European Journal of Physics latest papers http://stacks.iop.org/0143-0807 With a world-wide readership and authors from every continent, European Journal of Physics is a truly international journal dedicated to maintaining and improving the standard of taught physics in universities and other higher education institutes. en-gb Copyright © IOP Publishing 2011 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT http://syndication.iop.org/about/ custserv@iop.org (Customer Services) European Journal of Physics http://images.iop.org/website-logos/ejs_logo.png http://stacks.iop.org/ On the stability of a bicycle on rollers http://stacks.iop.org/0143-0807/32/i=5/a=017?rss=2.0 Author(s): Patricia A Cleary and Pirooz Mohazzabi<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI 53141, USA; Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI 53141, USA Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT Control and stabilization: making Millikan's oil drop experiment work http://stacks.iop.org/0143-0807/32/i=5/a=016?rss=2.0 Author(s): Christoph Muller-Hill and Peter Heering<br>Affiliation(s): Physics Education/History and Philosophy of Science, Institute of Physics, Carl-von-Ossietzky Universitat, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany; Institut fur Physik und Chemie und ihre Didaktik, Universitat Flensburg, 27356 Flensburg, Germany Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT A 21st century perspective as a primer to introductory physics http://stacks.iop.org/0143-0807/32/i=5/a=014?rss=2.0 Author(s): Lorenzo J Curtis<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT A laboratory experiment on coupled non-identical pendulums http://stacks.iop.org/0143-0807/32/i=5/a=013?rss=2.0 Author(s): Ang Li, Jingyi Zeng, Hujiang Yang and Jinghua Xiao<br>Affiliation(s): School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, People's Republic of China Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT Variational perturbation treatment of the confined hydrogen atom http://stacks.iop.org/0143-0807/32/i=5/a=015?rss=2.0 Author(s): H E Montgomery Jr<br>Affiliation(s): Chemistry Program, Centre College, 600 West Walnut Street, Danville, KY 40422-1394, USA Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT The effect of a soap film on a catenary: measurement of surface tension from the triangular configuration http://stacks.iop.org/0143-0807/32/i=5/a=011?rss=2.0 Author(s): F Behroozi and P S Behroozi<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614, USA; Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT A piece of paper falling faster than free fall http://stacks.iop.org/0143-0807/32/i=5/a=012?rss=2.0 Author(s): F Vera and R Rivera<br>Affiliation(s): Instituto de Fisica, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Av. Universidad 330, Curauma, Valparaiso, Chile Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT Calculating resonance positions and widths using the Siegert approximation method http://stacks.iop.org/0143-0807/32/i=5/a=008?rss=2.0 Author(s): Kevin Rapedius<br>Affiliation(s): Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Code Postal 231, Campus Plaine, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT Sprinkler head revisited: momentum, forces, and flows in Machian propulsion http://stacks.iop.org/0143-0807/32/i=5/a=009?rss=2.0 Author(s): Alejandro Jenkins<br>Affiliation(s): Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT On the motion of the field of a permanent magnet http://stacks.iop.org/0143-0807/32/i=5/a=006?rss=2.0 Author(s): Vladimir Leus and Stephen Taylor<br>Affiliation(s): Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Novosibirsk, Russia; Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GJ, UK Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT A simple experiment for visualizing diffusion http://stacks.iop.org/0143-0807/32/i=5/a=007?rss=2.0 Author(s): L E Helseth<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Allegaten 55, N-5007 Bergen, Norway Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT An easily assembled laboratory exercise in computed tomography http://stacks.iop.org/0143-0807/32/i=5/a=010?rss=2.0 Author(s): Elliot Mylott, Ryan Klepetka, Justin C Dunlap and Ralf Widenhorn<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207, USA Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT