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
Online “Advanced Labs” in physics	15
An experimental demonstration of level attraction with coupled pendulums	15
Electric field lines of an arbitrarily moving charged particle	13
An undergraduate lab experiment on matched filtering as used in gravitational wave detection	12
The basic concepts determining electromagnetic shielding	12
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
The right way to introduce complex numbers in damped harmonic oscillators	11
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
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
The CUBE virtual reality immersion	9
The e/m experiment: Student exploration into systematic uncertainty	9
An analysis of the large amplitude simple pendulum using Fourier series	8
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
Approaching the thermodynamic limit of an ideal gas	7
Electrically connected and magnetically coupled inductors: Aiding or opposing fluxes?	7
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Orbital mechanics with the Global Positioning System	3
Climate sensitivity from radiative-convective equilibrium: A chalkboard approach	3
Event-based analysis of convergence to energy equipartition	3
Erratum: “Advanced lab on Fresnel equations” [Am. J. Phys. 83 , 935–941 (2015)]	3
In this issue: July 2025	3
A Lorentz force law with velocity differences	3
2024 AAPT award citations at the winter meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana	3
On the bifurcation behavior of a folded notebook page	3
Solving free-fall motion in a rotating frame through analogy with the electromagnetic problem	3
A dimensional analysis path to h and the Bohr atom structure	3
Implementing a course-based authentic learning experience with upper- and lower-division physics classes	3
BOOK REVIEW	3
Modeling the induced voltage of a disk magnet in free fall	3
Dark Matter: Evidence, Theory, and Constraints	3
Shortest derivation of time-independent perturbation theory	3
Treating disorder in introductory solid state physics	3
A simple derivation of relativistic energy and momentum	3
Resource Letter MP-4: The Manhattan Project and related nuclear research	3
Outcomes of teaching physics using action-adventure scenarios with minimal direct instruction	3
In this issue: April 2024	3
Cosmological horizons	3
In this issue: May 2022	3
A tabletop experiment for speed of light measurement using a Red Pitaya STEMlab board	3
Numerical simulation projects in micromagnetics with Jupyter	3
Gravitoelectromagnetism: Removing action-at-a-distance in teaching physics	3
Comment on ‘Dynamics of a bouncing capsule: An impulse model vs a Hertzian model’	3
The physics of cranberry bogs	3
Finding and improving bounds of real functions by thermodynamic arguments	3
A simple electronic circuit demonstrating Hopf bifurcation for an advanced undergraduate laboratory	3
Why and how to implement worked examples in upper division theoretical physics	3
A colored line on an optical disk	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
Coherent diffraction imaging in the undergraduate laboratory	2
An in-fiber Mach–Zehnder strain sensor for studying multimode interference of light	2
Virtual lab: Using spreadsheets to simulate experiments measuring viscosity, BJT NPN curves, and RL circuits	2
Electrostatic shape energy differences of one-dimensional line charges	2
Splitting the second: Designing a physics course with an emphasis on timescales of ultrafast phenomena	2
Exploring Fourier methods with beer bottles	2
Comment on “Bouncing on a slope” [Am. J. Phys. 89, 143–146 (2021)]	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
Solving introductory physics problems recursively using iterated maps	2
Call for papers: Special issue on motivating physics learning through research applications	2
ChatGPT-4 with Code Interpreter can be used to solve introductory college-level vector calculus and electromagnetism problems	2
State reduction?	2
Invariants: Finding constancy in a sea of change	2
A wave packet approach to resonant scattering	2
A note on the kinematic boundary condition with historical perspective	2
Labor-based grading practices in the physics classroom	2
In this issue: December 2025	2
The acceleration at maximum jerk in fall with quadratic drag	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
A surprise to many physicists: Excel can handle complex numbers	2
Efimov effect for two particles on a semi-infinite line	2
On the invariance of the spacetime interval	2
Response to Rod Cross's Letter	2
Charging a supercapacitor through a lamp: A power-law RC decay	2
Hyperbolic times in Minkowski space	2
Exploring entropy by counting microstates of the p-state paramagnet	2
Using a smartphone camera to explore ray optics beyond the thin lens equation	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