Press release: PhysMath Central Takes Off with a Big Bang

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PhysMath Central Takes Off with a Big Bang

Momentum builds with launch of PMC Physics B, first published research
in PMC Physics A

LONDON, October 2, 2007 - PhysMath Central, BioMed Central's open 
access publishing platform for the fields of physics, mathematics 
and computer science, today announced that PMC Physics A, the 
first PhysMath Central journal, has published its first research 
articles. The articles included a groundbreaking study that could 
change the way physicists understand dark matter.

One of the first articles published in PMC Physics A shares the 
results of a study conducted by Nikolaos Mavromatos of King's 
College London and his colleagues Athanasios Lahanas and Dimitri 
Nanopoulos, which found that the amount of dark matter left over 
from the early universe may be less than previously believed. 
The full research paper, along with others, can be read at 
www.physmathcentral.com/pmcphysa.

PhysMath Central also announces that its second journal, PMC 
Physics B will be edited jointly by Prof. Peter Hatton, Professor 
of Physics, Durham University, and Prof. Steve Buckman of 
Australian National University. The new journal will focus on 
condensed matter and atomic, molecular and optical (AMO) physics.

"This is exciting news for us as we continue our aim of bringing 
new open access journals to all areas of physics," said Chris 
Leonard, associate publisher, PhysMath Central. "We are very 
proud that researchers of the calibre of Professors Hatton and 
Buckman have agreed to be editors of PMC Physics B and look 
forward to publishing our first papers in these most exciting 
areas of research."

Professor Peter Hatton is head of the condensed matter research 
group at the University of Durham and has published more than 100 
papers in neutron scattering, orbital physics, resonant soft 
x-ray scattering, strongly correlated electron systems, 
superconductors and x-ray scattering. In addition to his 
research, Prof. Hatton also chairman of the I16 (Magnetism and 
Materials) beamline working party for DIAMOND, a new synchrotron 
facility based in the UK - as well as being chairman of the CCLRC 
Soft X-ray Diffractometer Project Management Committee.

Professor Stephen Buckman is Research Director of the Australian 
Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Antimatter-Matter 
Studies, focusing on absolute scattering measurements of low 
energy, electron-driven processes in atoms and molecules, 
scattering from excited atoms and molecules, and the elucidation 
of resonance excitation mechanisms in electron collisions. He has 
been involved in atomic and molecular physics research since 
completing his PhD at Flinders University, Adelaide in 1979.

Speaking of his new role, Buckman said, "I am delighted to be 
working with PhysMath Central and to be one of the editors for 
this ambitious journal. As well as providing a open access option 
for scientists to publish their very best work on condensed 
matter or AMO physics, we are particularly excited to cover 
emerging areas which were traditionally at the interface of one 
or the other discipline."

Launched to meet the increasing need for open access journals 
from major research institutes (such as CERN, the European 
Organization for Nuclear Research) and other funding 
organizations and government bodies, PhysMath Central seeks to 
make research in physics, mathematics and computer science more 
widely available and increase access to this research to all 
institutes and individuals, free of subscription charges.


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For more information on PhysMath Central, please contact Chris Leonard
at chris.leonard@physmathcentral.com or visit the website
http://www.physmathcentral.com and associated weblog
http://www.physmathcentral.com/blog/.

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