The case of the oscillating party balloon: A simple toy experiment requiring a not-so-simple interpretation

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 696-700

  Yariv, Amnon ^a   Scheuer, Jacob ^b   Crosignani, Bruno ^c,d   Di Porto, Paolo ^c,d  

^a California Institute of Technology

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d INFM   (Italy)

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EID: 34548265602     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2733684     Document Type: Article

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