Describes an apparatus for investigating the behavior of photoelectrons in a uniform magnetic field in either a vacuum or a low-pressure gas. Presents data and discusses some basic features of the photoelectric effect and the diffusion of free electrons in a gas. (GA)

Gives an explicit and elementary proof that the radial energy eigenfunctions for the hydrogen atom in quantum mechanics, bound and scattering states included, form a complete set. The proof uses some properties of the confluent hypergeometric functions and the Cauchy residue theorem from analytic function theory. (Author/GA)

This article describes the undergraduate ChE thermodynamics course at Drexel University and the reasons for incorporating a series of laboratory experiments into the course. Included is a list of lecture topics and a description of each of the experiments. (BB)

Reviews the phase transfer technique for conducting reactions between molecules with widely different solubility properties. (SL)

Describes demonstrations of gaseous acid-base reactions and variations on traditional "clock" reactions. (SL)

Provides the entrance requirements of 135 universities, universities of technology, polytechnics, colleges of technology, and colleges of education in England, Scotland, and Wales. (SL)

Presents a review of the high school science and mathematics records of 507 freshmen at the University of Washington in Fall 1976 and their participation in college level science and mathematics courses. (SL)

This is intended to guide college physicists, astronomers, and other scientists to some of the literature and other teaching aids that may help improve course content. This annotated bibliography lists textbooks, popular books, references, reviews, journals, and conference proceedings. Each listing is given an elementary, intermediate, or advanced…

In this college physics course, about two-thirds of each term is devoted to the essential subject matter: the core. For the remainder of each term, the student pursues a branch topic of his choice. A self-paced format for the branch part allows several branches to proceed simultaneously. (BB)

Two methods are described for the quantitative description of the motion of the sun as observed from Mercury. A listing of a computer subroutine is included. The combination of slow rotation and high eccentricity of Mercury's orbit makes this problem an interesting one. (BB)

A simple and concrete example for illustrating the properties of noncompact groups is presented. The example is based on the covariant harmonic-oscillator formalism in which the relativistic wave functions carry a covariant-probability interpretation. This can be used in a group theory course for graduate students who have some background in…

A relativistic harmonic-oscillator formalism which is mathematically simple as the nonrelativistic harmonic oscillator is given. In view of its effectiveness in describing Lorentz-deformed hadrons, the inclusion of this formalism in a first-year graduate course will make the results of high-energy experiments more understandable. (BB)

Mathematical theorems about the properties of ellipsoids are developed. Included are Poisson's theorem concerning the magnetization of a homogeneous body of ellipsoidal shape, the polarization of a dielectric, the transport of heat or electricity through an ellipsoid, and other problems. (BB)

Exercises for introductory to intermediate level college students are proposed. Observations of pulsars can be used to illustrate the phenomena of dispersion and Faraday rotation of radio waves, and to illustrate the differential rotation of the galaxy. (BB)

Energy eigenstates are superimposed in order to form a wave packet for an electron propagating in one dimension under the influence of a uniform, time-dependent electric field. A graphical method is presented by which one can obtain both the position and shape of the envelope. (BB)