January 2013

Guidelines for Section Selection for Physical Review E

Sections are listed below, together with topics and PACS numbers. The first, or principal, PACS number chosen for an article should correspond to the appropriate section and should be selected from those indicated in the section scheme below. Please note that the more specific codes, indicating a finer level of detail, supersede the general category codes. This listing of PACS numbers is not complete, for not all of the more specific PACS codes are listed. Unless otherwise indicated, a general code in this list (which includes a minus sign) implies that the more specific codes are also included. An asterisk (*) after a PACS number refers to all categories following the decimal point. Complete PACS listings may be accessed electronically at http://publish.aps.org/PACS/ [1].

Statistical Physics

02.50.-r	Probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics
05.20.-y	Classical statistical mechanics
05.30.-d	Quantum statistical mechanics
05.40.-a	Fluctuation phenomena, random processes, noise, and Brownian motion
05.50.+q	Lattice theory and statistics (Ising, Potts, etc.)
05.60.Cd	Classical transport
05.60.Gg	Quantum transport
05.70.-a	Thermodynamics
05.90.+m	Other topics in statistical physics, thermodynamics, and nonlinear dynamical systems
44.10.+i	Heat conduction
46.65.+g	Random phenomena and media
51.10.+y	Kinetic and transport theory of gases
51.30.+i	Thermodynamic properties, equations of state (gases)
51.35.+a	Mechanical properties; compressibility (gases)
61.20.-p	Structure of liquids
64.10.+h	General theory of equations of state and phase equilibria
64.60.-i	General studies of phase transitions (except 64.60.Qb)
65.20.-w	Thermal properties of liquids
67.10.Fj	Quantum statistical theory (Quantum fluids)
75.10.Hk	Classical spin models (Models of magnetic ordering)

Granular Materials

45.05.+x	General theory of classical mechanics of discrete systems
45.70.-n	Granular systems
81.05.Rm	Porous materials; granular materials
83.80.Fg	Granular solids (rheology)

Colloids and Complex Fluids

46.35.+z	Viscoelasticity, plasticity, viscoplasticity
61.*	(fluids only)
61.43.Hv	Fractals; macroscopic aggregates (including diffusion-limited aggregates)
62.*	(fluids only)
64.70.D-	Solid-liquid transitions
64.70.F-	Liquid-vapor transitions
64.70.Ja	Liquid-liquid transitions
64.70.P-	Glass transitions of specific systems
64.70.Q-	Theory and modeling of the glass transition
64.75.-g	Phase equilibria
66.10.-x	Diffusion and ionic conduction in liquids
66.20.-d	Viscosity of liquids; diffusive momentum transport
78.55.Bq	Liquids (photoluminescence)
82.33.Ln	Reactions in sol gels, aerogels, porous media
82.45.-h	Electrochemistry and electrophoresis
82.70.-y	Disperse systems; complex fluids
83.10.-y	Fundamentals and theoretical (rheology)
83.50.-v	Deformation and flow (rheology)
83.80.Gv	Electro- and magnetorheological fluids (rheology)
83.80.Hj	Suspensions, dispersions, pastes, slurries, colloids (rheology)
83.80.Iz	Emulsions and foams (rheology)
83.80.Kn	Physical gels and microgels (rheology)
83.80.Qr	Surfactant and micellar systems, associated polymers (rheology)
83.85.-c	Techniques and apparatus (rheology)

Films, Interfaces, and Crystal Growth

64.60.Q-	Nucleation
68.03.-g	Gas-liquid and vacuum-liquid interfaces
68.05.-n	Liquid-liquid interfaces
68.08.-p	Liquid-solid interfaces
68.15.+e	Liquid thin films
68.18.-g	Langmuir-Blodgett films on liquids
68.37.-d	Microscopy of surfaces, interfaces, and thin films
68.43.-h	Chemisorption/physisorption: adsorbates on surfaces
68.47.Pe	Langmuir-Blodgett films on solids, polymers on surfaces, biological molecules on surfaces
68.70.+w	Whiskers and dendrites (growth, structure, and nonelectronic properties)
81.10.-h	Methods of crystal growth; physics and chemistry of crystal growth, crystal morphology, and orientation
81.15.Aa	Theory and models of film growth
81.15.Lm	Liquid phase epitaxy; deposition from liquid phases (melts, solutions, and surface layers on liquids)
82.60.Nh	Thermodynamics of nucleation
82.65.+r	Surface and interface chemistry; heterogeneous catalysts at surfaces

Liquid Crystals

42.70.Df	Liquid crystals (optical materials)
61.25.H-	Macromolecular and polymers solutions; polymer melts
61.30.-v	Liquid crystals
64.70.M-	Transitions in liquid crystals
77.84.Nh	Liquids, emulsions, and suspensions; liquid crystals
83.80.Xz	Liquid crystals: nematic, cholesteric, smectic, discotic, etc. (rheology)

Polymers

36.20.-r	Macromolecules and polymer molecules
61.25.H-	Macromolecular and polymer solutions; polymer melts
61.41.+e	Polymers, elastomers, and plastics
61.82.Pv	Polymers, organic compounds (radiation effects)
73.61.Ph	Polymers, organic compounds (electrical properties of thin films)
78.30.Jw	Organic compounds, polymers (infrared and Raman spectra)
78.40.Me	Organic compounds and polymers (visible and ultraviolet absorption and reflection spectra)
82.35.-x	Polymers: properties; reactions; polymerization
83.80.Rs	Polymer solutions (rheology)
83.80.Sg	Polymer melts (rheology)
83.80.Tc	Polymer blends (rheology)
83.80.Uv	Block copolymers (rheology)

Biological Physics

42.66.-p	Physiological optics
43.64.+r	Physiological acoustics
43.70.+i	Speech production
43.71.+m	Speech perception
43.80.+p	Bioacoustics
47.63.mh	Transport processes and drug delivery
82.37.Rs	Single molecule manipulation of proteins and other biological molecules
82.39.-k	Chemical kinetics in biological systems
82.53.Ps	Femtosecond probing of biological molecules
82.56.Pp	NMR of biomolecules
83.80.Lz	Physiological materials (e.g., blood, collagen, etc.)
87.10.-e	General theory and mathematical aspects
87.14.-g	Biomolecules: types
87.15.-v	Biomolecules: structure and physical properties
87.16.-b	Subcellular structure and processes
87.17.-d	Cell processes
87.18.-h	Biological complexity
87.19.-j	Properties of higher organisms
87.23.-n	Ecology and evolution
87.50.-a	Effects of electromagnetic and acoustic fields on biological systems
87.53.-j	Effects of ionizing radiation on biological systems
87.57.-s	Medical imaging
87.59.-e	X-ray imaging
87.61.-c	Magnetic resonance imaging
87.64.-t	Spectroscopic and microscopic techniques in biophysics and medical physics
87.80.-y	Biophysical techniques (research methods)
87.85.-d	Biomedical engineering
87.90.+y	Other topics in biological and medical physics

Interdisciplinary Physics

05.65.+b	Self-organized systems
46.50.+a	Fracture mechanics, fatigue, and cracks (continuum mechanics of solids)
62.20.M-	Structural failure of materials (mechanical properties of solids)
78.60.Ps	Chemiluminescence
81.40.Pq	Friction, lubrication, and wear
82.20.-w	Chemical kinetics and dynamics
82.30.-b	Specific chemical reactions; reaction mechanisms
82.33.Tb	Atmospheric chemistry
82.40.Ck	Pattern formation in reactions with diffusion, flow, and heat transfer
82.50.-m	Photochemistry
82.60.-s	Chemical thermodynamics (except 82.60.Nh)
84.35.+i	Neural networks (electronics)
89.40.-a	Transportation
89.65.-s	Social and economic systems
89.75.Da	Systems obeying scaling laws
89.75.Fb	Structures and organization in complex systems
89.75.Hc	Networks and genealogical trees
89.90.+n	Other topics of general interest to physicists

Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos

05.45.-a	Nonlinear dynamics and chaos
82.40.Bj	Oscillations, chaos, and bifurcations
89.75.Kd	Patterns (complex systems)

Fluid Dynamics

44.15.+a	Channel and internal heat flow
44.20.+b	Boundary layer heat flow
44.25.+f	Natural convection (heat transfer)
44.27.+g	Forced convection (heat transfer)
44.30.+v	Heat flow in porous media
47.10.-g	General theory in fluid dynamics
47.15.-x	Laminar flows
47.20.-k	Flow instabilities
47.27.-i	Turbulent flows
47.32.-y	Vortex dynamics; rotating fluids
47.35.-i	Hydrodynamic waves
47.40.-x	Compressible flows; shock waves
47.45.-n	Rarefied gas dynamics
47.50.-d	Non-Newtonian fluid flows
47.51.+a	Mixing
47.52.+j	Chaos in fluid dynamics
47.53.+n	Fractals in fluid dynamics
47.54.-r	Pattern selection; pattern formation (fluid dynamics)
47.55.-t	Multiphase and stratified flows
47.56.+r	Flows through porous media
47.57.-s	Complex fluids and colloidal systems
47.60.-i	Flows phenomena in quasi-one-dimensional systems
47.61.-k	Micro- and nano- scale flow phenomena
47.63.-b	Biological fluid dynamics (except 47.63.mh)
47.65.-d	Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (except 47.65.Md)
47.70.-n	Reactive and radiative flows
47.75.+f	Relativistic fluid dynamics
47.90.+a	Other topics in fluid dynamics
78.60.Mq	Sonoluminescence, triboluminescence

Plasma Physics

47.65.Md	Plasma dynamos
51.50.+v	Electrical properties (ionization, breakdown, electron and ion mobility, etc.) (gases)
51.60.+a	Magnetic properties (gases)
51.70.+f	Optical and dielectric properties (gases)
52.20.-j	Elementary processes in plasma
52.25.-b	Plasma properties
52.27.-h	Basic studies of specific kinds of plasmas
52.30.-q	Plasma dynamics and flow
52.35.-g	Waves, oscillations, and instabilities in plasmas and intense beams
52.38.-r	Laser-plasma interactions
52.40.-w	Plasma interactions (nonlaser)
52.50.-b	Plasma production and heating
52.55.-s	Magnetic confinement and equilibrium
52.57.-z	Laser inertial confinement
52.58.-c	Other confinement methods
52.59.-f	Intense particle beams and radiation sources
52.65.-y	Plasma simulation
52.70.-m	Plasma diagnostic techniques and instrumentation
52.72.+v	Laboratory studies of space- and astrophysical-plasma processes
52.75.-d	Plasma devices
52.80.-s	Electric discharges
52.90.+z	Other topics in physics of plasmas and electric discharges
94.05.-a	Space plasma physics
94.20.Fg	Plasma temperature and density (ionosphere)
94.20.wc	Plasma motion; plasma convection; particle acceleration (ionosphere)
94.20.wf	Plasma waves and instabilities (ionosphere)
94.20.wl	Plasma interactions with dust and aerosols (ionosphere)
94.30.cq	MHD waves, plasma waves, and instabilities (magnetosphere)
94.30.cs	Plasma motion; plasma convection (magnetosphere)
94.30.ct	Plasma sheet (magnetosphere)
94.30.cv	Plasmasphere (magnetosphere)
94.80.+g	Instrumentation for space plasma physics, ionosphere, and magnetosphere
94.90.+m	Other topics in space plasma physics, physics of the ionosphere and magnetosphere
95.30.Qd	Magnetohydrodynamics and plasmas (astrophysics)
96.25.Qr	Interactions with solar wind plasma and fields (comets and small bodies)
96.25.St	Plasma and MHD instabilities (comets and small bodies)
96.50.Ci	Solar wind plasma; sources of solar wind
96.50.Tf	MHD waves; plasma waves, turbulence (interplanetary physics)

Physics of Beams

Articles devoted to the physics of beams now appear in Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams, http://prst-ab.aps.org [2].

Classical Physics

03.50.-z	Classical field theories
41.20.-q	Applied classical electromagnetism
41.90.+e	Other topics in electromagnetism; electron and ion optics
42.68.-w	Atmospheric and ocean optics
43.20.+g	General linear acoustics
43.25.+y	Nonlinear acoustics
43.28.+h	Aeroacoustics and atmospheric sound
43.30.+m	Underwater sound
43.35.+d	Ultrasonics, quantum acoustics, and physical effects of sound
43.38.+n	Transduction; acoustical devices for the generation and reproduction of sound
43.40.+s	Structural acoustics and vibration
43.50.+y	Noise: its effects and control
43.55.+p	Architectural acoustics
43.58.+z	Acoustical measurements and instrumentation
43.60.+d	Acoustic signal processing
43.72.+q	Speech processing and communication systems
43.90.+v	Other topics in acoustics
45.20.-d	Formalisms in classical mechanics
45.30.+s	General linear dynamical systems
45.80.+r	Control of mechanical systems
46.25.Cc	Theoretical studies (static elasticity)
46.40.-f	Vibrations and mechanical waves
46.70.-p	Application of continuum mechanics to structures
46.90.+s	Other topics in continuum mechanics of solids

Computational Physics

02.60.-x	Numerical approximation and analysis
02.70.-c	Computational techniques; simulations
05.10.-a	Computational methods in statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics
07.05.-t	Computers in experimental physics
45.10.-b	Computational methods in classical mechanics
46.15.-x	Computational methods in continuum mechanics
47.11.-j	Computational methods in fluid dynamics
95.75.Mn	Image processing (including source extraction)
95.75.Pq	Mathematical procedures and computer techniques
95.75.Wx	Time series analysis, time variability