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     PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS FOR PUBLICATION IN THE PHYSICAL REVIEW

     The  Physical Review attempts to maintain high standards with regard to
clarity  of style and presentation.  This aim is especially important as the
journal's  readership keeps widening geographically.  Authors are encouraged
to consult the following list as a guide in preparing manuscripts.  The list
refers  to  some of the most frequently encountered problems; more  complete
information  can be found in the "Physical Review Style and Notation  Guide"
available  at http://forms.aps.org/author/styleguide.pdf.

1.   Notation should be clear, compact, and consistent with standard  usage.
Each  symbol  must  be individually legible.  Equations should be punctuated
and  aligned  to  bring  out  their  structure,  and numbered  on the right.
Diacritical  marks  (tildes,  etc.)  can  be  put  over  any  single symbol,
including  an index, but are not generally desirable over or under groups of
symbols.

2.   Acronyms  and unusual mathematical symbols should be defined  at  their
first  occurrence in the abstract and in the text to ensure that such  terms
are  clearly  understood.  Citations in abstracts should be  accompanied  by
sources, not reference numbers,  since  abstracts are self-contained.

3.   Parentheses,  brackets, or braces should be used as necessary  to  make
mathematical expressions less ambiguous.  Authors should check, for example,
whether  parentheses  are  needed  to  clarify  the  extent  of  numerators,
denominators, square roots, or the arguments of trigonometric functions.

4.   Symbols for mathematical quantities that are used in equations normally
consist  of one full-size letter, possibly accompanied by indices or  labels
as superscripts or subscripts, or within  parentheses.  Abbreviations of two
or  more letters should not be used as symbols in mathematical  expressions,
as they  may  be mistaken for a product  of single-letter  symbols.   A  few
well-established  exceptions  to this rule are the trigonometric  functions,
standard  dimensionless parameters [e.g., Re (Reynolds number), Pr  (Prandtl
number)], c.c., H.a., and H.c.

5.   When  symbols with superscripts and subscripts are used, it  should  be
stated clearly in text what the superscripts and subscripts represent, so as
to  make  the paper easier to read.  Superscripts are normally set  directly
over subscripts.

6.  Three-vectors  are  usually  set  in roman boldface type.  More  general
vectors,   matrices,  etc.,  are  usually  set  in  lightface  italic  type,
although  boldface may alternatively be used.  The vector character of terms
in a relation should be consistent.  Physical Review  style calls for center
dots to signify all inner vector products and the multiplication x symbol to
indicate all outer vector products.

7.  Readability  of the  journal is an important consideration.  Authors are
urged  to  take  special  care  in assuring that their manuscripts are well-
organized  and  clearly  written  in good scientific English.  Accessibility
of  papers  is  a  matter  of significant concern, and at least the abstract
and  introduction  of  each  article  should  be  written so as to be under-
standable by a broad spectrum of readers. Jargon and specialized terminology
are to be avoided.