EDITORIAL
Journal of the Physical Society of Indonesia (JPSI) is an international journal published by the Physical Society of Indonesia (PSI, previously HFI or Himpunan Fisika Indonesia/Indonesian Physical Society). JPSI is the continuation of Physics Journal of the Indonesian Physical Society formally published by Himpunan Fisika Indonesia (HFI) since 1996-2001 (ISSN 1410-8860) in printed format. In HFI meeting in Denpasar on 16 October 2014 it was agreed to continue the publication of the journal in on-line format named Journal of the Indonesian Physical Society (JIPS) published in English. The name has been further changed into Journal of the Physical Society of Indonesia (JPSI) following the change of HFI (Himpunan Fisika Indonesia/Indonesian Physical Society) into Physical Society of Indonesia (PSI).Preparations for website, editors, peer reviewers, and call of papers was started in mid 2016. Papers in this first publication of JPSI (Volume 1, Number 1, April 2019) were received and accepted for publication between June 2016 and March 2019, consisting of 5 papers (minimum number of papers required for journal accreditation) in the fields of biophysics, laser materials, laser spectroscopy, and accelerator physics. However because JPSI’s ISSN was issued in July 2019, it is not applicable for April 2019 issue. Hence regrettably all issues will be published in Volume 1, Number 2, October 2019 issue.Publication of the following number of JPSI (Volume 1, Number 2) is scheduled for October 2019. We cordially invite the physics community to submit papers through our website at http://journal.fisika.or.id/jpsi. Chief Editor