PHYSICAL REVIEW E
STATISTICAL PHYSICS, PLASMAS, FLUIDS,
AND RELATED INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPICS
Editor
IRWIN OPPENHEIM
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Associate Editors Senior Assistant Editor Senior Assistants to the Editor
NEAL ABRAHAM MARGARET MALLOY DEBBIE BRODBAR
(Bryn Mawr College) MARGARET FOSTER
Assistant to the Editor VALERIE L. MILLER
BRANT M. JOHNSON JOANNA POPADIUK
(Brookhaven National Laboratory) Editorial Assistant
GARY T. BEDFORD
GERALD HEDSTROM
(Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory)
KATEPALLI R. SREENIVASAN
(Yale University)
EDITORIAL BOARD
Term ending 31 December 1997 Term ending 31 December 1998 Term ending 31 December 1999
J.J. BISOGNANO-beams physics D. CHANDLER-chemical physics I.B. BERNSTEIN-plasmas
M.C. GUTZWILLER-statistical physics J.R. DORFMAN-statistical physics Y. KURAMOTO-nonlinear physics
A. LEONARD-fluid dynamics P. MANNEVILLE-nonlinear physics, F.E. MOSS-biological physics
I. KANTER-neural networks hydrodynamics J.F. NAGEL-biological physics
S. REDNER-statistical physics G. PARISI-statistical physics R. PINDAK-liquid crystals
D. WEITZ-disordered materials, I. PROCACCIA-statistical physics N.G. VAN KAMPEN-statistical
complex fluids C. REBBI-computational physics mechanics
J.B. ROSENZWEIG-beams and plasmas
W.B. RUSSEL-complex fluids,
fluid dynamics
R. ZIFF-statistical physics
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