MATHMATICAL METHODS IN PHYSICS
   
                - Classical and quantum physics; mechanics and fields
 
                - Relativity and gravitation
 
                - Statistical physics and thermodynamics
 
                - Measurement science, general laboratory techniques, and instrumentation systems
 
                - Specific instrumentation and techniques of general use in physics
 
                
                THE PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
   
                - General theory of fields and particles
 
                - Specific theories and interaction models; particle systematics
 
                - Specific reactions and phenomenology
 
                - Properties of specific particles and resonances
 
                
                NUCLEAR PHYSICS
   
                - Radioactivity and electromagnetic transitions
 
                - Nuclear reactions and scattering: general
 
                - Nuclear reactions and scattering: specific reactions
 
                - Properties of specific nuclei listed by mass ranges
 
                - Nuclear engineering and nuclear power studies
 
                - Experimental methods and instrumentation for elementary-particle and nuclear physics
 
                
                ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
   
                - Theory of atoms and molecules
 
                - Atomic spectra and interactions with photons
 
                - Molecular spectra and interactions with photons
 
                - Atomic and molecular collision processes and interactions
 
                - Properties of atoms and molecules; instruments and techniques
 
                - Studies of special atoms and molecules
 
                
                CLASSICAL AREAS OF PHENOMENOLOGY
   
                - Electricity and magnetism; fields and charged particles
 
                - Optics
 
                - Acoustics
 
                - Heat flow, thermal and thermodynamic processes
 
                - Mechanics, elasticity, rheology
 
                - Fluid dynamics
 
                
                FLUIDS, PLASMAS AND ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
   
                - Kinetic and transport theory of fluids; physical properties of gases
 
                - The physics of plasmas and electric discharges
 
                - CONDENSED MATTER: STRUCTURE, THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
 
                - Structure of liquids and solids; crystallography
 
                - Mechanical and acoustic properties of condensed matter
 
                - Lattice dynamics and crystal statistics
 
                - Equations of state, phase equilibria, and phase transitions
 
                - Thermal properties of condensed matter
 
                - Transport properties of condensed matter (nonelectronic)
 
                - Quantum fluids and solids; liquid and solid helium
 
                - Surfaces and interfaces; thin films and whiskers
 
                
                CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES
   
                - Electron states
 
                - Electronic transport in condensed matter
 
                - Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces, interfaces, and thin films
 
                - Superconductivity
 
                - Magnetic properties and materials
 
                - Magnetic resonances and relaxation in condensed matter; Mössbauer effect
 
                - Dielectric properties and materials
 
                - Optical properties & condensed matter spectroscopy, other interactions of matter with particles & radiation
 
                - Electron and ion emsission by liquids and solids; impact phenomena
 
                Earth Science
                Geology 
            
                Geophysics
                Ground Water Geophysics