Description

Il Nuovo Cimento B is an international peer-reviewed monthly journal. It publishes basic research papers and short notes in the following theoretical and experimental fields (subjects previously covered by Il Nuovo Cimento C have been included as of January 2009):

general arguments, general relativity and gravitation, classical areas of phenomenology, astrophysics, earth and atmospheric sciences, biomedical applications, archaeometry, experimental techniques and instruments.

Il Nuovo Cimento B is associated to The European Physical Journal.

Articles in Il Nuovo Cimento B are abstracted in ISI Thomson Science Citation Index, INSPEC, Chemical Abstracts.

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Aims and Scopes

Fundamental Physics Astrophysics Cosmology Stars and stellar systems Classical Areas of Phenomenology Classical mechanics and fluid dynamics Electromagnetism, optics, acustics, thermal processes General Physics Classical and quantum physics Mathematical methods in physics General Relativity and Gravitation	Applied Physics Archaeometry Conservation science of cultural heritage Physical analysis of archaeological material Biomedical Applications Hadrotherapy and phototherapy Ionizing radiation effects Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Earth, atmosphere, ocean Climate and global change Planetary atmospheres and turbulence
Experimental Techniques and Instruments Accelerator facilities and related phenomena Astronomical techniques Detectors for nuclei, particles and radiation Electronics, control and data acquisition systems
Short Notes Interdisciplinary topics

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Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Luisa Cifarelli (Università di Bologna)

Deputy Editors-in-Chief

Giuseppe Bertin (Università di Milano)
Arnaldo Longhetto (Università di Torino)

Topical Editors

Fundamental Physics
R. Balbinot (Bologna), P. Biscari (Milano), P. De Bernardis (Roma), A. Giazotto (Pisa), G. Giovannini (Bologna), S. Graffi (Bologna), F. Guerra (Roma), D. Macchetto (Baltimore), G. Marmo (Napoli), P. O'Donnell (Cambridge), P. Rosati (München), T. J. Sluckin (Southampton)

Applied Physics
M. Bacci (Firenze), A. Diaspro (Genova), H. A. Dijkstra (Utrect), M. Elias (Paris), K. Fraedrich (Hamburg), P. Gasparini (Napoli), M. Martini (Milano), A. Mazzino (Genova), M. Piacentini (Roma), S. Pierini (Napoli), F. Prodi (Ferrara), R. Purini (Roma), Y.-P. Shao (Köln), A. Speranza (Camerino), F. Tampieri (Bologna), Pao K. Wang (Madison)

Experimental Techniques and Instruments
U. Bottigli (Siena), S. Centro (Padova), S. Gentile (Roma), G. Mastrantonio (Roma), E. Nappi (Bari), L. Palumbo (Roma), A. Scribano (Pisa)

Scientific Committee

V. A. Belinski (Roma), R. Boehm (Vienna), M. Capaccioli (Napoli), G. F. Carnevale (La Jolla, Cal), E. Castelli (Trieste), M. Cerdonio (Padova), R. Cingolani (Lecce), I. Ciufolini (Lecce), M. Colacino (Roma), C. Eva (Genova), M. Ghil (Paris), G. C. Ghirardi (Trieste), J. Hunt (London), R. T. Jantzen (Villanova, Penn.), J. Lebowitz (Piscataway, N. J.), V. Lucarini (Camerino), P. A. Mandò (Firenze), V. O'Shea (Glasgow), G. V. Pallottino (Roma), E. Pernicka (Tübingen), J. M. Redondo (Barcelona), C. Rovelli (Marseille), D. Ruelle (Bures-sur-Ivette), P. Sabadini (Milano), G. Setti (Bologna), T. Stocker (Bern), G. Veneziano (CERN, Genève), Q.-C. Zeng (Beijing)

Editorial director

Angela Oleandri

Secretary staff

Monica Bonetti
Angela Di Giuseppe

Editorial staff

Barbara Ancarani
Elena Baroncini
Marcella Missiroli

Technical-graphic staff

Cristina Calzolari
Simona Oleandri