	1
Beyond the ABCDs: A better matrix method for geometric optics by using homogeneous coordinates	1
Higher multipoles of the cow	1
Resonant scattering and quasibound states with Airy functions	1
Black-hole analog in vehicular traffic	1
An alternative Lagrangian approach	1
Understanding two-dimensional tractor magnets: Theory and realizations	1
A low-cost confocal microscope for the undergraduate lab	1
Cost-effective measurement of magnetostriction in nanoscale thin films through an optical cantilever displacement method	1
An alternative derivation of propagator for a linear potential	1
A glimpse of matrix mechanics via the harmonic oscillator	1
Educational Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor	1
Elastic collisions on a simulated circular air track	1
From pixels to patterns: Decoding smartphone display properties through diffraction, reflection, and refraction	1
Comment on “Spectral shifts in general relativity,” [Am. J. Phys. 62(10), 903–907 (1994)]	1
Erratum: “All objects and some questions” [Am. J. Phys. 91 , 819–825 (2023)]	1
In this issue: February 2025	1
A Standard Model Workbook	1
Comment on “Avoid propagation of typos with numerical methods” [Am. J. Phys. 89(1), 9 (2021)]	1
Concerning classical forces, energies, and potentials for accelerated point charges	1
Adaptable research-based materials for teaching quantum mechanics	1
Metastable states in a 1D quantum system	1
Data transmission in a multimode optical fiber using a neural network	1
What is a degree of freedom? Configuration spaces and their topology	1
From light emission to solar power: Experiment on LED's photovoltaic behavior	1
In this issue: November 2025	1
2026 AAPT award citations at the winter meeting in Las Vegas, NV	1
Dynamics of a bouncing capsule: An impulse model vs a Hertzian model	1
Shallow- and deep-water ocean waves: Deconstructing the dispersion relation	1
Experimentation on stochastic trajectories: From Brownian motion to inertial confined dynamics	1
The emergence of classical mixtures from an entangled quantum state	1
Why is there no Poisson spot in a solar eclipse?	1
Hearing a Green's function	1
Conditional probability as found in nature: Facilitated diffusion	1
Matter, interaction, and change: A framework for an integrated approach to teaching introductory physics	1
Modelling the Earth's magnetic field	1
The Kibble balance: A low-cost implementation as an undergraduate laboratory experiment or demonstration	1
Applications of the eikonal approximation in quantum mechanical scattering	1
Extending the discussion of entropy	1
Coupled oscillations of the Wilberforce pendulum unveiled by smartphones	1
Sliding and rolling along circular tracks in a vertical plane	1
Helping students apply superposition principle in problems involving spherical, cylindrical, and planar charge distributions	1
Electromagnetic induction: How the “flux rule” has superseded Maxwell's general law	1
The nonlinearity of helical springs: An energy-based approach	1