The APS Division of Physics of Beams, in partnership with the Physical Review Accelerators and Beams (PRAB) journal, is pleased to announce the initiation of an annual Ernest Courant Outstanding Paper Recognition program. This program will recognize one paper published in PRAB in the previous twelve-month period, primarily based on potential impact on the field, innovation in the scientific or technical approach, and clarity of the exposition. The new program honors the late Ernest Courant’s outstanding and long-lasting contributions to the field of accelerator science.
The PRAB Editorial Board will be charged with selecting candidate papers and a committee formed of members of the DPB Publication Committee and the PRAB Editorial Staff will be charged with choosing the final paper for the recognition. The authors of the paper will receive a recognition certificate, and the first author (or a delegate) will receive a paid trip to the APS April meeting to deliver an invited talk on the topic of the paper. The first recognition is expected to be made in December of 2021 for papers published in PRAB from July 2020 to June 2021.
Sarah Cousineau
APS DPB Chair
Frank Zimmermann
Editor, PRAB
APS DPB Chair-Elect
