01.00.00 Communication, education, history, and philosophy
- 01.10.-m Announcements, news, and organizational activities
- 01.10.Fv Conferences, lectures, and institutes
- 01.30.Bb Publications of lectures (advanced institutes, summer schools, etc.)
- 01.30.Kj Handbooks, dictionaries, tables, and data compilations
- 01.30.Tt Bibliographies
- 01.30.Vv Book reviews
- 01.55.+b General physics
- 01.60.+q Biographies, tributes, personal notes, and obituaries
- 01.65.+g History of science
- 01.70.+w Philosophy of science
- 01.90.+g Other topics of general interest
02.00.00 Mathematical methods in physics
03.00.00 Quantum mechanics, field theories, and special relativity
04.00.00 General relativity and gravitation
05.00.00 Statistical physics, thermodynamics, and nonlinear dynamical systems
06.00.00 Metrology, measurements, and laboratory procedures
07.00.00 Instruments, apparatus, and components common to several branches of physics and astronomy
11.00.00 General theory of fields and particles
12.00.00 Specific theories and interaction models; particle systematics
14.00.00 Properties of specific particles
25.00.00 Nuclear reactions: specific reactions
28.00.00 Nuclear engineering and nuclear power studies
29.00.00 Experimental methods and instrumentation for elementary-particle and nuclear physics
31.00.00 Electronic structure of atoms and molecules: theory
32.00.00 Atomic properties and interactions with photons
33.00.00 Molecular properties and interactions with photons
34.00.00 Atomic and molecular collision processes and interactions
36.00.00 Exotic atoms and molecules; macromolecules; clusters
41.00.00 Electromagnetism; electron and ion optics
42.00.00 Optics
43.00.00 Acoustics
44.00.00 Heat transfer
47.00.00 Fluid dynamics
51.00.00 Physics of gases
52.00.00 Physics of plasmas and electric discharges
61.00.00 Structure of solids and liquids; crystallography
62.00.00 Mechanical and acoustical properties of condensed matter
63.00.00 Lattice dynamics
64.00.00 Equations of state, phase equilibria, and phase transitions
65.00.00 Thermal properties of condensed matter
66.00.00 Nonelectronic transport properties of condensed matter
68.00.00 Surfaces and interfaces; thin films and nanosystems (structure and nonelectronic properties)
71.00.00 Electronic structure of bulk materials
72.00.00 Electronic transport in condensed matter
73.00.00 Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces, interfaces, thin films, and low-dimensional structures
74.00.00 Superconductivity
75.00.00 Magnetic properties and materials
76.00.00 Magnetic resonances and relaxations in condensed matter, mössbauer effect
77.00.00 Dielectrics, piezoelectrics, and ferroelectrics and their properties
78.00.00 Optical properties, condensed-matter spectroscopy and other interactions of radiation and particles with condensed matter
79.00.00 Electron and ion emission by liquids and solids; impact phenomena
87.00.00 Biological and medical physics
89.00.00 Other areas of applied and interdisciplinary physics
91.00.00 Solid earth physics
94.00.00 Physics of the ionosphere and magnetosphere
95.00.00 Fundamental astronomy and astrophysics; instrumentation, techniques, and astronomical observations
96.00.00 Solar system; planetology
97.00.00 Stars
98.00.00 Stellar systems; interstellar medium; galactic and extragalactic objects and systems; the universe
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