CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS

当代物理学提供权威和清晰的介绍性评论文章的重要最新发展的物理学。这些文章是专门委托他们领域的专家撰写的。作者的目的是全面审查其学科的现状，并将其置于当代研究、工业可能性和应用的更广泛的背景下，以一种可获得的方式。该杂志特别适合本科生、教师和讲师，以及那些希望被介绍到一个新领域开始研究生学习的人。读者应该能够在不参考其他材料的情况下理解该综述，尽管作者提供了完整的参考资料，以便那些希望进一步探索的人可以这样做。所有那些希望了解自己所在领域之外的领域的人，或者那些需要了解新领域的人，都可以阅读这些评论，并从中获益。文章面向广泛的读者，无论他们是物理学家、物理科学家还是受雇于高等教育、教学、工业或政府的工程师。当代物理学也包含一个主要的部分专门用于标准的书评和论文评论，这些评论是在一个领域的一般方面的背景下评论书籍。在该杂志的历史上，许多杰出的物理学家，包括诺贝尔奖得主，都写过介绍性的评论。《当代物理学》50周年特刊收录了这类论文，每一篇都附有评论。

Contemporary Physics presents authoritative and lucid introductory review articles on important recent developments in physics. The articles are specially commissioned from experts in their field. The authors aim to review comprehensively the current state of their subject and place it within a broader context of contemporary research, industrial possibilities and applications in an accessible way.The Journal is of particular use to undergraduates, teachers and lecturers and those starting postgraduate studies who wish to be introduced to a new area. Readers should be able to understand the review without reference to other material, although authors provide a full set of references so that those who wish to explore further can do so. The reviews can also be profitably read by all those who wish to keep abreast of the fields outside their own, or who need an accessible introduction to a new area.Articles are written for a wide range of readers, whether they be physicists, physical scientists or engineers employed in higher education, teaching, industry or government.Contemporary Physics also contains a major section devoted to standard book reviews and essay reviews which review books in the context of the general aspects of a field.Over the Journal’s history, introductory reviews have been written by many distinguished physicists, including Nobel Prize winners. Contemporary Physics’ 50 th Anniversary Special Issue is a collection of such papers, each of which is accompanied by a commentary.