Zeitschrift für Physik
scientific journal
Zeitschrift für Physik (English: Journal for Physics) is a defunct series of German peer-reviewed physics journals established in 1920 by Springer Berlin Heidelberg. The series ended publication in 1997, when it merged with other journals to form the new European Physical Journal series. It had expanded to four parts over the years.
History
Zeitschrift für Physik (1920–1975 ISSN 0044-3328), The first three issues were published as a supplement to Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft. The journal split in parts A and B in 1975.
Zeitschrift für Physik A (1975–1997). The original subtitle was Atoms and Nuclei (ISSN 0340-2193). In 1986, it split into Zeitschrift für Physik A: Atomic Nuclei (ISSN 0939-7922) and Zeitschrift für Physik D: Atoms, Molecules and Clusters. Zeitschrift für Physik A continues as the European Physical Journal A.
Zeitschrift für Physik B (1975–1997) resulted from the split of Zeitschrift für Physik and the merger of Physics of Condensed Matter (ISSN 0340-2347). Physics of Condensed Matter was itself the continuation of Physik der Kondensierten Materie ISSN 0031-9236).
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