A quarterly journal published by The American Physical Society,
Martin Blume, Editor-in-Chief.
Editor: George F. Bertsch, Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
Reviews of Modern Physics seeks to enhance communication among physicists by
publishing comprehensive scholarly reviews of significant topics, as well as
colloquia and tutorial articles in rapidly developing fields of physics.
Colloquium Editor: Anthony F. Starace, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0111
Associate Editors:
L. A. Bloomfield, Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4714
D. M. Ceperley, Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
M. Dine, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
A. M. Goldman, Department of Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
P. B. Littlewood, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 OHE, United Kingdom
K. Nakamura, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, KEK (High Energy Accelerator
Research Organization), Oho, Tsukuba, Japan
M. Neubert, Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-2501
A. Richter, Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
R. H. Siemann, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA 94025
V. Trimble, Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4575 and
Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-2421
P. Zoller, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Universität Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Assistant Editor: Karie Friedman
Production Division Editors: Doug Parker, Heather Callahan
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