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Physical Review A—Guidelines for Section Selection

(Revised July 2009)

Sections of Physical Review A are listed below. For a more detailed listing including representative PACS codes and categories for each section, please see this PDF.

  1. Fundamental Concepts
    Quantum mechanics, special relativity, quantum electrodynamics, tests of fundamental laws and interactions, and related topics.
  2. Quantum Information
    Quantum computation, quantum communication, quantum cryptography; related topics.
  3. Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics
    Static and dynamic properties of atoms and simple molecules. Calculations and mathematical techniques in atomic and molecular physics; structure; oscillator strengths; spectroscopy; lifetime measurements; exotic atoms and molecules; related topics.
  4. Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions
    Scattering theory; electron, atom, and molecule collisions; collisional line broadening.
  5. Photon, electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces
  6. Clusters (including fullerenes)
    Atomic and molecular properties and processes of clusters.
  7. Atomic and molecular processes in external fields, including interactions with strong fields and short pulses
    Interactions of atoms and molecules with external fields; single photon excitation and ionization; multiphoton excitation and ionization and other strong-field effects; trapping and cooling; collisions in laser fields; transient processes; optical pumping and optical preparation of superposition states.
  8. Matter waves and collective properties of cold atoms and molecules
    Atom and neutron optics, Bose-Einstein condensation phenomena, and related topics.
  9. Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics
    Interaction between atoms and quantized radiation; properties of radiation fields; cavity quantum electrodynamics; nonclassical states of the electromagnetic field; physics of lasers and other active media; nonlinear optics, including high-harmonic generation and generation of strong optical fields and ultrashort pulses.