Physical Review A—Guidelines for Section Selection
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.
- Fundamental Concepts
Quantum mechanics, special relativity, quantum electrodynamics, tests of fundamental laws and interactions, and related topics.
- Quantum Information
Quantum computation, quantum communication, quantum cryptography; related topics.
- 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.
- Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions
Scattering theory; photon interactions with atoms and molecules; electron, atom, and molecule collisions; colli-
sional line broadening.
- Photon, electron, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces
- Clusters (including fullerenes)
Atomic and molecular properties and processes of clusters.
- Atomic and molecular processes in external fields, including interactions with strong fields and short pulses
Interactions of atoms and molecules with external fields; 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.
- Matter waves
Atom and neutron optics, Bose-Einstein condensation phenomena, and related topics.
- 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.
