Historic electron measurements
Recreating physics history with Thomson’s experiment measuring the charge-to mass ratio of the electron and Millikan’s oil drop experiment.
Determining the charge of an electron with oil drops
Author: Carissa Kiehl
Measuring the charge of an electron from the Millikan oil drop experiment
Author: Kassia Schraufnagel
Measuring the radius of circular electron beams to determine the charge to mass ratio of the electron
Author: Justin Wheeler
Measuring the electron mass-charge ratio with trajectories in a uniform magnetic field
Author: Kassia Schraufnagel
Validating the charge to mass ratio of an electron
Author: Kaitlyn Prokup
Waves and Optics
Featuring a variety of experiments regarding microwave interferometry, waveguides, and standing sound waves.
Measuring the speed of sound in propane gas using a Rubens tube
Author: Andrew Valentini
Measuring the speed of light with a Michelson interferometer
Author: Andrew Valentini
Characterizing a Lloyd’s mirror interferometer
Author: Kaitlyn Prokup
Calculating the index of refraction of a plastic hemisphere
Author: Thomas Howard IV
Coaxial cable properties: determining the speed of signal and electric permittivity
Author: Carissa Kiehl
Determining the frequency of transmitted waves with a Lloyd’s mirror interferometer
Author: Justin Wheeler
Characterizing the relative electric permittivity of coaxial cables
Author: Kaitlyn Prokup
An Undergraduate’s Guide to the Rubens Tube; basic theory, construction, research, and outreach.
Author: Sophia Figura
Measuring the speed of light in a coaxial cable though differing cable lengths.
Author: Sophia Figura
Determining the refractive index of a plastic crescent using Snell’s Law
Author: Clayton Markech
Mechanics
Featuring two contributions analyzing the period of pendulums.
The period of a non-ideal pendulum
Author: Justin Wheeler
The elliptic relation between release angle and period for a pendulum.
Author: Sophia Figura
Quantum Phenomena
Two rapid communications analyzing the photoelectric effect and radioactive decay as well as an original article on quantum computing.
An undergraduate overview on quantum computing
Author: Carissa Kiehl
Lighting up the quantum world: a dive into the photoelectric effect and Planck’s constant
Author: Logan Dales
Finding the range of beta decay using the changes in radiation magnitude from shielding and distance
Author: Kassia Schraufnagel
Aerospace Sciences
Two articles presenting original research in propellant gauging, and an overview of major topics in aerospace engineering.
Validating an ullage detection technique for liquid propellant tanks
Author: Justin Wheeler
Microgravity propellant gauging using modal analysis
Author: Kassia Schraufnagel
A literature review of aerospace engineering
Author: Clayton Markech
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Featuring three original articles on general relativity and current topics of interest in cosmology.
An Undergraduate Review of General Relativity and Cosmology
Author: Andrew Valentini
An introductory review of gravitational physics
Author: Kaitlyn Prokup
A crisis in cosmology? An overview of disagreements in the Hubble constant
Author: Riley H. Johnson