Physical Review Accelerators and Beams

Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Title	Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Discipline	Accelerator physics
Abbreviation	Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams
Publisher	American Physical Society
History	1998–present
Frequency	Biweekly
Issn	2469-9888

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Physical Review Accelerators and Beams Physical Review Accelerators and Beams is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering accelerator science and technology. It publishes original research, technical notes, and reviews relevant to high-energy physics facilities such as Large Hadron Collider, Fermilab, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, CERN, and DESY. The journal serves communities connected to projects like International Linear Collider, European XFEL, Spallation Neutron Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborations including ATLAS Collaboration, CMS Collaboration, LHCb, and ALICE.

Overview

Physical Review Accelerators and Beams focuses on accelerator design, beam dynamics, instrumentation, and accelerator-related technologies used at facilities such as KEK, RHIC, ESS, J-PARC, and LCLS. It is published by the American Physical Society and interfaces with organizations like the Particle Accelerator Conference, European Particle Accelerator Conference, International Committee for Future Accelerators, and national laboratories including Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory. The readership includes researchers involved with projects like Muon g-2, DUNE, NOvA, ITER, and industrial partners such as Siemens and General Atomics.

The journal accepts manuscripts on accelerator concepts exemplified by machines like SuperKEKB, Tevatron, Proton Synchrotron, Advanced Photon Source, and subsystems including RF systems used at CERN Accelerator School sites, magnet technologies developed at Oxford University, cryogenics applied at MIT, vacuum engineering from groups at University of Tokyo, and beam instrumentation adopted at University of Oxford. Topics also include computational tools, simulation codes pioneered at Los Alamos National Laboratory, control systems following standards from IEEE, and beam diagnostics used in experiments such as MINOS and T2K. The scope encompasses theoretical treatments connected to concepts advanced by figures associated with Enrico Fermi, Ernest Lawrence, John Cockcroft, Ernest Walton, and Rolf Widerøe.

The journal emerged from the consolidation of accelerator-focused sections in journals linked to the American Institute of Physics and the Physical Review family, evolving alongside major milestones like the construction of the Large Electron–Positron Collider and proposals for the International Linear Collider. Early community-building involved conferences such as the Particle Accelerator Conference and institutions like CERN and Fermilab. Over time editorial policies adapted in response to large projects including the Compact Linear Collider study, the upgrade programs at LHC and the development of light sources such as European XFEL and SPring-8. The journal’s trajectory intersects with awards and recognitions conferred by bodies like the European Physical Society, the American Physical Society Fellowship, and repositories associated with arXiv.

The editorial board comprises scientists affiliated with institutions like SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, DESY, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and universities such as University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University, University of Oxford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Tokyo Institute of Technology. Peer review aligns with standards promoted by the American Physical Society and publishing workflows integrate preprint culture from arXiv and metadata practices endorsed by CrossRef and indexing services used by Web of Science and Scopus. The journal supports technical notes, accelerator physics pedagogy linked to the CERN Accelerator School, and conference proceedings associated with events like the International Particle Accelerator Conference.

Physical Review Accelerators and Beams is regarded within communities at CERN, Fermilab, DESY, KEK, and SLAC as a central venue for disseminating advances in beam physics, magnet design, RF technology, and instrumentation. Its articles inform design decisions for projects such as High-Luminosity LHC, Electron-Ion Collider, Future Circular Collider, and upgrades at LCLS-II. The journal is cited alongside reports from agencies like the U.S. Department of Energy, the European Commission, the National Science Foundation, and technical notes by collaborations including ATLAS Collaboration and CMS Collaboration.

Notable contributions include seminal studies on beam stability and collective effects referenced by groups at Brookhaven National Laboratory and CERN, algorithms for particle tracking developed in collaboration with CERN and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, cryomodule designs adopted at DESY and Jefferson Lab, and instrumentation advances used by experiments like MINOS and NOvA. The journal has published influential work that impacted projects such as International Linear Collider, Compact Linear Collider, High-Luminosity LHC, European XFEL, and Spallation Neutron Source, and has been cited by reviews and guidance documents from organizations like the International Committee for Future Accelerators and the Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel.

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