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January 2017 Issue, Volume 85, No. 1
Reversible temperature exchange upon thermal contact by Eugene G. Mishchenko Paul F. Pshenichka. DOI: 10.1119/1.4965292
According to a well-known principle of thermodynamics, the transfer of heat between two bodies is reversible when their temperatures are infinitesimally close. As we demonstrate, a little-known alternative exists: two bodies with temperatures different by an arbitrary amount can completely exchange their temperatures in a reversible way if split into infinitesimal parts that are brought into thermal contact sequentially.
Papers
Coherence and information in a fiber interferometer by Aglaé Kellerer, Sidney Wright, and Sylvestre Lacour. DOI: 10.1119/1.4964358
Life under a black sun by Tomáš Opatrný and Lukáš RichterekPavel Bakala. DOI: 10.1119/1.4966905
Reversible temperature exchange upon thermal contact by Eugene G. Mishchenko and Paul F. Pshenichka. DOI: 10.1119/1.4965292
Rotational and frictional dynamics of the slamming of a door by Pascal Klein, Andreas Müller, Sebastian Gröber, Alexander Molz, and Jochen Kuhn. DOI: 10.1119/1.4964134
An examination of the potential fission-bomb weaponizability of nuclides other than 235U and 239Pu by B. Cameron Reed. DOI: 10.1119/1.4966630
Helicity and nuclear β decay correlations by Ran Hong, Matthew G. Sternberg, and Alejandro Garcia. DOI: 10.1119/1.4966197
The role of competing knowledge structures in undermining learning: Newton's second and third laws by David J. Low and Kate F. Wilson. DOI: 10.1119/1.4972041
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Quantum Measurements by Art Hobson. DOI: 10.1119/1.4967925
Feynman and Bell's Theorem, and the Pronunciation of "Quark by N. David Mermin. DOI: 10.1119/1.4969073
NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS
Comment on “Why does a ball fall?: A new visualization for Einstein's model of gravity” [Am. J. Phys. 84, 396–402 (2016)] by Krzysztof Rȩbilas DOI: 10.1119/1.4972045
APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES
Design and construction of a cost-efficient Arduino-based mirror galvanometer system for scanning optical microscopy by Jen-Feng Hsu, Shonali Dhingra, and Brian D'Urso. DOI: 10.1119/1.4972046
BOOK REVIEWS
Physics from Planet Earth: An Introduction to Mechanics by Jeffrey Lawson and Matthew Rave. .DOI: 10.1119/1.4963909
Bananaworld: Quantum Mechanics for Primates? by P. K. Aravind. .DOI: 10.1119/1.4966195
Learning the Art of Electronics: A Hands-on Lab Course by Bill Ashmanskas. DOI: 10.1119/1.4966629
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