Sample title

Sample Title:
with Forced Linebreaka)
A. Author,1, b) B. Author,1, c) and C. Author2, d)
1)
Authors’ institution and/or address
2)
Second institution and/or address
(Dated: 9 October 2009)
An article usually includes an abstract, a concise summary of the work covered at length in the main body of
the article. It is used for secondary publications and for information retrieval purposes. Valid PACS numbers
may be entered using the \pacs{#1} command.

PACS numbers: Valid PACS appear here

Keywords: Suggested keywords

The “lead paragraph” is encapsulated with the A. Second-level heading: Formatting

LATEX quotation environment and is formatted
as a single paragraph before the first section This file may be formatted in both the preprint (the
heading. (The quotation environment reverts to default) and reprint styles; the latter format may be
its usual meaning after the first sectioning com- used to mimic final journal output. Either format may
mand.) Note that numbered references are al- be used for submission purposes; however, for peer re-
lowed in the lead paragraph. The lead paragraph view and production, AIP will format the article using
will only be found in an article being prepared for the preprint class option. Hence, it is essential that
the journal Chaos. authors check that their manuscripts format acceptably
under preprint. Manuscripts submitted to AIP that do
not format correctly under the preprint option may be
delayed in both the editorial and production processes.
The widetext environment will make the text the
width of the full page, as on page 3. (Note the use the
\pageref{#1} to get the page number right automati-
I. FIRST-LEVEL HEADING: cally.) The width-changing commands only take effect
THE LINE BREAK WAS FORCED via \\ in twocolumn formatting. It has no effect if preprint
formatting is chosen instead.

This sample document demonstrates proper use of

REVTEX 4.1 (and LATEX 2ε ) in mansucripts prepared for 1. Third-level heading: Citations and Footnotes
submission to AIP journals. Further information can be
found in the documentation included in the distribution Citations in text refer to entries in the Bibliography;
or available at http://publish.aip.org/revtex/ and they use the commands \cite{#1} or \onlinecite{#1}.
in the documentation for REVTEX 4.1 itself. Because REVTEX uses the natbib package of Patrick
Daly, its entire repertoire of commands are available
When commands are referred to in this example file, in your document; see the natbib documentation for
they are always shown with their required arguments, further details. The argument of \cite is a comma-
using normal TEX format. In this format, #1, #2, etc. separated list of keys; a key may consist of letters and
stand for required author-supplied arguments to com- numerals.
mands. For example, in \section{#1} the #1 stands By default, citations are numerical; Feynman (1954)
for the title text of the author’s section heading, and in author-year citations are an option. To give a textual ci-
\title{#1} the #1 stands for the title text of the paper. tation, use \onlinecite{#1}: (Refs. Witten, 2001; Ein-
Line breaks in section headings at all levels can be stein et al., 1935; Birell and Davies, 1982). REVTEX
introduced using \\. A blank input line tells TEX that “collapses” lists of consecutive numerical citations when
the paragraph has ended. appropriate. REVTEX provides the ability to properly
punctuate textual citations in author-year style; this fa-
cility works correctly with numerical citations only with
natbib’s compress option turned off. To illustrate, we
a) Footnote to title of article. cite several together Feynman (1954); Witten (2001);
b) Also at Physics Department, XYZ University. Einstein et al. (1935); Berman and Izrailev (1983), and
c) Electronic mail: Second.Author@institution.edu. once again (Refs. Einstein et al., 1935; Feynman, 1954;
d) http://www.Second.institution.edu/ Charlie.Author. Birell and Davies, 1982; Berman and Izrailev, 1983).
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Sample title 2

Note that, when numerical citations are used, the ref- most common kind:
erences were sorted into the same order they appear in 
|p| + pz

−1/2
the bibliography. χ+ (p) . [2|p|(|p| + pz )] , (1)
px + ipy
A reference within the bibliography is specified with a  Pa 
1 b
\bibitem{#1} command, where the argument is the ci- 11234567890abc123αβγδ1234556αβ . (2)
A2
tation key mentioned above. \bibitem{#1} commands
may be crafted by hand or, preferably, generated by using Note the open one in Eq. (2).
BibTEX. The AIP styles for REVTEX 4 include BibTEX Not all numbered equations will fit within a narrow
style files aipnum.bst and aipauth.bst, appropriate for column this way. The equation number will move down
numbered and author-year bibliographies, respectively. automatically if it cannot fit on the same line with a
REVTEX 4 will automatically choose the style appropri- one-line equation:
ate for the document’s selected class options: the default  Pa 
is numerical, and you obtain the author-year style by 1
ab12345678abc123456abcdef αβγδ1234556αβ 2 b .
specifying a class option of author-year. A
(3)
This sample file demonstrates a simple use of When the \label{#1} command is used [cf. input for
BibTEX via a \bibliography command referencing the Eq. (2)], the equation can be referred to in text without
aipsamp.bib file. Running BibTEX (in this case bibtex knowing the equation number that TEX will assign to it.
aipsamp) after the first pass of LATEX produces the file Just use \ref{#1}, where #1 is the same name that used
aipsamp.bbl which contains the automatically format- in the \label{#1} command.
ted \bibitem commands (including extra markup infor- Unnumbered single-line equations can be typeset using
mation via \bibinfo commands). If not using BibTEX, the \[, \] format:
the thebibiliography environment should be used in-
stead. g+ g+ → g+ g+ g+ g+ . . . , q+ q+ → q+ g+ g+ . . . .
a. Fourth-level heading is run in. Footnotes are pro-
duced using the \footnote{#1} command. Numeri-
A. Multiline equations
cal style citations put footnotes into the bibliography1 .
Author-year and numerical author-year citation styles
(each for its own reason) cannot use this method. Note: Multiline equations are obtained by using the
due to the method used to place footnotes in the bibli- eqnarray environment. Use the \nonumber command
ography, you must re-run BibTeX every time you change at the end of each line to avoid assigning a number:
any of your document’s footnotes. 2
M =igZ (4E1 E2 )1/2 (li2 )−1 δσ1 ,−σ2 (gσe 2 )2 χ−σ2 (p2 )
×[j li i ]σ1 χσ1 (p1 ), (4)
X
|Mgviol |2 = gS2n−4 (Q2 ) N n−2 (N 2 − 1)
II. MATH AND EQUATIONS
 
X X 1 1 X
×  cfτ . (5)
i<j perm
S12 S12 τ
Inline math may be typeset using the $ delimiters.
Bold math symbols may be achieved using the bm package Note: Do not use \label{#1} on a line of a multiline
and the \bm{#1} command it supplies. For instance, a equation if \nonumber is also used on that line. Incorrect
bold α can be typeset as $\bm{\alpha}$ giving α. Frak- cross-referencing will result. Notice the use \text{#1}
tur and Blackboard (or open face or double struck) char- for using a Roman font within a math environment.
acters should be typeset using the \mathfrak{#1} and To set a multiline equation without any equation num-
\mathbb{#1} commands respectively. Both are supplied bers, use the \begin{eqnarray*}, \end{eqnarray*}
by the amssymb package. For example, $\mathbb{R}$ format:
gives R and $\mathfrak{G}$ gives G X
|Mgviol |2 = gS2n−4 (Q2 ) N n−2 (N 2 − 1)
In LATEX there are many different ways to display equa-  
tions, and a few preferred ways are noted below. Dis-
!
X X 1 1
played math will center by default. Use the class option ×  .
fleqn to flush equations left. i<j perm
S 12 S23 Sn1 S12

Below we have numbered single-line equations, the To obtain numbers not normally produced by the auto-
matic numbering, use the \tag{#1} command, where #1
is the desired equation number. For example, to get an
equation number of (2.60 ),
1 Automatically placing footnotes into the bibliography requires
using BibTeX to compile the bibliography. g + g + → g + g + g + g + . . . , q + q + → q + g + g + . . . . (2.60 )
Sample title 3

A few notes on \tag{#1}. \tag{#1} requires amsmath. Putting a \label{#1} command right after the
The \tag{#1} must come before the \label{#1}, if any. \begin{subequations}, allows one to reference all the
The numbering set with \tag{#1} is transparent to the equations in a subequations environment. For example,
automatic numbering in REVTEX; therefore, the number the equations in the preceding subequations environment
must be known ahead of time, and it must be manually were Eqs. (6).
adjusted if other equations are added. \tag{#1} works
with both single-line and multiline equations. \tag{#1}
should only be used in exceptional case - do not use it to
number all equations in a paper.
Enclosing single-line and multiline equations in
\begin{subequations} and \end{subequations} will
produce a set of equations that are “numbered” with let-
ters, as shown in Eqs. (6a) and (6b) below:
 Pa  1. Wide equations
1
abc123456abcdef αβγδ1234556αβ 2 b , (6a)
A
The equation that follows is set in a wide format, i.e.,
2
M =igZ (4E1 E2 )1/2 (li2 )−1 (gσe 2 )2 χ−σ2 (p2 ) it spans across the full page. The wide format is reserved
×[i ]σ1 χσ1 (p1 ). (6b) for long equations that cannot be easily broken into four

[ΓZ (3, 21)]σ1 [ΓZ (13, 2)]σ1 [Γγ (3, 21)]σ1 [Γγ (13, 2)]σ1
   
(d)
R = gσe 2 2 2 + 2 2 + xW Qe 2 2 + 2 2 . (7)
Q12 − MW Q13 − MW Q12 − MW Q13 − MW

This is typed to show the output is in wide format. (Since

TABLE I. This is a narrow table which fits into a text col-
there is no input line between \equation and this para-
umn when using twocolumn formatting. Note that REVTEX 4
graph, there is no paragraph indent for this paragraph.) adjusts the intercolumn spacing so that the table fills the en-
tire width of the column. Table captions are numbered au-
tomatically. This table illustrates left-aligned, centered, and
III. CROSS-REFERENCING right-aligned columns.
Lefta Centeredb Right
REVTEX will automatically number sections, equa- 1 2 3
tions, figure captions, and tables. In order to refer- 10 20 30
ence them in text, use the \label{#1} and \ref{#1} 100 200 300
commands. To reference a particular page, use the a Note a.
\pageref{#1} command. b Note b.
The \label{#1} should appear in a section heading,
within an equation, or in a table or figure caption. The
\ref{#1} command is used in the text where the citation itself contain a \label command if you wish to refer to
is to be displayed. Some examples: Section I on page 1, your figure with \ref.
Table I, and Fig. 1.
Import your image using either the graphics or
graphix packages. These packages both define the
\includegraphics{#1} command, but they differ in the
IV. FIGURES AND TABLES optional arguments for specifying the orientation, scal-
ing, and translation of the figure. Fig. 1 is small enough
Figures and tables are typically “floats”; LATEX deter- to fit in a single column, while Fig. 2 is too wide for a
mines their final position via placement rules. LATEX isn’t single column, so instead the figure* environment has
always successful in automatically placing floats where been used.
you wish them. The analog of the figure environment is table, which
Figures are marked up with the figure envi- uses the same \caption command. However, you should
ronment, the content of which imports the image type your caption command first within the table, in-
(\includegraphics) followed by the figure caption stead of last as you did for figure.
(\caption). The argument of the latter command should The heart of any table is the tabular environment,
Sample title 4

There are two methods for setting footnotes within a

table (these footnotes will be displayed directly below
the table rather than at the bottom of the page or in
the bibliography). The easiest and preferred method is
Test Figure
just to use the \footnote{#1} command. This will auto-
matically enumerate the footnotes with lowercase roman
letters. However, it is sometimes necessary to have mul-
tiple entries in the table share the same footnote. In this
case, create the footnotes using \footnotemark[#1] and
\footnotetext[#1]{#2}. #1 is a numeric value. Each
FIG. 1. A figure caption. The figure captions are automati- time the same value for #1 is used, the same mark is pro-
cally numbered.
duced in the table. The \footnotetext[#1]{#2} com-
mands are placed after the tabular environment. Ex-
amine the LATEX source and output for Tables I and IV
TABLE II. Numbers in columns Three–Five have been aligned for an illustration.
by using the “d” column specifier (requires the dcolumn pack-
All AIP journals require that the initial citation of fig-
age). Non-numeric entries (those entries without a “.”) in a
“d” column are aligned on the decimal point. Use the “D” ures or tables be in numerical order. LATEX’s automatic
specifier for more complex layouts. numbering of floats is your friend here: just put each
figure environment immediately following its first refer-
One Two Three Four Five ence (\ref), as we have done in this example file.
one two three four five
He 2 2.77234 45672. 0.69
Ca Cb 12537.64 37.66345 86.37 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
a Some tables require footnotes.
b Some tables need more than one footnote. We wish to acknowledge the support of the author
community in using REVTEX, offering suggestions and
encouragement, testing new versions, . . . .
which represents the table content as a (vertical) se-
quence of table rows, each containing a (horizontal) se-
quence of table cells. Cells are separated by the & charac- Appendix A: Appendixes
ter; the row terminates with \\. The required argument
for the tabular environment specifies how data are dis- To start the appendixes, use the \appendix command.
played in each of the columns. For instance, a column This signals that all following section commands refer to
may be centered (c), left-justified (l), right-justified (r), appendixes instead of regular sections. Therefore, the
or aligned on a decimal point (d). (Table II illustrates \appendix command should be used only once—to set up
the use of decimal column alignment.) the section commands to act as appendixes. Thereafter
Extra column-spacing may be be specified as well, al- normal section commands are used. The heading for a
though REVTEX 4 sets this spacing so that the columns section can be left empty. For example,
fill the width of the table. Horizontal rules are typeset us- \appendix
ing the \hline command. The doubled (or Scotch) rules \section{}
that appear at the top and bottom of a table can be
achieved by enclosing the tabular environment within will produce an appendix heading that says “APPENDIX
a ruledtabular environment. Rows whose columns A” and
span multiple columns can be typeset using LATEX’s
\appendix
\multicolumn{#1}{#2}{#3} command (for example, see
\section{Background}
the first row of Table III).
The tables in this document illustrate various effects. will produce an appendix heading that says “APPENDIX
Tables that fit in a narrow column are contained in a A: BACKGROUND” (note that the colon is set automat-
table environment. Table III is a wide table, therefore ically).
set with the table* environment. Lengthy tables may If there is only one appendix, then the letter “A”
need to break across pages. A simple way to allow this should not appear. This is suppressed by using the star
is to specify the [H] float placement on the table or version of the appendix command (\appendix* in the
table* environment. Alternatively, using the standard place of \appendix).
LATEX 2ε package longtable gives more control over how
tables break and allows headers and footers to be speci-
fied for each page of the table. An example of the use of Appendix B: A little more on appendixes
longtable can be found in the file summary.tex that is
included with the REVTEX 4 distribution. Observe that this appendix was started by using
Sample title 5

Wide Test Figure

FIG. 2. Use the figure* environment to get a wide figure, spanning the page in twocolumn formatting.

TABLE III. This is a wide table that spans the page width in twocolumn mode. It is formatted using the table* environment.
It also demonstates the use of \multicolumn in rows with entries that span more than one column.
1 5
D4h D4h
Ion 1st alternative 2nd alternative lst alternative 2nd alternative
K (2e) + (2f ) (4i) (2c) + (2d) (4f )
Mn (2g)a (a) + (b) + (c) + (d) (4e) (2a) + (2b)
Cl (a) + (b) + (c) + (d) (2g)b (4e)a
He (8r)a (4j)a (4g)a
Ag (4k)a (4h)a
a The z parameter of these positions is z ∼ 41 .
b This is a footnote in a table that spans the full page width in twocolumn mode. It is supposed to set on the full width of the page, just
as the caption does.

a. A subsubsection in an appendix
TABLE IV. A table with more columns still fits properly in
a column. Note that several entries share the same footnote.
Inspect the LATEX input for this table to see exactly how it is Note the equation numbers in this appendix, produced
done. with the subequations environment:
rc (Å) r0 (Å) κr0 rc (Å) r0 (Å) κr0 E = mc, (B2a)
Cu 0.800 14.10 2.550 Sna 0.680 1.870 3.700
E = mc2 , (B2b)
Ag 0.990 15.90 2.710 Pbb 0.450 1.930 3.760
Au 1.150 15.90 2.710 Cac 0.750 2.170 3.560 E & mc3 . (B2c)
Mg 0.490 17.60 3.200 Srd 0.900 2.370 3.720 They turn out to be Eqs. (B2a), (B2b), and (B2c).
Zn 0.300 15.20 2.970 Lib 0.380 1.730 2.830
Cd 0.530 17.10 3.160 Nae 0.760 2.110 3.120 Agarwal, A. G., “Proceedings of the Fifth Low Temperature Con-
Hg 0.550 17.80 3.220 Ke 1.120 2.620 3.480 ference, Madison, WI, 1999,” Semiconductors 66, 1238 (2001).
Al 0.230 15.80 3.240 Rbc 1.330 2.800 3.590 Ballagh, R. and Savage, C.M., “Bose-einstein condensation: from
atomic physics to quantum fluids,” in Proceedings of the 13th
Ga 0.310 16.70 3.330 Csd 1.420 3.030 3.740
Physics Summer School, edited by C.M. Savage and M. Das
In 0.460 18.40 3.500 Bae 0.960 2.460 3.780 (World Scientific, Singapore, 2000) cond-mat/0008070.
Tl 0.480 18.90 3.550 Ballagh, R. and Savage, C.M., “Bose-einstein condensation: from
a
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