American Journal of Physics

Article	Citations
Magnetic hyperfine interaction made easier	34
On the “contact” hyperfine interaction	34
An exploration of circumbinary systems using gravitational microlensing	31
On the Trail of Blackbody Radiation: Max Planck and the Physics of his Era	27
The mass spectrum of quarkonium using matrix mechanics	17
Electricity + Relativity → Magnetism	15
Paragliders' launch trajectory is universal	13
2022 AAPT award citations at the summer meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan	13
The one-dimensional potential energy function that is analogous to a two-dimensional track	12
In this issue: April 2021	11
Digital imaging of a random walk by computer simulation: Using a simple model to interpret the effects of finite spatio-temporal resolution	10
The bound-state solutions of the one-dimensional hydrogen atom	10
Why and how to implement worked examples in upper division theoretical physics	10
Breakdown of the connection between symmetries and conservation laws for semiholonomic systems	8
Graphical analysis of an oscillator with constant magnitude sliding friction	8
Motion of a charged particle in the electric field of a uniformly charged finite wire	8
Charging a supercapacitor through a lamp: A power-law RC decay	8
Solving introductory physics problems recursively using iterated maps	8
Revisiting Sommerfeld's atomic model using Euler–Lagrange dynamics	8
An undergraduate lab experiment on matched filtering as used in gravitational wave detection	7
Breakdown of a misinterpretation of Noether's theorem	7
Eigenmodes of fractal drums: A numerical student experiment	7
ArduinoTM microprocessors as a platform for modeling framework labs	7
The basic concepts determining electromagnetic shielding	7
A guide to the literature of the finite rectangular well	7

The crane operator's trick and other shenanigans with a pendulum	7
Energy conservation strategies for electric vehicles on hills	6
A simple state-of-the-art spectrometer for student labs: Cost-efficient, instructive, and widely applicable	6
Quantifying biomolecular diffusion with a “spherical cow” model	6
Wigner rotation and Euler angle parametrization	6
The force required to operate the plunger on a French press	6
Energy and Entropy: A Dynamic Duo	6
Flashes of Creation: George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the Great Big Bang Debate	6
Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters	6
Photographing a meter stick moving at relativistic speeds	6
Tidal effects in a spacecraft	6
Rubidium isotope shift measurement using noisy lasers	6
Force on a moving object in an ideal quantum gas	5
Pandemic modeling with the game of life	5
Perihelion precession in power-law potentials: Hénon's theorem	5
J. Robert Oppenheimer, Physicist	5
ChatGPT: A test drive	5
Helping students apply superposition principle in problems involving spherical, cylindrical, and planar charge distributions	5
Tesla's fluidic diode and the electronic-hydraulic analogy	5
Theoretical and experimental examination of simple coaxial photonic crystals for undergraduate teaching	5
Optical measurements on a budget: A 3D-printed ellipsometer	5
Teaching rotational physics with bivectors	5
A first encounter with the Hartree-Fock self-consistent-field method	5
Exploring entropy by counting microstates of the p-state paramagnet	5
Maxwell's color box: Retracing the path of color matching experiments	4
In this issue: November 2021	4
An experimental demonstration of level attraction with coupled pendulums	4
Coupled oscillations of the Wilberforce pendulum unveiled by smartphones	4
Calculation and measurement of center of mass: An all-in-one activity using Tangram puzzles	4
Observing hyperfine interactions of NV− centers in diamond in an advanced quantum teaching lab	4
Electric field lines of an arbitrarily moving charged particle	4
In this issue: Special collection on the environment, sustainability, and climate change	4
Special issue in celebration of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology	4
Electrostatic shape energy differences of one-dimensional line charges	4
Low-cost quadrature optical interferometer	4
An introduction to the Markov chain Monte Carlo method	4
Complementarity and entanglement in a simple model of inelastic scattering	4
A tabletop experiment for speed of light measurement using a Red Pitaya STEMlab board	4
Singular Lagrangians and the Dirac–Bergmann algorithm in classical mechanics	4
Modeling the frequency response of an acoustic cavity using the method of images	4
Fermilab humor	4
Free expansion of a Gaussian wavepacket using operator manipulations	3
An undergraduate physics experiment to measure the frequency-dependent impedance of inductors using an Anderson bridge	3
Demonstrating two-particle interference with a one-dimensional delta potential well	3
Cost-effective measurement of magnetostriction in nanoscale thin films through an optical cantilever displacement method	3
Comment on projectile motion with quadratic drag using an inverse velocity expansion	3
A modern interpretation of Newton's theorem of revolving orbits	3
In this issue: June 2022	3
Simple realization of the polytropic process with a finite-sized reservoir	3
Quantum mechanics: A historical-linguistic perspective	3

Exact solutions for the inverse problem of the time-independent Schrödinger equation	3
Simple portable quantum key distribution for science outreach	3
Galilean relativity and the path integral formalism in quantum mechanics	3
A shorter path to some action variables	3
Resource Letter ALC-1: Advanced Laboratory Courses	3
Static dielectric response and screening in solid state physics: Why dimensionality matters in dielectrics	3
A simplified relativity experiment	3
Footnotes (and other editorial innovations)	3
Low-energy scattering parameters: A theoretical derivation of the effective range and scattering length for arbitrary angular momentum	3
A taxonomy of magnetostatic field lines	3
In this issue: July 2022	3
Motion of a charged particle in the static fields of an infinite straight wire	3
ChatGPT-4 with Code Interpreter can be used to solve introductory college-level vector calculus and electromagnetism problems	3
In this issue: June 2024	3
Analytical solution of the Sommerfeld–Page equation	3
Infinite-fold energy degeneracy in 2D square lattices of magnetic spheres	3
Multiplicity counting using organic scintillators to distinguish neutron sources: An advanced teaching laboratory	3
Data science education in undergraduate physics: Lessons learned from a community of practice	3
The useful life of a physics teaching article	3
Measuring the balance of the world's largest machine	2
Adaptable research-based materials for teaching quantum mechanics	2
Which is greater: eπ or πe? An unorthodox physical solution to a classic puzzle	2
“A call to action”: Schrödinger's representation of quantum mechanics via Hamilton's principle	2
The rolling elliptical cylinder	2
Sliding and rolling along circular tracks in a vertical plane	2
Determining the difference between local acceleration and local gravity: Applications of the equivalence principle to relativistic trajectories	2
The e/m experiment: Student exploration into systematic uncertainty	2
A guide for incorporating e-teaching of physics in a post-COVID world	2
Falling toast	2
Whose work matters? A tool for identifying and developing more inclusive physics textbooks	2
Talking 'bout misinterpretation	2
Williamson theorem in classical, quantum, and statistical physics	2
A short pre-history of quantum gravity	2
Elastic collisions on a simulated circular air track	2
BOOKS RECEIVED	2
Making digital aquatint with the Ising model	2
A new look at quantal time evolution	2
Unexpected optimal measurement protocols in Bell's inequality violation experiments	2
Entropy production diagrams	2
Electrically connected and magnetically coupled inductors: Aiding or opposing fluxes?	2
The mobile phone as a free-rotation laboratory	2
In this issue: October 2021	2
2024 Jackson Award for Excellence in Graduate Physics Education lecture: Physics graduate education for the 21st century	2
The physics of Magnus gliders	2
Erratum: “Smooth double barriers in quantum mechanics” [Am. J. Phys. 78, 1352–1360 (2010)]	2
Computing scattering cross sections for spherically symmetric potentials	2
Measuring light intensity from a photograph: Comment on “Using a shoebox spectrograph to investigate the differences between reflection and emission” by Timothy T. Grove, Jacob Millspaw, Eric Tomek, R	2
In this issue: November 2022	2
A vectorial analysis of the “Golfer's Nemesis”	2
On the normalization and density of 1D scattering states	2
Educational Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor	2
Isotropic inertia tensor without symmetry of mass distribution	2
The edge profile of liquid spills	2
Playing melodies on a single string by exciting harmonics using the Lorentz force	2
An analysis of the large amplitude simple pendulum using Fourier series	2
Resources-oriented instruction: What does it mean, and what might it look like?	2
In this issue: March 2023	2
Resource Letter DM1: Dark matter: An overview of theory and experiment	2
An economical smoke chamber and light-sheet microscope system for experiments in fluid dynamics and electrostatics	2
The Newcomb–Benford law: Scale invariance and a simple Markov process based on it	2
Design-oriented analysis	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
Oblique collision of a soft rubber disk with a rigid surface	2
An algebra and trigonometry-based proof of Kepler's first law	2
Broken pencils and moving rulers: After an unpublished book by Mitchell Feigenbaum	2
An in-fiber Mach–Zehnder strain sensor for studying multimode interference of light	2
Energy-mass equivalence from Maxwell equations	2
Skier and loop-the-loop with friction	2
The uncertainty principle and quantum wave functions that are their own Fourier transforms	2
The Visual Elements––– Photography: A Handbook for Communicating Science and Engineering by Felice C. Frankel	2
Erratum: “Fraunhofer diffraction by a thin wire and Babinet's principle” [Am. J. Phys. 73, 83–84 (2005)]	2
Erratum: “Introducing simple models of social systems” [Am. J. Phys. 90, 462-468 (2022)]	2
Drone–drone collisions over New York City via the kinetic theory of gases	2
On numerical solutions of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation	2
Soil analysis using a 2″ NaI gamma detector	1
Understanding two-dimensional tractor magnets: Theory and realizations	1
Subtle features in projectile motion with quadratic drag found through Taylor series expansions	1
Fréedericksz transition on air	1
In this issue: December 2021	1
Comment on “Experimental determination of heat capacities and their correlation with theoretical predictions” [Am. J. Phys. 79(11), 1099–1103 (2011)]	1

Two-body bound states through Yukawa forces and perspectives on hydrogen and deuterium	1
In this issue: June 2021	1
A physics-based study of the stagnation enthalpy rise of moving normal shocks	1
Projectile motion with quadratic drag	1
Application of the Helfrich elasticity theory to the morphology of red blood cells	1
Using lock-in detection to build a barcode scanner	1
Continuous fractional component Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo	1
Gravitational waves physics using Fermi coordinates: A new teaching perspective	1
In this issue: April 2025	1
Hyperbolic times in Minkowski space	1
Resource Letter BP-1: Biological physics	1
Gravitational lens effect revisited through membrane waves	1
The Great Paradox of Science: Why Its Conclusions Can Be Relied Upon Even Though They Cannot Be Proven	1
Torricelli's experiment and conservation of momentum	1
Erratum: “Comment on projectile motion with quadratic drag using an inverse velocity expansion” [Am. J. Phys. 90, 861 (2022)]	1
In this issue: October 2022	1
Forces and conservation laws for motion on our spheroidal Earth	1
Stereographic projection to and from the Bloch sphere: Visualizing solutions of the Bloch equations and the Bloch–Riccati equation	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
In this issue: February 2023	1
Kepler's Moon puzzle—A historical context for pinhole imaging	1
The field inside an infinite solenoid of arbitrary cross section using Ampère's law	1
Science Between Myth and History: The Quest for Common Ground and Its Importance for Scientific Practice	1
Conditional probability as found in nature: Facilitated diffusion	1
Relativistic acceleration in noninertial frames of a line of objects	1
Splitting the second: Designing a physics course with an emphasis on timescales of ultrafast phenomena	1
A novel method of images for solving Laplace's equation and deriving demagnetization factors for spheroidal bodies	1
Insight into the gas–liquid transition from the Berthelot model	1
The Persico equation for minimum uncertainty states	1
Physics writing in the era of artificial intelligence	1
Frequency-dependent capacitors using paper	1
An interactive gravitational-wave detector model for museums and fairs	1
Endless fun in high dimensions—A quantum card game	1
Interplay between Airy and Coriolis precessions in a real Foucault pendulum	1
Comment on “Coefficient of rolling friction: Lab experiment”	1
Scattering of identical particles by a one-dimensional Dirac delta function barrier potential: The role of statistics	1
Acoustic levitation and the acoustic radiation force	1
Black hole flyby	1
Numerical simulation of mirages above water bodies	1
The computer revolution in physics education? It's here!	1
Periodic strings: A mechanical analogy to photonic and phononic crystals	1
Invariants: Finding constancy in a sea of change	1
BOOKS RECEIVED	1
Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet	1
Simulating spin dynamics with quantum computers	1
Elongation of a ferrofluid droplet near a permanent magnet: A tidal or magnetic energy effect?	1
General formalism for calculating the thermal efficiency of thermodynamic cycles defined in a p–V diagram	1
Easy method to establish the dispersion relation of capillary waves on water jets	1
Transition from bouncing to rolling on a horizontal surface	1
Thermal infrared astronomy for the introductory laboratory	1
A wave packet approach to resonant scattering	1
Virtual learning via spreadsheets: Real-time simulation of an RC circuit	1
Labor-based grading practices in the physics classroom	1
An exact solution for a particle in a velocity-dependent force field	1
Using Hilbert curves to organize, sample, and sonify solar data	1
It is time to honor Emmy Noether with a momentum unit	1
In this issue: July 2024	1
The toppling of a uniform rectangular block	1
Bose and the angular momentum of the photon	1
Erratum: “A compact disc under skimming light rays” [Am. J. Phys. 86(3), 169 (2018)]	1
Schrödinger's equation as a diffusion equation	1
In this issue: May 2021	1
On viewing the Himalayas from the plains	1
Gravitational Few-Body Dynamics: A Numerical Approach	1
Quantitative analysis of a smartphone pendulum beyond linear approximation: A lockdown practical homework	1
Momentum conservation in the Biot–Savart law	1
Is Einstein still right? Black holes, gravitational waves, and the quest to verify Einstein's greatest creation	1
Why does water shoot higher if we partially block the garden hose outlet?	1
Thermal equilibrium of an ideal gas in a free-floating box	1
In this issue: August 2023	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
In this issue: November 2023	1
Simulating gravitational motion, gas dynamics, and structure in the cosmos	1
Supporting student success	1
Rutherford scattering of quantum and classical fields	1
Using a smartphone camera to explore ray optics beyond the thin lens equation	1
In this issue: September 2021	1
Simple derivation of the explicit forms of quantum-mechanical fundamental representations	1
Energy density of any capacitor or inductor	1
Introducing simple models of social systems	1
Gravitational orbits and the Lambert problem	1
The hardest-hit home run?	1
On cat–human interaction from the viewpoint of physics: An equation of motion	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
In this issue: January 2023	1
Predicting the axial deformation of an extensible garden hose when pressurized	1
Employing an operator form of the Rodrigues formula to calculate wavefunctions without differential equations	1
Kelvin's clouds	1
In this issue: August 2022	1
A Standard Model Workbook	1
A Bose horn antenna radio telescope (BHARAT) design for 21 cm hydrogen line experiments for radio astronomy teaching	1
A classical analog for defects in quantum band formation	1
Magnetic diffusion, inductive shielding, and the Laplace transform	1
In this issue: October 2023	1
Quantum versus classical quenches and the broadening of wave packets	1