Preface -- Minutes of the First Asian Physics Olympiad -- Theoretical Competition -- Problem 1 Eclipses of the Jupiter's Satellite -- Solution -- Problem 2 Detection of Alpha Particles -- Solution -- Problem 3 Stewart-Tolman effect -- Solution -- Experimental Competition -- Problem 1 Determination of the Density of Oil -- Solution -- Experimental configuration -- Theoretical formulation -- Experimental result -- Remarks -- problem 2 Determination of the Stefan - Boltzmann Constant -- Solution -- Theoretical consideration -- Experimental configuration -- Results of measurement -- Discussion -- Minutes of the Second Asian Physics Olympiad -- Theoretical Competition -- problem 1 When will the Moon become a Synchronous Satellite? -- Solution -- Problem 2 Motion of an Electric Dipole in a Magnetic Field -- Solution -- problem 3 Thermal Vibrations of Surface Atoms -- Solution -- Experimental Competition -- Basic Characteristics of Solar Cells -- I. Background description -- II. Equipments and materials -- III. Experimental steps -- Solution -- Minutes of the Third Asian Physics Olympiad -- Theoretical Competition -- Problem 1 Vibrations of a linear crystal lattice -- Solution 1 -- Problem 2 The Rail Gun -- Solution -- problem 3 Wafer Fabrication -- Solution -- Experimental Competition -- Measurement of Reflectance and Determination of Refractive Index -- I. Background -- II. Equipment and Materials -- III. Experiments and Calculations -- Answer -- PART B -- Objective -- The Stroboscope -- Identification of Fundamental Synchronism -- Multiples of Fundamental Frequency -- Sub-multiples of Fundamental Frequency -- The Tuning Fork -- Items of Apparatus provided: -- Experimental Steps -- Step 1. Fundamental synchronism and measurements of multiple frequencies. -- Step 2. Measurements of sub-multiple frequencies.

Step 3. Determination of the pair of unknown masses X. -- Solution -- Step 1. Fundamental Synchronism and Multiple Frequencies -- Step 2: Sub-multiple frequencies -- Step 3: Determination of X -- Minutes of the Fourth Asian Physics Olympiad -- Theoretical Competition -- Problem 1 Satellite's Orbit Transfer -- Solution -- problem 2 Optical Gyroscope -- Solution -- Problem 3 Plasma Lens -- Solution -- Experimental Competition -- I. Determination of Capacitance -- Background -- Materials and apparatus -- Instructions -- Solution -- II. Cylindrical Bore -- Background -- Materials and apparatus -- Experiment -- Solution -- Minutes of the Fifth Asian Physics Olympiad -- Theoretical Competition -- Problem 1 Measure the Mass in the Weightless State -- Solution -- Problem 2 Optical Fiber -- Solution -- Problem 3 Compression and Expansion of a Two Gases System -- Solution -- Experimental Competition -- Problem 1 Hall Effect and Magnetoresistivity Effect -- Apparatus and materials -- Experiment -- I. Introduction -- II. The measuring sample -- Ill. Experiment -- Appendix Instruction for the digital multimeter -- Solution -- Problem 2 Black Box -- Apparatus and materials -- Experiment -- Appendix -- Instruction to instruments -- Solution -- Minutes of the Sixth Asian Physics Olympiad -- Theoretical Competition -- Problem 1A Spring Cylinder With Massive Piston -- Solution -- Problem 1B The Parametric Swing -- Solution -- Problem 2 Magnetic Focusing -- 2A. Magnetic Focusing Solenoid -- Solution -- 2B. Magnetic Focusing (Fringing Field) -- Solution -- Problem 3 Light Deflection by a Moving Mirror -- 3A. Einstein's Mirror -- 3B. Frequency Shift -- 3C. Moving Mirror Equation -- Solution -- Experimental Competition -- Problem 1 Determination of Shapes by Reflection -- Introduction -- Experiment Apparatus -- Experimental Method -- Solution.

Problem 2 Magnetic Braking on An Incl ined Plane -- Introduction -- Experiment -- Apparatus -- Questions -- Solution -- Minutes of the Seventh Asian Physics Olympiad -- Theoretical Competition -- Problem 1 -- Solution -- Problem 2 Oscillator Damped by Sliding Friction -- Theoretical Introduction -- Questions -- (A) Phase portraits -- (8) The oscillator damped by sliding friction -- Solution -- (A) Phase portraits -- (B) The oscillator damped by sliding friction -- Problem 3 Laser Cooling of Atoms -- Theoretical Introduction -- Numerical values: -- Questions -- Solution -- Experimental Competition -- Part 1 Measurement of the specific heat of aluminum in the 45°C - 65°C temperature range. -- Solutions -- Part 2 Measurement of the Specific Latent Heat of Evaporation of Liquid Nitrogen -- Solutions -- Minutes of the Eighth Asian Physics Olympiad -- Theoretical Competition -- Problem 1 Back-and-Forth Rolling of a Liquid-Filled Sphere -- Solution -- Problem 2 -- 2A. Optical Properties of an Unusual Material -- 2B. Dielectric Spheres Inside an External Electric Field -- Solution -- 2A. Optical Properties of an Unusual Material -- 2B. Dielectric Spheres Inside an External Electric Field -- Problem 3 -- 3A. Average Contribution of Each Electron to Specific Heat of Free Electron Gas at Constant Volume -- 38. The Inverse Compton Scattering -- Solution -- 3A. Average specific heat of each free electron at constant volume -- 38. The Inverse Compton Scattering -- Experimental Competition -- Problem 1 Using the Interference Method to Measure the Thermal Expansion Coefficient and Temperature Coefficient of Refractive index of Glass -- (1) Instructions -- (2) Experimental apparatus, devices, and materials -- (3) Experimental content -- Solution -- 1. Questions -- 2. Experiment: Measuring p and r -- Problem 2 Measurement of Liquid Electric Conductivity.

1. Experimental instructions -- 2. Experimental principles -- 3. Experimental content -- 4. Instruments and materials -- Solution -- Remark -- Appendices -- Statutes -- Syllabus -- Team List.