This collection represents a sample of faculty work from the Department of Physics. The faculty is well versed in both classical and modern physics with a thorough understanding of the principles of mechanics, optics, electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, and relativity.

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Submissions from 2015

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The Two Earths of Eratosthenes, James Evans and Christián Carlos Carman

Submissions from 2014

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Mechanical Astronomy: A Route to the Ancient Discovery of Epicycles and Eccentrics, James Evans and Christián Carlos Cannan

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On the epoch of the Antikythera mechanism and its eclipse predictor, James Evans and Christián C. Carman

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Parametric enhancement of flavor oscillation in a three-neutrino framework, David C. Latimer and Kara M. Merfeld

Submissions from 2013

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Dispersive light propagation at cosmological distances: Matter effects, David C. Latimer

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Dispersive light propagation at cosmological distances: Matter effects, David C. Latimer

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Neutrino tomography, David C. Latimer and Margaret A. Millhouse

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Solutions Manual for Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers (Fourth Edition), Andrew Rex and Allen Flora

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Experimental Study of Vibraphone Pitch Bending using Electronic Speckle-Pattern Interferometry, Rand Worland

Submissions from 2012

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Astronomy, Ptolemaic, James Evans

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Constellations and named stars, James Evans

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Timocharis, James Evans

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On the Pin-and-Slot Device of the Antikythera Mechanism, With a New Application to the Superior Planets, James C. Evans, Alan S. Thorndike, and Christian C. Carman

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Implications of the Dirac CP phase upon parametric resonance for sub-GeV neutrinos, David C. Latimer and Edouard A. Hay

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Implications of the Dirac CP phase upon parametric resonance for sub-GeV neutrinos, David C. Latimer and Edouard A. Hay

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Musical Acoustics of Orchestral Water Crotales, Rand Worland

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Acoustical Effect of Progressive Undercutting of Percussive Aluminum Bars, Rand Worland and Eric M. Laukkanen

Submissions from 2011

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Group velocity dispersion of dyes in solution measured with white-light interferometry, Amelia G. VanEngen Spivey and Nathanael Seid

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Chladni Patterns on Drumheads: A “Physics of Music” Experiment, Rand Worland

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Demonstrating the Effect of Air Temperature on Wind Instrument Tuning, Rand Worland

Acoustic Effects of Holes in Commercial Cymbals, Randy Worland

Experimental Study of Vibraphone Pitch Bending using Electronic Speckle-Pattern Interferometry, Randy Worland

Submissions from 2010

The Astrologer's Apparatus A Picture of Professional Practice in Greco-Roman Egypt, James Evans

Tracking the Cosmos: The Technology of the Antikythera Mechanism, James Evans

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Solar anomaly and planetary displays on the Antikythera mechanism, James Evans, Alan Thorndike, and Christian C. Carman

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The impact of hierarchy upon the values of neutrino mixing parameters, David C. Latimer, J. Escamilla-Roa, and D. J. Ernst

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Dark matter constraints from a cosmic index of refraction, David C. Latimer and Susan Gardner

Calculus Tutorial: Derivatives, Andrew Rex

Calculus Tutorial: Integrals, Andrew Rex

Calculus Tutorial: Derivatives, Andrew F. Rex

Calculus Tutorial: Integrals, Andrew F. Rex

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Essential College Physics, Volumes 1 and 2, Andrew Rex and Richard Wolfson

Cover photograph and two additional color photos of quinine fluorescence from a violet laser pointer, Rand Worland

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Normal Modes of a Musical Drumhead under Non-uniform Tension, Rand Worland

Connecting Everyday Life to Theory in Upper-Level Electricity and Magnetism, Randy Worland

Simple Demonstrations with Inexpensive Violet Laser Pointers, Randy Worland

The Physics of Pitch Bending on the Vibraphone, Randy Worland

Submissions from 2009

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Current-voltage Relation For A Field Ionizing He Beam Detector, D. P. DePonte, Greg Elliott, and S. D. Kevan

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Atmospheric, Long Baseline, and Reactor Neutrino Data Constraints on ?13, David C. Latimer, J. E. Roa, and D. J. Ernst

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Mere Thermodynamics, Andrew Rex

Black holes, wormholes, and event horizons, Amelia G. VanEngen Spivey

Dispersion measurements in materials using white light interferometry, Amelia G. VanEngen Spivey

Normal Modes of a Circular Drumhead under Non-uniform Tension: Mode Splitting with Respect to Perturbation Symmetry, Randy Worland

Submissions from 2008

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Correlation coefficient for dephasing of light-hole excitons and heavy-hole excitons in GaAs quantum wells, Amelia G. VanEngen Spivey, Camelia N. Borca, and Steven T. Cundiff

Drum Tuning: an Experimental Analysis of Membrane Modes under slightly Non-uniform Tension, Randy Worland

Submissions from 2007

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Equating the Sun: Geometry, Models, and Practical Computing in Greek Astronomy, James Evans

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Quantum Mechanics at the Crossroads: New Perspectives from History, Philosophy and Physics, James Evans and Alan Thorndike

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Detecting CP violation in a single neutrino oscillation channel at very long baselines, David C. Latimer, J. Escamilla, and D. J. Ernst

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Measuring the mass of a sterile neutrino with a very short baseline reactor experiment, David C. Latimer, J. Escamilla, and D. J. Ernst

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Inhomogeneous dephasing of heavy-hole and light-hole exciton coherences in GaAs quantum wells, Amelia G. VanEngen Spivey and Steven T. Cundiff

Submissions from 2006

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Geminos's Introduction to the Phenomena: A Translation and Study of a Hellenistic Survey of Astronomy, James Evans and J. Lennart Berggren

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Local demands on sterile neutrinos, David C. Latimer and D. J. Ernst

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Speckle Patterns With Atomic And Molecular De Broglie Waves, Forest S. Patton, Daniel P. Deponte, Gregory S. Elliott, and Stephen D. Kevan

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Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers (Second Edition), Andrew Rex and Stephen T. Thornton

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Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers (Third Edition), Andrew Rex and Stephen T. Thornton

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Synthesis and characterization of transition metal systems containing phosphino-oligothiophene ligands for nonlinear optical materials, Amelia G. VanEngen Spivey, R. Dustan Myrex, Gary M. Gray, and Christopher M. Lawson

Submissions from 2005

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Gnōmonikē Technē: The Dialer’s Art and Its Meanings for the Ancient World, James Evans

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Correlations between ?13 and ?23 in a very long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment, David C. Latimer and D. J. Ernst

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Neutrino oscillations: Measuring ?13 including its sign, David C. Latimer and D. J. Ernst

Amplification of narrow line LiF:F2 +** color center laser oscillation, Amelia G. VanEngen Spivey, Vladimir V. Fedorov, Michael M. McKerns, Sergey B. Mirov, and Christopher M. Lawson

Submissions from 2004

Tools of the Arts, Rand Worland and Greg Youtz

Submissions from 2003

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The Origins of Ptolemy’s Cosmos, James Evans

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Fermion mixing in quasifree states, David C. Latimer and Keith C. Hannabuss

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Analytical Model for Predicting Mechanotransduction Effects in Engineered Cardiac Tissue, David C. Latimer, Bradley J. Roth, and Kevin Kit Parker

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Maxwell's demon 2: entropy, classical and quantum information, computing, Andrew Rex and Harvey S. Leff

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Anomalously fast decay of the LH-HH exciton Raman coherence, Amelia G. VanEngen Spivey, C. N. Borca, and Steven T. Cundiff

Color in Glass, Rand Worland and Greg Youtz

Submissions from 2002

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Maxwell's Demon And The Second Law, Harvey S. Leff and Andrew F. Rex

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Brewster’s angle attenuator for terahertz pulses, Amelia G. VanEngen Spivey and Steven T. Cundiff

Rotational Motion and Kinetic Sculpture, Rand Worland

Submissions from 2001

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Il dibattito sulle meteore, James Evans

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Il movimente del Sole, James Evans

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La luce del Sole, James Evans

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La vecchia guardia e la stabilità del Sistema solare, James Evans

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Longitudine e navigazione, James Evans

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Nuove istituzioni, James Evans

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Un nuovo Sistema solare, James Evans

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Answer to Question #58. Is a Good Long Jumper a Good High Jumper, Andrew Rex

Answer To Question #58. Is A Good Long Jumper A Good High Jumper?, Andrew F. Rex

Submissions from 2000

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Variations In The Conductive And Superconductive Properties Of {[tise2](l)[nbse2](m)}(n) Superlattices As A Function Of Superlattice Structure, M. Noh, Dc Johnson, and Gregory S. Elliott

Solutions Manual for Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers (Second Edition), Andrew Rex

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Integrated physics and calculus. 1, Andrew Rex and Martin Jackson

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Integrated physics and calculus. 2, Andrew Rex and Martin Jackson

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Double Gires-Tournois interferometer negative-dispersion mirrors for use in tunable mode-locked lasers, Amelia G. VanEngen Spivey, B. Golubovic, R. R. Austin, M. K. Steiner-Shepard, M. K. Reed, Scott A. Diddams, and D. J. Jones

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Two-Dimensional Pendulum Experiments Using a Spark Generator, Rand Worland and Matthew J. Moelter

Submissions from 1999

Effect of a bath on the epicardial transmembrane potential during internal defibrillation shocks, David C. Latimer and B. J. Roth

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Dispersion measurements of water with white-light interferometry: errata, Amelia G. VanEngen Spivey, Scott A. Diddams, and Tracy S. Clement

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Instantaneous and noninstantaneous nonlinear effects in femtosecond pulse propagation, Amelia G. VanEngen Spivey, Hilary K. Eaton, Scott A. Diddams, Alex A. Zozulya, and Tracy S. Clement

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Propagation dynamics of intense femtosecond pulses: Multiple splittings, coalescence, and continuum generation, Amelia G. VanEngen Spivey, Alex A. Zozulya, Scott A. Diddams, and Tracy S. Clement

Measurement of the Speed of Sound in Air as a Function of Temperature, Rand Worland and D. David Wilson

Submissions from 1998

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Layer-thickness dependence of the conductive properties of Mo/Si multilayers, Gregory S. Elliott, Adam D. Gromko, Francis VandeVeegaete, Christopher D. Johnson, and David C. Johnson

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Electric Potential in the Classical Hall Effect: an Unusual Boundary-Value Problem, James Evans, Matthew J. Moelter, Greg Elliott, and Martin Jackson

Electric Potential In The Classical Hall Effect: An Unusual Boundary-value Problem, Matthew J. Moelter, James C. Evans, Gregory S. Elliott, and Martin Jackson

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Unraveling the mysteries of intense femtosecond pulse propagation, Amelia G. VanEngen Spivey, Scott A. Diddams, Hilary K. Eaton, Tracy S. Clement, and Alex A. Zozulya

Submissions from 1997

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Maxwell's Demon and the Culture of Entropy, Andrew F. Rex and Harvey S. Leff

Maxwell's Demon and the Culture of Entropy, Andrew Rex and Harvey S. Leff

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A Child's Flashlight and RC Circuit Concepts, Rand Worland and Matthew J. Moelter

Submissions from 1996

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The Optical-Mechanical Analogy in General Relativity: Exact Newtonian Forms for the Equations of Motion of Particles and Photons, James Evans, Kamal K. Nandi, and Anwarul Islam

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Equipartition Theorem, Andrew Rex

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Maxwell’s Demon, Andrew Rex