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
Quantum mechanics: A historical-linguistic perspective	22
Comment on projectile motion with quadratic drag using an inverse velocity expansion	22
Motion of a charged particle in the electric field of a uniformly charged finite wire	20
Erratum: “Smooth double barriers in quantum mechanics” [Am. J. Phys. 78, 1352–1360 (2010)]	16
Graphical analysis of an oscillator with constant magnitude sliding friction	16
Playing melodies on a single string by exciting harmonics using the Lorentz force	12
Complementarity and entanglement in a simple model of inelastic scattering	12
Elusive: How Peter Higgs solved the mystery of mass	11
Resource Letter DM1: Dark matter: An overview of theory and experiment	11
Whose work matters? A tool for identifying and developing more inclusive physics textbooks	11
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
The crane operator's trick and other shenanigans with a pendulum	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
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

Energy-mass equivalence from Maxwell equations	7
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
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
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
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
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
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
Velocity reciprocity and the relativity principle	3
Gravitational waves without general relativity redux	3
In this issue: May 2022	3
In this issue: February 2024	3
Solving free-fall motion in a rotating frame through analogy with the electromagnetic problem	3
Modeling the induced voltage of a disk magnet in free fall	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
Simple precession calculation for Mercury: A linearization approach	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
Comment on “Thermodynamics of Benford's first digit law” [Am. J. Phys. 87, 787–790 (2019)]	3
Bringing three-dimensional learning to undergraduate physics: Insight from an introductory physics laboratory course	3
In this issue: March 2024	3
Relativistic spin-0 particle in a box: Bound states, wave packets, and the disappearance of the Klein paradox	3
Simulation led optical design assessments: Emphasizing practical and computational considerations in an upper division physics lecture course	3
In this issue: April 2024	3
Event-based analysis of convergence to energy equipartition	3
A new microscopic look into pressure fields and local buoyancy	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
Resource Letter CP-3: Computational physics	3
Teaching magnetism with bivectors	3
Orbital mechanics with the Global Positioning System	3
Is contour integration essential? Alternatives for beginning physics students	3
Unexplored aspects of a variational principle in electrostatics	3
Coriolis acceleration and critical slowing-down: A quantitative laboratory experiment	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
Outcomes of teaching physics using action-adventure scenarios with minimal direct instruction	2
Low-cost quadrature optical interferometer	2
Invariants: Finding constancy in a sea of change	2
In this issue: July 2025	2
The computer revolution in physics education? It's here!	2
Comment on ‘Dynamics of a bouncing capsule: An impulse model vs a Hertzian model’	2
Exact solutions for the inverse problem of the time-independent Schrödinger equation	2
Why and how to implement worked examples in upper division theoretical physics	2
The acceleration at maximum jerk in fall with quadratic drag	2
Perihelion precession in power-law potentials: Hénon's theorem	2
Using a smartphone camera to explore ray optics beyond the thin lens equation	2
Pandemic modeling with the game of life	2
Hyperbolic times in Minkowski space	2
Climate sensitivity from radiative-convective equilibrium: A chalkboard approach	2
Employing an operator form of the Rodrigues formula to calculate wavefunctions without differential equations	2
A simple electronic circuit demonstrating Hopf bifurcation for an advanced undergraduate laboratory	2
The hardest-hit home run?	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
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
Using smartphone photographs of the Moon to acquaint students with non-Euclidean geometry	2
Wigner rotation and Euler angle parametrization	2
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
A tabletop experiment for speed of light measurement using a Red Pitaya STEMlab board	2
Bose and the angular momentum of the photon	2
Electrostatic shape energy differences of one-dimensional line charges	2
Erratum: “A compact disc under skimming light rays” [Am. J. Phys. 86(3), 169 (2018)]	2
Demonstrating two-particle interference with a one-dimensional delta potential well	2
Splitting the second: Designing a physics course with an emphasis on timescales of ultrafast phenomena	2
In this issue: Special collection on the environment, sustainability, and climate change	2
In this issue: November 2022	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
The edge profile of liquid spills	2
Shortest derivation of time-independent perturbation theory	2
Elongation of a ferrofluid droplet near a permanent magnet: A tidal or magnetic energy effect?	2
Solving introductory physics problems recursively using iterated maps	2
Resource Letter MP-4: The Manhattan Project and related nuclear research	2
A short pre-history of quantum gravity	2
Computational modeling of diffusive dynamics in a bouncer system with an irregular surface	2
A Lorentz force law with velocity differences	2
2025 Paul W. Zitzewitz excellence in K-12 teaching award: Getting by with a little help from my friends	2
A modern interpretation of Newton's theorem of revolving orbits	2
Simulating spin dynamics with quantum computers	2
Teaching rotational physics with bivectors	2
Labor-based grading practices in the physics classroom	2
BOOK REVIEW	2
Predicting the axial deformation of an extensible garden hose when pressurized	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