The Physics Teacher

 

October 2024
Volume 62 Issue 7

 

This Month's cover is a colorful representation of a phase diagram for nuclear matter. Everyday states of matter such as gases, liquids, and solids reside in the lower left of this figure. As the temperature and density are increased, not only are atoms broken down, but the protons and neutrons of the nucleus melt into an exotic mix known as a quark/gluon plasma. For details, see the article on page 550 by Don Lincoln, “Quark/Gluon Plasma: When Protons Melt.” Figure credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory.

 

Columns

AI Physics Tools, And the Survey Says..., Astronotes, Fermi Questions, Figuring Physics, For the New Teacher, iPhysicsLabs, Just Physics, Little Gems, Physics Challenge for Teachers and Students, Talkin' Physics, Technology In The Classroom, Tricks of the Trade, TCY Tidbits, Visual Physics, and Websights.

 

PAPERS

Minimum Distance That a Pendulum Bob Wraps Once Around a Post by Ping Jia; Hong Li; Bixing Yan. DOI: 10.1119/5.0145812

Quark/Gluon Plasma: When Protons Melt by Don Lincoln. DOI: 10.1119/5.0235509

The Train Whistle by Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr. DOI: 10.1119/5.0087605

Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Tethered Buoys by Hans C. Mayer. DOI: 10.1119/5.0171072

Physics Models Help Students Identify Experimental Errors by Daniel Crowe. DOI: 10.1119/5.0134665

Learning Physics via Movies Incorporating Atomic Energy by Kelly Krieble. DOI: 10.1119/5.0160539

A Beautiful Pictorial Approach to Explore Free-Fall Motion in a Classroom by Yajun Wei; Dawei Zhang; Qingsong Zou; Zhiquan Xiong. DOI: 10.1119/5.0135338

Use of a Scrapped Hard Disk Drive for Physics Teaching by Lian Hu. DOI: 10.1119/5.0135342

Physics of Brittle Failure during Impact by Hollis Williams. DOI: 10.1119/5.0136324

Exploring Brownian Motion with a Millikan Oil Drop Apparatus by Jiazhong Zeng; Mingzhen Shao; Xiaoqi Zeng. DOI: 10.1119/5.0139098

Student Survey on Video Lectures for College Physics 1—Mechanics by Brian Woodahl. DOI: 10.1119/5.0160768

Impulsive Magnetic Damping: Linear Damping of a Pendulum by Richard Ignace; Gary D. Henson. DOI: 10.1119/5.0138884

Treatment of Statistics and Error in Introductory Physics Lab Manuals: A Comparison Study by Jimmy Gonzalez Nuñez; John R. Walkup. DOI: 10.1119/5.0155897

Streamlining Physics Problem Generation to Support Physics Teachers in Using Generative Artificial Intelligence by Shams El-Adawy; Isaac Liao; Vedang Lad; Mohamed Abdelhafez; Peter Dourmashkin. DOI: 10.1119/5.0201458

Sensor Cart Collisions and the Conservation Laws by Roger F. Larson. DOI: 10.1119/5.0143227

Changes in Refractive Index and Mass Density Depending on the Concentration of Sugar Water by Yu Jin Ahn; Hee Ra Kim; Yu Chen; Ah Reum Yang; Jung Bog Kim. DOI: 10.1119/5.0131269

Ferris Wheel Earth by Stephen W. Hughes. DOI: 10.1119/5.0139556