Zeitschrift für Physik

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 ), 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 . In 1986, it split into Zeitschrift für Physik A: Atomic Nuclei 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 . Physics of Condensed Matter was itself the continuation of Physik der Kondensierten Materie ). The original subtitle of Zeitschrift für Physik B was Condensed Matter and Quanta but changed to Condensed Matter  in 1980. Zeitschrift für Physik B merged with Journal de Physique I  to form European Physical Journal B.


 * Zeitschrift für Physik C: Particles and Fields (1979–1997, ), continuing as the European Physical Journal C.


 * Zeitschrift für Physik D: Atoms, Molecules and Clusters (1986–1997, ). Zeitschrift für Physik D merged with Journal de Physique II ( to form European Physical Journal D.