April Sorting Categories

Please use these sorting categories when submitting contributed papers:

A. ASTROPHYSICS
A1. Gamma ray bursts
A2. Diffuse Emission from the Galaxy
A3. Gamma ray Point Sources in the Galaxy
A4. Active Galactic Nuclei
A5. Isolated galaxies & clusters
A6. Deep Surveys
A7. Galactic Accreting Binaries
A8. Isolated Pulsars
A9. Supernova Remnants
A10. Interstellar Medium
A11. Stars
A12. Neutrino Astronomy
A13. Gravitational Wave Astronomy
A14. Cosmic Rays
A15. Cosmology/Early Universe
A16. Cosmic Microwave Background
A17. Solar Physics
A18. Planetary Physics
A19. Elementary Particles
A20. Missions & Instruments
A21. Data Analysis and Modeling Techniques
A22. Astronomy Education

B. FEW-BODY SYSTEMS
B1. Static Few Body Effects (Bound States)
B2. Dynamic Few Body Effects (Reactions)
B3. Advanced Computational and Experimental Methods
B4. Multiparticle Dynamics

C. GRAVITATION
C1. Quantum aspects of gravitation
C2. Gravitational waves: Experiment
C3. Gravitational waves: Theory and formalism
C4. Gravitational waves: Sources and data analysis
C5. Post-Newtonian, perturbative and other approximations in general relativity
C6. Alternative theories of gravity
C7. Numerical relativity: Black hole binaries
C8. Numerical relativity: Black holes and neutron stars
C9. Numerical relativity: Algorithms and code development
C10. Mathematical relativity
C11. Gravitation and astrophysics

D. NEW PRECISION MEASUREMENT METHODS
D1. Methods for Fundamental Constants
D2. Precision Measurements

E. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
E1. Nuclear Astrophysics
E2. Electroweak Interactions
E3. Neutrino Physics
E4. Electromagnetic Interactions
E5. Ultra-relativistic Heavy Ions
E6. Nuclear Reactions: Heavy Ions/Rare Isotope Beams
E7. Nuclear Reactions: Hadrons/Light Ions
E8. Nuclear Structure
E9. Sub-nucleonic Degrees of Freedom
E10. Hadronic Physics
E11. Nuclear Theory
E12. Instrumentation
E13. Applications of Nuclear Physics
E14. Mini-Symposia
E14a. Mini-Symposium on Recent Results and Theoretical Developments from RHIC
E14b. Mini-Symposium on Electromagnetic Reactions Involving Light Nuclei
E14c.CANCELLED
E14d. Mini-Symposium on Physics with an Electron-Nucleus Collider
E14e. Mini-symposium on Nuclear Masses in Astrophysics
E14f. CANCELLED
E15. Other

F. PARTICLES AND FIELDS
F1. QCD Physics
F2. Electroweak Physics
F3. Light Quarks & Gluons
F4. Charm and Strange Quark Physics
F5. B Physics CP Violation
F6. B Physics Production and Decay
F7. B Physics Mass, Lifetime & Mixing
F8. Top Quark Production and Decay
F9. Top Quark Mass
F10. Charged Leptons
F11. Neutrinos
F12. New Particles and Interactions
F13. Particle Theory
F14. String Theory
F15. Particle Cosmology
F16. Instrumentation
F17. Higgs Searches
F18. Physics Education and Outreach

G. TESTS OF PHYSICS LAWS
G1. Basic Symmetries
G2. Fundamental Constants
G3. General and Special Relativity
G4. Quantum Mechanics
G5. Quantum Electrodynamics
G6. Precision Tests of Standard Model
G7. Gravitation and Astrophysics
G8. Non accelerator Searches for Exotic Particles
G9. Dark Matter Searches
G10. Other Precision Tests

H. RADIATION SOURCES
H1. Synchrotron Radiation Sources and Damping Rings
H2. Free Electron Laser Physics
H3. Gyrotron Physics
H4. Conventional Source Physics
H5. Radiation Sources, Other

I. ACCELERATORS AND STORAGE RINGS
I1. High Energy Particle Accelerators and Colliders
I2. Low and Intermediate Energy Accelerators and Storage Rings
I3. Linear Accelerators
I4. Cyclotrons
I5. Electrostatic Accelerators
I6. Particle Sources
I7. New Acceleration Methods
I8. Pulsed Power and High Current Accelerators
I9. Special Purpose Accelerators (Medical, Energy Production, Industrial, Defense, Spallation Neutron Sources)
I10. Accelerators and Storage Rings, Other

J. BEAM PHYSICS
J1. Linear Beam Dynamics
J2. Nonlinear Beam Dynamics
J3. Multiparticle Dynamics
J4. Beam Instabilities
J5. Beam Interaction with Electromagnetic Radiation
J6. Beam Interaction with Matter
J7. High Current Beams
J8. Photon Beams
J9. Beam Beam Interaction
J10. Beam Physics, Other

K. ACCELERATOR SYSTEMS
K1. Beam Diagnostics and Control
K2. RF Technology and Systems
K3. Magnet Technology and Systems
K4. Power Sources
K5. Beam Targets and Secondary Beams
K6. Beam Transport and Propagation
K7. Injection and Extraction
K8. Accelerator Systems, Other

L. PLASMA PHYSICS
L1. Basic Plasma Physics
L2. Space and Astrophysical Plasma
L3. Inertial Confinement and High Energy Density Plasma
L4. Magnetically Confined Plasma
L5. Non neutral Plasma and Beams
L6. Plasma Applications and Radiation Sources
L7. Education and Outreach
L8. Other Topics in Plasma Physics
L9. Computational Plasma Physics

M. PHYSICS EDUCATION
M1. K-12 Education
M2. Informal Education and Public Outreach
M3. Graduate Education
M4. Education and Public Policy
M5. Professional Development
M6. K-12 Teacher Preparation
M7. Undergraduate Education
M8. Physics Education Research

N. UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH including SPS (all topics)

P. HISTORY OF PHYSICS

Q. COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS

R. ENERGY RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
R1 Energy Resources
R1.1 Fossil fuels
R1.2 Synthetic fuels
R1.2.1 Methane hydrates
R1.2.2 Biomass
R1.2.3 Dilute carbon sources
R1.3 Solar power
R1.4 Hydroelectric, hydrothermal, geothermal, wind, tidal, and wave
R1.5 Nuclear fission
R1.5.1 Alternative fuel cycles
R1.5.2 Accelerator driven reactors
R1.5.3 Fission waste treatment
R1.6 Nuclear fusion
R1.7 Stranded renewables
R1.8 Other energy resources
R1.9 Sustainability and environmental effects
R2. Energy production
R2.1 Methods
R2.2 Systems
R2.2.1 Extraction
R2.2.2 Manufacturing
R2.2.3 Refining
R2.2.4 Waste materials evaluation, treatment and storage
R2.3 Sustainability and environmental effects
R3 Energy conversion
R3.1 Photoelectric conversion
R3.2 Electricity-to-light conversion
R3.3 Magnetohydrodynamic conversion
R3.4 Thermo-electric conversion
R3.5 Other energy conversion topics
R3.6 Sustainability and environmental effects
R4 Energy transmission and distribution
R4.1 Power grid
R4.2 Distribution infrastructure
R4.3 Distributed generation
R4.4 Sustainability and environmental effects
R5 Energy storage
R5.1 Grid energy storage
R5.2 Storage methods
R5.2.1 Chemical
R5.2.2 Biological
R5.2.3 Electrochemical
R5.2.4 Electrical
R5.2.5 Gravitational
R5.2.6 Mechanical
R.5.2.7 Thermal
R5.3 Sustainability and environmental effects
R6 Energy use
R6.1 Availability and conservation
R6.2 Performance and efficiency
R6.3 Infrastructure
R6.4 Waste treatment and storage
R6.5 Sustainability and environmental effects
R7 Expertise community
R7.1 Policy
R7.2 Outreach
R7.3 Training
R7.4 K-12 research
R8 Other energy topics