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		      FOUNDATIONS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS

			     Notice to Referees


This journal's relentless growth has made it necessary to review some 
editorial policies to delineate the scope of Physical Review A more 
clearly.  The editors and the Editorial Board have agreed on certain
guidelines for theoretical papers on the foundations of quantum
mechanics that can be considered for publication.

The conclusion, followed since 1995, is that to be considered for
publication in Physical Review A a theoretical paper on the foundations 
of quantum mechanics should either (i) have an explicit and direct 
connection with experiment, or (ii) shed significant new light on quantum 
mechanics itself.  Papers concerned primarily with the formal study of 
variants of quantum mechanics for their own sake, or papers offering only
conjectures, lie outside the scope of the journal.

We would appreciate your keeping these guidelines in mind as you evaluate 
the enclosed manuscript(s).


						The Editors