American Journal of Physics

Article	Citations
On the “contact” hyperfine interaction	31
Magnetic hyperfine interaction made easier	24
An exploration of circumbinary systems using gravitational microlensing	22
A shorter path to some action variables	20
On the Trail of Blackbody Radiation: Max Planck and the Physics of his Era	16
Low-energy scattering parameters: A theoretical derivation of the effective range and scattering length for arbitrary angular momentum	15
Singular Lagrangians and the Dirac–Bergmann algorithm in classical mechanics	15
A tabletop experiment for speed of light measurement using a Red Pitaya STEMlab board	15
The mass spectrum of quarkonium using matrix mechanics	13
Electricity + Relativity → Magnetism	13
Observing hyperfine interactions of NV− centers in diamond in an advanced quantum teaching lab	10
The useful life of a physics teaching article	9
In this issue: June 2022	9
2022 AAPT award citations at the summer meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan	9
The one-dimensional potential energy function that is analogous to a two-dimensional track	8
Paragliders' launch trajectory is universal	8
In this issue: July 2022	8
Modeling the frequency response of an acoustic cavity using the method of images	8
In this issue: January 2021	7
In this issue: June 2024	7
Chaos in the monopole ion trap	7
The rolling elliptical cylinder	7
Sun glints and luminous wriggles by the seashore	7
In this issue: April 2021	6
Breakdown of the connection between symmetries and conservation laws for semiholonomic systems	6

Length as a paradigm for understanding the classical limit	6
Digital imaging of a random walk by computer simulation: Using a simple model to interpret the effects of finite spatio-temporal resolution	6
The bound-state solutions of the one-dimensional hydrogen atom	6
Demonstrating two-particle interference with a one-dimensional delta potential well	6
Analytical solution of the Sommerfeld–Page equation	6
In this issue: March 2021	6
A first encounter with the Hartree-Fock self-consistent-field method	6
A simplified relativity experiment	6
Bouncing on a slope	6
An introduction to the Markov chain Monte Carlo method	5
The basic concepts determining electromagnetic shielding	5
Breakdown of a misinterpretation of Noether's theorem	5
Motion of a charged particle in the static fields of an infinite straight wire	5
Elastic collisions on a simulated circular air track	5
Motion of a charged particle in the electric field of a uniformly charged finite wire	5
Graphical analysis of an oscillator with constant magnitude sliding friction	5
Fermilab humor	5
Revisiting Sommerfeld's atomic model using Euler–Lagrange dynamics	5
Charging a supercapacitor through a lamp: A power-law RC decay	5
Electrostatic shape energy differences of one-dimensional line charges	5
Perihelion precession in power-law potentials: Hénon's theorem	5
Flashes of Creation: George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the Great Big Bang Debate	4
A simple state-of-the-art spectrometer for student labs: Cost-efficient, instructive, and widely applicable	4
An experimental demonstration of level attraction with coupled pendulums	4
Maxwell's color box: Retracing the path of color matching experiments	4
Exploring entropy by counting microstates of the p-state paramagnet	4
In this issue: Special collection on the environment, sustainability, and climate change	4
ChatGPT: A test drive	4
Rubidium isotope shift measurement using noisy lasers	4
Tidal effects in a spacecraft	4
Eigenmodes of fractal drums: A numerical student experiment	4
A guide to the literature of the finite rectangular well	4
Photographing a meter stick moving at relativistic speeds	4
ArduinoTM microprocessors as a platform for modeling framework labs	4
Energy and Entropy: A Dynamic Duo	4
Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters	4
Quantifying biomolecular diffusion with a “spherical cow” model	4
The force required to operate the plunger on a French press	4
Special issue in celebration of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology	4
Coupled oscillations of the Wilberforce pendulum unveiled by smartphones	4
The crane operator's trick and other shenanigans with a pendulum	4
Electric field lines of an arbitrarily moving charged particle	4
The Newcomb–Benford law: Scale invariance and a simple Markov process based on it	4
Wigner rotation and Euler angle parametrization	4
Energy conservation strategies for electric vehicles on hills	4
Playing melodies on a single string by exciting harmonics using the Lorentz force	3
Boosting vector calculus with the graphical notation	3
Isotropic inertia tensor without symmetry of mass distribution	3
Static dielectric response and screening in solid state physics: Why dimensionality matters in dielectrics	3
Multiplicity counting using organic scintillators to distinguish neutron sources: An advanced teaching laboratory	3

Helping students apply superposition principle in problems involving spherical, cylindrical, and planar charge distributions	3
Force on a moving object in an ideal quantum gas	3
Cost-effective measurement of magnetostriction in nanoscale thin films through an optical cantilever displacement method	3
Resource Letter ALC-1: Advanced Laboratory Courses	3
An in-fiber Mach–Zehnder strain sensor for studying multimode interference of light	3
Which is greater: eπ or πe? An unorthodox physical solution to a classic puzzle	3
The uncertainty principle and quantum wave functions that are their own Fourier transforms	3
Resource Letter DM1: Dark matter: An overview of theory and experiment	3
An algebra and trigonometry-based proof of Kepler's first law	3
J. Robert Oppenheimer, Physicist	3
Pandemic modeling with the game of life	3
Optical measurements on a budget: A 3D-printed ellipsometer	3
Why and how to implement worked examples in upper division theoretical physics	3
Quantum mechanics: A historical-linguistic perspective	3
A taxonomy of magnetostatic field lines	3
Footnotes (and other editorial innovations)	3
Data science education in undergraduate physics: Lessons learned from a community of practice	3
Whose work matters? A tool for identifying and developing more inclusive physics textbooks	3
A short pre-history of quantum gravity	3
In this issue: November 2021	3
Teaching rotational physics with bivectors	3
Low-cost quadrature optical interferometer	3
Simple portable quantum key distribution for science outreach	3
Galilean relativity and the path integral formalism in quantum mechanics	3
Complementarity and entanglement in a simple model of inelastic scattering	3
Tesla's fluidic diode and the electronic-hydraulic analogy	3
Infinite-fold energy degeneracy in 2D square lattices of magnetic spheres	3
A modern interpretation of Newton's theorem of revolving orbits	3
On the normalization and density of 1D scattering states	3
2024 Jackson Award for Excellence in Graduate Physics Education lecture: Physics graduate education for the 21st century	2
Electrically connected and magnetically coupled inductors: Aiding or opposing fluxes?	2
A Bose horn antenna radio telescope (BHARAT) design for 21 cm hydrogen line experiments for radio astronomy teaching	2
Numerical simulation of mirages above water bodies	2
The mobile phone as a free-rotation laboratory	2
The e/m experiment: Student exploration into systematic uncertainty	2
Calculation and measurement of center of mass: An all-in-one activity using Tangram puzzles	2
Computing scattering cross sections for spherically symmetric potentials	2
Exact solutions for the inverse problem of the time-independent Schrödinger equation	2
Energy-mass equivalence from Maxwell equations	2
Comment on “Spectral shifts in general relativity,” [Am. J. Phys. 62(10), 903–907 (1994)]	2
Making digital aquatint with the Ising model	2
Quantitative analysis of a smartphone pendulum beyond linear approximation: A lockdown practical homework	2
BOOKS RECEIVED	2
Virtual learning via spreadsheets: Real-time simulation of an RC circuit	2
Falling toast	2
The Great Paradox of Science: Why Its Conclusions Can Be Relied Upon Even Though They Cannot Be Proven	2
ChatGPT-4 with Code Interpreter can be used to solve introductory college-level vector calculus and electromagnetism problems	2
Comment on projectile motion with quadratic drag using an inverse velocity expansion	2
Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet	2
Comment on “Determining the difference between local acceleration and local gravity: Applications of the equivalence principle to relativistic trajectories” [Am. J. Phys. 92(6), 444–449 (2024)]	2
Talking 'bout misinterpretation	2
Erratum: “Smooth double barriers in quantum mechanics” [Am. J. Phys. 78, 1352–1360 (2010)]	2
The Visual Elements––– Photography: A Handbook for Communicating Science and Engineering by Felice C. Frankel	2
A guide for incorporating e-teaching of physics in a post-COVID world	2
In this issue: July 2024	2
An undergraduate physics experiment to measure the frequency-dependent impedance of inductors using an Anderson bridge	2
Oblique collision of a soft rubber disk with a rigid surface	2
Stereographic projection to and from the Bloch sphere: Visualizing solutions of the Bloch equations and the Bloch–Riccati equation	2
A vectorial analysis of the “Golfer's Nemesis”	2
Voltage decay in an RLC circuit is not what is taught: An advanced laboratory exercise	2
Entropy production diagrams	2
Quantum versus classical quenches and the broadening of wave packets	2
Modeling and measuring the non-ideal characteristics of transmission lines	2
Schrödinger's equation as a diffusion equation	2
Broken pencils and moving rulers: After an unpublished book by Mitchell Feigenbaum	2
In this issue: November 2022	2
Forces and conservation laws for motion on our spheroidal Earth	2
Erratum: “Fraunhofer diffraction by a thin wire and Babinet's principle” [Am. J. Phys. 73, 83–84 (2005)]	2
The physics of Magnus gliders	2
Determining the difference between local acceleration and local gravity: Applications of the equivalence principle to relativistic trajectories	2
Williamson theorem in classical, quantum, and statistical physics	2
Erratum: “Introducing simple models of social systems” [Am. J. Phys. 90, 462-468 (2022)]	2
Skier and loop-the-loop with friction	2
Simple realization of the polytropic process with a finite-sized reservoir	2
Insight into the gas–liquid transition from the Berthelot model	2
Theoretical and experimental examination of simple coaxial photonic crystals for undergraduate teaching	2
Free expansion of a Gaussian wavepacket using operator manipulations	2
Easy method to establish the dispersion relation of capillary waves on water jets	2
It is time to honor Emmy Noether with a momentum unit	2
Rutherford scattering of quantum and classical fields	2

Labor-based grading practices in the physics classroom	2
Drone–drone collisions over New York City via the kinetic theory of gases	2
Simple derivation of the explicit forms of quantum-mechanical fundamental representations	2
In this issue: October 2021	2
Design-oriented analysis	2
Endless fun in high dimensions—A quantum card game	2
Subtle features in projectile motion with quadratic drag found through Taylor series expansions	1
Basics of sound in air: Correspondence with electromagnetic waves	1
Elongation of a ferrofluid droplet near a permanent magnet: A tidal or magnetic energy effect?	1
Introducing simple models of social systems	1
Resources-oriented instruction: What does it mean, and what might it look like?	1
On viewing the Himalayas from the plains	1
Torricelli's experiment and conservation of momentum	1
Resource Letter BP-1: Biological physics	1
The edge profile of liquid spills	1
A novel method of images for solving Laplace's equation and deriving demagnetization factors for spheroidal bodies	1
Energy density of any capacitor or inductor	1
Algorithm to visualize a 3D normal surface in anisotropic crystals and the polarization states of the o- and e-waves in uniaxial crystals	1
Bose and the angular momentum of the photon	1
Quantum Legacies: Dispatches from an Uncertain World	1
In this issue: February 2022	1
Transition from bouncing to rolling on a horizontal surface	1
In this issue: February 2021	1
Relativistic acceleration in noninertial frames of a line of objects	1
Gravitational Few-Body Dynamics: A Numerical Approach	1
Science Between Myth and History: The Quest for Common Ground and Its Importance for Scientific Practice	1
An economical smoke chamber and light-sheet microscope system for experiments in fluid dynamics and electrostatics	1
Heat engines with finite reservoirs	1
Splitting the second: Designing a physics course with an emphasis on timescales of ultrafast phenomena	1
Comment on “Coefficient of rolling friction: Lab experiment”	1
Frequency-dependent capacitors using paper	1
Thermal damping of the motion of a piston: Any irreversibility implies dissipation	1
Two-body bound states through Yukawa forces and perspectives on hydrogen and deuterium	1
“Everyone is new to this”: Student reflections on different aspects of online learning	1
Momentum conservation in the Biot–Savart law	1
Six textbook mistakes in computational physics	1
Arduino cavity controller for LIGO analogy lab [Am. J. Phys. 87, 44 (2019)]	1
Invariants: Finding constancy in a sea of change	1
Index matching computerized tomography	1
A Standard Model Workbook	1
Erratum: “A compact disc under skimming light rays” [Am. J. Phys. 86(3), 169 (2018)]	1
A new look at quantal time evolution	1
Simulating spin dynamics with quantum computers	1
The hardest-hit home run?	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
Sliding and rolling along circular tracks in a vertical plane	1
Neumann, but hold the von	1
Erratum: “Feynman, Lewin, and Einstein download Zoom: A guide for incorporating e-teaching of physics in a post-COVID world” [Am. J. Phys. 89, 403 (2021)]	1
On numerical solutions of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation	1
Equilibrium probability distribution for number of bound receptor-ligand complexes	1
The field inside an infinite solenoid of arbitrary cross section using Ampère's law	1
In this issue: June 2021	1
Employing an operator form of the Rodrigues formula to calculate wavefunctions without differential equations	1
When to postpone approximating: The Rule of 69.3ish	1
Magnetic diffusion, inductive shielding, and the Laplace transform	1
Transport through quantum dots: An introduction via master equation simulations	1
Investigating the magnetic field outside small accelerator magnet analogs via experiment, simulation, and theory	1
Understanding two-dimensional tractor magnets: Theory and realizations	1
An interactive gravitational-wave detector model for museums and fairs	1
In this issue: October 2023	1
Expanding the range of validity of the simplest computation of the perihelion precession in Schwarzschild spacetime	1
Different scenarios of shrinking surface soap bubbles	1
The emergence of classical mixtures from an entangled quantum state	1
In this issue: May 2021	1
General formalism for calculating the thermal efficiency of thermodynamic cycles defined in a p–V diagram	1
Investigating and improving student understanding of the basics for a system of identical particles	1
d'Alembert digitized: A wave pulse method for visualizing electromagnetic waves in matter and for deriving the finite difference time domain method for numerically solving Maxwell's equations	1
Virtual lab: Using spreadsheets to simulate experiments measuring viscosity, BJT NPN curves, and RL circuits	1
Measuring the balance of the world's largest machine	1
Spatial structuring of light for undergraduate laboratories	1
On cat–human interaction from the viewpoint of physics: An equation of motion	1
Erratum: “Comment on projectile motion with quadratic drag using an inverse velocity expansion” [Am. J. Phys. 90, 861 (2022)]	1
In this issue: November 2023	1
An exact solution for a particle in a velocity-dependent force field	1
Hyperbolic times in Minkowski space	1
Soil analysis using a 2″ NaI gamma detector	1
An analysis of the large amplitude simple pendulum using Fourier series	1
Of balls, bladders, and balloons: The time required to deflate an elastic sphere	1
A classical analog for defects in quantum band formation	1
Periodic strings: A mechanical analogy to photonic and phononic crystals	1
Ball bearings and bearing balls	1
Predicting the axial deformation of an extensible garden hose when pressurized	1
BOOKS RECEIVED	1
In this issue: December 2021	1
The Persico equation for minimum uncertainty states	1
Gravitational lens effect revisited through membrane waves	1
Kelvin's clouds	1
Is Einstein still right? Black holes, gravitational waves, and the quest to verify Einstein's greatest creation	1
Comment on “Experimental determination of heat capacities and their correlation with theoretical predictions” [Am. J. Phys. 79(11), 1099–1103 (2011)]	1
Fréedericksz transition on air	1
In this issue: May 2024	1
High-speed visualization of soap films bursting dynamics	1
Using Hilbert curves to organize, sample, and sonify solar data	1
The toppling of a uniform rectangular block	1
Scattering of identical particles by a one-dimensional Dirac delta function barrier potential: The role of statistics	1