PACS 2003







The following sections have been revised in Category 70, Condensed Matter:  Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic, and Optical Properties:

N - new (red);  M - modified (blue)--- [2001 text for modified codes in green]; D - deleted (purple).
 

71.15.-m   Methods of electronic structure calculations (see also 31.15.-p  Calculations and mathematical techniques in atomic and molecular physics)

M  71.15.Ap    Basis sets (LCAO, plane-wave, APW, etc.) and related methodology (scattering methods, ASA, linearized methods, etc.) ---   [Orginial text:  Basis sets (plane-wave, APS, LCAO, etc.) and related methodology (scattering methods, ASA, linearized methods)]

71.15.Dx  Computational methodology (Brillouin zone sampling, iterative diagonalization, pseudopotential construction)

 71.15.Mb   Density functional theory, local density approximation, gradient and other corrections

71.15.Nc   Total energy and cohesive energy calculations

71.15.Pd   Molecular dynamics calculations (Car–Parrinello) and other numerical simulations

71.15.Qe   Excited states:  methodology (see also 71.10.Li)

71.15.Rf   Relativistic effects
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71.35.-y    Excitons and related phenomena

71.35.Aa    Frenkel excitons and self-trapped excitons

71.35.Cc    Intrinsic properties of excitons; optical absorption spectra

71.35.Ee   Electron-hole drops and electron-hole plasma

71.35.Gg   Exciton-mediated interactions

71.35.Ji   Excitons in magnetic fields; magnetoexcitons

71.35.Lk   Collective effects (Bose effects, phase space filling, and excitonic phase transitions)

N 71.35.Pq Charged excitons (trions)
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74.   Superconductivity

74.10.+v   Occurrence, potential candidates

74.20.-z   Theories and models of superconducting state

74.20.De   Phenomenological theories (two-fluid, Ginzburg-Landau, etc.)

74.20.Fg   BCS theory and its development

74.20.Mn   Nonconventional mechanisms (spin fluctuations, polarons and bipolarons,  resonating valence bond model, anyon mechanism, marginal Fermi liquid, Luttinger liquid, etc.)

74.20.Rp   Pairing symmetries (other than s-wave)

M  74.25.-q   Properties of type I and type II superconductors ---  [Original text:  General properties; correlations between physical properties in normal and superconducting states]

74.25.Bt   Thermodynamic properties

74.25.Dw   Superconductivity phase diagrams

74.25.Fy   Transport properties (electric and thermal conductivity, thermoelectric effects, etc.)

74.25.Gz   Optical properties

74.25.Ha   Magnetic properties

74.25.Jb   Electronic structure

74.25.Kc   Phonons

74.25.Ld   Mechanical and acoustical properties, elasticity, and ultrasonic attenuation

74.25.Nf   Response to electromagnetic fields (nuclear magnetic resonance, surface impedance, etc.)

N  74.25.Op   Mixed states, critical fields, and surface sheaths

N  74.25.Qt    Vortex lattices, flux pinning, flux creep

N  74.25.Sv   Critical currents

74.40.+k   Fluctuations (noise, chaos, nonequilibrium superconductivity, localization, etc.)

N  74.45.+c  Proximity effects; Andreev effect; SN and SNS junctions

M  74.50.+r  Tunneling phenomena; point contacts, weak links, Josephson effects (for SQUIDs, see 85.25.Dq; for Josephson devices, see 85.25.Cp; for Josephson junction arrays, see 74.81.Fa)  --- [Original text:   Proximity effects, weak links, tunneling phenomena, and Josephson effects]

D  74.55.+h   Type-I superconductivity

D  74.60.-w   Type-II superconductivity

D  74.60.Ec   Mixed state, critical fields, and surface sheath

D  74.60.Ge   Flux pinning, flux creep, and flux-line lattice dynamics

D  74.60.Jg   Critical currents

74.62.-c   Transition temperature variations

74.62.Bf   Effects of material synthesis, crystal structure, and chemical composition

74.62.Dh   Effects of crystal defects, doping and substitution

74.62.Fj   Pressure effects

74.62.Yb   Other effects

M  74.70.-b   Superconducting materials (for cuprates see 74.72) --- [Original text:  Superconducting materials (excluding high-Tc compounds)]

M  74.70.Ad   Metals; alloys and binary compounds (including A15, MgB2, etc.)---  [Original text:  Metals; alloys and binary compounds (including A15, Laves phases, etc.)

74.70.Dd    Ternary, quaternary and multinary compounds (including Chevrel phases, borocarbides etc.)

74.70.Kn   Organic superconductors

74.70.Pq   Ruthenates

74.70.Tx   Heavy-fermion superconductors

74.70.Wz   Fullerenes and related materials

M  74.72.-h   Cuprate superconductors (high-Tc  and insulating parent compounds) --- [Original text:  High-Tc compounds]

74.72.Bk   Y-based cuprates

74.72.Dn   La-based cuprates

D  74.72.Fq   Tl-based cuprates

D  74.72.Gr   Hg-base cuprates

74.72.Hs   Bi-based cuprates

M  74.72.Jt   Other cuprates, including Tl and Hg-based cuprates --- [Original text:  Other cuprates]

D  74.76.-w   Superconducting films

D  74.76.Bz   High-Tc films

D  74.76.Db   Conventional superconducting films

N  74.78.-w   Superconducting films and low-dimensional structures

N  74.78.Bz  High Tc films

N  74.78.Db  Low Tc films

N  74.78.Fk Multilayers, superlattices, heterostructures

N  74.78.Na  Mesoscopic and nanoscale systems

D  74.80.-g   Spatially inhomogeneous structures

D  74.80.Bj    Granular, melt-textured, and amorphous superconductors; powders

D  74.80.Dm   Superconducting layer structures: superlattices, heterojunctions, and multilayers

D  74.80.Fp   Point contacts; SN and SNS junctions

 ... ... ...     Superconducting devices, see 85.25

N  74.81.-g  Inhomogeneous superconductors and superconducting systems

N  74.81.Bd  Granular, melt-textured, amorphous and composite superconductors

N  74.81.Fa  Josephson junction arrays and wire networks

74.90.+n   Other topics in superconductivity (restricted to new topics in section 74)
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75.10.-b   General theory and models of magnetic ordering (see also 05.50 Lattice theory and statistics)

75.10.Dg   Crystal-field theory and spin Hamiltonians

75.10.Hk   Classical spin models

75.10.Jm   Quantized spin models

75.10.Lp   Band and itinerant models

75.10.Nr   Spin-glass and other random models

 N  75.10.Pq    Spin chain models
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75.30.-m   Intrinsic properties of magnetically ordered materials (for critical point effects, see 75.40)

75.30.Cr   Saturation moments and magnetic susceptibilities

75.30.Ds   Spin waves (for spin-wave resonance, see 76.50)

75.30.Et   Exchange and superexchange interactions (see also 71.70 Level splitting and interactions)

75.30.Fv   Spin-density waves

75.30.Gw   Magnetic anisotropy

75.30.Hx   Magnetic impurity interactions

75.30.Kz   Magnetic phase boundaries (including magnetic transitions, metamagnetism, etc.)

75.30.Mb   Valence fluctuation, Kondo lattice, and heavy-fermion phenomena (see also 71.27 Strongly correlated electron systems, heavy fermions)

75.30.Sg   Magnetocaloric effect, magnetic cooling

D  75.30.Vn   Colossal magnetoresistance

N  75.30.Wx   Spin crossover
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N  75.47.-m   Magnetotransport phenomena; materials for magnetotransport (for spintronics, see 85.75.-d; see also 72.15.Gd, 73.50.Jt, and 72.25.-b in transport phenomena)

N  75.47.De  Giant magnetoresistance

N  75.47.Gk  Colossal magnetoresistance

N  75.47.Jn   Ballistic magnetoresistance

N  75.47.Lx   Manganites

N  75.47.Np   Metals and alloys

N  75.47.Pq   Other materials
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75.70.-i  Magnetic properties of thin films, surfaces, and interfaces (for magnetic  properties of nanostructures, see 75.75.+a)

75.70.Ak   Magnetic properties of monolayers and thin films

M  75.70.Cn  Magnetic properties of interfaces (multilayers, superlattices, heterostructures) --- [Original text: Interfacial magnetic properties (multilayers, superlattices)]

75.70.Kw   Domain structure (including magnetic bubbles)

D  75.70.Pa   Giant magnetoresistance

75.70.Rf  Surface magnetism
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78.55.-m   Photoluminescence

78.55.Ap   Elemental semiconductors

78.55.Bq   Liquids

78.55.Cr   III–V semiconductors

78.55.Et   II–VI semiconductors

78.55.Fv   Solid alkali halides

78.55.Hx   Other solid inorganic materials

78.55.Kz   Solid organic materials

78.55.Mb   Porous materials

N  78.55.Qr  Amorphous materials; glasses and other disordered solids
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M  78.67.-n   Optical properties of low-dimensional, mesoscopic, and nanoscale materials and structures --- [Original text: Optical properties of nanoscale materials and structures]

78.67.Bf   Nanocrystals and nanoparticles

78.67.Ch   Nanotubes

78.67.De   Quantum wells

78.67.Hc   Quantum dots

78.67.Lt    Quantum wires

N  78.67.Pt  Multilayers; superlattices
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