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• M3/H — Cubic Meters per Hour
• PRE — Proportional Reduction of Error
• PRDT — Physical Restraint Decision Tree
• PRC — Photometry, Radiometry, and Calorimetry
• PR — PRobability of ....
• POCOE — Principle Of Conservation Of Energy
• PPU — Physics processing unit
• PQ — Photon To Quark
• PPP — Physics for Paper and Print
• XMLL — X-ray Magnetic Linear Loop
• USA — United States of America
• US — United States of America
• CT — Computed Tomography
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
• A-BOMB — Atomic Bomb
• PI — Penning ionization [
• CPMG — Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill pulse sequence
• XMCD — X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism
• PNEUM — pneumatic
• PN — PN (Pressure Nominal)
• ANOVA — Analysis of Variance (statistics)
• PM — Particle Multiplication
• MIM — Metal-Insulator-Metal (Diode)
• PHWR — Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor
• WAXD — Wide-Angle X-Ray Diffraction
• NTU — Nephelometric Turbidity Unit
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• 19F — Fluorine-19
• MM — Millimeter
• PHYY — Physics
• PME — Particle-Mesh Ewald
• CBRN — Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear
• PMF — Predictor Model File
• YAEL — Yankee Atomic Environmental Laboratory
• PIC — Precision Ion Chamber
• PIF — Physics at the Information Frontier
• PI — 3.1415926535
• PHW — Potable Hot Water
• YB:YAG — Ytterbium: Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet
• PHD — P-Helicity Decoupling Scheme (P=Momentum)
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• PILAC — Pulsed Ion Linear ACcelerator
• QDVP — Quasi-Degenerate Variational Perturbation
• PIE — Possibility of Infinite Energy
• PISA — Photovoltaic Information System For Architects
• Y' — Out-of-plane Velocity - vertical
• PML — Physical Measurement Laboratory
• PL — Proton Loss
• T-O-F — time of flight
• PIV — Position Information Vector

• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• R- E/I — Ohms Law (not an acronym)
• DAMP — Division of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• UASER — Ultrasound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
• α — angular acceleration
• KAMLAND — KAmioka Liquid Scintillator Anti-Neutrino Detector
• JMMM — Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
• HAPPEX — Hall A Proton Parity Experiment
• ZPDH — Z-Pinch-Driven Hohlraum
• WHO — World Health Organization
• LAQL — Lowest Analytically Quantifiable Level
• KAMIOKANDE — A solar neutrino experiment at the Kamioka Observatory in Japan
• A — Ampere
• DT — Differential Temperature
• LAGOS — Laser Gravitational-wave Observatory in Space
• RF — Radio Frequency
• ° C — Degree centigrade
• APCVD — Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• QEDA — Quantum Electrodynamics Atomic Theory
• FEMA — Federal Emergency Management Agency
• ω — angular velocity
• LAMSCAL — Large Area Monochromatic Source for Calibrations
• JASJA — Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• CFF — Critical Flicker Fusion
• NTSB — US National Transportation Safety Board
• WANFCS — West Area Neutrino Facility Control System
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• VAPEPS — Vibroacoustic Payload Environment Prediction System
• HASYLAB — Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• LAPHY — Laser Physics
• KARMEN — Karlsruhe-Rutherford Medium-Energy Neutrino Experiment
• FARCAL — Facility for Advanced Radiometric Calibrations
• QFEB — Quasi-Free Electron Bremsstrahlung
• N-FSBS — Near-Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• WWW — World Wide Web
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• AC — Alternating Current
• KATRIN — KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino
• IDMS — Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry
• LAFOC — Laser Focus
• JAJAP — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• 2DEG — Two-Dimensional Electron Gas
• GAMS4 — NIST High Resolution Spectrometer
• CY — Calendar Year
• TQM — Total Quality Management
• EEO — Equal Employment Opportunity

• ESA — European Space Agency
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• SWAG — Scientific Wild-Ass Guess. A Close Approximation.
• SMYS — Specified Minimum Yield Strength
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• URL — Universal Resource Locator
• R&D — Research & Development
• CMOS — Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• SRAM — Static Random Access Memory (ess-ram)
• QA/QC — Quality Assurance/Quality Control
• MDMT — Minimum Design Metal Temperature
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• ECR — Electron Cyclotron Resonance
• HACCP — Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• LOD — Limit Of Detection
• µ — Micro
• FAA — Federal Aviation Administration
• FM — frequency modulation
• LTE — Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium
• AIP — American Institute of Physics
• EMT — effective medium theory
• PDL — Polarization Dependent Loss
• SOG — Spin-on Glass
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• DB — Decibel
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• BP — Boiling Point
• MEG — Motionless Electromagnetic Generator
• NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• SIMOPS — SIMultaneous OPerationS
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• AES — Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• DME — Distance Measuring Equipment
• SNOM — Scanning Near-field Optical Microscope
• VHS — Van Hove Singularity
• SPL — Sound Pressure Level
• NM — Nanometer
• STD — Standard
• UPS — Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• HD — High Density
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• FY — Fiscal Year

• DRAM — Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing)
• TPD — Temperature Programmed Desorption (for Gas Chromatography)
• KG — Kilogram
• RIU — Refractive Index Unit
• PCS — Photon Correlation Spectroscopy
• ACS — American Chemical Society
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
• MOCVD — Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
• IC — Integrated Circuit
• H — Hot
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• MIL — Military
• AF — Audio Frequency
• DPM — Disintegrations Per Minute
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• BAPS — Bulletin of the American Physical Society
• AEC — Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA)
• MOBY — Marine Optical Buoy
• NCO — Numerically Controlled Oscillator
• BIT — Bulk Ion Temperature
• CT — Current Transformer
• OASIS — Optically Adaptive System for Imaging Spectroscopy
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• FTG — Field Testing Group
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• PWH — PetaWatt-Hour
• CMM — Coordinate Measuring Machine
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• 2PE — Two-Photon Excitation
• PECVD — Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• FMRI — Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• JB — Jacquet-Blondel method
• DL — Deciliter
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• GND — Ground
• ITU — International Telecommunication Union
• DQE — Detective Quantum Efficiency
• MFP — Mass Flow Parameter
• WFI — Water For Injection (pharmaceutical Term)
• NSA — National Security Agency
• HOMESTAKE — A solar neutrino experiment in the Homestake Gold Mine in South Dakota
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
• LO — Local Oscillator
• KLY — Kilo Langley
• HPLC — High Performance Liquid Chromatography

• NQR — Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance
• APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• FTF — Fundamental Train Frequency
• CW — Continuous Wave
• NMR — Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• AEDY — Aerospace Dynamics
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• E=MC2 — Energy=Mass * (Velocity of light)**2
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• LFP — Local Field Potential
• CARS — Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• P — Pressure
• FOS — Faint Object Spectrograph
• NOE — Nuclear Overhauser Effect (NMR)
• APS — American Physical Society
• IHPRPTP — Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology Program
• SPR — Surface Plasmon Resonance
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• MAD — Mean Absolute Deviation
• 4WM — Four Wave Mixing
• HSI — Hue Saturation Intensity
• KE — Kinetic Energy
• ISS — International Space Station
• LF — Low Frequency
• ROYGBIV — Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet (Colors of the Rainbow)
• AMS — Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
• THD — Total Harmonic Distortion
• CW — Clockwise
• TOMO-SAR — Synthetic Aperture Radar TOMOgraphy
• ESD — Electrostatic Discharge
• LVL — Level
• RAI — Resident Assessment Instrument
• ESR — Electron Spin Resonance
• 2D WAXD — Two-Dimensional Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• SC — South Carolina
• TLC — Thin Layer Chromatography
• DN — Diameter Nominal
• FWT — Fast Wavelet Transform
• AES — Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
• GR — General Relativity
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• ACD — Autoregressive Conditional Duration
• SUPER-K — Super-Kamiokande
• HQSC — Heisenberg Quantum Spin Chain

• SIG — Signal
• IR — Infrared
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• COIL — Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser
• MQSA — Mammography Quality Standards Act
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• ER — Energy Research
• OPCPA — Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• EPR — Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• CDM — Cold Dark Matter
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• EBIS — Electron Beam Ion Source
• CW — Carrier Wave
• ITL — Information Technology Laboratory
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• ANS — American Nuclear Society
• DIBL — Drain-induced Barrier Lowering
• WG — Working Group
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• CCT — Circuit
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• LMS — Least Mean Square
• AAPM — American Association of Physicists in Medicine's
• NRC — National Response Center
• P — Predicted
• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• DOP — Dilution Of Precision
• APOMA — American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association
• FDR — False Discovery Rate
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• CMC — Calibration Measurement Capabilities
• 3PE — Three-Photon Excitation
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• OSA — Optical Society of America
• CAV — Constant Angular Velocity
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• CV — Constant Velocity
• JND — Just Noticeable Difference
• EVM — Error Vector Magnitude
• EMC — Electromagnetic Compatibility
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• ID — Inside Diameter
• FP — Freezing Point
• SCC — Standards Coordinating Committee
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds

• PAGE — Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
• MOD — Minimum Object Distance
• MRA — Mutual Recognition Arrangement
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• DOHC — Dual Overhead Cam
• NTP — normal temperature and pressure
• AMPC — Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry
• DPA — Differential Power Analysis
• ATR — Attenuated Total Reflectance
• AMS — Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
• DNA — Defense Nuclear Agency
• JEWA — Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
• MO — Molecular Orbital
• UA — University of Arizona
• EMR — Electromagnetic Radiation
• SIA — Semiconductor Industry Association
• PM — Particulate Matter
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• EGS — European Geophysical Society
• BS — Beam Splitter
• IID — independent and identically distributed random variables
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• LTL — Linear Temporal Logic
• PEM — Proton Exchange Membrane
• ACDC — Alternating Current/Direct Current
• IDCT — Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• HIC — Hydrogen Induced Cracking
• ACPD — Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions
• EF — Energy Factor
• RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
• UTD — Uniform Theory of Diffraction
• HAADF — high-angle annular dark field SEM
• PGNAA — Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis
• MURR — University of Missouri Research Reactor
• LEP — Large Electron Positron
• EV — Electron Volt
• MIRD — Medical Internal Radiation Dose
• AEDC — Arnold Engineering Development Center
• AC — Aerodynamic Center
• ACIP — Aerodynamic Coefficient Instrumentation Package
• FTMW — Fourier Transform Microwave
• A — Atomic
• DOAS — Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
• EOM — Electro-Optic Modulator
• GUE — Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (of Random Matrixes In Quantum-transport Studies)
• XQC — X-ray Quantum Calorimeter
• CLSM — Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
• FRET — Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer

• JXST — Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• ACD — Air Constrained Dampening
• NEDT — Noise Equivalent Delta Temperature
• MV — Medium Voltage
• ERDA — Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis
• PIV — Particle Image Velocimetry
• TOE — Theory of Everything
• HPS — Health Physics Society
• CDF — Collider Detector at Fermilab
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• TLE — Two Line Elements
• MTBF — Mean Time Between Failures
• C&E — Cause and Effect
• S — Short
• ICARUS — Imaging Cosmic and Rare Underground Signal
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• LIF — Laser Induced Fluorescence
• CFA — Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
• RFI — Relative Fluorescence Intensity
• SAXS — Small Angle X-Ray Scattering
• FE — Finite Element
• 3D — Three Dimensional
• SNS — Spallation Neutron Source
• CWT — Continuous Wavelet Transform
• IAP — Institute of Atmospheric Physics
• IDCY — Idle Cycle
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• WDXRF — Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence
• MMC — Maximum Material Condition
• AT&T — Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph
• AC — Attenuation Coefficient
• NDT — Nondestructive Test
• PHCHE — Physics and Chemistry of Earth
• TDH — Total Dynamic Head
• TMDE — Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment
• HDR — High Dose Rate
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• ISP — INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.
• PEL — Permissible Exposure Limit
• PL&I — Plasmas and Ions
• DPP — Division of Plasma Physics
• FCC — Face-Centered Cubic
• LE — Low Energy
• ILSS — Interlaminar Shear Strength
• CHIPS — Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
• H — Hotel
• HPS — High Pressure Sodium

• AMPS — Atmospheric Magnetospheric Plasma System
• FCI — Full Configuration Interaction
• CVAAS — Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
• ISE — Ion Selective Electrode
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscopy
• FEL — Free Electron Laser
• STP — Standard Temperature Pressure
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• AFV — Alternative-Fuel Vehicle
• BCC — Body-Centered Cubic
• RAP — Reliable Acoustic Path
• HE — High Energy
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• PTA — Pure Tone Average
• TARDIS — Time And Relative Dimensions In Space. Dr Who's company car, so to speak. I can confirm that it is 'Dimensions' not 'Dimension'. This begs the follow-up question as to whether the Dimensions are relative to each other or to time, or to both, or to somethi
• PCM — Phase Contrast Microscopy
• DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung.
• EP — Extreme Pressure
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• AO — Adaptive Optics
• OPD — Optical Path Difference
• N — Normal
• PDSH — Pressure Differential Switch High
• SPM — Scanning Probe Microscope
• MBQ — Megabecquerel
• EDS — Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
• DOT — Diffuse Optical Tomography
• RAC — Research Advisory Committee
• PET — positron emission tomography
• BSDF — Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Function
• PE — Performance Evaluation
• SCF — Self-Consistent Field
• ZQ — Zero-Quantum
• VU — Volume Unit
• OTA — Optical Tube Assembly (telescopes)
• LAF — Laminar Air Flow
• EDM — Electric Dipole Moment
• LOCF — Last Observation Carried Forward
• PE — Potential Energy
• ZPE — Zero Point Energy
• AAPT — American Association of Physics Teachers
• PHR — Physics Reports
• LT — Low Temperature
• MPLB — Modern Physics Letters B
• FEGT — Furnace Exit Gas Temperature
• PHYN — Physics Notes
• RIXS — Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
• LM — Lumen
• CC — Closed Circuit
• MJPS — Moldavian Journal of the Physical Sciences

• PRL — Physical Review Letters
• GFP — Green Fluorescent Protein
• IUE — International Ultraviolet Explorer
• XMLD — X-ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism
• ENDL — Evaluated Nuclear Data Library
• BHN — Brinell Hardness Number
• PM — Phase Modulation
• ECD — Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
• 1D — One-Dimensional
• ICR — Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• EF — Electric Field
• HPHT — high pressure, high temperature ammoniation procedure
• RG — Radius of Gyration
• HVLP — high volume, low pressure
• MPI — Multiphoton Ionization
• CGU — Canadian Geophysical Union
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• SHP — Shaft Horsepower
• QD — Quantum Dot
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• OD — Optical Density
• DLA — Diffusion-Limited Aggregation
• JPCS — Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
• FFF — Field-Flow Fractionation
• APS — Advanced Photon Source
• CEA — Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique
• AO — Atomic Orbital
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• KAERI — Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
• GP — General Physics Corporation
• XPS — X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• QP — Quantization Parameter
• AEM — Acoustical Emission Monitoring
• CARI — combustion air requirement index
• FTNIR — Fourier Near Infra Red
• NG6, NG-6 — Monochromatic Beam Line near the end of NG6
• GAM — Generalized Additive Model
• EPC — Electronic Pressure Control
• ETC — Electron Transport Chain
• EM — Environmental Management
• E — Electra
• HEA — High Energy Astrophysics
• VTZ — Valence Triple Zeta (basis Set)
• NV — Night Vision
• AFC — Aerodynamic Flight Control
• VIV — Vortex Induced Vibration
• OPA — Optical Parametric Amplifier
• PBC — Polarization-Beam Combiner
• C — Countess

• CJLTP — Chinese Journal of Low Temperature Physics
• OPC — Optical Particle Counter
• BCT — Body-Centered Tetragonal
• FP — Focal Plane
• EOS — Equation Of State
• CPS — Cycles Per Second (now Hertz)
• LSND — Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
• SRM — Standard Reference Material
• ECD — Electron Capture Dissociation
• FLIR — Forward Looking Infrared Radiometer
• SWG — Standard Wire Gauge
• TM — Transverse Magnetic
• PIV — Peak Inverse Voltage
• XBT — expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
• CQGRA — Classical and Quantum Gravity
• ASPP — Atmospheric and Space Plasma Physics
• AFT — Attractor Field Therapy
• DDS — Direct Digital Synthesizer
• LSP — Lightest Supersymmetric Particle
• ICP-AES — Inductively Coupled Plasma-atomic Emission Spectrometry
• GC — gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• RKR — Rydberg-Klein-Rees
• AJP — American Journal of Physics
• WDDL — Wave Dynamic Differential Logic
• FDTD — Finite Difference Time Domain
• R — Roentgen
• IIT — Indian Institute of Technology
• NPC — Nuclear Pore Complex
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• ED — Electron Diffraction
• DSR — Dynamic Shear Rheometer
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• OPO — Optical Parametric Oscillator
• SIMP — Strongly Interacting Massive Particle
• HID — high intensity discharge (electricity)
• JCHPH — Journal of Chemical Physics
• JETP — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
• LMU — Location Measurement Unit
• BIPM — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
• AEQ — Aeronautical Quarterly
• IK — Inverse Kinematics
• AIAA — American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics
• MOA — Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• LOA — Law of Attraction
• CQGRS — Classical and Quantum Gravity Supplement
• LFAE — Ligand Field Activation Energy
• YP — Yield Point
• IOR — Index of Refraction

• MAG — Magnetic
• RMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• MSX — Midcourse Space Experiment
• EGS — Electron Gamma Shower
• IRAS — Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• ILD — Indentation Load Deflection
• LDA — Local Density Approximation
• FCA — Formal Concept Analysis
• DSM — Design Structure Matrix
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instrumental Coefficient Package
• TMD — Tuned Mass Damper
• RST — Rapid Suspension Technology
• ACESJ — Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal
• TOV — Threshold of Visibility
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• ETS — Energy Transfer System
• AMS — Acoustic Measurement System
• BQ — Becquerel
• DPF — Displacement Power Factor
• 2-D — Two Dimensional
• ASD — Astrophysics Science Division
• ANPHY — Annals of Physics
• AOM — acoustic-optic modulator
• VMD — Visual Molecular Dynamics
• DFT — Density Functional Theory
• CICP — Communications in Computational Physics
• OPS — Optical Physical Section
• CEI — Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano
• ESO — European Southern Observatory
• NIDR — National Institute of Dental Research (National Institutes of Health)
• PD — Propagation Delay
• QWIP — Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector
• GRI — Gas Research Institute (US) (natural gas)
• TXM — Transmission X-ray Microscope
• LC — Liquid Chromatography
• PDE — Partial Differential Equation
• ASAC — aerodynamic surfaces assembly and checkout
• POC — Physical Optics Corporation
• DE — Differential Equation(s)
• HI — High Intensity
• CPK — Corey, Pauling, Koltun
• DVM — Digital Voltmeter
• APH — Astroparticle Physics
• POGS — polar-orbiting geomagnetic survey
• TC — Transmission Convergence (ATM)
• LWR — Light Water Reactor
• ADPHY — Advances in Physics
• APRF — Army Pulse Radiation Facility
• NCU — Nano Containment Unit
• AFT — Aerodynamic Flight Test

• RHF — Restricted Hartree-Fock
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• STASA — Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations
• MOT — Magneto Optical Trap
• SPH — Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics
• EELS — Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
• RBS — Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry
• OLED — Organic Light-Emitting Diode
• AMTF — Acoustic Model Test Facility
• MCM — Mobil Composition of Matter
• NLC — Next Linear Collider
• ABEC — Annular Bearing Engineering Committee
• QWW — Quantum Well Wire
• PCF — Photonic Crystal Fiber
• NEI — Nuclear Energy Institute
• EAA — Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
• BPM — Beam Position Monitor
• MOKE — Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect
• PHA — Physics And Astronomy
• WLOG — Without Loss Of Generality. Mathematical term, and applicable more generally, to justify the use of an isolated case in proving an issue, when the need for wider evidence is not required or is irrelevant and would be a waste of time. (Thanks E Key)
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• 1PI — One Particle Irreducible
• TEM — Transverse Electromagnetic
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• IOT — Inductive Output Tube
• ALICE — A Large Ion Collider Experiment
• EDX — Energy-Dispersive X-ray Analysis
• EIE — electron impact excitation
• ADAP — Aerodynamic Data Analysis Program
• EMR — Electromagnetic Resonance
• AMP — Amplitude
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• JJAPL — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Letters
• NRC — Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
• LSDA — Local Spin Density Approximation
• FIM — Field Intensity Meter
• KELVIN — Scientific temperature scale
• CLV — Constant Linear Velocity
• ADM — Absolute Distance Meter
• ICRP — International Commission on Radiological Protection
• AMPS — Atmosphere, Magnetosphere & Plasmas in Space
• HTD — Heat Transfer Division
• TEPC — Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter
• HO — High Order
• UTA — Unresolved Transition Array
• CED — Cohesive Energy Density
• TKN — Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
• ASAS — Aerodynamic Stability Augmentation System
• COMPASS — COMPuter ASSurance Conference
• RTT — Round Trip Timer

• SSNMR — Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• PTFE — Polytetrafluoroethylene
• SCF — Supercritical Fluid
• DN/DC — Specific refractive index increment
• IC — Internal Combustion
• RLD — Reciprocal Linear Dispersion
• WHHM — Werthamer Helfand Hohenberg and Maki
• ADB — Aerodynamic Data Book
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• CF — Cold Fusion
• HV — High Vacuum
• PHRV — Physical Review
• AECL — Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's
• RSP — Rapid Solidification Process
• NG7 — Neutron Guide No. 7
• SIM — Selected ion monitoring
• CARB — Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology
• ADCL — Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory
• ULVZ — Ultra-Low Velocity Zone
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• REST — Representational State Transfer
• JATP — Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
• M — Mass
• NM — Newton Meter
• SVD — Shock Vibration Digest
• VRM — Vector Ruggedness Measure
• SI — International System of Units (Système international d'unités)
• DMI — Dynamic Momentum Index
• AFTA — Acoustic Fatigue Test Article
• AMS — Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility
• PO2 — Partial pressure of oxygen
• LS — Liquid Scintillation
• IV — Input Voltage
• TEF — Time-Energy-Frequency
• DIR — Direction Interdépartementale des Routes
• RSE — Relative Standard Error
• BC — Boundary Condition
• UB — Upper Bound
• ITELC — IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
• CCPP — Combined Cycle Power Plant
• JPCM — Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
• PP2PP — proton-proton to proton-proton
• PEPSI — Proton Echo-Planar Spectroscopic Imaging
• DE — Discrete Event (program specification)
• HS — Hot Spot
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• RCF — Relative Centrifugal Force
• PLL — Phase Locked Loop
• RC — Resistor-Capacitor
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope

• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• WDM — Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
• APAS — Aerodynamic Performance and Sizing Program
• AAAC — Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
• TC — Temperature Control
• APHY — Acoustical Physics
• LISS — Linear Imaging Self-Scanning
• IFD — Indentation Force Deflection
• IVR — Intramolecular Vibrational Relaxation
• ITSU — IEEE Transactions on Sonics Ultrasonics
• ASC — Aerodynamic Surface Control
• HFS — Hydrogen Forward Scattering
• DAP — Donor Acceptor Pair
• CCV — Continuing Calibration Verification
• SR — Special Relativity
• SRV — Safety Relief Valve
• TEMP — Temperature
• AIH — Acoustical Imaging and Holography
• GS — Gauss
• ADGEO — Advances in Geophysics
• COMPH — Computers in Physics
• UMIST — University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
• CES — Constant Elasticity of Substitution
• NJPH — New Journal of Physics
• CBR — California Bearing Ratio
• CHJCP — Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics
• CCD — Charged Coupled Device
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• CRPL — Cosmic Ray Physics Laboratory
• AFI — Accordion Fringe Interferometry
• CMS — Compact Muon Solenoid
• EDAX — energy dispersive analysis of X-rays
• CBNM — Central Bureau for Nuclear Measurements
• FM — Ferromagnetic
• NEMS — National Energy Modeling System
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• EF — Extra Fine
• ARES — Advanced Rheometric Expansion System
• LIPC — laser-induced plasma channel
• SDI — Strategic Defense Initiative
• ICE — Internal combustion engine (transportation)
• HDOP — Horizontal Dilution Of Position
• CME — Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
• CCPCE — Current Contents Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
• FWHM — Full Width at Half Maximum
• MOKE — Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect
• RTD — Resistance Temperature Detector
• ARL — Average Run Length
• ATI — Above-Threshold Ionization
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite

• MFCG — Magnetic Flux Compression Generator
• RJMP — Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics
• BGM — Basis Generator Method
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• FPD — Flame Photometric Detector
• FTIR — Fourier transform infrared radiometer (spectroscopy)
• PMG — Permanent Magnet Generator
• PTCA — Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angiography
• LDA — Laser Doppler Anemometry
• SEE — Secondary Electron Emission
• ATP — Advanced Technology Program
• PAC — Probably Approximately Correct
• PNL — Pacific Northwest Laboratory
• BMDO — (U.S.) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (bim-do)
• AUJPA — Australian Journal of Physics Astrophysical Supplement
• LNP — Lecture Notes in Physics
• SD — Super Deformed
• FFR — Fractional Flow Reserve
• FHMM — Factorial Hidden Markov Model
• SFG — Sum Frequency Generation
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• XPS — X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• MTXM — Magnetic Transmission X-Ray Microscopy
• APAC — Applied Acoustics
• RPT — Refractory Period of Transmission
• TIMS — Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• SW — Surface Wave
• AMA — Actual Mechanical Advantage
• TCS — Three-Dimensional Complex Space Theory
• 2LOT — 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
• PDE — Product Data Exchange
• KOPIO — AKlong decay experiment at Brookhaven.
• SDIO — Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
• BBO — Beta-Barium Borate
• PMR — Proton Magnetic Resonance
• BLB — Black Light Bulb
• MOR — Modulus of Rupture
• LBLRR — LBL Research Review
• COS — Change of State
• STS — Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
• 2B1Q — Two Binary One Quaternary
• FI — Field Intensity
• CH — Continuum Hypothesis
• CVD — Chemical Vapor Deposition
• ATDB — Aerothermodynamic Data Book
• QM — Quantum Mechanics
• BELLE — B detector at KEK in Japan
• PZT — Piezoelectric Translator
• LAMMA — Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis
• BWO — Backward Wave Oscillator

• TC — Thermal Control
• FTIR — Frustrated Total Internal Reflection
• SEA — Statistical Energy Analysis
• IMS — Institute for Molecular Science
• PMMA — Polymethylmethacrylate
• CPS — Central Plasma Sheet
• TPP — Thermal Power Plant
• ND — Neutron Detector
• NVIS — Night Vision Imaging System
• ECSED — Electronic Commerce in Scientific and Engineering Data
• TC — Thermal Conductivity
• ENR — Enrichment and Reprocessing (technology)
• ABMP — American Board of Medical Physics
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• COASP — Comments on Astrophysics and Space Physics
• EPI — Echo Planar Imaging
• QO — Quasi-Optical
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• QMS — Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
• CAM — Computer-Aided Machining
• ACR — Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• REL — Recommended Exposure Limit
• OOCA — Object Oriented Computing in Astrophysics
• NAA — Neutron Activation Analysis
• YS — Yield Strength
• ALVIB — algorithm payload vibration
• MICE — Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
• EER — Estimated Energy Requirement
• GUT — Grand Unification Theory
• LC — Liquid Crystal
• DUV — Deep Ultraviolet
• YAG — Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
• QRHE — quantum anomalous Hall effect
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• EPA — Electron Positron Accumulator
• STAR — Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC
• TMA — Thermal Mechanical Analysis
• XSV — Expendable Sound Velocimeter
• EIES — Electron Impact Emission Spectroscopy
• HRC — Rockwell Hardness C
• VAC — Vacuum Assisted Closure
• AD — Antimatter Decelerator
• MFT — Mean Field Theory
• LEACH — Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy
• PHEMT — Pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer
• RSM — Response Surface Method
• MEL — Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory

• SBLC — S-Band Linear Collider
• LBT — Large Binocular Telescope
• AERTE — Aerojet Technology
• SSCP — Springer Series on Chemical Physics
• TDR — Time-Domain Reflectometry
• ELT — Extremely Large Telescope
• WXRF — Wavelength-dispersive X- Ray Fluorescence
• CIPM — International Committee of Weights and Measures, France
• GNO — Gallium Neutrino Observatory
• MIST — Microgravity Science and Technology
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• NISTAR — NIST Advanced Radiometer
• AEJ — Aeronautical Journal
• UCSUSA — Union of Concerned Scientists, United States of America
• BNCT — Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
• MPN — Most Probable Number
• CHPHY — Chinese Physics
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• LIM — Limit
• HSS — Hollow Structural Section
• SQ — Scalar Quantization
• EMILY — Extreme Monkey Indigestion Laryngitis Youngen
• EOM — Equation of Motion
• BPAS — Bulletin of Pure and Applied Science
• STEM — Storable Tubular Extendible Member
• HERO — High Energy Replicated Optics
• PMTS — Predetermined Motion Time System
• TG — Temperature Gradient
• PHYR — Physical Research
• ASVIB — algorithm scoreboard vibrations
• PT — Peak Torque
• CMH — Cubic Meter per Hour
• PFG — Pulsed Field Gradient
• CEC — California Energy Commission
• HTBB — High-Temperature Black Body
• JPSJS — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Supplement
• LVR — Lever
• DMC — Dynamic Motion Control
• RPN — Remote Plasma Nitridation
• HHPN — Hydraulic High Pressure Nebulization
• TLI — Tilted Laser Image
• TJPH — Turkish Journal of Physics
• ND — Neutron Density
• JEPT — Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics
• NERI — Nuclear Energy Research Initiative
• DREAMS — Dynamic Range Enhancement Applied to Mass Spectrometry
• ULTRA — Ultrasonics
• FTL — Faster Than Light
• CCP6 — Collaborative Computational Project 6
• VT — Valid Time

• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• HVT — High Velocity Thermocouple
• CPIP — Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
• PNP — Positive-Negative-Positive
• NIR — Near Infrared
• LRSP — Living Reviews in Solar Physics
• FASCAL — Facility for Automatic Spectroradiometric Calibrations
• MOSFET — Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
• COTPH — Communications in Theoretical Physics
• LVDT — Linear Variable Differential Transformer
• TBB — Triple Beam Balance
• 3DSSPP — Three-Dimensional Static Strength Prediction Program
• CCFL — Countercurrent Flow Limitation
• RT — Reverberation Time
• MDR — Mass Distribution Ratio
• FEC — Ferro-Electric liquid Crystal
• CZJPH — Czechoslovak Journal of Physics
• BET — Brunauer - Emmett - Teller
• VEEL — Vibrational and Electronic Energy Levels
• NCF — Near Coherence of Filters
• ESR — Experimental Storage Ring
• CFT — Crystal Field Theory
• SCAMPY — Scanning Micro Pyrometer
• ACB — Annular Confinement Beam
• TST — Time-Space-Time
• LO — Laser Optics
• JSMAJ — Japan Society of Microgravity Application Journal
• XSW — X-Ray Standing Wave
• JGE — Journal of Geophysics and Engineering
• EXO — Enriched Xenon Observatory
• AF — Anisotropic Filtering
• GML — General Measurement Loop
• HTPPL — High Temperature Plasma Physics Lab
• BMD — Bending Moment Diagram
• FT-IRAS — Fourier Transform-Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• CMR — Colossal Magnetoresistance
• DLP — Digital Light Processing
• MBE — Molecular Beam Epitaxy
• LFCC — Linear Frequency Cepstral Coefficient
• ODC — Orthogonal Defect Classification
• JETPL — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• CCDC — Cyclic Channel Die Compression
• LOMO — Lowest Occupied Molecular Orbital
• WAMW — Weight-Average Molecular Weight
• RHM — Roentgen Hour Meter
• NVLAP — National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
• MRIR — medium-resolution infrared radiometer
• HF — Hartree-Fock Method
• KWP — Kilowatt-Peak

• ECT — Error Correction Term
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• CRP — Coordinated Research Program
• SG — Specific Gravity
• HRTF — Head-Related Transfer Function
• YKP — Yano- Koonin- Podgoretskii
• PSST — Plasma Sources Science Technology
• ST — Spherical Tokamak
• BTI — Bubble Technology Inc
• STM — Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
• MUT — Material Under Test
• FD — Finite Difference
• 2DHG — Two-Dimensional Hole Gas
• ICP — Inductively Coupled Plasma
• SEM — Scanning Electron Microscopes
• TC — Technical Committee (HL7)
• ENSDF — Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File
• 3DWBA — Three-Body Distorted-Wave Born Approximation
• EJTP — Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics
• PRF — Petroleum Research Fund
• ESR — Electrical Substitution Radiometer
• CEJPH — Central European Journal of Physics
• JKPS — Journal of Korean Physical Society
• HBT — Hanbury Brown-Twiss
• AESIJ — Aeronautical Society India Journal
• IMA — Ideal Mechanical Advantage
• GEC — General Electrodynamics Corporation
• CLC — Capillary Liquid Chromatography
• LOQ — Limit of Quantitation
• CLFR — Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector
• HPPT — High Pressure Phase Transformation
• SWAP — Short-Wavelength Automated Perimetry
• VHSIC — Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• JJAPS — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Supplement
• SCR — Space Charge Region
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• ARCP — Annual Reviews of Computational Physics
• WKB — Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (phase-shift Formula For Potential Scattering)
• IO — Interactive Optimum
• ARACO — Archives Acoustics
• FIR — Far Infrared
• EGO — Eccentric Geophysical Observation
• LAND — Large Area Neutron Detector
• ACCW — Auxiliary Component Cooling Water
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• ANIPS — Annals of the Israel Physical Society
• MEMS — Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
• FTICR — Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• SERS — Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering
• SPE — solid phase extraction method

• LLG — Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation
• JPSJ — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
• MUNU — An experiment at the Bugey reactor in France studying electron - electron neutrino scattering.
• EPJ — European Physical Journal
• MBS — Minimum Breaking Strength
• BIB — Blocked Impurity Band
• CXRO — Center for X-Ray Optics at Berkeley, CA
• JMP — Journal of Mathematical Physics
• TMP — Turbo Molecular Pump
• PDE — Possible Duplicate Emission
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• SCF — Stress Concentration Factor
• JGP — Journal of Geometry and Physics
• CPL — Chemical Physics Letters
• AVCOR — algorithm vibration correlation
• WAFAC — Wide-Angle Free-Air Chamber
• TQW — Triangular Quantum Well
• DALR — Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate
• VOX — Voice Operated EXchange
• SEAQUEST — A series of fixed target Drell-Yan experiments at Fermilab
• LTA — Low temperature (oxygen plasma) ashing
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• CSLPT — Cambridge Studies in Low Temperature Physics
• IAPT — Indian Association of Physics Teachers
• FOC — Forward Only Conversion
• NEMP — Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse
• NEANDC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Data Committee
• PHT — Physics Today
• OGB — Original Grain Boundary
• BEB — Binary-Encounter-Bethe
• PCPP — Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing
• GFAAS — graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry
• IQEC — International Quantum Electronics Conference
• VLT — Visible Light Transmission
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• NRLM — National Research Laboratory of Metrology (Japan)
• QMF — quadrature mirror filter banks
• UCLA — Harbor-University of California Los Angeles
• SQM — Square Meter
• WTMM — Wavelet Transform Modulus Maxima
• FDFD — Finite Difference Frequency Domain
• OPTLE — Optics and Lasers in Engineering
• RHEED — Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction
• TL — Time Line
• MMCP — Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
• JVST — Journal of Vacuum Science Technology
• DSM — Dynamic Scattering Mode
• PEPI — Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
• RDP — Rubidium Di-Hydrogen Phosphate
• MS/MS — Tandem Mass Spectrometry

• PFC — Parallel Flange Channel
• WIMP — Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
• NA — Neutral Axis
• COMMP — Comments in Modern Physics
• CLM — Compound Light Microscope
• LPCVD — Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• SAJPH — South African Journal of Physics
• PMT — Photo Multiplier Tube
• AICF — Acoustic Inertial Confinement Fusion
• AFA — Average Fock Approximation
• JVC — Journal of Vibration and Control
• VNIIFTRI — National Scientific and Russian Research Institute for Physical, Technical and Radiotechnical Measurements
• 2PPE — Two-Photon Photoemission
• IGC — International Gravity Commission
• JFLU — Journal of Fluorescence
• SGORS — Studies in Geophysical Optics and Remote Sensing
• ABHP — American Board of Health Physics
• CSI — Compton Scatter Imaging
• PTI — Proxima Therapeutics Inc.
• MOP — Maximum Operating Pressure
• VIS — Visible
• WL — Weak Localization
• EMW — Electromagnetic Wave
• LAL — The Laboratoire de L'Accelerateur Lineaire at the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, France
• EIEIO — Electron Impact Excitation of Ions from Organics
• 3DFFM — Three-Dimensional Fourier Filtering Method
• BHLH — Basic Helix-Loop-Helix
• CRT — Conformal Radiation Therapy
• KN — Kilo Newton
• MTF — Magnetized Target Fusion
• MICGQ — Microgravity Quarterly
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• JMOA — Journal of Microwaves Optics and Acoustics
• TISAB — total ionic strength adjustment buffer (analytical method)
• PHL — Physics Letters
• ACRU — Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit
• TRFM — Time Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy
• AMMAC — Mexican Metrology Association
• IUCR — International Union of Crystallography
• BF-TEM — Bright-field transmission electron microscopy
• GUIDE — Generalized Unbiased Interaction Detection and Estimation
• NPIC — Nuclear Power Institute of China
• VA — Volt Ampere
• MS — MilliSeconds
• IBFM — Interacting Boson-Fermion Model
• RECAN — Regional European and Central Asian ALARA Network
• IRIS — Internal Rotary Inspection System
• POPRV — Pilot Operated Pressure Relief Valve
• RIBD — Reactive Ion Beam Deposition
• CERN — Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire

• MSLD — Mass Spectrometer Leak Detector
• PCM — Phase Change Materials
• ABF — All but Finitely
• URA — Universities Research Association, Inc.
• FRET — fluorescence resonant energy transfer
• SWATH — Small-Waterplane Area Twin-Hull
• GCA — Gradual Channel Approximation
• CR — Curvature Radiation
• ECRIS — Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source
• CTMP — Chemi Thermo Mechanical Pulp
• BIA — Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
• MMC — Moving Micro Cross
• NPSS — Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• AMJPH — American Journal of Physics
• EBIT — Electron Beam Ion Trap
• JSP — Journal of Statistical Physics
• AF — Acceleration Factor
• CPR — Chemical Physics Reports
• DDF — Distance Distortion Factor
• MAP — Maximum A Posteriori estimate
• HWP — Half-Wave Plate
• AOM(S) — acousto-optic modulator(s)
• SCCM — standard cubic centimeters per minute
• TJ — TeraJoule
• CPCAR — Chemistry and Physics of Carbon
• JPCRD — Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data
• QFT — Quantitative Fluorescence Technique
• NEANSC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Science Committee
• MCU — Microcontroller Unit
• GPIB — General-Purpose Instrumentation Bus
• LRR — Living Reviews in Relativity
• PAES — Positron-Induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• SSADM — Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology
• DCT — Discrete Cosine Transformer
• EEEL — Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory
• GDOG — Generalized Double Optical Gating
• CRYRING — Electron Accelerator and Storage Ring Facility (Stockholm, Sweden)
• AFVH — Anti- Ferromagnetic van Hove scenario
• SLM(S) — spatial light modulator(s)
• NOBCCHE — National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers
• VHT — Very High Temperature
• HYAAS — Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotom etry.
• AAPP — Association of Applied Physicists Pakistan
• SI — Système International d'unités (International System of Units)
• GCK — Geiger Counter Kit
• CSIR — Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
• BFRL — Building and Fire Research Laboratory
• ASA — Accessible Surface Area
• EPIC — Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera

• NVH — Noise Vibration Harshness
• AECL — Atomic Energy Canada Limited
• MQA — measurement quality assurance
• ACFA — Asian Committee for Future Accelerators.
• AUM — Arbitrary Unit of Mass
• ITPS — IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
• TZFC — Triple Zeta Frozen Core
• BJAP — British Journal of Applied Physics
• DEG — Dimensional Electron Gas
• TD — Time Differential
• TCPH — Topics in Current Physics
• SBR — Spectral Band Replication
• NP — Neper
• PSSC — Physical Science Study Committee
• FFE — Far Field Extension
• IPM — Ionization Profile Monitor
• JAERI — Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
• JLUM — Journal of Luminescence
• JAE — Journal of Acoustic Emission
• CCFL — Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp
• ASME — American Society for Mechanical Engineers
• VCM — Voice-Coil Motor
• APD — VERP)/action potential duration
• IMGC — Istituto di Metrologia "G. Colonnetti" (Italy)
• FPS — foot-pound-second [cf. cgs and mks]
• EL — Europhysics Letters
• BES — Beijing Spectrometer (China)
• TI — Thermal Inertia
• MO — Magneto-optic
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• GGA — Generalized Gradient Approximation
• INDC — International Nuclear Data Committee
• RVMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• PLPHR — Plasma Physics Reports
• SCOT — Support Coated Open Tubular
• CNIF — Californium Neutron Irradiation Facility
• NELAC — National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference
• ETRAN — Monte Carlo computer code for Electrons and Photons through Extended Media
• PPHTS — Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors
• HYPER-CP — A Search for Direct CP Violation in Hyperon Decays
• QCD — Quantum Chromodynamics
• HOQS — Highest Occupied Quantum State
• ZPF — Zero Point Field
• ADTPH — Advanced Texts in Physics
• MEA — Membrane Electrode Assembly
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• PASTI — Public Address Speech Transmission Index
• NSOM — Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• OSRD — Office of Standard Reference Data
• PSL — Polystyrene-latex

• TCB — Temporal Coherence Boundary
• CCPP — Collaborative Computational Plasma Physics
• DONUT — Direct Observation of the Nu Tau
• ADCHP — Advances in Chemical Physics
• PPCF — Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
• CIRRPC — Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination
• CONPH — Contemporary Physics
• RVMAP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• CEBAF — Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
• ISAC — Isotope Separator and Accelerator Facility
• PTCP — Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics
• DUS — Duplex Ultrasound
• NR — Nuclear Reactor
• ACOUL — Acoustics Letters
• TWA — time-weighted averaged
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• ICAMDATA — International Conference on Atomic and Molecular Data and Their Applications
• SCD — Single Crystal Diffraction
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• CPSSH — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces and Heterogeneous Catalysis
• MGG — Methods in Geochemistry and Geophysics
• RVMPS — Reviews of Modern Physics Supplement
• CCSM — Cross Correlogram Spectral Matching
• CHPHL — Chinese Physics Letter
• ADEXG — Advances in Exploration Geophysics
• ITAS — IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
• CMCV — Charge Motion Control Valve
• HFB — Hartree Fock Bogoliubov
• FUV — Far Ultraviolet
• GMC — Global Motion Compensation
• ZDR — Z-Differential Reflectivity
• SHC — Specific Heat Capacity
• DQS — Discrete Quantum State
• JSCI — Journal of Scientific Instruments
• ADMPS — Advances in Mechanics and Physics of Surfaces
• IVBT — Intravascular brachytherapy
• NPA — Nuclear Physics Apparatus
• APT — Analytic Perturbation Theory
• CAJPH — Canadian Journal of Physics
• PAPGE — Pure and Applied Geophysics
• CODATA — Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
• 2PH TDF — Two-Particle-Hole Tamm-Dancoff Approximation
• RDCMP — Recent Development in Condensed Matter Physics
• MBH — Thousand BTU per Hour
• CRI — Cambridge Research Instrumentation
• JVE — Journal of Vibration Engineering
• FCFC — Full-Coverage Film Cooling
• EFW — Evanescent Floquet Wave
• GR&R — Gauge Reproducibility And Repeatability
• UMRK — Utility Muffin Research Kitchen

• GRASP — Graphical Representation and Analysis of Surface Properties
• CPLIP — Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
• PFID — Perturbed Free Induction Decay
• ES — Elementary Stream
• CTPHY — Classical Theoretical Physics
• AWA — The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator
• JLWT — Journal of Lightwave Technology
• DNAA — Delayed Neutron Activation Analysis
• GEC — Gaseous Electronics Conference
• FCPM — Fundamental Constants and Precision Measurements
• USSR — Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
• QGT — Quantum Graph Theory
• FIOP — Field Induced Ordered Phase
• JPLPH — Journal of Plasma Physics
• HVLA — High-Velocity Low Amplitude
• JMPS — Journal of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• MMF — Magneto Motive Force
• EGR — Entropy Gradient Reversal
• AGS — Alternating-gradient Synchrotron
• AMB — As Measured By
• EPAD — Environmental Physics and Design
• UHT — Ultra High Temperature
• DOP — Degree of Polarization
• TIB — Tracker Inner Barrel
• JRLR — Journal of Russian Laser Research
• MPLA — Modern Physics Letters A
• PTF — Physics of Thin Films
• ICRU — International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements
• GB — Grain Boundary
• CEL — Correlated Emission Laser
• PRVP — Proceedings of Vibration Problems
• PES — Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• PVT — Position Velocity Time
• PCL — Physics and Chemistry of Liquids
• TIMED — Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics
• BBIR — Broad Band Infrared
• SANS — Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
• PFD — Photon Flux Density
• SOC — Second-Order Cone
• ARROW — Antiresonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide
• GEOS — Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellite
• LENR — Low Energy Nuclear Reactions
• LCAP — Laser Cooling and Atomic Physics
• OAM — Orbital Angular Momentum
• TDCR — Triple-to-Double Coincidence Ratio
• AOI — Angle Of Incidence
• CCPR — Consultative Committee on Photometry and Radiometry
• JMAPH — Journal of Mathematics and Physics
• ATU — Accumulated Thermal Unit
• XRF — X-Ray Fluorescence

• IN2P3 — Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules
• LIGO — Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
• DPPC — Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
• IDC — Insulation Displacement Contact (connector)
• DCMP — Directions in Condensed Matter Physics
• LITA — Laser-Induced Thermal Acoustics
• RUPHJ — Russian Physics Journal
• ARO — United States Army Research Office
• MIMIC — Microscopy and Microanalysis
• AL — argon laser
• CLA — Condition Lever Angle
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• JDS — Joint Density of States
• RHIC — Brookhaven'sRelativistic Heavy Ion Collider began operation in 2000
• ENDF — Evaluated Nuclear Data File
• PCED — Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Delta
• FRAC — Fracture Research and Application Consortium
• CTRZ — Central Torodial Recirculation Zone
• MPAG — Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry
• ST&A — Space Technology and Aeronautics
• GRNS — Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer
• DSFD — Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics
• FDR — Failure Divergence Refinement
• JGGS — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity Supplement
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• ASAJ — Acoustical Society of America Journal
• QMC — Quantum Monte Carlo
• BEFE — Bio-Electric Field Enhancement
• CTI — Critical Technologies Institute
• ODEND — Optical Detected Electron Nuclear Double Resonance
• JAG — Journal of Applied Geophysics
• STSSP — Selected Topics in Solid State Physics
• LPB — Laser and Particle Beams
• PHRVL — Physical Review Letters
• HPM — High Power Microwave
• CSIC — Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Spanish
• CFSE — Crystal Field Stabilization Energy
• CER — Controlled Energy Release
• JESRP — Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
• QMF — Quadrature Mirror Filter
• CBA — Center for Backyard Astrophysics
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• K2K — KEK to Kamioka
• DMF — Decayed, Missing, Filled
• ACE — Acoustic Compliance Enhancement
• ITM — IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
• OSU — Ohio State University Airport, Columbus, Ohio, United States
• ADGR — Advances in Geophysical Research
• RG — renormalization group
• BUIPS — Bulletin of the Israel Physical Society

• CGS — Centimeter, Gram, Second
• EPJAP — European Physical Journal, Applied Physics
• SCMP — Studies in Condensed Matter Physics
• PHPL — Physics of Plasmas
• ACDM — Automated Contour Detection Method
• DWP — Dispensing Well Plate
• APAS — Astrophysical Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences
• LISA — Laser Inferometer Space Antenna
• ICPEAC — International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions
• LTP — Low Temperature Physics
• SCV — Squared Coefficient of Variation
• EBSD — Electron Back Scatter Diffraction
• JNMP — Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics
• JCA — Journal of Computational Acoustics
• ICP — Injector Control Pressure
• IPTS — International Practical Temperature Scale
• J — Torsional Constant for a structural Section
• FOC — Forward of Center
• ESRF — The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France.
• HEPAP — High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
• PHYNY — Physics New York
• MTF — Modulation transfer function.
• WDXS — Wavelength Dispersive Xray Spectroscopy
• ESU — Energy Storage Unit
• MOTRIMS — Magneto-Optical Trap Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• MNX — Magnetic Nozzle Experiment
• SVGL — Silicon Valley Group Lithography
• GWCE — Generalized Wave Continuity Equation
• VP — Vapor Pressure
• AUJPH — Australian Journal of Physics
• GLCP — Global Linear Collider Project
• BCMPA — Billion Cubic Meters per Annum
• CLIC — Compact Linear Collider
• FBM — Fractional Brownian Motion
• HB — Hydrogen Bond
• PDS — power density spectra
• PPCPP — Progress in Photochemistry and Photophysics
• CAT — Computed Axial Tomography
• SSCOM — Solid State Communications
• PZM — Pressure Zone Microphone
• SSION — Solid State Ionics
• LBL — Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California)
• HELEN — High Energy Laser Embodying Neodymium
• EHT — Extra High Tension
• FZK — Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
• PAW — Plasma Arc Weld
• ARDS — Analysis of Rotor Dynamic Systems
• CPSS — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces
• DDFT — Dynamic Density Functional Theory
• GXR — Grazing X-ray Reflectometry

• NCRP — National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
• NQA — Nuclear Quality Assurance
• HPGE — High Purity Germanium
• NEBM — Nudged Elastic Band Method
• MACHO — Massive Compact Halo Object
• SPDF — Space Physics Data Facility
• JIMW — Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
• LCLS — Linac Coherent Light Source
• ER — Elastic Recoil
• CPB — Center Point of Balance
• ACRR — Annular Core Research Reactor
• EXMPS — Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences
• LEFM — Linear Elasticity Fracture Mechanics
• PHB — Physics Bulletin
• ASSP — Advanced Solid-State Photonics
• MRSE — Manifest Refractive Spherical Equivalent
• SDIF — Sony Digital Interface Format
• RTP — Research Trends in Physics
• ITD — Inlet Temperature Difference
• HADES — High Acceptance Di-Electron Spectrometer
• POF — Plane of Focus
• XDB — X-Ray Data Booklet
• XLS — Xenon Light Source
• VAT — Vibro-Acoustic Test
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• CCTF — Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency
• MOI — moments of inertia
• PPM — Peak Program Meter
• CTP — Course of Theoretical Physics
• PEP — Positron Electron Project
• LPM — Light-Particle Monitor
• JMAGR — Journal of Magnetic Resonance
• RTPC — Radial Time Projection Chamber
• ETI — Environmental Technology Initiative
• ADTM — Alternate Density Transmission Medium
• LHEP — Left Hand Elliptical Polarization
• TASSII — Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Investigation
• EGAS — European Group for Atomic Spectroscopy
• IAG — International Association of Gravity
• TTSP — Transport Theory and Statistical Physics
• WLLN — Weak Law of Large Numbers
• HUT — Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
• MPPCF — Million particles per cubic foot
• GTRD — Generalized Transverse Resonance-Diffraction
• NSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• HVL — Half Value Layer
• DLV — Direct Linear Valve
• W/F — Wandel/ Fietstochten
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• MIS — Magnetic Isolation System

• ICBP — International Conference on Biological Physics
• JLVEN — Journal of Light & Visual Environment
• SHWAV — Shock Waves
• RVGSP — Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics
• CSTN — Color Super Twist Nematic
• ZFF — Zero Forcing Function
• ECP — Effective Core Potential Approxn.(in Electronic-structure Calcn.)
• VRV — Variable Radial Velocity
• WAXS — Wide Angle X-ray Scattering
• PID — Photoionization Detector (gas Chromatography)
• RRDP — Recent Research Development in Physics
• AET — Active Edge Table
• WGCV — Working Group on Calibration and Validation
• JSGEO — Journal of Series Geophysics
• AGW — Acoustic Gravity Wave
• TLP — Thread-Level Parallelism
• ARPES — Angle Resolved Photo Electron Spectroscopy
• TRM — Time-Reversal Mirror
• RRDPC — Recent Research Development in Physical Chemistry
• RO — Read Only
• HEI — Heat Exchange Institute Inc.
• GRT — Germanium Resistance Thermometer
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• ATCS — Active Thermal Convective System
• RRDSP — Recent Research Development in Statistical Physics
• ORELA — Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator
• LMRI — Laboratoire de Mesure des Rayonnements Ionisants (France)
• LI-ION — Lithium-ion rechargeable battery
• LAMPF — Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility
• RBF — radial basis function network
• FTMS — Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry
• LSC — Liquid Scintillation Counting
• NPGEO — Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
• ENZ — Epsilon-Near-Zero
• DIW — De-Ionzied Water
• OPTLT — Optics Laser Technology
• LWIR — Long-Wave Infrared
• IACS — Institute for Astrophysics and Computational Sciences
• JGR — Journal of Geophysical Research
• IGRF — International Geomagnetic Reference Field
• CIRMS — Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards
• HVL — Half-Value Layer
• QNH — Quasi Non-Hydrostatic
• QDT — Quantum-Defect Theory
• ADPLP — Advances in Plasma Physics
• DNP — Division of Nuclear Physics
• PCSE — Physical Chemistry: Science and Engineering
• ALCPG — American Linear Collider Physics Group
• HCCD — Mono-deuterated Acetylene
• RMU — Ring Main Unit

• CSEWG — Cross Section Evaluation Working Group
• JCOPH — Journal of Computational Physics
• VR-SFG — Vibrationally Resonant Sum-frequency Generation
• DTM — Dynamic Thermal Management
• QED — Quantum Electrodynamics
• SCC — Spectral Calibration Chamber
• JAP — Journal of Applied Physics
• F&M — Force and moment
• ADV — Automatic Drain Valve
• CFM — Creates Forward Motion
• PMMC — Permanent Magnet Moving Coil
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• COPP — Contributions to Plasma Physics
• XRL — X-Ray Lithography
• FCG — Fatigue Crack Growth
• SVPAC — Soviet Physics Acoustics
• IUGG — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• SEMPA — Scanning Electron Microscopy with Polarization Analysis
• EOPAP — Earth and Ocean Physics Application Program
• MU2E — A Fermilab experiment that will search for the conversion of a muon into an electron
• PAW — Physics Analysis Workstation
• KIAA — Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
• LCTE — Linear Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
• FUSE — Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Explorer
• RTTR — Real Time Thermal Rating
• SPP — Storage Photostimulable Phosphor
• MCMS — Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures
• AEC — Active Energy Control
• HTOL — High Temperature Operating Lifetest
• ITASS — IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing
• GSP — Generalized Sequential Pattern
• MBB — Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
• MFPL — MAP (Multiple Application Platform) Fabry-Perot Laser
• BTFM — Basic Two Fluid Model
• JPHCS — Journal of Physics - Conference Series
• DMIP — Division of Medical Imaging Physics
• VCC — Voltage Collector-to-Collector (transistors)
• IPL — Intense Pulsed Light
• P6 — physics
• ARPES — Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• GHRS — Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
• CONFP — Contemporary Fundamental Physics
• ISSI — International Space Science Institute (Bern, Switzerland)
• QFEP — Quantum Free Energy Perturbation (calcn. Method)
• STMP — Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
• HACR — High Accuracy Cryogenic Radiometer
• CLR — Center of Lateral Resistance
• C&EA — Cause and Effect Analysis
• SINH — hyperbolic sine function
• ILC — International Linear Collider

• JSLR — Journal of Soviet Laser Research
• LET — Linear Energy Transfer (in Spacecraft Power Systems)
• FRIB — Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
• MBIR — Medium Background Infrared Facility
• NOMAD — Neutrino Oscillation Magnetic Detector
• EPS — European Physical Society
• PEAQ — Perceptual Evaluation of Audio Quality
• FMSF — Fissile Material Storage Facility
• VLA — Very Large Array
• CPHY — Communications on Physics
• PRC — Pressure Regulator Control
• PRPH — Progress of Physics
• HFA — Hot Flow Anomaly
• ACTS — Automated Computer Time Service
• QZE — Quantum Zeno Effect
• BINP — Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk, Russia.
• RCU — Rapid Cooling Unit
• JGG — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity
• KCDB — Key Comparison and Calibration Database
• RSPS — Rochester Symposium for Physics Students
• ADSMP — Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics
• MQT — Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling
• TPHY — Techniques of Physics
• WDFF — Weak Dipole Form Factor
• PHYES — Physics Essays
• EZW — Embedded Zero-tree Wavelet
• ALEPH — Apparatus for LEP PHysics, at CERN
• ELECM — Electromagnetics
• UVB — Ultraviolet B
• E — Electric
• AGUFM — American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
• BABAR — B-Bbar (anti-B) detector at SLAC'sB Factory
• APL — Advanced Physics Laboratory
• PHSS — Physics of the Solid State
• TPM — Transport in Porous Media
• FIM — Field Ion Microscope
• HALO — Hypersonic Aircraft Launch Option
• CHJS — Chinese Journal of Semiconductors
• TWT — Transonic Wind Tunnel
• ASTP — Advanced Studies in Theoretical Physics
• DOT — Degeneration Over Time
• DSA — digital subtraction angiography
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Project Agency
• DARE — Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
• PHFL — Physics of Fluids
• QP — quasiparticle
• AXAF — Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• FTG — Full Tensor Gradient
• DOT — Delivery Optimized Thermodynamics
• GAPP — Global Analysis of Particle Properties

• WTCQ — Wavelet Trellis Coded Quantization
• TCD — Thermal Conductivity response Detector
• CDM — Ceramic Discharge Metalhalide
• MW — Microwave
• CESR — The Cornell Electron Storage Ring
• ROC — Receiver Operator Characteristic Curve
• MSA — Meridian Stress Assessment
• LORAN-C — A Radio Navigation System Operated by the U.S. Coast Guard
• ENO — Essentially Non-Oscillatory
• OPTSP — Optics and Spectroscopy
• HFIR — High Flux Isotope Reactor
• CTF — CLIC (Compact Linear Collider) Test Facility
• ARPA-E — Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Science Center
• HRE — Heterogeneity Recency Exit
• NIKHEF — National Institute for Subatomic Physics
• BARC — Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
• CDW — Continuum Distorted Wave
• IPPP — Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology
• ERF — Energy Rejection Filter
• ADS — Automated Dynamic Shear
• CAMOS — Committee on Atomic Molecular and Optical Sciences
• IC — indirect calorimetry
• CFCD — Computational Fuel Cell Dynamics
• FCCSET — Federal Coordinating Council Science, Engineering and Technology
• PVST — Pressure Vacuum Stability Test
• TLD — Thermo-Luminescent Dosimeter systems
• XRR — X-ray Reflectivity
• FLIR — Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
• EOP — Earth and Ocean Physics
• JSUP — Journal of Superconductivity
• BEAM — Bosiger Energy Alignment Method
• IOP — Institute Of Physics
• HAARP — Hf Active Auroral Research Program (Hf being "high frequency")
• NACT — Nonlinear Asymptotic Coupling Theory
• FDM — fused deposition modeling
• REI — Rad Elec Inc.
• CHJPH — Chinese Journal of Physics
• GRS — Gamma Ray Spectrometer
• WWV — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Colorado
• ASD — Active Surface Definition
• NZJGG — New Zealand Journal Geology and Geophysics
• SSTEC — Solid State Technology
• HWP — Half Wavelength Plate
• HEAD — High Energy Astrophysics Division
• DCOF — Dynamic Coefficient of Friction
• ISCC — Inter-Society Color Council
• NAPM — National Association of Photographic Manufacturers
• POF — Physics of Fluids
• INSAR — Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar

• MOP — Minds on Physics
• LGA — lattice gas automaton
• FCDC — Fundamental Constants Data Center
• HHF — High Heat Flow
• CPA — Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• PSTM — Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope
• ITUFF — IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control
• MEVVA — Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc
• OFR — Optics for Research
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Spectroscopy
• GWC — Generalized Wave Continuity
• PLA — Physics Letters A
• APPHL — Applied Physics Letters
• IWEPNM — International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials
• ISS — Input-to-State Stability
• ARIE — Asynchronous Ratio Of Internal To External
• JDEM — The Joint Dark Energy Mission
• CASS — Calibration Accuracy Support System
• PEP-II — The official name for the SLAC B Factory
• ENAPC — Environmental Analytical and Physical Chemistry Series
• BEC — Bose-Einstein Condensation
• PTHPS — Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
• AFPL — Air Force Phillips Laboratory
• PB — Primary Beam
• DOG — Double Optical Gating
• JEMT — Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique
• PTHPH — Progress of Theoretical Physics
• QEG — Quantum Einstein Gravity
• MOEMS — Micro-Optical Electro-Mechanical System
• ADPPR — Advances in Plasma Physics Research
• ANSOM — Apertureless Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• FST — Full Scale Tunnel
• GCFC — Generalized Complementary Flux Condition
• LDMS — Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry
• ETDS — Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
• DAMA — Dark Matter
• SMKW — Secondary Magneto- Kinetic Wave
• FACSS — Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies
• TPF — Two Photon Fluorescence
• CCMP — Computational Condensed Matter Physics
• LEED — Low Energy Electron Diffraction
• PTB — Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
• ICFA — International Committee for Future Accelerators
• DM — Distance Measured
• JGRS — Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement
• IRDCF — Infrared Detector Calibration Facility
• FIMS — Fissionable Isotope Mass Standards
• OPERA — Oscillation Project with EmulsiontRacking Apparatus
• CFT — Central Fiber Tracker
• BM — Bending Magnet

• FSBS — Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• NMS — Natural Matrix Standard
• NLCTA — Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator
• DD — Differential Detection
• LOPI — Loss of Piping Integrity
• STMAP — Studies in Mathematical Physics
• LRA — Locked Rotor Ampere
• EUROMET — A European collaboration in measurement standards
• MPDS — Mechanics and Physics of Discrete Systems
• DARD — Dynamic Axial Rotational Device
• FFAG — Fixed-Field Alternating Gradient
• VWC — Vector Wavelet Coding
• JNLM — Journal of Non Linear Mechanics
• HPLA — High Power Large Aperture
• OSL — Optical Stimulated Luminescence
• WLF — Williams-Landel-Ferry equation
• GLM — Generalized Linear Model
• BIM — Body In Motion
• BB — Blackbody
• LUNA — Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics at Gran Sasso.
• Q — Quantizer
• FCI — Fast Causal Inference
• NPPSB — Nonequilibrium Problems in the Physical Sciences and Biology
• HPLC — High Pressure Liquid Chromatographic
• FFAH — Filament-Filled Annular Helical
• CPI — Computational Physics Inc
• KKR — Korringa Kohn Rostoker approximation
• AXAF-I — Imaging Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• ARAC — Arithmetic Robot Application Control
• QMD — Quantum Molecular Dynamics (for Calcns. On The Dynamics Of A Quantum Particle Coupled To A Classical Many-body System)
• ECT — Edge Crush Testing
• QGM — Quantitative Gas Measurement
• DRI — Differential Refractive Index
• SASER — Soud Amplification by Stimulated Emmision of Radiation
• LHC — The Large Hadron Collider
• CQW — Coupled Quantum Wells
• EJPH — European Journal of Physics
• TDM — Two Dimensional Material
• HEP — DOE's Division of High Energy Physics, part of HENP.
• ERCOFTAC — European Research Community on Flow Turbulence and Combustion
• IPSN — L'Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
• BGSM — Bowman Gray School of Medicine
• CRR — Center for Radiological Research
• IRIS — Integrated Radiation Information System
• MPAM — Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics
• AED — g.l.c.-atomic emission detection
• ICNIRP — International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
• TT — Torsion Twist
• CHJG — Chinese Journal of Geophysics
• BZ — Band Zero

• MIS — Mirror Image Stimulation
• SDFF — Spectroscopically Determined Force Field
• DMC — Diffusion Monte Carlo
• CCPP — Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics
• FOAM — Foam Optics and Mechanics
• CRESST — Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers
• COBR — Continuous Oscillatory Baffle Reactor
• HSST — Heavy-Section Steel Technology
• ADBMP — Advances in Biological and Medical Physics
• PGP — Physics of Geological Processes
• FT — Fourier transformation
• PSD — Physical Sciences Data
• CPS — Constant Pressure System (toys)
• FBS — Few-Body Systems
• BSS.2 — Beta-Particle Secondary Standards System
• IMECE — International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
• PISCO — Parallel Imager for Southern Cosmological Observations
• FRSE — Freundeskreis Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn
• RXS — Resonant X-Ray Scattering
• ADVP — Acoustic Doppler Velocity Profiler
• ZI — Zone Industrielle
• PACS — Physics and Astronomy Classification Schemex
• ESS — European Spallation Source
• CRCPD — Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
• DIA — Dynamic Input Area
• IHEP — Institute of High Energy Physics in Beijing, China.
• PLDS — Physics of Low-Dimensional Structures
• TW — Top of Wall
• OCQ — Old Covariant Quantization
• NIM — National Instrumentation Methods
• PHP — Physics in Perspective
• YAG — Holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet
• GSI — Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
• UVC — Ultra-Violet C (250-260nm)
• ECFA STUDY — Study group Physics and Detectors of a Linear Collider.
• TTY — Torque to Yield
• SCF — Spectral Comparator Facility
• SCLIR — Secondary Calibration Laboratories for Ionizing Radiation
• JGEO — Journal of Geodynamics
• QTI — Quantum Theory of Immortality
• BOMD — Born Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics
• NAMT — National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed
• BRAN — Boulder Research and Administrative Network
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Standards Committee
• MC — magnetic coil
• RRDAP — Recent Research Development in Applied Physics
• IBB — Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
• SFC — Sideway Force Coefficient
• LEAR — Low Energy Antiproton Ring
• RSM — Regional Spectral Model

• AGS — The Alternating Gradient Synchrotron at Brookhaven
• BHS — Bachelet Hamann Schluter pseudopotentials
• DHV — Demonstrate Higher Value
• EOS TPC — Equation of State Time Projection Chamber experiment
• CRMMP — Classical Reviews in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• MOPITT — Measurement of Pollution In The Troposphere
• JCCRER — U.S.-Russia Joint Coordinating Committee on Radiation Effects Research
• ZDR — Zeroth-order Design Report
• IPAP — Institute of Pure and Applied Physics
• EOTD — Enhanced Observed Time Difference
• PWS — Primary Working Standard
• NORAMET — A North American regional collaboration in national measurement standards and services
• LCT — Lattice Compatibility Theory
• ASET — Association of Super-advanced Electronics Technologies
• PREP — Professional Research Experience Program
• VLHC — Very Large Hadron Collider
• CISR — Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation
• PO2 — Pressure of Oxygen
• PSL — Physics of Solids and Liquids
• PBG — Photonic Band Gap
• JULIE — Joint Utilization of Laser Integrated Experiments
• NS — Navier-Stokes
• RPT — Reference Point Tracking
• DOELAP — Department Of Energy Laboratory Accreditation Program
• HIPD — High-Intensity Powder Diffractometer
• ATD — Above-Threshold Dissociation
• IOPD — Integrated Optical Path Difference
• EEP — Einstein Equivalence Principle
• HDT — Heat Distortion Temperature
• BETA NMR — Beta-radiation Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• AVN — Accuracy Vanishing Now
• QOA — Quasi-Optical Amplifier
• CAST — Council of Agricultural Science and Technology
• IBIS — Ion Beam Information System
• HEAT — High-Energy Antimatter Telescope
• OBQ — Optimize Beam Quality
• HVLS — High volume low speed
• COPHC — Computer Physics Communications
• TME — Theory Model Elimination
• SPE — solid phase extraction column
• F — Flux
• NMI — National Measurement Institute
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instituteumental Coefficient Package
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
• DR-SFG — Doubly Resonant Sum Frequency Generation
• MQDT — Multichannel Quantum Defect Theory
• ALG — Advanced Lithography Group
• NEAR-INFRARED — NIR
• XUV — Extreme Ultraviolet
• FID — Free Induction Decay (Fourier Transform Spectroscopy)

• GWR — Guided Wave Radar
• OSPL — Output Sound Pressure Level
• CBO — Corrected Born-Oppenheimer (in Calcns. For Mol. Complexes)
• FR — Filtered Radiometer
• RIDIC — Radiation Internal Dose Information Center
• LBRS — Low Background Reference System
• BTD — Basic Thermodynamics
• TMP — Thermo Mechanical Pulping
• TD-FW — Time Domain Floquet Wave
• TRU — Transuranic
• JAES — Journal of Audio Engineering Society
• COSMOS — Cosmologically Significant Mass Oscillation Search at Fermilab to detect muon neutrino to tau neutrino oscillations.
• BR — Branching Ratio
• NUGEO — Nuclear Geophysics
• IEN — Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale (Italy)
• FORATOM — FORum ATOMique Européen
• BSS — Beta Secondary System
• NAS/NRC — National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council
• DSEG — Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics
• P-P — Peak-to-Peak (Value)
• PV — plasma volume
• FTAM — Flow Through Alpha Monitor
• PCN — Physics and Contemporary Needs
• RFP — Radiation Flux Parameter
• LOCA — Loss of Coolant Accident
• HI RES FLY'SEYE — High-energy cosmic ray experiment in Dugway, Utah
• NPDF — Nuclear Parton Distribution Function
• FF — Fission Fragments
• MARGR — Marine Geophysical Researches
• FIRI — Fourth International Radiocarbon Intercomparison
• ESSPH — Essays in Physics
• VRS — Vortex Ring State
• EP — Electrostatic Potential
• PDI — percent depth ionization
• EDF — Enhanced Depth of Field
• MAPLE — Multipurpose Applied Physics Lattice Experiment
• CTD — Central Tracking Detector
• BPS — Bogomolnyi-Prasad-Sommerfield
• IESNA — Illumination Engineering Society of North America
• ECRIS — Electron-Cyclotron-Resonance Ion Source
• HEPIC — High Energy Physics Information Center
• ZPD — Zeta Potential Distribution
• HFD — High Frequency Detection
• PAR — Parabolic Aluminum Reflector
• RMP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• TL — Temporal Logic
• MKSA — Meter, Kilogram, Second, Ampere
• GRAND — gamma ray and neutron detector
• TIRF — Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence
• BEPC — Beijing Electron Positron Colider

• CHPH — Chemical Physics
• APM — Absolute Proper Motion
• WMAP — Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
• HFM — Highly Friction Modified
• ZDC — Zero-Degree Calorimeter
• WD — Weak Dipole
• SSELE — Solid State Electronics
• BQP — Bounded-error Quantum Polynomial time
• EFP — Effective Fringing Property
• QCI — Quadratic Configuration Interaction
• INFN — Italy's Institute Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
• BTE — Brake Thermal Efficiency
• RBMK — Reactor Bolshoi Moshchnosti Kanalni
• RPV — Reactor Pressure Vessel
• MPS — The Microdrop Particle Search at SLAC
• UATD — Uniform Asymptotic Theory of Diffraction
• CCG — Calibration Coordination Group
• KTG — Kinetic Theory of Gases
• C — Country
• APEX — AntiProton Experiment
• QCL — Quantum Cascade Laser
• FC — Flow Controller
• DEPA — Dynamic Elastic Properties Analyzer
• FC — Footcandle
• MML — Material Measurement Laboratory
• CCFP — Collaborative Convective Forecast Product
• BEV — Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Vienna, Austria
• SQM — Super Quantum Mechanics
• VATF — Vibration and Acoustic Test Facility
• LMR — Laser Magnetic Resonance
• GLC — Global Linear Collider
• ING — Intense Neutron Generator
• TDIF — Teac Digital Interface Format
• MTD — Minimum Translation Distance
• CTP — Center for Theoretical Physics
• MINOS — Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search
• OFS — Österreichisches Forschungszentrum
• KP — Knowles and Physics
• NSEP — National Standard Examination in Physics
• MCHF — Multi-Configuration Hartree-Fock
• EAF — Electric Arc Furnace
• OIML — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• SGL — Sander Geophysics Ltd
• UXT — Uniaxial Strain Test
• LVE — Light Vibrational Energy
• TAM — Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• FF — Forward Facing
• ECC — Engineered Cementitious Composite
• EDR — Equivalant Direct Radiation
• HIRDLS — High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder

• ESB — Electrical Substitution Bolometer
• MCT — Mercury-cadmium-telluride
• EMMA — Euclidean Model MAtching
• AFCP — Atomic Flux Coating Process
• AF — Alternating Field
• QCC — Quadrupole Coupling Constant
• RHIP — Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics
• MAG — Modern Approaches in Geophysics
• PET — photosynthetic electron transport
• LFO — literature-low frequency oscillations
• PFW — Propagating Floquet Wave
• EIPP — Eastern Interconnect Phasor Project
• JILA — formerly Joint Institute Laboratory for Astrophysics
• IC — Initial Condition
• UHV-SPM — Ultra High Vacuum Scanning Probe Microscopy
• QGD — Quantum-Geometry Dynamics
• CDMS — Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
• WFS — Wave Field Synthesis
• SFCP — Special Foreign Currency Program
• RESL — Radiological and Environmental Science Laboratory
• EGR — Energy Generation Region
• NAS — Net Analyte Signal
• FANS — Filter Analyzer Neutron Spectrometer
• AGP — Annals of Geophysics
• ACFM — Advanced Coal Flow Measurement
• FIR — far-infrared radiation
• TGF — Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash
• FEDEM — Finite Element Dynamics in Elastic Mechanisms
• AESR — Array-Enhanced Stochastic Resonance
• ASL — Ambient Stress Level
• QPT — Quantum Phase Transition
• PEM — polymer-electrolyte-membrane
• CTMC — Classical Trajectory Monte Carlo
• SPECT — single-photon emission computed tomography
• PWR — Pressurized-Water Reactor
• LWGR — Light-Water-cooled, Graphite-moderated Reactor
• NIPDE — National Initiative for Product Data Exchange
• CQM — constituent-quark model
• BM — Behavioral Model
• MEXP — Methods of Experimental Physics
• RRP — Research Reports in Physics
• QTG — Quantum Theory of Gravity
• MUCOOL — MUon COOLing experiment
• FMI — The Fermilab Main Injector
• MICE — Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment
• ATLAS — Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System
• MLDA — Modified Local Density Approximation
• SKACR — Superconducting Kinetic-inductance Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• GDT — Gas Discharge Tube
• NBSR — National Bureau of Standards Reactor

• MONO — MONOphonic
• MAFF — Munich Accelerator for Fission Fragments
• CPEP — Contemporary Physics Education Project
• ELNES — Energy-loss near-edge structure
• WHC — Washington Hospital Center
• FSI — Fluid Solid Interaction
• MCU — Mobile Calibration Unit
• PER — Physics Education Research
• LP — Linear Polarization
• ITER — International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
• NPS — nanoparticle(s)
• CHORUS — CERN Hybrid Oscillation Research Apparatus
• CMMPH — Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• BB — Broad-bandwidth
• HT — High Tension
• ISI — In-Situ Interferometer
• MACH — Modelo Acoplado de Coordinacion Hidrotermica
• SQW — Single Quantum Well
• QHB — Quantum Nature of the Hydrogen Bond
• EME — Electromagnetic Effects
• APT — Annular Proton Telescope
• ARXPS — Angle Resolved X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• ACFF — Alternating Current Field Measurement
• AGUSM — American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting
• HELP — High Energy Laser Propagation
• QCA — Quasi- Crystalline Approximation
• VXR — Visible Transfer Radiometer
• PETT — Positron Emission Transverse of Transaxial
• SAXES — Super Advanced Xray Emission Spectrometer
• CFR — Continuous Flow Recycling
• PS — polystyren
• NG6M — Neutron Guide No. 6
• PAPPH — Pure and Applied Physics
• BAS — Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• PADE — Parallel Applications Development Environment
• SM — Standard Model
• PPPL — Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• ACP — American Center for Physics
• PL — Physics Laboratory
• TAGU — Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
• FTM — Fluid Transfer Management
• ECS — Eddy Covariance System
• CIPT — CNS Institute for Physics Teachers
• DBC — Delicate Balance Collective
• ECFA — European Committee for Future Accelerators
• 4THD — Fourth Dimension
• CONCP — Contemporary Concepts in Physics
• TCAOCC — Two-Center Atomic Orbital Close Coupling
• INFN-LNF — The National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Italy
• BTEV — Proposed dedicated B physics experiment at Fermilab's Tevatron

• OPSL — Optically Pumped Semiconductor Laser
• TOBSY — Total ThroughBond Correlation Spectroscopy
• PBE — Pool Boiling Experiment
• LEIR — Low Energy Ion Ring
• ITS — International Temperature Scale
• SLAC — The Department of Energy'sStanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto, California
• LLD — Lamp Lumen Depreciation
• H — Hotness
• CTP — Classical Turning Point
• SSPM — Solid State Photomultipliers
• QGD — Gate - Drain Charge
• KEK — Koo Energy Ken
• NIMP — National Institute of Materials Physics
• BLJPH — Bulgarian Journal of Physics
• EFS — Enhanced Fujita [EF] scale (weather)
• PMPO — Peak Momentary Performance Output
• BAW — Bulk Acoustic Wave
• AP — Anti-Proton
• DNC — Does Not Change
• EHB — Electronic Handbook
• ENEA — Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, L'Energia E L'Ambiente
• RAND — Radio Neutrino Detector array
• PPSL — Proceedings of the Physical Society of London
• BEC — Bose Einstein Condensate
• FCCU — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker Unit
• NESTOR — Neutrino Extended Submarine Telescope with Oceanographic Research
• MOS — Marine Optical System
• WFTE — Wigner Function Transport Equation
• GVHD — Graft-Versus Host Disease
• FFAI — Field-Free Associative Ionization
• BCS — Bragg Crystal Spectrometer
• QTN — Quasi-Thermal Noise
• CMMPE — Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics
• CDCU — Correlated Dimension Correlated Uniqueness
• RRV — Record Relocation Vector
• PEMF — Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field
• IVR — intramolecular vibrational redistribution
• EOM — Electron-Optical Modulator
• MMFT — Many Mode Floquet Theory
• FOE — Force of Energy
• HERA-B — Fixed-target experiment at DESY, to investigate CP violation in the B meson
• DFS — Displaced Fermi Surface
• CSDA — Continuous-Slowing-Down Approximation
• ODE — Ordinary Differential Equation
• RPPH — Reports of Progress in Physics
• CAMP — Computational and Applied Mathematical Physics
• QVB — Quasiempirical Valence Bond (method)
• NPHS — Nature Physical Science
• EBM — Energy by Motion
• CCRI — Comité Consultatif des Rayonnements Ionisants

• AOI — Areas of Interaction
• SFF — Scientific Fudge Factor
• LTEC — Lamp Testing Engineers Conference
• LEPP — Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
• ASCA — Japan-NASA X-ray Satellite
• TTP — Trends in Theoretical Physics
• OHEP — Office of High Energy Physics
• OPAL — Omni Purpose Apparatus for LEP, at CERN
• JANNAF — Joint Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force
• FPC — Fullerene Production Chamber
• REM — Roentgen Equivalent Man (Unit of Dose Equivalent)
• ERI — Extended Range Imaging
• SEBA — Standards Employees Benefit Association
• RRDCP — Recent Research Development in Chemical Physics
• STF — Space-Time-Frequency
• ATW — Accelerator Transmutation Of Waste (for Radioactive Waste)
• APPMT — Advanced Photon Processing and Measurement Technology
• DMF — Dual Mass Flywheel
• NORA — Non-Overlapping Redundant Array
• ACM — Adiabatic Connection Model
• CIAQ — Committee on Indoor Air Quality
• R — Radiation
• CAO — Carlsbad Area Office
• ART — Adaptive Resonance Theory
• EU — Entropy Unit
• EQE — External Quantum Efficiency
• PAMA — Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance
• CHAOS — Canadian High Acceptance Orbit Spectrometer
• FMUP — Flawed Modern Ultramodern Physics
• BAVL — Barium Vapor Laser
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• BP — Before Polarization
• MP — magnetic particle
• CEV — Constant Elasticity of Variance
• HW — Hard Wall
• PSJ — Pivoted Shoe Journal
• JPTEO — Journal of Physics - Teacher Education Online
• WWVB — Call letters for NIST lf radio station in Colorado
• PHENIX — Pioneering High-Energy Nuclear Interaction eXperiment, at Brookhaven.
• SI — selectivity index
• H — Hotline
• CTE — Correlated Transfer And Excitation
• CT — Computed tomographic scan
• ERATO — Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology Office
• UVB — Ultraviolet Beta
• WBCT — Wavelet Based Contourlet Transform
• NCNR — NIST Center for Neutron Research
• QSA — Quantitative Surface Analysis
• SPIRES — Stanford Public Information Retrieval System
• WSTC — Westinghouse Science and Technology Center

• AIGER — American Industry Government Emissions Research Consortium
• IUPAP — International Union for Pure and Applied Physics.
• MDRF — Materials Dosimetry Reference Facility
• ADI — Advanced Distance Integration
• OCLI — Optical Cooling Laboratory Incorporated
• BCR — Boron Control Rod
• GN — Gaussian Noise
• JINR — The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia.
• VUV — Vacuum Ultraviolet
• PLTP — Progress in Low Temperature Physics
• EIC — Electron Ion Collider (nuclear physics)
• VLG — Varying Localized Geminal
• C — Counter
• ISPP — Illinois State Physics Project
• PMB — Physics in Medicine and Biology
• COP — Coefficient Of Power
• UVL — UltraViolet Lamp
• FZ — Far Zone
• PSML — Physical Systems Modeling Laboratory
• RBUU — Relativistic Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck
• FIMS — Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer
• ESDIAD — Electron-Stimulated Desorption Ion Angular Distributions
• DFL — Distributed Feedback Laser
• CCM — Computational Continuum Mechanics
• TUT — Time Under Tension
• HIRES — High Resolution Echellle Spectrometer
• QOG — Quasi-Optical Grill
• PAR — Partially Absorbed or Reflected
• ICRM — International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology
• TL — Total Length
• INMRI-ENEA — Istituto Nazionale di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti - Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie
• JCMT — James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
• IPT — Inductive Power Transfer
• ZPV — Zero Pressure Volume
• NDE — Nucleon Decay Experiment
• WERB — Washington Editorial Review Board
• CREB — Cern Reports Editorial Board
• WICM — Waves in Complex Media
• DLT — Dynamic Laser Trimming
• TAD — time-averaged difference
• HEPA — High-Efficiency Particulate Arresting
• FZS — Far Zone Scattering
• FCF — Fusion Component Failure
• SEY — Secondary Electron Yield
• FFP — Field-Free Point
• HPL — Hot-electron Photo-Luminescence
• AFC — Amplitude to Frequency Conversion
• MPMS — Magnetic Property Measurement System
• NOAO — National Optical Astronomy Observatory
• IPHO — International Physics Olympiad

• BNM — National Bureau of Metrology, France
• SLC — SLAC Linear Electron-Positron Collider
• ZGS — Zero Gradient Synchrotron
• VSV — Vacuum Switching Valve
• TID — Total Ionizing Dose
• X — Horizontal axis in Cartesian coordinate system
• FRAM — Functional Resonance Accident Model
• BW — Bottom of Wall
• APPHY — Applied Physics
• DGT — Discrete Group Transform
• EIEO — Energy In, Energy Out
• GIBI- — 2 ^ 30
• INPE — National Space Research Institute (Brazil)
• BD — Below Detection
• AIF — Assumed Internal Force
• REIXS — Resonant Elastic and Inelastic Xray Scattering
• MOTA — Man Of The Atom
• WSPM — Wavelet-based Statistical Parametric Mapping
• SDIU — Scanivalve Digital Interface Unit
• ILC-TRC — International Linear Collider-Technical Reviewing Committee
• MSDB — Magnetically Stabilized Fluidized Bed
• HR3DCT — High Resolution 3-D Computed Tomography
• KTEV — Kaons at the Tevatron
• QCT — Quasi-Classical Trajectory
• DM(S) — Digital material(s)
• HIPA — High Intensity Proton Accelerator
• FOCUS — FOtoproduction of Charm: Upgraded Spectrometer
• DU — Durability
• NAD — Nihilistic Animation Data
• VRML — Virtual Reality Markup Language
• ACCI — Atlantic Canada Coral Initiative
• WNM — Warm Neutral Medium
• SLM — Single Longitudinal Mode
• QIO — Quantum Infinite-Order
• WONP — Workshop on Nuclear Physics
• BZ — Brillouin Zone
• MEST — Matter Energy Space Time
• LMAPH — Letters in Mathematical Physics
• SOUDAN II — Soudan II underground detector
• BSSI — British Superultramodern Scientific Institution
• BBN — Brains And Backbone Network
• MCQDT — Multi Channel Quantum Defect Theory
• DESY — Deutches Elektronen SYnchrotron laboratory in Hamburg, Germany
• IPVD — Interior Physical Vapor Deposition
• PINS — Portable Isotopic Neutron Spectroscopy
• LHCB — Large Hadron Collider beauty Experiment
• SFD — Shear Force Diagram
• PFX-I — Penning Fusion eXperiment - Ions
• RHR — Right Hand Rule
• QFT — Quantum Field Theory

• SFA — Sachs Freeman and Associates
• MPD — Multiphoton Detector
• JTURB — Journal of Turbulence
• CTS — Convert Texture Sequence
• APS — Advanced Propagation Systems
• FIT — Frequency Intensity Time
• WFSM — Weak Field And Slow Motion
• MDAP — Momentum Density of Annihilation Pairs
• UHE — Ultra High Energy
• NRRS — Near Resonance Rayleigh Scattering
• RBE — Relative Biological Efficiency
• RVGES — Reviews of Geophysics Supplement
• IFEL — Inverse Free Electron Laser
• BBR — Back Bouncing Rod
• PV — Pressure Vessel
• VR — Vibrationally resonant
• GMRI — Gated Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• ITAMP — International Meeting of Theory of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• PEMI II — Portable Engineering Moire Interferometer, Second generation
• DWNT(S) — double-wall nanotube(s)
• ANTARES — Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental Research
• UVA — University of Virginia
• DC — Double Capture
• QM — Quark Model
• LF — Low Friction
• ROCK — Rigidity Optimized Conformational Kinetics
• SIMS — Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
• CCDM — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Meter
• DTSS — Distributed Temperature and Strain Sensor
• HERA — Hadron-Electron Ring Accelerator at DESY
• ORT — Oak Ridge Tennessee
• QNP — Quattro Nuclear Probe
• LHC-B — Large Hadron Collider B Experiment
• NPL — Nuclear Plasma Laboratory
• AAA — Advanced Applications of Accelerators
• MET — Medium Energy Telescope
• FBAP — Function Block Application Process
• IMRT — intensity-modulated radiation therapy
• MM — Molecular Mechanics
• PD — Prismatic Diffuser
• EEPROM — Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
• NEOS — Newport Electro-Optic Systems
• PIGP — Proceedings of the Institute of General Physics
• OMNIS — Observatory For Multiflavor Neutrinos From Supernovae
• PMRS — Proton magnetic resonance Spectroscopy
• WSQ — Wavelet Scalar Quantization
• YPP — Young Particle Physicists
• ILL — L'Institut Laue Langevin
• EDN — Event Detection and Notification
• NPGS — Nanometer Pattern Generation System

• MINERVA — A neutrino-scattering experiment that uses the NuMI beamline at Fermilab to search for low-energy neutrino interactions
• BEAR — Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation
• SPEAR — The Stanford Positron Electron Accelerating Ring
• CAP — Current Applied Physics
• TTZ — Teisseyre Tornquist Zone
• ANVIS — Aviator Night Vision Imaging System
• PSI — Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland, Joint Institute of ETH)
• OTD — Optical Technology Division
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center
• PE — Plasma Effects
• REB — Relativistic Electron Beam
• MRFM — magnetic resonance force microscopy
• MCNP — Monte Carlo Neutron Photon (computer code)
• CSTL — Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory
• ATWE — Annual Time Weighted Exposure
• MOEMS — Micro Optp Electro Mechanical Systems
• HQM — Hemi-Quantal Mechanics
• QVE — Quasi-Vibrational Energy
• ADTMP — Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
• GRASP — General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception
• LASJ — Laser Journal
• NEC — Nippon Electric Corporation
• RFS — Receptive Field Size
• RKB — Restricted Kinetic Balance (method In Calcns. Of Wave Functions And Energies)
• FED — Field-Emitter Display
• PEEI — Physics and Evolution of the Earth's Interior
• ECH — Eddy Current Heating
• ARGONEUT — The Argon Neutrino Teststand
• RKE — Rotational Kinetic Energy
• PHYED — Physics Education
• FTSI — Fourier Transform Spectral Interferometry
• BSDM — Biased Site Disordered Model
• EDXRF — energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
• HTS — High Tear Strength
• NAAL — North American Aerodynamic Laboratory (Wind Tunnel)
• PVA — Powerful Vacuum Action
• PHACO — Physical Acoustics
• EBAS — Electron Bombardment Anneal System
• QHF — Quantum Heisenberg Ferromagnet
• CFS — Constant-Final-State Spectroscopy
• EDT — Equivalent Difference Transmission
• GSQM — General Superfield Quantization Method
• DAFNE — Double Annular Factory for Nice Experiments
• ITRP — International Technology Recommendation Panel
• NUMI — Neutrinos at the Main Injector
• INS — Ion-Neutralization Spectroscopy
• MACRO — Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory
• PHT — Pseudo Hadamard Transformation
• TPAG — Theory and Practice of Applied Geophysics
• CSD — Computational Structural Dynamics

• MME — Methanol Maser Emission
• DIGM — Diffusion Induced Grain Motion
• RVPP — Reviews of Plasma Physics
• HRTS — High Resolution Telescope Spectrograph
• UDD — Neutron, one up quark (u) and two down quarks (d)
• ASCA — Advanced Spacecraft for Cosmology and Astrophysics
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Student Chapter
• HTRA — High Time Resolution Astrophysics
• RTP — Rapid Thermal Processing
• RAP — Roentgen area product
• EPV — Exclusion Principle Violating
• MFP — Maximal Fixed Point
• SIFC — Stable Isotope Fractionation Calculator
• BSM — Bell State Measurement
• CCDS — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Second
• CEM — Cascade Exciton Model
• BLP — boron-loaded plastic (scintillator)
• TPR — Tangential Pond Return
• NCRA — National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
• RIMS — Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• ALARA — As Long As Radiation Allows
• MPSD — Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
• PGS — Plane Grating Spectrometer
• EPICS — Experiment Physics and Industrial Control System
• SYM — Super Yang-Mills Theory
• SET — Single-Electron Transistor
• LGG — Least General Generalization
• CET — Constant Elasticity of Transformation
• DBG — Disease Biophysics Group
• NRRT — Normal Reference Range Table
• APL — Applied Physics Letters
• ALCSG — Asian Linear Collider Steering Committee.
• CCFR — Chicago Columbia Fermilab Rochester
• GMTI — Global Magnetization Transfer Imaging
• LLB — Laboratoire Leon Brillouin
• POP — Plasma Oscillation Probe
• PPS — Proceedings of the Physical Society
• WIPM — Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
• TLA — Temporal Logic of Actions
• SPS — Super Proton Synchrotron
• OSP — Of Open Source Physics
• DEA — Downstream Endcap Array
• SSPP — Static Strength Prediction Program
• TNA — Thermal Neutron Analysis
• FCFR — Fusion Component Failure Rate
• TUFIR — Tunable Far Infrared (Radiation)
• AXAF-S — Spectroscopy Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• REDA — Resonant-Excitation-Double-Autoionization
• SPD — Solar Physics Division
• RDQ — Rate Distortion Quantization

• TNO — Trans-Neptunian Object
• ZL — Zyklon Loop
• NEWRAD — New Radiometry
• SNAP — SuperNova Acceleration Probe, proposed space telescope
• SPT — Supporting Physics Teaching
• ARUPS — Angle-Resolved Ultra-violet Photoemission Spectroscopy
• ATFT — Affine Toda Field Theory
• GGCP — Generalized Grand Canonical Potential
• DOIM — Dense Optical Interface Module
• LBIR — Low Background Infrared Radiometry
• QMD — Quantum Metrology Division
• HIP — Hot Isostatic Process
• ULE — Ultra Light Engineering
• RSS — Regression Sum of Squares
• FEA — Field-Emitter Array
• OSTP — One Step Transition Probability
• E — Efficiency
• HECT — High-Energy Computed Tomography
• IGRA — interferon-gamma release assay
• FIOA — Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics
• PD — Poincare duality
• BEDO — Beitr. elektronenmikroskop. Direktabb. Oberfl.
• AIC — Analytical Instrument Control
• ROSPEC — Rotating Spectrometer for Neutrons
• QELS — Quantum Electronics and Laser Science
• EPB — Extracted Proton Beam
• MDS — Measurement Data Set
• SGR — Soft Gamma Repeater
• TESLA — TeV-Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator
• DOE — Dynamic Operating Environment
• CM — Convenient Measure
• WGCM — Working Group on Coupled Modelling
• SPPS — surface plasmon polaritons
• LCL — lifting condensation level
• MTS — Muffin Tin Surface
• FTMS — Fluid Transfer Management System
• ULV — Ultra Low Volume
• HDMS — Heidelberg Dark Matter Search
• NPB — Nuclear Physics B
• RB — Rigid Body
• SSDL — Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratories
• E — Epsilon
• ULTIM — Ultrasonic Imaging
• THERMAL AND EPITHERMAL NEUTRONS — thermal and epithermal neutrons
• MDR — Maximum Detectable Rigidity
• GERDA — The GERmanium Detector Array
• BSM — Beam Simulation Method
• HPPT — HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS AND TECHNICS
• SIG — Signaling Channel
• AFFT — Asymptotically Free Field Theories

• MMPDS — Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization
• LNV — Lepton-Number Violating
• WFST — Weighted Finite State Transducers
• DACU — Data Acquisition and Control Unit
• BKT — Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless crossover
• GSL — Generalized Second Law
• BPC — Boost Pressure Control
• FIM — Functional Imaging Methods
• TPB — Tetraphenyl Butadiene
• APGR — Association for Pushing Gravity Research
• TLS — Two-Level tunneling System
• ACR — Advanced Candu Reactor
• LVIS — Low Velocity Intense Source
• CNRF — Cold Neutron Research Facility
• CCM — complementary contact model
• RT — Reference Time
• CFL — Compact Fluorescent Lamp
• TQF — Triple- Quantum- Filtered
• SVJPP — Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics
• PFU — Proton Flux Unit
• RHED — Regions of High Electron Density
• NRCC — National Research Council Canada
• UDM — Unified Dimensional Model
• NI&D — Nuclear Interactions and Dosimetry
• JULIA — Jena University Laboratory of Ion Acceleration
• QWI — Quantum Well Intermixing
• QFED — Quantum Field-Effect Directional coupler
• DFTS — Dispersive Fourier Transform Spectrometry
• CPM — Collision Probability Methods
• FTIR — Fourier Transform Infra-Red
• WEDG — Wire Electro-Discharge Grinding
• CF — Cross Flow
• CAD — Charged Area Development
• TD — Time Definite
• TEXT — Texas Experimental Tokamak
• CKM — Charged Kaons at the Main Injector
• WGFF — Working Group for Fluid Flow
• KSU — King Saud University
• GINGA — Japanese X-ray Satellite
• LJP — Lennard-Jones Potential
• MGLT — Micro-Gravity Linear acceleration Tolerance
• NED — Nuclear Effects Directorate
• MWNT(S) — multi-wall nanotube(s)
• SWBXT — Synchrotron White Beam X-Ray Topography
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy
• QHO — Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
• DC — Dynamic Conversion
• ZETA — Zero Energy Thermonuclear Apparatus
• FSW — Fast Spherical Wavelet
• WBGT — Wet-Bulb Globe Thermometer

• SUBI — Southern Urals Biophysics Institute
• HELEN — High Energy physics Latin-American-European Network
• C — Count
• LENA — Laboratory For Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics (Duke University)
• VQW — Voronoi Quantized Crossover
• PAIS — Photo Acoustic Infrared Spectroscopy
• IPNS — Intense Pulsed Neutron Source
• DDDI — Density Dependent Delta Interaction
• SV — Shock and Vibration
• AIM — Advanced Idea Mechanics
• INMM — Institute for Nuclear Materials Management
• FNAL — Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
• UV-B — Ultraviolet-Biological
• HF — High Flange
• ALR — Active Lead Ring
• MIPP — Main Injector Particle Production
• SSUV — Shuttle Solar Ultraviolet
• PQS — Parallel Quantum Solutions
• UHF — Ultra High Fidelity
• LST — Light Stabilizer Technology
• IQI — Image Quality Indicator
• ICMP — Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
• DAFS — Diffraction Anomalous Fine Structure
• FND — Folded Normal Density
• PHAPP — Physics and its Applications
• CHTM — Center for High Technology Materials
• SCET — Soft Collinear Effective Theory
• QP — quasi periodic
• RCS — Real Compton Scattering
• LO — Local Orbitals
• MIP — Minimum Ionizing Particle
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
• TAI — International Atomic Time
• HPP — Hydropower Plant P
• SPARS — Society of Professional Audio Recording Services
• EAPL — Electronic AstroPhysical Journal Letters
• MDL — Method Detection Levels
• CLEAR — Controlled Liquid Electrophoresis Absorption Reflection
• CNT(S) — carbon nanotube(s)
• P&S — Permanent and Stationary
• CORM — Council for Optical Radiation Measurements
• JPARC — Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex
• PMBC — Process-Model Based Control
• UFM — Ultrasonic Force Microscopy
• CR — CRystalline solid
• MAT — Manifold Air Temperature
• CTM — Core Transport Model
• DMM — Deep Mixing Method
• CFE — Coplaner Fluid Ejector
• TWTA — traveling-wave tube amplifier

• FT/MS — Fourier Transform / Mass Spectroscopy
• NEMS — Nanoelectromechanical Systems
• NNP — Non Neutral Plasma
• SMZ — Strong Measure Zero
• HSE — Hard Sphere Expansion
• PAB — Physics Astronomy Building
• STLR — Safety Thermal Limit Recorder
• HEPL — High Energy Physics Laboratory
• LZT — Lead Zirconate Titanate
• ASA — Aperture Setting Adjustment
• MME — Magnetic Molecular Energizer
• NRIP — NIST Radiochemistry Intercomparison Program
• SIAP — System for Improved Acoustic Performance
• MMKT — Methods and Models of Kinetic Theory
• FPL — Fluroscent Pulse Light
• QT — Quantum Theory
• NBS-4 — Older Primary Frequency Standard
• GRAIL — Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
• EURATOM — European Nuclear Energy Organization
• TCV — Tokamak à Configuration Variable
• LFAM — Line Focus Acoustic Microscopy
• MRPI — Magnetic Resonance Perfusion Imaging
• LIPS — Lorentz Invariant Phase Space
• FISCO — Fieldbus Instrinsic Safety Concept
• ATLAS — A Toroidal LHC Apparatus
• ASTER — Advance Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer
• PDML — Photovoltaic Device Measurement Laboratory
• HARPS — High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (spectrography)
• MCC — Mesoscale Compressible Community
• MAC — Magnitude Amplification Cavity
• QTE — Quantum Transport Equation
• B — Baryon
• HPL — High Pressure Lanes
• CDP — Center for Defect Physics
• VOC — Volts, Open-Circuit
• FAD — FASCAL Absolute Detector
• OQS — Occupied Quantum State
• ISOLDE — Isotype On-Line separator at CERN
• CP — Coulomb potential
• MURMEMWC — 'MURMURING MEMORIAL WATER CLOSET' PRE-DATED BY 1913 MODEL YEAR AND PATENT; aka; Ed Loud Memorial Toilet
• CXRS — Charge-Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy
• CSE — Compton Scattering Enhancement
• VDG — Van de Graaff
• NCSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• PIXE — Particle Induced Xray Emission
• LPA — Long Path Absorption
• CM — Center of Mass
• CMPC — Constrained Multivariable Predictive Control
• GIM — Grazing-Incidence Monochromator
• VTD — Variable Torque Differential

• CSI — Contact Surface Imaging
• AFPS — Analyzing Fluid Power Systems
• MND — Mahan-Nozieres-DeDominicis
• DRM — Digital Radio Mondial
• CIRF — Circular Flow
• SIR — Selective Internal Radiation
• DP — Data Point
• AG — Anti-Gravity
• TSLO — Tracking Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope
• KLOE — K LOng Experiment
• SEM — Standard Error of Measurement
• ASSI — Airglow Solar Spectrometer Instrument
• CRDS — Cavity-Ring-Down Spectroscopy
• VQN — Vibrational Quantum Number
• DORT — Discrete Ordinates Code
• DRIP — Diamagnetically Restored Inverted Pendulum
• CFCP — Copecenter For Cosmological Physics
• FNR — Ford Nuclear Reactor
• XROI — X-Ray Optical Interferometer
• RFZ — Reverse Flow Zone
• ALB — Anti Lock Brake
• VFH — Vector Field Histogram
• LHM — Liquide Hydraulique Minerale
• PCAP — Physics and Computing Advisory Panel
• LASP — Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado
• VLHC — Very-Large Hadron Collider
• CPPM — Center for Particle Physics of Marseilles
• MIRF — Medical and Industrial Radiation Facility
• VNIIOF — All-Union Research Institute for Optical and Physical Measurements
• HSI — Hot Surface Igniter
• SCIBOONE — The SciBar Booster Neutrino Experiment at Fermilab
• ESPD — European Solar Physics Division
• TME — Total Mechanical Energy
• TERS — Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
• FCC — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker
• QGS — Quantitative Gated Spectroscopy
• ELCSG — European Linear Collider Steering Group
• NIST-F1 — Current NIST Primary Frequency Standard
• LPRI — Laboratoire Primaire des Rayonnements Ionisants, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
• KET — Komitee für ElementarTeilchenphysik
• FIMS — Field Intensity Measuring Sustem
• NGS — National Geological Society
• TXR — Thermal-infrared Transfer Radiometer
• AERD — Alpha Energy Range Discrimination
• HRG — High Radius of Gyration
• NUSL — The National Underground Science Laboratory in the Homestake Mine, S.D.
• ISBR — Inter-SubBand Radiation
• CMT — Chaos Magic Theory
• HLBC — Heavy Liquid Bubble Chamber
• LCRD — Linear Collider Research and Development

• CDC — Controlled Dispersion Characteristic
• ICBM — Iogen Configuration Building Module
• CARS — coherent antistokes raman scattering
• VET — Vibration Energy Transfer
• TOP — Time Optimized Process
• DCP — Dielectronic Core Polarization
• APPL — APplied Physics Letters
• POPA — Panel on Public Affairs of American Physical Society
• EC — electron-capture
• OPAL — Open Physics Abstraction Layer
• AMD — Area Mass Density
• ULP — Ultra-short Light Pulse
• UNI — Ultrafast Nonlinear Interferometer
• FTS — Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
• BPPI — Biophysics of Proteins and Protein Interactions
• SPU — Single Particle Unit
• SSSYN — Springer Series on Synergetics
• CPIC — International Physics Center, Elba
• QZP — Quantum Zeno Paradox
• WCFG — Weighted Control Flow Graph
• TRIUMF — Tri-University Meson Facility
• SDF — Spectral Density Function
• WIAS — Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics
• RLP — Right Lifting Property
• SSPL — Solid State Physics Laboratory
• BF — Back and Forth
• XRS — X-Ray Spectrometer
• FHM — Fast Harmonic Method
• ELL — Equivalent Loudness Level
• ADMIT — Analytical Detection Methods for the Irradiation Treatment of foods
• LENS — Low Energy Neutrino Spectroscopy, at Heidelberg.
• QRB — Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics
• DPS — Disintegrations Per Second
• ODEPR — Optical Detected Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• DRIP — Detector Response Intercomparison Program
• RGM — Resonating Group Method
• P — Propagation
• SID — Society for Information Display
• SVPSS — Soviet Physics Solid State
• CMPA — Centre for mathematical Plasma Astrophysics
• GDRIMS — Glow-Discharge Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• SURF-III — The NIST Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility Electron Storage Ring
• SBLOCA — Small-Break Loss-Of-Coolant Accident
• SSPG — Solid State Physics Group
• MESSIAEN — Methods for the Efficient Simulation of Aircraft Engine Noise
• AKD — Altered Kinetic Distance
• PHYW — Physics World
• MPI — Magnetic Particle Inspection
• FTMD — Field procedure for determining Test Maximum Density
• MAF — Mass Air Filter

• MLIA — Molecular Libraries of Imaging Agents
• KISS — Keep It Simple Solutions
• CI — Convective instability
• DELPHI — Detector with Lepton Photon and Hadron Identification at CERN'sLEP accelerator
• EXAFS — Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure
• CIE — Commission Internationale De L'Éclairage
• IETS — Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy
• NAMP — National Analytical Management Program
• OPTPN — Optics & Photonics News
• AM1 — First Launch in the morning series of EOS platforms
• NUTEV — Neutrinos At the Tevatron
• URNC — Ultra- Relativisitic Nuclear Collision
• EOA — Effective Orifice Opening
• IPP — Institute of Particle Physics
• PEMI — Portable Engineering Moire Interferometer
• WWVH — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Hawaii
• RFZ — Reflection Free Zone
• IPVDC — Interior Physical Vapor Deposition Coating
• SCFL — Self-Consistent Field Lattice
• TQ — Time Quotient
• SAGENAP — Scientific Assessment Group for Experiments in Non-Accelerator Physics
• VVT — Variable Volume and Temperature
• PUM — Physics Union Mathematics
• LPE — Little Physics Engine
• DOC — Distribution Of Chaos
• LVD — Gran Sasso's Large Volume Detector
• FMSS — Fermi Mass Storage System
• AFTA — Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets
• JET — Joint European Torus
• SAM — Super Accelerator Machine
• FBG — Fiber Bragg Grating
• SKA — Square Kilometre Array
• HEPA — High Energy Particulate Arresting
• WETT — Water Energy Technology Team
• CT — Continuous-Time
• CAL — Controlled Axial Lifetime
• MES — Minimum Efficient Scale
• CNDD — conspecific negative density dependence
• PMG — Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics
• AMO — Atomic, Molecular and Optical
• RC — Reaction Co-efficient
• DDD — Dynamic Digital Depth
• ITEP — Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
• QG — Quantum GRavity
• DXA — dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry
• URIA — Undergraduate Research Institute in Astrophysics
• BE — Bose Einstein
• LISA — Local Indicators of Spatial Association
• DFIR — Diffused Infrared
• ITP — Institute for Theoretical Physics

• APOP — Automatic Particle Orientation Procedure
• HPI — Hybrid Polarization Interferometry
• CBS — Compton BackScattering
• AMS — Accelerator-Mass Spectrometry
• HL — Heat Loss
• IPC — Integrated Proton Current
• DEXA — dual energy Xray absorptiometry
• LCG — light curve generator
• NL — Net Light
• SWIR — Short Wave Infrared
• SDL — Space Dynamics Laboratory
• NML — National Measurement Laboratory (Japan)
• NANO — Nanostructural Analysis Network Organisation
• COLTRIMS — Cold Target Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• NUS — Nuclear Safety Standard
• RBNP — Reverse Brazil Nut Problem
• HRTEM — high-resolution transition electron microscopy
• DSM — Differential Stress Model
• MD — Magnetic Dipole
• QFS — Quantum Filtered Spectra
• SRO — Short Range Order
• CCE — Consultative Committee on Electricity
• WFSS — Weak Field Seeking State
• NBS — Numeric Backspace
• CAPE — Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics
• DR — Direct Reading
• CASP — Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics
• NMS — Nihilistic Motion Set
• RIMS — Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• JPG — Journal of Physics G
• ECPR — Electrically-Calibrated Pyroelectric Radiometer
• BEFD — Backward Euler centered Finite Difference
• MTG — Methanol To Gasoline
• CDC — Correlated-Double-Capture
• PIPA — Pulsed Integrating Pendulous Accelerometer
• PUD — Paired Uranium Detectors
• PML — Perfect Matched Layer
• PPEP — Plasma Physics and Environmental Perturbation
• ISSP — Institute Of Solid State Physics
• WI — Wavelet Image
• LBNE — long baseline neutrino experiment
• CBH — Correlated Barrier Hopping
• N — Neutrino
• GARD — Graviton Atom Relocation Disruptor
• RH — Reference Height
• PMATP — Progress in Mathematical Physics
• LNLS — National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (Brazil)
• ILV — Indicative Limit Values
• OMH — National Office of Measures (Hungary)
• BESS — Breaking Electroweak Symmetry Strongly

• LNF — Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, near Rome, Italy
• CCF — Carbonaceous Chondrite Fission
• VCSEL — Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser
• MINIMAX/ T-864 — A search for disoriented chiral condensates at Fermilab.
• AIM — Accurate, Intentional, Measurable
• PM — particulate material
• MR — Magneto Rheological
• LPC — LHC Physics Center
• EUVL-LLC — EUV Lithography - Limited Liability Corporation
• LE — Light Entry
• ITAP — Isentropic Trajectory Analysis Project
• EF — Easy Flow
• PTR — Proton Transfer Reaction
• NASSP — National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme
• AFP — Accelerated Freefall Progression
• DQD — Dissipative Quasigeostrophic Dynamics
• AI — Associative Ionization
• MWIR — Medium Wavelength Infrared
• ES — Event Set
• COMPASS — Common Muon and Proton Apparatus for Structure and Spectroscopy
• DBP — Division of Biological Physics
• SNR — SuperNova Remnant
• PV — Product Volume
• IET — Integrated Energy Technique
• HENP — Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics
• PBQ — PhotoBeam Quantum
• ADAM — Absolute Disintegration of Available Mass
• STAR — Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC (Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider)
• W — Weak
• SACR — Space-based Active Cavity Radiometer
• CJP