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Physical Review E

Physical Review E is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Physical Review E rather than just read about it. In short: Physical Review E is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal, published monthly by the American Physical Society. The main field of interest is collective phenomena of many-body systems.

Key takeaways

Physical Review E belongs to physics; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Physical Review E to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Physical Review E from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Physical Review E is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal, published monthly by the American Physical Society. The main field of interest is collective phenomena of many-body systems. It is edited by Dario Corradini as of December 2024. While original research content requires subscription, editorials, news, and other non-research content is openly accessible.

Scope Although the focus of this journal is many-body phenomena, the broad scope of the journal includes quantum chaos, soft matter physics, classical chaos, biological physics and granular materials. Also emphasized are statistical physics, equilibrium and transport properties of fluids, liquid crystals, complex fluids, polymers, chaos, fluid dynamics, plasma physics, classical physics, and computational physics.

Former names This journal began as "Physical Review" in 1893. In 1913 the American Physical Society took over Physical Review. In 1970 Physical Review was subdivided into Physical Review A, B, C, and D. From 1990 until 1993 a process was underway which split the journal then entitled Physical Review A: General Physics into two journals. Hence, from 1993 until 2000, one of the split off journals became Physical Review E: Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics. In 2001 the journal was changed, in name, to its present title. As an aside, in January 2007, the section which published works on classical optics was transferred from Physical Review E to Physical Review A. This action unified the classical and quantum parts of optics into a single journal.

Rapid Communications Physical Review E Rapid Communications was announced on June 7, 2010. This section (or feature) gives priority to results which are deemed significant, and merits a prominent display on the Physical Review E website. The specific article is displayed for several weeks, and is part of a rotation with other articles, also deemed significant.

Abstracting and indexing Physical Review E is indexed in the following bibliographic databases:

Science Citation Index Expanded Current Contents / Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences Chemical Abstracts Service - CASSI Current Physics Index Inspec MEDLINE Index Medicus PubMed NLM catalog Physics Abstracts SPIN

See also American Journal of Physics Annales Henri Poincaré Applied Physics Express CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics European Physical Journal E Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data Journal of Physics A

References

External links Editorial: 40th Anniversary of Physical Review A. American Physical Society. July 1, 2010.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Physical Review E

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Physical Review E claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Physical Review E before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Physical Review E ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Physical Review E

In research: Physical Review E appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Physical Review E in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Physical Review E is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic journals established in 2001, American Physical Society academic journals, English-language journals, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Physical Review E outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Physical Review E in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Physical Review E means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Physical Review E out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Physical Review E in simple terms?

Physical Review E is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal, published monthly by the American Physical Society. The main field of interest is collective phenomena of many-body systems.

Why does Physical Review E matter?

Because it connects several physics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Physical Review E?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Physical Review E.