American Journal of Physics

Article	Citations
Motion of a charged particle in the electric field of a uniformly charged finite wire	42
Graphical analysis of an oscillator with constant magnitude sliding friction	39
An experimental demonstration of level attraction with coupled pendulums	30
Electric field lines of an arbitrarily moving charged particle	20
Complementarity and entanglement in a simple model of inelastic scattering	18
Playing melodies on a single string by exciting harmonics using the Lorentz force	16
Whose work matters? A tool for identifying and developing more inclusive physics textbooks	16
Quantum mechanics: A historical-linguistic perspective	10
Motion of a charged particle in the static fields of an infinite straight wire	10
Erratum: “Smooth double barriers in quantum mechanics” [Am. J. Phys. 78, 1352–1360 (2010)]	10
Comment on projectile motion with quadratic drag using an inverse velocity expansion	10
Infinite-fold energy degeneracy in 2D square lattices of magnetic spheres	10
Resource Letter DM1: Dark matter: An overview of theory and experiment	9
The basic concepts determining electromagnetic shielding	9
Elusive: How Peter Higgs solved the mystery of mass	9
Quantifying biomolecular diffusion with a “spherical cow” model	8
Data science education in undergraduate physics: Lessons learned from a community of practice	8
The right way to introduce complex numbers in damped harmonic oscillators	8
Online “Advanced Labs” in physics	8
The crane operator's trick and other shenanigans with a pendulum	8
Static dielectric response and screening in solid state physics: Why dimensionality matters in dielectrics	8
An undergraduate lab experiment on matched filtering as used in gravitational wave detection	8
In this issue: October 2023	7
Making digital aquatint with the Ising model	7
An analysis of the large amplitude simple pendulum using Fourier series	7

The Great Paradox of Science: Why Its Conclusions Can Be Relied Upon Even Though They Cannot Be Proven	7
In this issue: October 2021	7
Skier and loop-the-loop with friction	6
A Bose horn antenna radio telescope (BHARAT) design for 21 cm hydrogen line experiments for radio astronomy teaching	6
The e/m experiment: Student exploration into systematic uncertainty	6
Resources-oriented instruction: What does it mean, and what might it look like?	6
In this issue: July 2024	6
Visual relativistic mechanics	6
The field inside an infinite solenoid of arbitrary cross section using Ampère's law	6
Electrically connected and magnetically coupled inductors: Aiding or opposing fluxes?	6
Energy-mass equivalence from Maxwell equations	6
Stereographic projection to and from the Bloch sphere: Visualizing solutions of the Bloch equations and the Bloch–Riccati equation	6
Comment on “Coefficient of rolling friction: Lab experiment”	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
In this issue: February 2022	5
In this issue: January 2023	5
Illustrations of loosely bound and resonant states in atomic nuclei	5
Toward a more coherent and profession-related physics teacher education: Linking subject-specific and physics education content in the study entry phase	5
General formalism for calculating the thermal efficiency of thermodynamic cycles defined in a p–V diagram	5
Memories of a mid-20th century electrical measurements laboratory and its instrumentation	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
Investigating the magnetic field outside small accelerator magnet analogs via experiment, simulation, and theory	5
Self-inductance and magnetic flux	4
Arduino cavity controller for LIGO analogy lab [Am. J. Phys. 87, 44 (2019)]	4
Decoherence, entanglement, and information in the electron double-slit experiment with monitoring	4
Comment on “Atom-emitting-a-photon solved on the back of an envelope” [Am. J. Phys. 91, 576 (2023)]	4
A simple Minkowskian time-travel spacetime	4
Nonlinear oscillator acceleration and period variation with amplitude	4
In this issue: October 2022	4
Thermal damping of the motion of a piston: Any irreversibility implies dissipation	4
In this issue: March 2025	4
Probing coherent phonons in the advanced undergraduate laboratory	4
Analysis of ill-conditioned cases of a mass moving on a sphere with friction	4
In this issue: December 2024	4
2024 Lillian McDermott medal lecture: You only get one—My life pursuing excellence in physics education	4
Supporting student success	4
Velocity reciprocity and the relativity principle	3
Practical study of optical stellar interferometry	3
Simple precession calculation for Mercury: A linearization approach	3
Interference patterns produced by an evaporating droplet on a horizontal surface	3
Coriolis acceleration and critical slowing-down: A quantitative laboratory experiment	3
A new microscopic look into pressure fields and local buoyancy	3
In this issue: February 2024	3
A revolution in physics education was forecast in 1989, why hasn't it happened? What will it take?	3
Photoelectric effect measurements on a conventional neon bulb	3
Conic transfer arcs for Kepler's problem	3
Measuring the viscosity of air with soapy water, a smartphone, a funnel, and a hose: An experiment for undergraduate physics students	3
In this issue: March 2024	3
Unexplored aspects of a variational principle in electrostatics	3

Active charge and discharge of a capacitor: Scaling solution and energy optimization	3
The floating point: Tales of the unexpected	3
Resource Letter: Synthesis of the elements in stars	3
Modeling the induced voltage of a disk magnet in free fall	3
Gravitational waves without general relativity redux	3
How energy is conserved in Newtonian gravity	3
Is contour integration essential? Alternatives for beginning physics students	3
Bringing three-dimensional learning to undergraduate physics: Insight from an introductory physics laboratory course	3
Comment on “Thermodynamics of Benford's first digit law” [Am. J. Phys. 87, 787–790 (2019)]	3
Surface plasmon resonance sensing in the advanced physics laboratory	3
Teaching magnetism with bivectors	3
Simulation led optical design assessments: Emphasizing practical and computational considerations in an upper division physics lecture course	3
Quantitative measurement of birefringence in transparent films across the visible spectrum	3
Gravitoelectromagnetism: Removing action-at-a-distance in teaching physics	2
BOOKS RECEIVED	2
On the bifurcation behavior of a folded notebook page	2
Electrostatic shape energy differences of one-dimensional line charges	2
Treating disorder in introductory solid state physics	2
Pandemic modeling with the game of life	2
The Hohmann transfer as an application for teaching introductory physics	2
Demonstrating two-particle interference with a one-dimensional delta potential well	2
Understanding and compensating for noise on IBM quantum computers	2
Why and how to implement worked examples in upper division theoretical physics	2
Resource Letter MP-4: The Manhattan Project and related nuclear research	2
An in-fiber Mach–Zehnder strain sensor for studying multimode interference of light	2
A simple electronic circuit demonstrating Hopf bifurcation for an advanced undergraduate laboratory	2
Exploring entropy by counting microstates of the p-state paramagnet	2
In this issue: April 2024	2
In this issue: Special collection on the environment, sustainability, and climate change	2
Resource Letter CP-3: Computational physics	2
Comment on ‘Dynamics of a bouncing capsule: An impulse model vs a Hertzian model’	2
BOOK REVIEW	2
Resource Letter ALC-1: Advanced Laboratory Courses	2
Shortest derivation of time-independent perturbation theory	2
Outcomes of teaching physics using action-adventure scenarios with minimal direct instruction	2
Exact solutions for the inverse problem of the time-independent Schrödinger equation	2
In this issue: July 2025	2
Solving introductory physics problems recursively using iterated maps	2
Cosmological horizons	2
Teaching rotational physics with bivectors	2
A gentle introduction to the non-equilibrium physics of trajectories: Theory, algorithms, and biomolecular applications	2
The force required to operate the plunger on a French press	2
Implementing a course-based authentic learning experience with upper- and lower-division physics classes	2
Charging a supercapacitor through a lamp: A power-law RC decay	2
In this issue: August 2021	2
A short pre-history of quantum gravity	2
Orbital mechanics with the Global Positioning System	2
A modern interpretation of Newton's theorem of revolving orbits	2
Erratum: “Advanced lab on Fresnel equations” [Am. J. Phys. 83, 935–941 (2015)]	2
Gamma camera imaging in an undergraduate physics course	2
Invariants: Finding constancy in a sea of change	2
Relativistic spin-0 particle in a box: Bound states, wave packets, and the disappearance of the Klein paradox	2
ChatGPT-4 with Code Interpreter can be used to solve introductory college-level vector calculus and electromagnetism problems	2
Numerical simulation projects in micromagnetics with Jupyter	2
Wigner rotation and Euler angle parametrization	2
2024 AAPT award citations at the winter meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana	2
Low-cost quadrature optical interferometer	2
A simple derivation of relativistic energy and momentum	2
Determining the difference between local acceleration and local gravity: Applications of the equivalence principle to relativistic trajectories	2
Progressive quantum collapse	2
Climate sensitivity from radiative-convective equilibrium: A chalkboard approach	2
Finding and improving bounds of real functions by thermodynamic arguments	2
Calculation and measurement of center of mass: An all-in-one activity using Tangram puzzles	2
In this issue: May 2022	2
Perihelion precession in power-law potentials: Hénon's theorem	2
Event-based analysis of convergence to energy equipartition	2
A tabletop experiment for speed of light measurement using a Red Pitaya STEMlab board	2
Using smartphone photographs of the Moon to acquaint students with non-Euclidean geometry	2
In this issue: June 2024	1
Breakdown of the connection between symmetries and conservation laws for semiholonomic systems	1
Elongation of a ferrofluid droplet near a permanent magnet: A tidal or magnetic energy effect?	1
Elastic collisions on a simulated circular air track	1
Educational Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor	1
A simple treatment of the trolley paradox	1
In this issue: November 2022	1
Understanding two-dimensional tractor magnets: Theory and realizations	1
Experimentation on stochastic trajectories: From Brownian motion to inertial confined dynamics	1
The computer revolution in physics education? It's here!	1
Sliding and rolling along circular tracks in a vertical plane	1
Entropy production diagrams	1

Coherent diffraction imaging in the undergraduate laboratory	1
Erratum: “A compact disc under skimming light rays” [Am. J. Phys. 86(3), 169 (2018)]	1
Maxwell's color box: Retracing the path of color matching experiments	1
2025 Melba Newell Phillips Medal award talk: Who's your wingman?	1
Splitting the second: Designing a physics course with an emphasis on timescales of ultrafast phenomena	1
Quantum fields from dimensional analysis: Applications in condensed matter systems	1
Measuring the speed of light using optical feedback from a picosecond diode laser	1
Effects of greenhouse gases on Earth, Venus, and Mars: Beyond the one-blanket model	1
The hardest-hit home run?	1
Continuous fractional component Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo	1
In this issue: July 2023	1
What is a degree of freedom? Configuration spaces and their topology	1
Phase plot of a gravity pendulum acquired via the MEMS gyroscope and magnetic field sensors of a smartphone	1
Understanding exotic black hole orbits using effective potentials	1
Dynamics of a bouncing capsule: An impulse model vs a Hertzian model	1
Virtual lab: Using spreadsheets to simulate experiments measuring viscosity, BJT NPN curves, and RL circuits	1
2025 AAPT award citations at the winter meeting in St. Louis, Missouri	1
Labor-based grading practices in the physics classroom	1
Exploring complex pattern formation with convolutional neural networks	1
A physics-based study of the stagnation enthalpy rise of moving normal shocks	1
Unveiling the interdisciplinary character of negative pressure	1
Concepts in Monte Carlo sampling	1
Simple realization of the polytropic process with a finite-sized reservoir	1
How the air slows a closing book	1
The edge profile of liquid spills	1
The mass spectrum of quarkonium using matrix mechanics	1
2022 AAPT award citations at the summer meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan	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
Helping students apply superposition principle in problems involving spherical, cylindrical, and planar charge distributions	1
Initial evidence that peer instruction is less effective for physics students with lower quantitative preparation in a highly heterogeneous class	1
Relativistic acceleration in noninertial frames of a line of objects	1
Comment on “Spectral shifts in general relativity,” [Am. J. Phys. 62(10), 903–907 (1994)]	1
In this issue: August 2023	1
Erratum: “All objects and some questions” [Am. J. Phys. 91, 819–825 (2023)]	1
Oblique collision of a soft rubber disk with a rigid surface	1
Energy density of any capacitor or inductor	1
Theoretical and experimental examination of simple coaxial photonic crystals for undergraduate teaching	1
Janus Point: A New Theory of Time	1
Electromagnetic induction: How the “flux rule” has superseded Maxwell's general law	1
Book review—Beyond Global Warming: How Numerical Models Revealed the Secrets of Climate Change	1
Erratum: “Two and three particles interacting in a one-dimensional trap” [Am. J. Phys. 85, 769 (2017)]	1
Design-oriented analysis	1
Conditional probability as found in nature: Facilitated diffusion	1
Special issue on teaching about the environment, sustainability, and climate change	1
The harmonic quantum Szilárd engine	1
Hyperbolic times in Minkowski space	1
Adaptable research-based materials for teaching quantum mechanics	1
An alternative way to solve the small oscillations problem	1
Exam problems that link physical concepts with electrical phenomena in living cells	1
Comment on “Bouncing on a slope” [Am. J. Phys. 89, 143–146 (2021)]	1
In this issue: September 2024	1
Why the action?	1
A wave packet approach to resonant scattering	1
Modelling the Earth's magnetic field	1
A versatile Hong–Ou–Mandel interference experiment in optical fiber for the undergraduate laboratory	1
An algebra and trigonometry-based proof of Kepler's first law	1
Predicting the axial deformation of an extensible garden hose when pressurized	1
An undergraduate physics experiment to measure the frequency-dependent impedance of inductors using an Anderson bridge	1
Daniel Davis, Jr., and his Manual of Magnetism	1
Coupled oscillations of the Wilberforce pendulum unveiled by smartphones	1
On the Brownian motion of a colloid trapped in optical tweezers: Experiments and simulations	1
Making squeezed-coherent states concrete by determining their wavefunction	1
Paragliders' launch trajectory is universal	1
J. Robert Oppenheimer, Physicist	1
Physics writing in the era of artificial intelligence	1
Resource Letter BP-1: Biological physics	1
Williamson theorem in classical, quantum, and statistical physics	1
Bose and the angular momentum of the photon	1
Cost-effective measurement of magnetostriction in nanoscale thin films through an optical cantilever displacement method	1
Fermilab humor	1
Using Hilbert curves to organize, sample, and sonify solar data	1
Using a smartphone camera to explore ray optics beyond the thin lens equation	1
Scattering shadows	1
Efimov effect for two particles on a semi-infinite line	1
Employing an operator form of the Rodrigues formula to calculate wavefunctions without differential equations	1
A Standard Model Workbook	1
The law of entropy increase for bodies in mutual thermal contact	1
Exploration of the Q factor for a parallel RLC circuit	1
Simulating spin dynamics with quantum computers	1
Numerical simulation of mirages above water bodies	1
Adiabatic invariance and its application to Wien's complete displacement law of blackbody radiation	1
Single-, double-, and triple-slit diffraction of molecular matter waves	1
Response to Rod Cross's Letter	1
A course on climate change and sustainable building design	1
The drift motion of a spinning ball on carpet	1
Multivalued specific heat	1
Space pirates: A pursuit curve problem involving retarded time	1
State reduction?	1
Comment on “Avoid propagation of typos with numerical methods” [Am. J. Phys. 89(1), 9 (2021)]	1
A simple setup for the determination of the cosmic muon magnetic moment	1
On the normalization and density of 1D scattering states	1
Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect demonstrated for sound waves from a waterfall: An experimental, numerical, and analytical study	1
Erratum: “Fraunhofer diffraction by a thin wire and Babinet's principle” [Am. J. Phys. 73, 83–84 (2005)]	1
Magnetic hyperfine interaction made easier	1
Does active participation in a daily quiz (TOPday) improve long-term retention in biomechanics?	1