In an RF magnetometer setup with a beam splitter and photodiodes (image right), circularly polarized light along the z axis acts as the pump for polarizing atoms, and linearly polarized light along the y axis detects atomic spin.

Rayleigh-Bapos{e}nard convection is the flow in a closed box heated from below and cooled from above. The ultimate regime of Rayleigh-Bapos{e}nard turbulence occurs when the dimensionless temperature difference between the bottom and top plates is large.

The American Physical Society (APS) is pleased to announce that it will begin sponsoring Astrobites, a daily astrophysical literature journal written by graduate students in astronomy. This mutually beneficial collaboration aims to enhance the dissemination of research, educational resources, and career insights in the field of astronomy and astrophysics.

The policy requires authors to explain where research data can be found starting Sept. 4.

APS has selected 156 Outstanding Referees for 2024 who have demonstrated exceptional work in the assessment of manuscripts published in the Physical Review journals. A full list of the Outstanding Referees is available online.

SCOAP³ — Open Access in High-Energy Physics

APS participates in SCOAP³ (Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics), an international coalition of more than 3,000 libraries and research institutions from over 45 participating countries. Managed by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), it funds open access publishing in high-energy physics research.

Under the SCOAP³ model, high-energy physics papers posted to the arXiv and published in Physical Review Letters (PRL), Physical Review C (PRC), and Physical Review D (PRD) can be published open access, without any article publication charges (APCs) to authors.

APS has been participating in SCOAP³ since Jan. 1, 2018 and the current arrangement extends to articles published through 2027.

How It Works

1. Post your high-energy physics (hep) paper to the arXiv with a primary category of hep-ex, hep-th, hep-ph, or hep-lat.*
1. Note arXiv moderators have the right to review and change categorization if it is deemed incorrect.
2. Submit your article to PRL , PRC , or PRD .
1. Provide your arXiv ID to APS during submission, or as soon as possible afterwards. It must be received before publication. Delays may occur if the arXiv ID is received after the article is accepted for publication.
3. APS will automatically check eligibility with the arXiv
4. Authors must agree to publish their article with a CC-BY license .
5. Articles will be published open access, without any cost to authors, and include the text ‘Funded by SCOAP3’.

SUBMIT YOUR ARTICLE

*Articles must be posted to the appropriate category. arXiv.org is a fully independent service and neither APS nor the SCOAP³ collaboration can challenge the decision of arXiv moderators regarding a possible reclassification of an article.

Information for Subscribers

APS directly offsets revenue received for open access publishing from SCOAP³ by reducing subscription fees for PRL, PRC, and PRD. Institutional, library consortia, and multi-site subscribers to APS online packages and participating journals will receive an offset reduction to the cost of their annual online subscription.

We encourage all subscribers to engage with the SCOAP³ initiative and participate in the funding model. This will help ensure the long-term sustainability of equitable open access publishing in high-energy physics.

If you have any questions regarding your subscription please contact [email protected].