rmpguide.pdfI. INTRODUCTIONII. PRELIMINARY MATTERIII. SECTION HEADINGSIV. NUMBERING OF FIGURES, TABLES, ANDV. ACKNOWLEDGMENTSVI. APPENDICESVII. SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL NOT INVIII. REFERENCESIX. FOOTNOTESX. TABLESXI. FIGURESXII. PUNCTUATIONXIII. ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMSXIV. UNITSXV. MATHEMATICAL MATERIALACKNOWLEDGMENTSAPPENDIX A: WRITING A BETTER SCIENTIFIC ARTICLEAPPENDIX B: JOURNAL TITLE ABBREVIATIONSEdited byKarie FriedmanPublished byThe American Physical Societythrough the American Institute of PhysicsFirst Edition 1987Second Edition 1995Third Edition 1998Reviews of Modern PhysicsStyle GuideThird Edition 1998Edited byKarie FriedmanPublished byThe American Physical Societythroughthe American Institute of PhysicsWoodbury, New YorkReviews of Modern Physics Style GuideCONTENTSI. INTRODUCTION 1II. PRELIMINARY MATTER 1A. Header 1B. Title 1C. Author(s) 1D. Affiliation(s) 1E. Abstract 1F. Contents 2G. List of symbols and/or acronyms 2III. SECTION HEADINGS 2IV. NUMBERING OF FIGURES, TABLES,AND EQUATIONS 2A. Figure numbering 2B. Table numbering 2C. Equation numbering 2V. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 3VI. APPENDICES 3VII. SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALNOT IN APPENDICES 3VIII. REFERENCES 3A. Citations in the text 3B. Citations in footnotes 4C. Format of full reference entries 41. Journal articles 4a. Long format 4b. Short format 42. Russian journal articles with Englishjournal translations 53. Books 54. Proceedings 55. Theses, preprints, and otherreferences5D. Order of reference list 6IX. FOOTNOTES 6A. Introductory footnotes 6B. Textual footnotes 6C. Notes in tables and figure captions 7X. TABLES 7A. Table sizes 7B. Table captions 7C. Lines and space in tables 8D. Headings within tables 8XI. FIGURES 8A. Types of figures 8B. Designing and labeling figures 8C. Identifying figures 8D. Figure captions 9XII. PUNCTUATION 9A. Hyphenation 9B. Use of the comma 10C. Use of parentheses 10D. Use of the colon 10E. Use of the apostrophe 11F. Use of exclamation points and italics 11XIII. ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 11XIV. UNITS 11XV. MATHEMATICAL MATERIAL 12A. Characters 121. Character fonts 122. Diacritical signs 123. Subscripts and superscripts 13B. Abbreviations in math 131. Abbreviations designatingmathematical functions 132. Abbreviations in subscriptsand superscripts 14C. Mathematical expressions 141. When to display 142. Punctuation 143. Equation ‘‘breaking’’(multilinear equations) 144. Equation numbering, special situations 14D. Bracketing 151. Grouping sequence 152. Specific bracket notation 153. Specialized notation 15E. Additional style guidelines 151. Placement of limits 152. Fractions 163. Multiplication signs 164. Mathematical terms 165. Radical signs and overbars 16ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 16APPENDIX A: WRITING A BETTERSCIENTIFIC ARTICLE 18A. ELEMENTS OF GOOD STYLEFOR EVERYONE 181. Active and passive voices 182. Economy 193. Forward momentum 194. Inviting the reader in 205. Hedging 206. Littering the landscape:abbreviations and acronyms 217. Time travel: the mixed-tensessyndrome 218. Contrast and variety 219. Grammar 2210. Frequently misused wordsand expressions 2311. Being concrete 2412. Choosing a title 25B. ELEMENTS OF STYLE FORNON-NATIVE WRITERS OFENGLISH251. Past tense and present perfect 252. Placing the verb early in thesentence 263. Placement of adverbs 264. Nouns as modifiers 265. Articles 266. Describing figures 277. Participles and infinitives 278. Covering two possibilities 279. Omitting ‘‘it’’ 2810. Frequently misused wordsand expressions 28C. Conclusion 30APPENDIX B: JOURNAL TITLEABBREVIATIONS 31Reviews of Modern Physics Style GuideI. INTRODUCTIONThis guide is intended to help authors who are prepar-ing ReVTexcompuscripts for publication in Reviews ofModern Physics. The same stylistic guidelines apply, ofcourse, in the preparation of typed copy for the journal.The editorial staff at RMP and the production staff atthe American Institute of Physics appreciate your effortto follow our style in preparing your article. We all standto gain from it—you in speedier publication and greateraccuracy, and we in ease of production.A style macro package is available at the RMP web-site,http://www.phys.washington.edu/;rmp.You will also find posted on this website a samplepaper prepared in ReVTex.ReVTexis the LaTexmacro used to produce thestandard layout and style of all American Physical Soci-ety journals, including the Physical Review journals andReviews of Modern Physics. It enables an author to sub-mit a file from which proof can be generated directly,without rekeyboarding.Another component of the style package, the HarvardBibliographic Style, is useful in generating RMP’s refer-ence format and in tagging reference citations within thetext for hypertext links.Below is a description of the features of RMP style,many of which are taken care of automatically by thestyle files. In addition, you will find some remarks on therationale behind this style and advice on preparingtables, figures, and equations.Two appendices complete the Style Guide. The first isa short paper, ‘‘Writing a Better Scientific Article,’’ witha special subsection intended for authors whose first lan-guage is not English. [To be posted on the RMP websitein mid 1998.] The second is a list of journal titles withtheir standard abbreviations for use in references.When your article is ready, send the compuscript elec-tronically to [email protected]. PostScript figures mayalso be sent electronically as separate files. Do not em-bed the figures in the text.Reviews of Modern Physics also has an ftp site towhich you can transfer your file. Contact the editorialoffice for the address and procedure.Alternatively, you can send hard copies of your textand/or figures to the RMP editorial office, University ofWashington, Department of Physics, Physics/AstronomyBuilding B42, Box 351560, Seattle, WA 98195-1560.Group the figures and tables at the end of the manu-script.We look forward to receiving your article.II. PRELIMINARY MATTERThe appropriate ReVTexmacro is given on the right.A. HeaderBegin your text file with this header:\documentstyle[preprint,aps]{revtex}B. Title \title$%Begin the first word with a capital letter; thereaftercapitalize only proper or trade names and chemical sym-bols. Words may be used in place of greek symbols intitles. The use of nonstandard abbreviations and acro-nyms is not allowed.C. Author(s) \author$%If there are multiple authors, they should be rangedone above the other. Capitalize the first letter of