PACS 2010 Regular Edition

1 PACS 2010 Regular Edition 00. GENERAL 01. Communication, education, history, and philosophy Announcements, news, and organizational activities Announcements, news, and awards Conferences, lectures, and institutes Physics organizational activities +x Communication forms and techniques (written, oral, electronic, etc.) Physics literature and publications Publications of lectures (advanced institutes, summer schools, etc.) Conference proceedings Monographs and collections Handbooks, dictionaries, tables, and data compilations Physics laboratory manuals Secondary schools Undergraduate schools Textbooks Textbooks for graduates and researchers Textbooks for undergraduates Textbooks for students in grades 9-12 Textbooks for students in grades K-8 Books of general interest to physics teachers Surveys and tutorial papers.

2 Resource letters Bibliographies Book reviews Editorials Publications in electronic media (for the topic of electronic publishing, see +x) Education Course design and evaluation Science in school Elementary school Secondary school Research in physics education Curricula and evaluation Teaching methods and strategies Theory of testing and techniques Learning theory and science teaching Teacher training Preservice training Inservice training Educational aids Audio and visual aids Audio devices Films.

3 Electronic video devices Posters, cartoons, art, etc. Computers in education Instructional computer use Computer software and software reviews Techniques of testing Laboratory computer use (see also ) Demonstration experiments and apparatus Laboratory experiments and apparatus (see also ) Laboratory course design, organization, and evaluation Physics tournaments and contests Physics of toys Errors in physics classroom materials +r National and international laboratory facilities +b General physics +q Biographies, tributes, personal notes, and obituaries +g History of science +w Philosophy of science +m Science and society (for science and government, see +p; for social issues regarding wind energy, see.)

4 For social issues regarding biomass energy, see ) +p Science and government (funding, politics, etc.) (see also Policy issues; resource assessment) +b Physics of games and sports +f Careers in physics and science +g Other topics of general interest (restricted to new topics in section 01) 02. mathematical methods in physics Logic, set theory, and algebra Logic and set theory Algebraic structures and number theory Rings and algebras Knot theory Combinatorics; graph theory Linear algebra Multilinear algebra Matrix theory Group theory (for algebraic methods in quantum mechanics , see.

5 For symmetries in elementary particle physics, see ) General structures of groups classical groups General properties, structure, and representation of Lie groups Discrete subgroups of Lie groups Lie algebras of Lie groups Infinite-dimensional Lie groups Quantum groups Function theory, analysis Measure and integration Potential theory Several complex variables and analytic spaces Special functions Ordinary differential equations Integrable systems Partial differential equations Delay and functional equations Sequences, series, and summability Approximations and expansions Fourier analysis Bifurcation theory (see also in fluid dynamics)

6 Abstract harmonic analysis Integral equations Functional analysis Operator theory Integral transforms Operational calculus Calculus of variations Control theory Inverse problems Geometry, differential geometry, and topology (see also section 04 Relativity and gravitation) Euclidean and projective geometries Convex sets and geometric inequalities Noncommutative geometry classical differential geometry Riemannian geometries Global differential geometry General topology Algebraic topology Manifolds and cell complexes Complex manifolds Global analysis and analysis on manifolds Singularity theory (see also Nonlinear dynamics and chaos) Geometric mechanics (see also in formalisms in classical mechanics )

7 Probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics (see also section 05 Statistical physics, thermodynamics, and nonlinear dynamical systems) Probability theory Stochastic processes Stochastic analysis Markov processes Decision theory and game theory Distribution theory and Monte Carlo studies Multivariate analysis Inference methods Numerical approximation and analysis Numerical simulation; solution of equations Numerical linear algebra Interpolation; curve fitting Algorithms for functional approximation Numerical differentiation and integration Ordinary and partial differential equations; boundary value problems Integral and integrodifferential equations Numerical optimization Computational techniques; simulations (for quantum computation, see ; for computational techniques extensively used in subdivisions of physics, see the appropriate section.)

8 For example, see Computational methods in fluid dynamics) Finite-difference methods Finite-element and Galerkin methods Spectral methods Collocation methods Molecular dynamics and particle methods Boundary-integral methods General statistical methods Quantum Monte Carlo methods Justifications or modifications of Monte Carlo methods Applications of Monte Carlo methods (see also in probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics, and in statistical physics)

9 Symbolic computation (computer algebra) +p Other topics in mathematical methods in physics (restricted to new topics in section 02) 03. Quantum mechanics , field theories, and special relativity (see also section 11 General theory of fields and particles) +p Special relativity classical field theories classical electromagnetism, Maxwell equations (for applied classical electromagnetism, see ) Other special classical field theories Quantum mechanics [see also Quantum information; Quantum statistical mechanics .]

10 Relativistic and quantum electrodynamics (QED) effects in atoms, molecules, and ions in atomic physics] Quantum systems with finite Hilbert space Formalism Functional analytical methods Algebraic methods (see also Group theory) Solutions of wave equations: bound states Scattering theory Relativistic wave equations Semiclassical theories and applications Foundations of quantum mechanics ; measurement theory (for optical tests of quantum theory, see ) Entanglement and quantum nonlocality ( EPR paradox, Bell's inequalities, GHZ states, etc.)