''Communications in Mathematical Physics'' is a
peer-review
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ed
academic journal
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published by
Springer
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Publishers
* Springer Science+Business Media, aka Springer International Publishing, a worldwide publishing group founded in 1842 in Germany formerly known as Springer-Verlag.
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. The journal publishes papers in all fields of
mathematical physics
Mathematical physics is the development of mathematics, mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The ''Journal of Mathematical Physics'' defines the field as "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the de ...
, but focuses particularly in
analysis
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related to
condensed matter physics
Condensed matter physics is the field of physics that deals with the macroscopic and microscopic physical properties of matter, especially the solid and liquid State of matter, phases, that arise from electromagnetic forces between atoms and elec ...
,
statistical mechanics
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and
quantum field theory
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, and in
operator algebra
In functional analysis, a branch of mathematics, an operator algebra is an algebra of continuous linear operators on a topological vector space, with the multiplication given by the composition of mappings.
The results obtained in the study o ...
s,
quantum information
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and
relativity.
History
Rudolf Haag conceived this journal with
Res Jost, and Haag became the Founding Chief Editor. The first issue of ''Communications in Mathematical Physics'' appeared in 1965. Haag guided the journal for the next eight years. Then
Klaus Hepp
Klaus Hepp (born 11 December 1936) is a German-born Swiss theoretical physicist working mainly in quantum field theory. Hepp studied mathematics and physics at Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität in Münster and at the Eidgenössischen Technis ...
succeeded him for three years, followed by
James Glimm, for another three years.
Arthur Jaffe began as chief editor in 1979 and served for 21 years.
Michael Aizenman
Michael Aizenman (; born 28 August 1945) is an American-Israeli mathematician and a physicist at Princeton University, working in the fields of mathematical physics, statistical mechanics, functional analysis and probability theory.
The highligh ...
became the fifth chief editor in the year 2000 and served in this role until 2012. The current
editor-in-chief
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is
Horng-Tzer Yau.
Archives
Articles from 1965 to 1997 are available in electronic form free of charge, via
Project Euclid
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, a
non-profit organization
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initiated by
Cornell University Library
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. This portion of the journal is provided through the Electronic Mathematical Archiving Network Initiative (EMANI)
to support the long-term electronic preservation of mathematical publications.
See also
*
List of mathematics journals
*
List of physics journals
This is a list of physics scientific journal, journals with existing articles on Wikipedia. The list is organized by outline of physics, subfields of physics.
By subject
General
Astrophysics
Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
* ''Eu ...
*
Res Jost
*
Rudolf Haag
References
Further reading
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External links
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* {{cite web, url=https://projecteuclid.org/journals/communications-in-mathematical-physics, title=Communications in Mathematical Physics in Project Euclid, website=Project Euclid, access-date=March 28, 2021
Mathematical physics journals
Physics journals
Academic journals established in 1965
Springer Science+Business Media academic journals