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期刊名称：PHYSICAL REVIEW C ISSN： 0556-2813 版本： SCI-CDE 出版频率： Monthly 出版社： AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD, 20740-3844   出版社网址： http://aps.org/ 期刊网址： http://prc.aps.org/ 影响因子： 3.124(2008) 主题范畴： PHYSICS, NUCLEAR 期刊简介(About the journal)    投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)    编辑部信息(Editorial Board)    About the journal   Physical Review C is published by the American Physical Society. It prints papers that report results of research in nuclear physics and related fields such as nuclear astrophysics. Although the Council of the APS has the final responsibility for Physical Review C, the Council has delegated some of the responsibilities to its Publications Oversight Committee, to the Editor-in-Chief, and to the Editor of the journal. The journal has an Editorial Board whose members are appointed for three-year terms by the Editor-in-Chief upon recommendation of the Editors, after consultation with the APS Division of Nuclear Physics. They advise the Editor on editorial matters. Editorial policy is guided by the following statement adopted in April, 1995 by the Council of the APS: It is the policy of the American Physical Society that the Physical Review accept for publication those manuscripts that significantly advance physics and have been found to be scientifically sound, important to the field, and in satisfactory form. The Society will implement this policy as fairly and efficiently as possible and without regard to national boundaries. TYPES OF PAPERS In addition to regular articles, Physical Review C publishes Rapid Communications, Brief Reports, and Comments. These are limited in length; five printed pages for Rapid Communications, four for Brief Reports, and two for Comments and Replies. Short Paper sections may not be used for serial publication. For information on how to estimate length, see the information available on the Authors subpage of http://prc.aps.org/ The Rapid Communications section is intended for the accelerated publication of important new results. Expanded follow-up articles are strongly encouraged. Brief Reports are reports on completed research which do not warrant publication as a regular article. Addenda to papers previously published in Physical Review C are also published in the Brief Reports section. The Comments section of Physical Review C is restricted to papers that criticize or correct papers of other authors previously published in Physical Review C. While Comments may criticize the work, they should not criticize the authors. Comments may point out specific errors, misinterpretations, or omissions of references to earlier work. However, when possible, an Erratum should be used for these purposes rather than a Comment. Comments should not contain polemics, nor should they reiterate previously published disagreements. A Comment is usually sent to the authors of the work to which the Comment refers for their opinions. If these authors consider the Comment useful, we usually publish it. If they feel that it should not be published or if they recommend revisions before publication, they should not regard themselves as anonymous referees. The Comment and the response (if any) will be sent to an Editorial Board member for a signed advisory opinion to the Editors as to whether to publish the Comment. The Board member may seek additional expert opinion before providing advice. If the Comment is accepted for publication, the authors to whose work the Comment refers may wish to submit a Reply to the Comment. This can be done at any time. If they want both the Reply and the Comment to be published together, they must provide a Reply in a timely fashion following notification of acceptance of the original Comment. The Reply will be sent to the authors of the original Comment for evaluation. If they feel the Reply should not be published, or if they recommend revision, their response will be sent over their signature to an Editorial Board member for a signed advisory opinion to the Editors as to whether to publish the Reply. The Board member may seek additional expert opinion before providing advice. Once a Comment or a Reply to the Comment has been received, only revisions to the manuscripts requested by the Editors will be allowed (except for minor matters such as spelling or grammar). Notice of the decisions reached on Comments and Replies will be sent to their corresponding authors, along with pertinent correspondence. Errata are notices of errors or omissions in papers previously published in Physical Review C. Errata should be as brief as possible. An Erratum should contain a short statement of the correction(s) and, where appropriate, a description of any effects on the conclusions of the paper. EDITORIAL GUIDELINES Papers must contain new results. The question occasionally arises whether confirmation of previously published results justifies publication of a manuscript. This depends on the importance of the measurement, whether there has been a controversy involving the earlier measurement or other measurements by the same authors, the length of the manuscript (a Brief Report may be acceptable where a long article is not), whether the repetition is a small part of the manuscript or all of it, and whether the same authors have previously published similar information. Material previously published in an abbreviated form (in a Letters journal, as a Rapid Communication, or in a conference proceedings) may provide a useful basis for a more detailed article in the Physical Review. Such an article should present considerably more information and lead to a substantially improved understanding of the subject. Reproduction of figures, tables, and text material that have been published previously should be kept to a minimum and must be properly referenced. In order to reproduce figures, tables, etc., from another journal, authors must show that they have complied with the copyright requirements of the publisher of the other journal. Publication of material in a thesis does not preclude publication of appropriate parts of that material in the Physical Review. If a manuscript submitted to Physical Review C is on a topic not within the purview, but may be suitable for another Physical Review journal, the Editors will transfer the paper to the appropriate journal and inform the author(s) of that transfer. Papers advancing new theoretical views on fundamental principles or theories must contain convincing arguments that the new predictions and interpretations are distinguishable from existing knowledge, at least in principle, and do not contradict established experimental results. Mathematical and computational papers that do not have application to physics are generally not suitable for Physical Review C. Papers that describe proposed experiments fall into a special category. For such papers to be acceptable, the experiments must be demonstrated to be novel and feasible. It is the authors' responsibility to show that their proposal is likely to stimulate research that might not otherwise be undertaken. Generally not suitable for Physical Review are papers proposing a new experiment using straightforward calculations based on well-known theories or models, and papers describing simulations of apparatus or optimization and feasibility studies. 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It is published in the first issue of each volume and includes information about: General Submission - Conventional, Electronic Resubmission - Conventional and Electronic Title, authors, affiliations Abstract Symbols and units Notation References and footnotes Acknowledgments Tables and figures Previous Information for Contributors Manuscripts that report the results of research in nuclear physics and related fields may be submitted to Physical Review C. The manuscripts must contain new results and not be in editorial process at another journal. (For details, see ``Physical Review C Editorial Policies and Practices''.) Articles published in Physical Review C are grouped under headings in the table of contents. The headings now used are as follows: Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction, Few-Body Systems Nuclear Structure Nuclear Reactions Relativistic Nuclear Collisions Hadronic Physics and QCD Electroweak Interaction, Symmetries Nuclear Astrophysics Authors should suggest the headings that are most appropriate. This journal, and more detailed information about it, can be found on the World Wide Web at the URL http://prc.aps.org. Prospective authors are particularly advised to consult the information accessible via the Authors and Manuscript Submission subpages. Those looking for a specific known file may find it more convenient to consult the alphabetical listing available at the Author Forms subpage of http://forms.aps.org/. Manuscripts may be submitted by a variety of electronic modes (including via e-print servers, direct Web upload, and email), or by conventional mail, but not by fax. Web or e-print submission is strongly preferred. 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It should not contain footnotes, coined words, or acronyms that are not explained. Physical Review C tries to follow the recommendations on symbols and units of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) and of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Metric units (preferably SI), not British units, are used, unless the British unit is part of the name of an object. Recommended abbreviations for frequently used terms are listed below along with some common misuse. arb. units                       a.u. (a.u. is for atomic units) Physical Review C follows the recommendations of the S.U.N. Commission of IUPAP on the symbols to be used for nuclides and their states. The nucleon number (mass number) of a nuclide is shown as a left superscript (). A right superscript is used for indicating a state of ionization () or an excited state (110Agm,14N*). A right subscript is used for indicating the number of atoms in a molecule (). 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Author Information   APS Forms and Memos to Authors Guidelines for Professional Conduct Manuscript Preparation Information for Contributors Style and Notation Guide REVTeX PACS Scheme PRC Length Worksheets: Rapid Communications: Form  Guidelines Brief Reports only:       Form  Guidelines Comments and Replies: Form  Guidelines Auxiliary Material (EPAPS) More Information Manuscript Submission Manuscript Submission Copyright-Transfer Form Color Figure Authorization and Pricing More Information Review Process Policies and Practices Author Status Inquiry System Information Access Comments and Replies in PRC Short Papers More Information Postacceptance Accepted Manuscript Status Inquiry System Electronic Proofs Publication Charges More Information Editorial Board   Editor Benjamin F. Gibson Associate Editors Richard F. Casten Bradley W. Filippone Joseph I. Kapusta W. Gary Love D. John Millener Christopher Wesselborg Assistant Editor Debbie Brodbar Editorial Board Term ending 31 December 2003 T. William Donnelly Charles Gale Brian D. Serot Bradley M. Sherrill Reinhard Stock Term ending 31 December 2004 Simon Capstick Enzo DeSanctis Alejandro Garc韆 Dan-Olof Riska Robert B. Wiringa Term ending 31 December 2005 Jonathan Engel Sydney Gales Charles Glashausser Ingemar Ragnarsson Hideyuki Sakai