Individuals—Find applicable codes from PACS 2010
If you are a researcher preparing a manuscript for submission to a journal that requires the author to suggest applicable PACS codes, you may link below to an alphabetical index of the codes included in the latest edition of PACS. Use your browser's search feature to find the applicable terms within the index:
Complementing your search for appropriate codes, you may wish to browse PACS to view the codes as they appear within the scheme's hierarchy. Below are links to all ten sections of PACS 2010, along with its two appendices and supplement. Within each section, new codes appear highlighted in green:
01. Communication, education, history, and philosophy
02. Mathematical methods in physics
03. Quantum mechanics, field theories, and special relativity
04. General relativity and gravitation
05. Statistical physics, thermodynamics, and nonlinear dynamical systems
06. Metrology, measurements, and laboratory procedures
07. Instruments, apparatus, and components common to several branches of physics and astronomy
21. Nuclear structure
23. Radioactive decay and in-beam spectroscopy
24. Nuclear reactions: general
25. Nuclear reactions: specific reactions
26. Nuclear astrophysics
27. Properties of specific nuclei listed by mass ranges
28. Nuclear engineering and nuclear power studies
29. Experimental methods and instrumentation for elementary-particle and nuclear physics
31. Electronic structure of atoms and molecules: theory
32. Atomic properties and interactions with photons
33. Molecular properties and interactions with photons
34. Atomic and molecular collision processes and interactions
36. Exotic atoms and molecules; macromolecules; clusters
37. Mechanical control of atoms, molecules, and ions
61. Structure of solids and liquids; crystallography
62. Mechanical and acoustical properties of condensed matter
63. Lattice dynamics
64. Equations of state, phase equilibria, and phase transitions
65. Thermal properties of condensed matter
66. Nonelectronic transport properties of condensed matter
67. Quantum fluids and solids
68. Surfaces and interfaces; thin films and nanosystems (structure and nonelectronic properties)
71. Electronic structure of bulk materials
72. Electronic transport in condensed matter
73. Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces, interfaces, thin films, and low-dimensional structures
74. Superconductivity
75. Magnetic properties and materials
76. Magnetic resonances and relaxations in condensed matter, Mössbauer effect
77. Dielectrics, piezoelectrics, and ferroelectrics and their properties
78. Optical properties, condensed-matter spectroscopy and other interactions of radiation and particles with condensed matter
79. Electron and ion emission by liquids and solids; impact phenomena
81. Materials science
82. Physical chemistry and chemical physics
83. Rheology
84. Electronics; radiowave and microwave technology; direct energy conversion and storage
85. Electronic and magnetic devices; microelectronics
87. Biological and medical physics
88. Renewable energy resources and applications
89. Other areas of applied and interdisciplinary physics
91. Solid Earth physics
92. Hydrospheric and atmospheric geophysics
93. Geophysical observations, instrumentation, and techniques
94. Physics of the ionosphere and magnetosphere
95. Fundamental astronomy and astrophysics; instrumentation, techniques, and astronomical observations
96. Solar system; planetology
97. Stars
98. Stellar systems; interstellar medium; galactic and extragalactic objects and systems; the Universe
- Appendix to 43—Acoustics
- Appendix to 91-94 and 96—Geophysics
- Supplement—Nanoscale Science & Technology Terms
Long-time users of PACS may wish to explore the detailed changes between the prior edition—PACS 2008—and the current edition. For this purpose, AIP has produced a Special Edition of PACS 2010, which indicates new, modified, and deleted codes, and provides mapping instructions for transforming deleted PACS 2008 codes into the new 2010 codes. Follow the link below to the Special Edition of PACS 2010:
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