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Does the word limit for Physical Review Letters include references etc.?
I'm preparing a manuscript to submit to Physical Review Letters. On their website it says that the word limit is 3750 words.
Does this word limit count every word in the whole manuscript, including title abstract acknowledgements and references? Or does it only cover the body text? I couldn't find this information on their website.
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- 2 Sorry, maybe a silly question, but why is this downvoted? – Clumsy cat Aug 17, 2021 at 16:10
- 3 @Clumsycat Maybe because the answer to the question can be literally found by following a link on the very website that OP has linked? – Sursula Aug 17, 2021 at 16:56
- 2 @Sursula that doesn't say much for OP's reading comprehension, but the question still seems on-topic, and heaven knows, I've failed to properly comprehend clearly written instructions before. It seems to me that this question is on topic and OP may not be the last person to overlook that link. – Clumsy cat Aug 17, 2021 at 20:21
- 1 I checked again and the link on that page is quite easy for me to find now. I'm excited but also pretty stressed about the process, and my reading comprehension for topics I'm very stressed about is significantly lower than my average. I looked through the page a couple of times before posting, and I've appreciated the answer here. (Thanks for helping me feel a little less silly @Clumsy cat) – Joe Aug 18, 2021 at 8:43
- 1 Rule of thumb: If you end up at a bit less than 4 pages before acknowledgements + references start, you should be roughly fine. And if not, PRL will tell you to shorten the manuscript (they will provide a length estimate) before continuing. So as long as your paper is not excessively long compared to this, no need to worry. In particular, no need to go through the involved word-counting procedure. – user151413 Sep 15, 2021 at 21:20
On the page you linked to, it says
For a more detailed explanation of length limits, please consult the journals’ Length Limit Guide .
If you were to follow that link, you'd find that the length formula used by APS is somewhat complicated, as they assign an equivalent number of words to figures, tables, and equations. However, it also establishes that e.g. abstract, author listings, references, and acknowledgements do not count towards the length limit.
- 2 Although the various formulas over the years (APL, PRL, ...) are approximations, and passing the formula count does not guarantee fitting within (hard anymore?) page limit. If every paragraph has one word left hanging on its own line at the end, well, that is a problem (and the first place to look for taking out one word to gain an entire line back). – Jon Custer Aug 17, 2021 at 14:00
- @JonCuster Yes, trying to quantitatively use those formulas has some inevitable uncertainty, but it certainly helps to know that some parts of the manuscript won't count. And the length estimate APS provides on the submission page seems wildly inaccurate at times. In practice, the best guide seems to be if everything that counts can be fitted within some number of pages (4 for PRL). – Anyon Aug 17, 2021 at 14:10
- Back in the day, there were several TeX formats floating around that copied APL and PRL output pretty well. The few times I had issues it isn't clear that they would have helped either. As you say, follow their instructions and most of the time there won't be a problem. – Jon Custer Aug 17, 2021 at 14:14
- @JonCuster The page limit got replaced by the word count. – user151413 Sep 15, 2021 at 21:22
- @user151413 - Interesting, and thanks for bringing me up to date. Not so surprising in this day and age with pdf files rather than hard copy. Sure would have made life a bit easier back in the day. – Jon Custer Sep 15, 2021 at 21:49
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The various sections of the manuscript should be assembled in the order listed below without section headers , with the exception of a header for the Experimental Section and/or Computational Methods, which should be included at the end of the main text of the manuscript.
An Editorial with useful advice on constructing an effective scientific paper can be found at DOI 10.1021/jz4006916 .
Section Order
- Title, Author Names, Affiliations, and Corresponding Author's e-mail address Second Page: Abstract and Table of Contents image (in this order)
- Introduction
- Results and Discussion, including Figures, Figure Captions, and Tables
Experimental Methods
Acknowledgments.
- Supporting Information paragraph (if applicable)
The title should be specific, informative and concise and should accurately reflect the scientific content. Avoid using common phrases such as “investigation,” “study,” “demonstration,” or “performance evaluation,” uncommon acronyms, and words such as “first,” “novel,” “facile,” and “one- pot” in the title and abstract. The title, author list, and institutional affiliations should be included on the first page. A well-crafted title will specify the advance reported in the paper.
Be consistent in authorship designation on the manuscript and on all correspondence. Authors’ names should be given as completely as possible: first names, middle initials, and surnames. Give the complete mailing addresses of the institutions where the work was conducted and identify the affiliation of each author. If the current address of an author is different, include it in a footnote on the title page. The corresponding author(s) to whom inquiries about the paper should be addressed must be marked with an asterisk; provide the complete mailing address and e-mail address of this correspondent(s). Note: More than one author may be designated as a co- corresponding author in the published paper; however, only one author may be designated as the corresponding author while the manuscript is under review and revision in ACS Paragon Plus.
Institution Identification
Many funders and institutions require that institutional affiliations are identified for all authors listed in the work submitted. ACS facilitates this requirement by collecting institution information during manuscript submission under Step 2: Authors and Affiliations in ACS Paragon Plus.
The abstract should be a clear, concise, one-paragraph summary (100–150 words) that appeals to the general readership of physical chemistry/chemical physics. The abstract should be informative rather than descriptive, giving scope, purpose, and significant results/conclusions. Reference citations should be avoided.
Abbreviations and acronyms should be defined upon first usage. Authors’ abstracts are used directly for Chemical Abstracts.
Main Text (without section headers)
Limit the introductory section to one to two paragraphs (without headings). Discuss relationships of the study to previously published work, but do not reiterate or attempt to provide a complete literature survey. The purpose or reason for the research being reported and its significance, originality, or contribution to new knowledge in the field should be clearly and concisely stated. Highlight the physical chemistry aspects of the work by citing appropriate work that would appeal to the Journal’s general readership. Do not include or summarize current findings in this section.
The author should discuss the significance of observations, measurements, or computations and should also point out how they contribute to the scientific objectives indicated in the introductory portion of the paper.
Complicated chemical equations, schemes, and structures should be supplied as graphic images, ready for publication. Figures, schemes, and charts, along with their captions, should be placed in the text where they are first mentioned and numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. Mathematical expressions and chemical formulas with uncommon symbols and letters should be clearly identified. Capital, lowercase, and Greek letters should be easily discernible or identified if ambiguity might result. Complicated superscripts and subscripts should be avoided.
Conclusions
Concluding remarks, principle findings, and future scope of the work should be summarized in the last paragraph of the results and discussion.
General Information. Provide a brief description of the experimental methodology in the manuscript. Detailed procedures can be provided in the Supporting Information, as needed.
Hazards. Authors must emphasize any unexpected, new, and/or significant hazards or risks associated with the reported work. This information should be in the experimental details section of the article.
Acknowledgments of financial assistance for the conduct of research, citations of theses, or indications of presentation at a research meeting should be brief and placed in this section.
Additional data and peripheral discussion should be placed in the Supporting Information (SI) rather than in references. Supplementary references may be placed in SI; however, any reference that is used in the SI only should not be cited in the paper. Submitted papers should not depend on unpublished material, and excessive reference to material in press or reports not readily found in research libraries is discouraged. If pertinent references are in press or unpublished for any reason, authors should upload copies of the references as Supporting Information for Review Only to enable reviewers to evaluate the manuscript. Papers accepted for publication are cited as “in press”; the journal abbreviation should be provided, and the DOI should be given if the paper is published online.
References can be provided in any style, but they must be complete, including titles. Unnecessarily long lists of references, including excessive self-citation, are to be avoided; however, authors must provide references to all relevant publications in which portions of the present work have appeared. Citation of recent papers published in physical chemistry and chemical physics journals that highlight the significance of the work to the general readership is encouraged. URLs are not preferred references because website content can be modified and, consequently, the reference information may lack permanence. For additional recommendations, see DOI 10.1021/jz500430j .
Unpublished references should not be included in the final reference list. Place “(unpublished results)” in the manuscript text immediately after the information. (This is required because readers will not have access to unpublished references.)
Multimedia is a creative way of further disseminating your work, gaining international exposure, and communicating with the physical chemistry community at large.
Perspective Videos
This information is provided to the reviewers during the peer-review process (for Review Only) and is available to readers of the published work (for Publication). Supporting Information must be submitted at the same time as the manuscript. See the list of Acceptable Software by File Designation and confirm that your Supporting Information is viewable .
If the manuscript is accompanied by any supporting information files for publication, these files will be made available free of charge to readers. A brief, nonsentence description of the actual contents of each file, including the file type extension, is required. This description should be labeled Supporting Information and should appear before the Acknowledgement and Reference sections. Examples of sufficient and insufficient descriptions are as follows:
Examples of sufficient descriptions: “Supporting Information: 1 H NMR spectra for all compounds (PDF)” or “Additional experimental details, materials, and methods, including photographs of experimental setup (DOC)”.
Examples of insufficient descriptions: “Supporting Information: Figures S1-S3” or “Additional figures as mentioned in the text”.
When including supporting information for review only, include copies of references that are unpublished or in-press. These files are available only to editors and reviewers.
All ACS journals strongly encourage authors to make the research data underlying their articles publicly available at the time of publication.
Research data is defined as materials and information used in the experiments that enable the validation of the conclusions drawn in the article, including primary data produced by the authors for the study being reported, secondary data reused or analyzed by the authors for the study, and any other materials necessary to reproduce or replicate the results.
The ACS Research Data Policy provides additional information on Data Availability Statements, Data Citation, and Data Repositories.
Reproducibility of Results
It is essential that papers provide enough information so that calculations and experiments can be reproduced by others. We encourage authors to use Supporting Information for this purpose, which is publicly available free of charge on the internet upon publication, regardless of whether or not the accompanying article is made open access.
Guidelines for Computational Results
Below are the general guidelines from Pure Appl. Chem. 1998, 70 , No. 10, 2047–2049 ( http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac199870102047 ) for manuscripts reporting the results of electronic structure calculations, force field parameters, and other potential energy surface information. Further details are listed in the guidelines authored by J. E. Boggs ( Pure Appl. Chem. 1998, 70 , No. 4, 1015–1018 ( http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac199870041015 ). Both sets of guidelines can be viewed online at http://iupac.org/publications/pac/reports/year/1998/ . While these papers refer to electronic structure and molecular dynamics calculations, the concepts stated below apply to all calculations.
- If a paper mentions any calculations that are integral to the study (i.e., the precise quantitative results are central to the conclusions drawn) computational details must be described.
- Reproducibility of computations should be a defining goal in reporting computational results. Sufficient technical details should be provided to allow a reader to reproduce the results of any calculations. Of course, strict reproducibility of computations may be precluded by differences among computers (e.g., differences in operating systems, host-based algorithms, machine precision, etc.), software (e.g., installation procedures and programming modifications), and applications (e.g., for probabilistic methods such as Monte Carlo calculations).
- A description of the results of any published calculation must be available for scientific scrutiny by other investigators. Ordinarily this will best be achieved if the authors place full details of the calculation (e.g., structures, energies, frequencies, dynamical quantities, etc.) in a repository (such as Supporting Information to the paper) that is accessible via the Internet. Otherwise, it is the responsibility of the investigator to make such information available upon request. Depending on the specific circumstances, the appropriate data to be deposited might be final output structure(s) or the input structure(s) that would allow another investigator to replicate the computational experiment.
- Electronically deposited structures should be written in a format that is machine readable by readily available modelling or translating programs.
- An adequate specification of the computer program used to carry out the calculations is essential. If the calculations were carried out with commercially available software, the investigator must list the source, version number, and force field employed. Any program modifications and any differences from the published version (including changes in parameters) must be fully described or available to other investigators upon request. Changes in parameters, program options (e.g., dielectric constant, nonbonded cutoffs, etc.) affecting reproducibility of the calculation, and program constraints must be fully described in the article. If the program is not available, commercially or otherwise, the authors must specify sufficient detail that the calculation could be reproduced.
- The issue of convergence must be adequately addressed. An iterative calculation is considered to have converged when further iterations will not significantly alter the results. Convergence criteria should be reported (e.g., energy change per iteration or energy gradient for geometry optimization of a single structure).
Guidelines for Experiments
Authors are expected to provide sufficient detail to enable a trained professional to reproduce routine measurements and synthetic procedures. Authors are required to provide crystallographic or surface structure data as Supporting Information in crystallographic information file (CIF) format. For quantitative optical measurements, the specifics and usable range of the photodetector should be reported.
Teams of ACS editors have identified best practices in certain fields to guide authors in the reporting of experimental results. Please refer to them, as needed:
- Best Practices for the Reporting of Colloidal Inorganic Nanomaterials ( http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02323 )
- Best Practices for Reporting on Energy Storage ( http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.5b06029 )
- Best Practices in Perovskite Solar Cell Efficiency Measurements. Avoiding the Error of Making Bad Cells Look Good ( http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00289 )
- Best Practices for Reporting on Heterogeneous Photocatalysis ( http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/am504389z )
- Best Practice in Photocatalysis: Comparing Rates of Apparent Quantum Yields? ( http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00521 )
A well-written paper helps share your results most clearly. ACS Publications’ English Editing Service is designed to help scientists communicate their research effectively. Our subject-matter expert editors will edit your manuscript for grammar, spelling, and other language errors so your ideas are presented at their best.
The quality of illustrations in ACS journals and partner journals depends on the quality of the original files provided by the authors. Figures are not modified or enhanced by journal production staff. All graphics must be prepared and submitted in digital format.
Graphics should be inserted into the main body whenever possible. Please see Appendix 2 for additional information.
Any graphic (figure chart, scheme, or equation) that has appeared in an earlier publication should include a credit line citing the original source. Authors are responsible for obtaining written permission to re-use this material.
The impact of your research is not limited to what you can express with words. Tables and figures such as graphs, photographs, illustrations, diagrams, and other visuals can play a significant role in effectively communicating your findings. Our Artwork Editing and Graphical Abstract services generate publication-ready figures and Table of Contents (TOC) graphics that conform to your chosen journal’s specifications. For figures, this includes changes to file type, resolution, color space, font, scale, line weights, and layout (to improve readability and professional appearance). For TOC graphics, our illustrators can work with a rough sketch or concept or help extract the key findings of your manuscript directly for use as a visual summary of your paper.
Preparing for Submission
Manuscripts, graphics, supporting information, and required forms, as well as manuscript revisions, must all be submitted in digital format through ACS Paragon Plus , which requires an ACS ID to log in. Registering for an ACS ID is fast, free, and does not require an ACS membership. Please refer to Appendix 1 for additional information on preparing your submission
JPC Letters authors are allowed to deposit an initial draft of their manuscript in a preprint service such as ChemRxiv , arXiv, bioRxiv, or the applicable repository for their discipline prior to submission. Please note any use of a preprint server in the Cover Letter and, as appropriate, state how the manuscript has been adjusted/updated between deposition and submission. The use of a preprint service will not bias reviewing/acceptance of the paper in JPC Letters . Upon publication, authors are advised to add a link from the preprint to the published paper via the Digital Object Identifier (DOI). Redundant publication, such as the use of a repository for published versions of papers, is subject to the Journal Publication Agreement and generally requires copyright permission.
Review Process
There are basically three steps in the review process. For more information on the review process, please read “ Overcoming the Myths of the Review Process and Getting Your Paper Ready for Publication " ( http://pubs.acs.org/doi/ipdf/10.1021/jz500162r ).
Step 1 – Administrative Review
The manuscript submission is checked for completeness, e.g., complete author information provided, all files are present, no missing graphics, correct format. (For additional information, refer to the Editorial “ Getting Your Submission Right and Avoiding Rejection ” at http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jz3014562 .)
Step 2 – Editorial Review
The editors may exercise their prerogative to reject a manuscript after editorial review if that paper is judged to be outside the scope of the journal, poorly written or formatted, fragmentary and marginally incremental, or lacking in significant advance or urgency.
All manuscripts are reviewed and handled by one of the editors. The editor and editorial assistant are then responsible for the assigned manuscripts, including acknowledging receipt, evaluating the content of the paper, screening authors’ previous submissions/publications, and ultimately selecting reviewers, monitoring the progress of the review process, evaluating the comments of reviewers and forwarding them to the authors for their response, communicating ultimate acceptance or rejection to the corresponding author, carrying out a check of accepted manuscripts for appropriate format and style, and forwarding manuscripts to the publications office.
Step 3 – Peer Review
Papers that clear both the administrative review and editorial review are sent for peer review. The editors request the scientific advice of reviewers who are active in the area of research covered by the manuscript. The reviewers act only in an advisory capacity, and the final decision concerning a manuscript is the responsibility of the editors. The reviewers are asked to comment not only on the scientific content but also on the manuscript’s suitability for JPC Letters and urgency of publication. The reviewers are asked to evaluate the following: (1) originality and new scientific advance of the work, (2) broad appeal to physical chemists/chemical physicists, (3) how well the conclusions are supported by the data, (4) clarity of the paper, and (5) how well the paper provides new physical insights. All reviews are anonymous to the authors, and the reviewing process is most effective if reviewers do not reveal their identities to the authors.
A manuscript sent to an author for revision should be returned to the editor without delay. Authors should contact the editor if a delay is anticipated. The editors reserve the right to inactivate a manuscript not returned within 2 weeks of the request. When a manuscript is inactivated, it will no longer be available on your ACS Paragon Plus home page. When this occurs, you may contact the editorial office to request an extension; otherwise, the revised manuscript must be resubmitted as a new submission. The cover letter should indicate the previous manuscript number as well as respond to the comments of the reviewers. The manuscript will be processed as a revision with a new manuscript number and date of submission.
Manuscripts undergoing major revisions may be sent back to the original reviewers, who are asked to comment on the revisions. If only minor revisions are involved, the editor may choose to examine the revised manuscript in light of the recommendations of the reviewers without seeking further opinions. The author should provide a cover letter with the revised manuscript to detail how the author responded to the reviewers’ comments. The date of receipt of the original manuscript will appear on the published paper.
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Revisions/Resubmissions For revisions:
- Return the revision within 2 weeks of request date, or the manuscript may be inactivated.
- Clearly identify the manuscript as a revision; refer to the manuscript number in the cover letter.
- Include an itemized list of changes, with a response to each comment made by the editor and by each reviewer.
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- Be aware that the manuscript may be sent for additional review.
For transfers to JPC A/B/C :
Manuscripts that are submitted to the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters may be deemed unsuitable for the journal but scientifically sound such that they may merit consideration in JPC A/B/C . In these cases, the editor of JPC Letters may directly transfer the manuscript in ACS Paragon Plus with all author-submitted information and reviews (if the manuscript is transferred after review) to JPC A/B/C with the permission of the authors.
The editors of JPC A/B/C have the discretion of requesting a new round of peer review prior to making a decision. Note that transfer of the manuscript does not guarantee acceptance.
All formatting requirements for JPC A/B/C must be met, including the change from Letter to Article format and a revised cover letter, prior to any action by the editors of JPC A/B/C .
- If the JPC Letters editor recommends resubmission to JPC A/B/C as a full article, respond to the recommendation by clicking on either the Approve or Decline transfer link in the decision letter within 1 week of receipt.
- Clicking the “Approve” link transfers your manuscript record and associated content back to your Paragon homepage.
- Use the “Continue this submission” link to complete the resubmission to JPC A/B/C .
- Upload revised cover letter and manuscript file(s) after removing the old files.
- Include an itemized list of changes, with a detailed response to each comment made by the editor and by each reviewer.
- The date of receipt of your resubmission will appear on the published paper.
Please suggest at least five reviewers. Authors are encouraged to avoid suggesting reviewers from the authors’ institutions. Do not suggest reviewers who may have a real or perceived conflict of interest . Whenever possible, suggest academic email addresses rather than personal email addresses.
If your submission is declined for publication by this journal, the editors might deem your work to be better suited for another ACS Publications journal or partner journal and suggest that the authors consider transferring the submission. Manuscript Transfer simplifies and shortens the process of submitting to another ACS journal or partner journal, as all the coauthors, suggested reviewers, manuscript files, and responses to submission questions are copied by ACS Paragon Plus to the new draft submission. Authors are free to accept or decline the transfer offer.
Note that each journal is editorially independent. Transferring a manuscript is not a guarantee that the manuscript will be accepted, as the final publication decision will belong to the editor of the next journal.
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It is the responsibility of the Corresponding Author to ensure that all authors listed on the manuscript agree with the changes made on the proofs. Galley proofs should be returned within 48 hours in order to ensure timely publication of the manuscript.
Accepted manuscripts will be published on the ACS Publications Web site as soon as page proofs are corrected and all author concerns are resolved. The first date on which the document is published on the Web is considered the publication date.
Publication of manuscripts on the Web may occur weeks in advance of the cover date of the issue of publication. Authors should take this into account when planning their patent and intellectual property activities related to a document and should ensure that all patent information is available at the time of first publication, whether ASAP or issue publication.
All articles published ahead of print receive a unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI) number, which is used to cite the manuscript before and after the paper appears in an issue. Additionally, any supplemental information submitted along with the manuscript will automatically be assigned a DOI and hosted on Figshare to promote open data discoverability and use of your research outputs.
Manuscripts will be published on the “ASAP Articles” page on the web as soon as page proofs are corrected and all author concerns are resolved. ASAP publication usually occurs within a few working days of receipt of page proof corrections, which can be several weeks in advance of the cover date of the issue.
The American Chemical Society follows guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) when considering any ethical concerns regarding a published article, Retractions, and Expressions of Concern.
Additions and Corrections
Additions and Corrections may be requested by the author(s) or initiated by the Editor to address important issues or correct errors and omissions of consequence that arise after publication of an article. All Additions and Corrections are subject to approval by the Editor, and should bring new and directly relevant information and corrections that fix scientific facts. Minor corrections and additions will not be published. Readers who detect errors of consequence in the work of others should contact the corresponding author of that work.
Additions and Corrections must be submitted as new manuscripts via ACS Paragon Plus by the Corresponding Author for publication in the “Addition/Correction” section of the Journal. The corresponding author should obtain approval from all coauthors prior to submitting or provide evidence that such approval has been solicited. The manuscript should include the original article title and author list, citation including DOI, and details of the correction.
Retractions
Articles may be retracted for scientific or ethical reasons and may be requested by the article author(s) or by the journal Editor(s), but are ultimately published at the discretion of the Editor. Articles that contain seriously flawed or erroneous data such that their findings and conclusions cannot be relied upon may be retracted in order to correct the scientific record. When an article is retracted, a notice of Retraction will be published containing information about the reason for the Retraction. The originally published article will remain online except in extraordinary circumstances (e.g. where deemed legally necessary, or if the availability of the published content poses public health risks).
Expressions of Concern
Expressions of Concern may be issued at the discretion of the Editor if:
- there is inconclusive evidence of research or publication misconduct by the authors;
- there is evidence that the findings are unreliable but the authors’ institution will not investigate the case;
- an investigation into alleged misconduct related to the publication either has not been, or would not be, fair and impartial or conclusive;
- an investigation is underway but a judgment will not be available for a considerable time.
Upon completion of any related investigation, and when a final determination is made about the outcome of the article, the Expression of Concern may be replaced with a Retraction notice or Correction.
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Appendix 1: PREPARING FOR SUBMISSION
We’ve developed ACS’ publishing and editorial policies in consultation with the research communities that we serve, including authors and librarians. Browse our policies below to learn more.
Ethical Guidelines
ACS editors have provided Ethical Guidelines for persons engaged in the publication of chemical research—specifically, for editors, authors, and reviewers. Each journal also has a specific policy on prior publication .
OFAC Compliance
As a U.S.-based non-profit organization, the American Chemical Society (ACS) is required to comply with U.S. sanctions laws and regulations administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). While these laws and regulations permit U.S.-based publishers like ACS to engage in publishing-related activities with authors located in sanctioned regions in many cases, ACS may be prohibited under U.S. law from engaging in publishing-related activities in some cases, including, but not limited to, instances where an author or the institution with which an author is affiliated is located in a particular sanctioned region or has been designated by OFAC as a Specially Designated National (SDN) pursuant to certain U.S. sanctions programs. ACS reserves the right to refrain from engaging in any publishing-related activities that ACS determines in its sole discretion may be in violation of U.S. law.
Safety Considerations
Authors must emphasize any unexpected, new, and/or significant hazards or risks associated with the reported work. This information should be in the Experimental Section of a full article and included in the main text of a letter. Statement examples can be found in the Safety Statement Style Sheet and additional information on communicating safety information from the ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication is freely available here .
Conflict of Interest Disclosure
A statement describing any financial conflicts of interest or lack thereof is published in each ACS journal and partner journal article.
During the submission process, the Corresponding Author must provide a statement on behalf of all authors of the manuscript, describing all potential sources of bias, including affiliations, funding sources, and financial or management relationships, that may constitute conflicts of interest. If the manuscript is accepted, the statement will be published in the final article.
If the manuscript is accepted and no conflict of interest has been declared, the following statement will be published in the final article: “The authors declare no competing financial interest.”
In publishing only original research, ACS is committed to deterring plagiarism, including self-plagiarism. ACS Publications uses CrossCheck's iThenticate software to screen submitted manuscripts for similarity to published material. Note that your manuscript may be screened during the submission process.
Further information about plagiarism can be found in Part B of the Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research . See also the press release regarding ACS' participation in the CrossCheck initiative.
Authorship, Author List, and Coauthor Notification
Authors are required to obtain the consent of all their coauthors prior to submitting a manuscript. The submitting author accepts the responsibility of notifying all coauthors that the manuscript is being submitted.
During manuscript submission, the submitting author must provide contact information (full name, email address, institutional affiliation, and mailing address) for all of the coauthors. Because all of the author names are automatically imported into the electronic Journal Publishing Agreement , the names must be entered into ACS Paragon Plus. (Note that coauthors are not required to register in ACS Paragon Plus.) Author affiliation should reflect where the work was completed, even if the author has since left that institution. Authors may include a note with a current address if their institution has changed since the work was completed.
To expedite the processing of your manuscript, please format your author and affiliation information according the guidelines in this link: https://pubsapp.acs.org/paragonplus/submission/author-address-information.pdf .
Criteria for authorship can be found in Part B of the Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research . Artificial intelligence (AI) tools do not qualify for authorship. The use of AI tools for text or image generation should be disclosed in the manuscript within the Acknowledgment section with a description of when and how the tools were used. For more substantial use cases or descriptions of AI tool use, authors should provide full details within the Methods or other appropriate section of the manuscript.
If any change in authorship is necessary after a manuscript has been submitted, confirmation is required that all of the authors (including those being added or removed) have been notified and have agreed to the change. To provide this confirmation, authors are asked to complete and sign an authorship change form and provide the completed form to the appropriate editorial office.
Patent Activities and Intellectual Property
Authors are responsible for ensuring that all patent activities and intellectual property issues are satisfactorily resolved prior to first publication (ASAP or in issue). Acceptance and publication will not be delayed for pending or unresolved issues of this nature.
Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
Authors submitting manuscript revisions are required to provide their own personal, validated ORCID iD before completing the submission, if an ORCID iD is not already associated with their ACS Paragon Plus user profiles. This ID may be provided during original manuscript submission or when submitting the manuscript revision. All authors are strongly encouraged to register for an ORCID iD, a unique researcher identifier. The ORCID iD will be displayed in the published article for any author on a manuscript who has a validated ORCID iD associated with ACS when the manuscript is accepted.
ORCID iDs should not be typed into the manuscript. ACS publishes only those ORCID iDs that have been properly verified and linked before the manuscript is accepted . After your ORCID iD is linked, it will be displayed automatically in all subsequently accepted manuscripts for any/all ACS journals. We do not publish ORCID iDs provided during proof review or via other communications after a manuscript is accepted for publication.
With an ORCID iD, you can create a profile of your research activities to distinguish yourself from other researchers with similar names, and make it easier for your colleagues to find your publications. If you do not yet have an ORCID iD, or you wish to associate your existing ORCID iD with your ACS Paragon Plus account, you may do so by clicking on “Edit Your Profile” from your ACS Paragon Plus account homepage and following the ORCID-related links. Learn more at www.orcid.org .
Copyright and Permissions
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Funder Reporting Requirement
Authors are required to report funding sources and grant/award numbers. Enter ALL sources of funding for ALL authors in BOTH the Funder Registry Tool in ACS Paragon Plus and in your manuscript to meet this requirement.
Open Access Compliance
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Precision Test of the Limits to Universality in Few-Body Physics
Roman chapurin, xin xie, michael j. van de graaff, jared s. popowski, josé p. d’incao, paul s. julienne, jun ye, and eric a. cornell, phys. rev. lett. 123 , 233402 – published 2 december 2019, see synopsis: three-body interactions, not so universal after all.
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We perform precise studies of two- and three-body interactions near an intermediate-strength Feshbach resonance in K 39 at 33.5820(14) G. Precise measurement of dimer binding energies, spanning three orders of magnitude, enables the construction of a complete two-body coupled-channel model for determination of the scattering lengths with an unprecedented low uncertainty. Utilizing an accurate scattering length map, we measure the precise location of the Efimov ground state to test van der Waals universality. Precise control of the sample’s temperature and density ensures that systematic effects on the Efimov trimer state are well understood. We measure the ground Efimov resonance location to be at − 14.05 ( 17 ) times the van der Waals length r vdW , significantly deviating from the value of − 9.7 r vdW predicted by van der Waals universality. We find that a refined multichannel three-body model, built on our measurement of two-body physics, can account for this difference and even successfully predict the Efimov inelasticity parameter η .
- Received 21 June 2019
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.233402
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Three-Body Interactions, Not So Universal After All
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Precision measurements with ultracold gases provide evidence that three-body bound states depend on atom-specific two-body interactions.
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- 2 Joint Quantum Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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Survey of experimental a − values in homonuclear systems, inspired by [ 15 ]. Previous results (blue circles) [ 3, 17, 37, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 ] show a tentative dependence of the a − value on the Feshbach resonance strength parameter s res . Our measurement (red star; red band in the inset) is the strongest evidence of departure from the − 9.7 ± 15 % r vdW value (dashed line and gray area) predicted by van der Waals universality [ 4, 5, 7, 9 ]. The inset shows calculations for a − based on a single van der Waals potential [ 7 ] with N = 1 − 7 s -wave two-body bound states (green squares) and results from our multichannel model [ 19 ] with N = 2 − 5 (black triangles).
Precise measurement of Feshbach dimer binding energies E b as a function of magnetic field B . Small experimental uncertainties on E b , spanning from 56 Hz at E b / h = 2.103 kHz to 1.0 kHz at E b / h = 1167.2 kHz , are not resolvable in the figure. A coupled-channel (cc) model is required to describe our data [ 19 ]. The solid curve shows the resulting fit, and the inset shows remarkably small fractional residuals. Contrary to applicability near broad Feshbach resonances [ 65 ], universal expressions (dashed and dotted curves) are insufficient for describing E b near our intermediate strength resonance.
Temperature dependence of the three-body loss coefficient L 3 , scaling as a 4 scaling (dashed) [ 73, 74, 75 ], enhanced near an Efimov ground state located at a − . For each temperature, we fit our data using a zero-temperature zero-range model [Eq. ( 1 )], limiting fits to data points for which | a | < λ / 10 (short vertical lines), to extract the L 3 / a 4 peak location and a finite-temperature zero-range model [Eq. ( 2 ), solid] to extract the true a − value. The inset shows the extracted peak locations (circles) and a − values (squares), where both coincide at the lowest temperature. The observed a − value significantly deviates from the a − = − 630 a 0 value (inset dashed line) predicted by van der Waals universality [ 7 ].
Suppression of the Efimov resonance in a high-density gas. Measurements of high- and intermediate-density samples performed with the same experimental conditions, contrasting only in the initial atom number. As a result, differential comparison of L 3 values between those two measurements is of greatest interest. Small L 3 deviations at low | a | between the lowest-density data and other data are attributed to differing trap conditions that result in evaporation. However, for our highest-density data, we observed a strong suppression of L 3 near a = a − .
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