本刊于1986年創(chuàng)刊，內(nèi)容涵蓋引力、宇宙學(xué)、天體物理學(xué)、核物理、粒子與場(chǎng)、加速器物理、量子信息等領(lǐng)域的最新研究進(jìn)展。還設(shè)立了一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)短的審查科，出版關(guān)于最新實(shí)驗(yàn)結(jié)果和緊迫的新理論發(fā)展的簡(jiǎn)短報(bào)告。

This letters journal, launched in 1986, consists of research papers covering current research developments in Gravitation, Cosmology, Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics, Particles and Fields, Accelerator physics, and Quantum Information. A Brief Review section has also been initiated with the purpose of publishing short reports on the latest experimental findings and urgent new theoretical developments.