October 2016 Issue, Volume 84, No. 10

This month's cover image is from the featured paper, Quantum scattering from cylindrical barriers by Sean McAlinden and Janine Shertzer.

Papers

One-dimensional light localization with classical scatterers: An advanced undergraduate laboratory experiment by K. J. Kemp, S. Barker, J. Guthrie, B. Hagood and M. D. Havey.  DOI: 10.1119/1.4958615

Deconvolution of time series in the laboratory by Thomas John, Dirk Pietschmann, Volker Becker and Christian Wagner. DOI: 10.1119/1.4960294

Elementary derivation of the quantum propagator for the harmonic oscillator by Jiushu Shao. DOI: 10.1119/1.4960479

Demonstrating the angular, wavelength and polarization dependence of surface plasmon resonance on thin gold films—An undergraduate experiment by Peter W. R. Connolly and Andrey Kaplan. DOI: 10.1119/1.4960477

Do the standard expressions for the electromagnetic field momentum need any modifications? by Ashok K. Singal.  DOI: 10.1119/1.4958933

COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS

Adaptive Runge–Kutta integration for stiff systems: Comparing Nosé and Nosé–Hoover dynamics for the harmonic oscillator by William Graham Hoover, Julien Clinton Sprott and Carol Griswold Hoover DOI: 10.1119/1.4959795

PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH

University student reasoning about the basic tenets of kinetic-molecular theory, Part II: Pressure of an ideal gas by Amy D. Robertson and Peter S. Shaffer. DOI 10.1119/1.4960215

APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES

Laser Doppler velocimetry using a modified computer mouse by Edward D. Zaron DOI: 10.1119/1.4960466

BOOK REVIEWS

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