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• PRE — Proportional Reduction of Error
• PRDT — Physical Restraint Decision Tree
• M3/H — Cubic Meters per Hour
• PRC — Photometry, Radiometry, and Calorimetry
• US — United States of America
• CT — Computed Tomography
• PR — PRobability of ....
• USA — United States of America
• POCOE — Principle Of Conservation Of Energy
• PPU — Physics processing unit
• PQ — Photon To Quark
• PPP — Physics for Paper and Print
• CPMG — Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill pulse sequence
• ANOVA — Analysis of Variance (statistics)
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
• CBRN — Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear
• NTU — Nephelometric Turbidity Unit
• MIM — Metal-Insulator-Metal (Diode)
• MM — Millimeter
• DAMP — Division of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• XMLL — X-ray Magnetic Linear Loop
• DT — Differential Temperature
• 19F — Fluorine-19
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• A-BOMB — Atomic Bomb
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• JMMM — Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
• NTSB — US National Transportation Safety Board
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• CFF — Critical Flicker Fusion
• A — Ampere
• WWW — World Wide Web
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• RF — Radio Frequency
• APCVD — Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• WHO — World Health Organization
• XMCD — X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism
• FEMA — Federal Emergency Management Agency
• IDMS — Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• PI — Penning ionization [
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• ESA — European Space Agency
• AC — Alternating Current
• 2DEG — Two-Dimensional Electron Gas
• CY — Calendar Year
• PN — PN (Pressure Nominal)
• EEO — Equal Employment Opportunity

• PNEUM — pneumatic
• AIP — American Institute of Physics
• QA/QC — Quality Assurance/Quality Control
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• TQM — Total Quality Management
• MEG — Motionless Electromagnetic Generator
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• PM — Particle Multiplication
• CMOS — Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
• R&D — Research & Development
• ECR — Electron Cyclotron Resonance
• FM — frequency modulation
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• AES — Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• SMYS — Specified Minimum Yield Strength
• SNOM — Scanning Near-field Optical Microscope
• LOD — Limit Of Detection
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• EMT — effective medium theory
• HD — High Density
• VHS — Van Hove Singularity
• µ — Micro
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• DME — Distance Measuring Equipment
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• SWAG — Scientific Wild-Ass Guess. A Close Approximation.
• BP — Boiling Point
• SRAM — Static Random Access Memory (ess-ram)
• SPL — Sound Pressure Level
• FAA — Federal Aviation Administration
• SIMOPS — SIMultaneous OPerationS
• PDL — Polarization Dependent Loss
• PHWR — Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• DB — Decibel
• HACCP — Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• PME — Particle-Mesh Ewald
• WAXD — Wide-Angle X-Ray Diffraction
• MDMT — Minimum Design Metal Temperature
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• LTE — Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium
• PCS — Photon Correlation Spectroscopy
• α — angular acceleration
• ACS — American Chemical Society
• NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• PIC — Precision Ion Chamber

• AEC — Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA)
• URL — Universal Resource Locator
• KG — Kilogram
• UPS — Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• MIL — Military
• PHD — P-Helicity Decoupling Scheme (P=Momentum)
• BAPS — Bulletin of the American Physical Society
• YB:YAG — Ytterbium: Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet
• RIU — Refractive Index Unit
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• 2PE — Two-Photon Excitation
• YAEL — Yankee Atomic Environmental Laboratory
• QDVP — Quasi-Degenerate Variational Perturbation
• NM — Nanometer
• PMF — Predictor Model File
• IHPRPTP — Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology Program
• AEDY — Aerospace Dynamics
• FOS — Faint Object Spectrograph
• IC — Integrated Circuit
• MOBY — Marine Optical Buoy
• HAPPEX — Hall A Proton Parity Experiment
• KAMIOKANDE — A solar neutrino experiment at the Kamioka Observatory in Japan
• BIT — Bulk Ion Temperature
• DPM — Disintegrations Per Minute
• T-O-F — time of flight
• KAMLAND — KAmioka Liquid Scintillator Anti-Neutrino Detector
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• PHYY — Physics
• H — Hot
• FMRI — Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• LO — Local Oscillator
• OASIS — Optically Adaptive System for Imaging Spectroscopy
• PIF — Physics at the Information Frontier
• HPLC — High Performance Liquid Chromatography
• FTG — Field Testing Group
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• APS — American Physical Society
• PI — 3.1415926535
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• STD — Standard
• SPR — Surface Plasmon Resonance
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• KE — Kinetic Energy
• PML — Physical Measurement Laboratory
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• PILAC — Pulsed Ion Linear ACcelerator
• Y' — Out-of-plane Velocity - vertical
• PIV — Position Information Vector
• PHW — Potable Hot Water
• TPD — Temperature Programmed Desorption (for Gas Chromatography)

• PWH — PetaWatt-Hour
• AF — Audio Frequency
• HSI — Hue Saturation Intensity
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• JB — Jacquet-Blondel method
• GR — General Relativity
• IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
• AMS — Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• PL — Proton Loss
• PISA — Photovoltaic Information System For Architects
• CT — Current Transformer
• TOMO-SAR — Synthetic Aperture Radar TOMOgraphy
• P — Pressure
• DRAM — Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing)
• KLY — Kilo Langley
• UASER — Ultrasound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
• PIE — Possibility of Infinite Energy
• ° C — Degree centigrade
• NCO — Numerically Controlled Oscillator
• SC — South Carolina
• AES — Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
• E=MC2 — Energy=Mass * (Velocity of light)**2
• ER — Energy Research
• CMM — Coordinate Measuring Machine
• THD — Total Harmonic Distortion
• APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• ACD — Autoregressive Conditional Duration
• WFI — Water For Injection (pharmaceutical Term)
• HQSC — Heisenberg Quantum Spin Chain
• DL — Deciliter
• SUPER-K — Super-Kamiokande
• 4WM — Four Wave Mixing
• CW — Clockwise
• ISS — International Space Station
• LF — Low Frequency
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• SIG — Signal
• LVL — Level
• R- E/I — Ohms Law (not an acronym)
• CW — Continuous Wave
• RAI — Resident Assessment Instrument
• NSA — National Security Agency
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• ANS — American Nuclear Society
• PECVD — Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
• MOCVD — Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
• ITL — Information Technology Laboratory
• ESR — Electron Spin Resonance
• HOMESTAKE — A solar neutrino experiment in the Homestake Gold Mine in South Dakota

• FY — Fiscal Year
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• FWT — Fast Wavelet Transform
• DQE — Detective Quantum Efficiency
• EBIS — Electron Beam Ion Source
• CW — Carrier Wave
• ω — angular velocity
• 2D WAXD — Two-Dimensional Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction
• MRA — Mutual Recognition Arrangement
• OSA — Optical Society of America
• APOMA — American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• GND — Ground
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• OPCPA — Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• SOG — Spin-on Glass
• CV — Constant Velocity
• TLC — Thin Layer Chromatography
• FP — Freezing Point
• CDM — Cold Dark Matter
• NOE — Nuclear Overhauser Effect (NMR)
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• FTF — Fundamental Train Frequency
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• CMC — Calibration Measurement Capabilities
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• LFP — Local Field Potential
• LMS — Least Mean Square
• AMS — Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
• DOHC — Dual Overhead Cam
• EPR — Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• DOP — Dilution Of Precision
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• JEWA — Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
• HASYLAB — Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor
• SIA — Semiconductor Industry Association
• MFP — Mass Flow Parameter
• UA — University of Arizona
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• AMPC — Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry
• WG — Working Group
• COIL — Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser
• IDCT — Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• PAGE — Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
• P — Predicted
• LAGOS — Laser Gravitational-wave Observatory in Space

• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• MAD — Mean Absolute Deviation
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• ROYGBIV — Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet (Colors of the Rainbow)
• MO — Molecular Orbital
• SCC — Standards Coordinating Committee
• DNA — Defense Nuclear Agency
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• JASJA — Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan
• LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
• CARS — Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy
• EGS — European Geophysical Society
• QEDA — Quantum Electrodynamics Atomic Theory
• ESD — Electrostatic Discharge
• ITU — International Telecommunication Union
• CAV — Constant Angular Velocity
• FARCAL — Facility for Advanced Radiometric Calibrations
• AEDC — Arnold Engineering Development Center
• EV — Electron Volt
• ICARUS — Imaging Cosmic and Rare Underground Signal
• ACD — Air Constrained Dampening
• N-FSBS — Near-Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• NMR — Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• IR — Infrared
• SNS — Spallation Neutron Source
• WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• 3PE — Three-Photon Excitation
• BS — Beam Splitter
• ACIP — Aerodynamic Coefficient Instrumentation Package
• ACPD — Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions
• CDF — Collider Detector at Fermilab
• VAPEPS — Vibroacoustic Payload Environment Prediction System
• MOD — Minimum Object Distance
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• KARMEN — Karlsruhe-Rutherford Medium-Energy Neutrino Experiment
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• DPA — Differential Power Analysis
• GUE — Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (of Random Matrixes In Quantum-transport Studies)
• AC — Aerodynamic Center
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• ID — Inside Diameter
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• HPS — Health Physics Society
• HAADF — high-angle annular dark field SEM
• MV — Medium Voltage
• AAPM — American Association of Physicists in Medicine's
• ATR — Attenuated Total Reflectance

• LAQL — Lowest Analytically Quantifiable Level
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• EMC — Electromagnetic Compatibility
• QFEB — Quasi-Free Electron Bremsstrahlung
• MURR — University of Missouri Research Reactor
• AC — Attenuation Coefficient
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• FDR — False Discovery Rate
• DPP — Division of Plasma Physics
• A — Atomic
• HDR — High Dose Rate
• S — Short
• ISE — Ion Selective Electrode
• LEP — Large Electron Positron
• TOE — Theory of Everything
• IAP — Institute of Atmospheric Physics
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• NRC — National Response Center
• FTMW — Fourier Transform Microwave
• LTL — Linear Temporal Logic
• GAMS4 — NIST High Resolution Spectrometer
• WDXRF — Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence
• DOAS — Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
• AO — Adaptive Optics
• LIF — Laser Induced Fluorescence
• H — Hotel
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• EMR — Electromagnetic Radiation
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• PGNAA — Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis
• MMC — Maximum Material Condition
• DIBL — Drain-induced Barrier Lowering
• UTD — Uniform Theory of Diffraction
• NEDT — Noise Equivalent Delta Temperature
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• HE — High Energy
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• FE — Finite Element
• PIV — Particle Image Velocimetry
• FCC — Face-Centered Cubic
• PRL — Physical Review Letters
• NQR — Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance
• PHYN — Physics Notes
• FCI — Full Configuration Interaction
• LE — Low Energy
• RAC — Research Advisory Committee
• FEL — Free Electron Laser
• SCF — Self-Consistent Field
• JND — Just Noticeable Difference

• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• FRET — Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
• EVM — Error Vector Magnitude
• TLE — Two Line Elements
• AMPS — Atmospheric Magnetospheric Plasma System
• CWT — Continuous Wavelet Transform
• ACDC — Alternating Current/Direct Current
• BCC — Body-Centered Cubic
• NTP — normal temperature and pressure
• HIC — Hydrogen Induced Cracking
• WANFCS — West Area Neutrino Facility Control System
• HPS — High Pressure Sodium
• OTA — Optical Tube Assembly (telescopes)
• N — Normal
• 3D — Three Dimensional
• IDCY — Idle Cycle
• VU — Volume Unit
• ERDA — Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis
• EP — Extreme Pressure
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• EF — Energy Factor
• QD — Quantum Dot
• DN — Diameter Nominal
• MJPS — Moldavian Journal of the Physical Sciences
• PM — Particulate Matter
• HVLP — high volume, low pressure
• LT — Low Temperature
• EF — Electric Field
• OPD — Optical Path Difference
• PE — Performance Evaluation
• ZPDH — Z-Pinch-Driven Hohlraum
• ZPE — Zero Point Energy
• SPM — Scanning Probe Microscope
• CEA — Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique
• ZQ — Zero-Quantum
• AAPT — American Association of Physics Teachers
• MIRD — Medical Internal Radiation Dose
• IUE — International Ultraviolet Explorer
• PE — Potential Energy
• GFP — Green Fluorescent Protein
• PEM — Proton Exchange Membrane
• BCT — Body-Centered Tetragonal
• APS — Advanced Photon Source
• ENDL — Evaluated Nuclear Data Library
• 1D — One-Dimensional
• EOM — Electro-Optic Modulator
• NG6, NG-6 — Monochromatic Beam Line near the end of NG6
• ICR — Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• LM — Lumen

• CC — Closed Circuit
• AEM — Acoustical Emission Monitoring
• CGU — Canadian Geophysical Union
• FP — Focal Plane
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscopy
• LAF — Laminar Air Flow
• LAPHY — Laser Physics
• AO — Atomic Orbital
• EM — Environmental Management
• HEA — High Energy Astrophysics
• MPLB — Modern Physics Letters B
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• EPC — Electronic Pressure Control
• JPCS — Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
• RAP — Reliable Acoustic Path
• KATRIN — KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• PHR — Physics Reports
• ED — Electron Diffraction
• R — Roentgen
• NV — Night Vision
• ETC — Electron Transport Chain
• JAJAP — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
• AFC — Aerodynamic Flight Control
• LSND — Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• NPC — Nuclear Pore Complex
• MPI — Multiphoton Ionization
• DLA — Diffusion-Limited Aggregation
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• OPC — Optical Particle Counter
• CHIPS — Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
• IIT — Indian Institute of Technology
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• 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
• CJLTP — Chinese Journal of Low Temperature Physics
• VIV — Vortex Induced Vibration
• AIAA — American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics
• LAFOC — Laser Focus
• RIXS — Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
• FFF — Field-Flow Fractionation
• XQC — X-ray Quantum Calorimeter
• AJP — American Journal of Physics
• QP — Quantization Parameter
• EDM — Electric Dipole Moment
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• EDS — Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
• PTA — Pure Tone Average
• RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid

• MQSA — Mammography Quality Standards Act
• LMU — Location Measurement Unit
• ACESJ — Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal
• SIMP — Strongly Interacting Massive Particle
• DSM — Design Structure Matrix
• JETP — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
• GP — General Physics Corporation
• RFI — Relative Fluorescence Intensity
• PBC — Polarization-Beam Combiner
• C — Countess
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• PM — Phase Modulation
• FCA — Formal Concept Analysis
• 2-D — Two Dimensional
• DSR — Dynamic Shear Rheometer
• AMS — Acoustic Measurement System
• CVAAS — Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
• WDDL — Wave Dynamic Differential Logic
• E — Electra
• MOA — Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics
• ASPP — Atmospheric and Space Plasma Physics
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• AEQ — Aeronautical Quarterly
• YP — Yield Point
• POGS — polar-orbiting geomagnetic survey
• OPS — Optical Physical Section
• SRM — Standard Reference Material
• LOA — Law of Attraction
• IID — independent and identically distributed random variables
• DDS — Direct Digital Synthesizer
• FEGT — Furnace Exit Gas Temperature
• AICP — Aerodynamic Instrumental Coefficient Package
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• PL&I — Plasmas and Ions
• XPS — X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• ILD — Indentation Load Deflection
• ASD — Astrophysics Science Division
• CQGRS — Classical and Quantum Gravity Supplement
• AOM — acoustic-optic modulator
• MBQ — Megabecquerel
• MSX — Midcourse Space Experiment
• RMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• PIV — Peak Inverse Voltage
• FLIR — Forward Looking Infrared Radiometer
• DOT — Diffuse Optical Tomography
• LAMSCAL — Large Area Monochromatic Source for Calibrations
• LC — Liquid Chromatography
• TM — Transverse Magnetic

• 1PI — One Particle Irreducible
• IK — Inverse Kinematics
• RG — Radius of Gyration
• FTNIR — Fourier Near Infra Red
• JCHPH — Journal of Chemical Physics
• CEI — Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano
• DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung.
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• CFA — Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
• ASAC — aerodynamic surfaces assembly and checkout
• NLC — Next Linear Collider
• PDSH — Pressure Differential Switch High
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• MTBF — Mean Time Between Failures
• BHN — Brinell Hardness Number
• APH — Astroparticle Physics
• FDTD — Finite Difference Time Domain
• ADAP — Aerodynamic Data Analysis Program
• AMTF — Acoustic Model Test Facility
• DE — Differential Equation(s)
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• MAG — Magnetic
• OD — Optical Density
• RBS — Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry
• PCF — Photonic Crystal Fiber
• VMD — Visual Molecular Dynamics
• PD — Propagation Delay
• MOKE — Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect
• PDE — Partial Differential Equation
• ASAS — Aerodynamic Stability Augmentation System
• SAXS — Small Angle X-Ray Scattering
• RST — Rapid Suspension Technology
• AMP — Amplitude
• TEM — Transverse Electromagnetic
• PCM — Phase Contrast Microscopy
• LSP — Lightest Supersymmetric Particle
• XBT — expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
• AMS — Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility
• HO — High Order
• POC — Physical Optics Corporation
• NEI — Nuclear Energy Institute
• AECL — Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's
• LS — Liquid Scintillation
• AFT — Aerodynamic Flight Test
• FIM — Field Intensity Meter
• TMD — Tuned Mass Damper
• CARB — Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology
• IOR — Index of Refraction
• AFT — Attractor Field Therapy
• TOV — Threshold of Visibility

• APRF — Army Pulse Radiation Facility
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• IOT — Inductive Output Tube
• STASA — Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations
• EAA — Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
• RC — Resistor-Capacitor
• C&E — Cause and Effect
• HI — High Intensity
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• MOT — Magneto Optical Trap
• ADB — Aerodynamic Data Book
• PEL — Permissible Exposure Limit
• RKR — Rydberg-Klein-Rees
• GAM — Generalized Additive Model
• QWW — Quantum Well Wire
• IC — Internal Combustion
• APAS — Aerodynamic Performance and Sizing Program
• SPH — Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics
• IV — Input Voltage
• TC — Temperature Control
• CPK — Corey, Pauling, Koltun
• CF — Cold Fusion
• ADPHY — Advances in Physics
• ASC — Aerodynamic Surface Control
• ADM — Absolute Distance Meter
• AFTA — Acoustic Fatigue Test Article
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• WHHM — Werthamer Helfand Hohenberg and Maki
• HTD — Heat Transfer Division
• CQGRA — Classical and Quantum Gravity
• M — Mass
• UMIST — University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
• RHF — Restricted Hartree-Fock
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• EGS — Electron Gamma Shower
• DE — Discrete Event (program specification)
• DVM — Digital Voltmeter
• CCT — Circuit
• SR — Special Relativity
• ETS — Energy Transfer System
• LOCF — Last Observation Carried Forward
• LISS — Linear Imaging Self-Scanning
• AFV — Alternative-Fuel Vehicle
• ECD — Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
• PHA — Physics And Astronomy
• HS — Hot Spot
• NM — Newton Meter
• ICRP — International Commission on Radiological Protection
• AMPS — Atmosphere, Magnetosphere & Plasmas in Space

• HV — High Vacuum
• TDH — Total Dynamic Head
• AAAC — Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
• SCF — Supercritical Fluid
• SHP — Shaft Horsepower
• HFS — Hydrogen Forward Scattering
• FM — Ferromagnetic
• NEMS — National Energy Modeling System
• JATP — Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
• XMLD — X-ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism
• ALICE — A Large Ion Collider Experiment
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• LFAE — Ligand Field Activation Energy
• NDT — Nondestructive Test
• CICP — Communications in Computational Physics
• EF — Extra Fine
• KAERI — Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
• BC — Boundary Condition
• ANPHY — Annals of Physics
• GS — Gauss
• CMS — Compact Muon Solenoid
• BQ — Becquerel
• TC — Thermal Control
• TC — Transmission Convergence (ATM)
• NCU — Nano Containment Unit
• OPA — Optical Parametric Amplifier
• SD — Super Deformed
• ECD — Electron Capture Dissociation
• DPF — Displacement Power Factor
• SRV — Safety Relief Valve
• SFG — Sum Frequency Generation
• COMPASS — COMPuter ASSurance Conference
• UB — Upper Bound
• PMR — Proton Magnetic Resonance
• DIR — Direction Interdépartementale des Routes
• SW — Surface Wave
• NJPH — New Journal of Physics
• XPS — X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• SVD — Shock Vibration Digest
• TEF — Time-Energy-Frequency
• CRPL — Cosmic Ray Physics Laboratory
• IMS — Institute for Molecular Science
• EMR — Electromagnetic Resonance
• STS — Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
• BPM — Beam Position Monitor
• SEE — Secondary Electron Emission
• PAC — Probably Approximately Correct
• ABEC — Annular Bearing Engineering Committee
• CLV — Constant Linear Velocity
• MTXM — Magnetic Transmission X-Ray Microscopy

• UTA — Unresolved Transition Array
• DMI — Dynamic Momentum Index
• BGM — Basis Generator Method
• SDI — Strategic Defense Initiative
• PHRV — Physical Review
• ATDB — Aerothermodynamic Data Book
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• ADGEO — Advances in Geophysics
• NIDR — National Institute of Dental Research (National Institutes of Health)
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• CAM — Computer-Aided Machining
• RJMP — Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics
• PNL — Pacific Northwest Laboratory
• ITSU — IEEE Transactions on Sonics Ultrasonics
• ARL — Average Run Length
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• CPS — Central Plasma Sheet
• FI — Field Intensity
• VTZ — Valence Triple Zeta (basis Set)
• CH — Continuum Hypothesis
• EDAX — energy dispersive analysis of X-rays
• BWO — Backward Wave Oscillator
• SSNMR — Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• TPP — Thermal Power Plant
• BSDF — Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Function
• BELLE — B detector at KEK in Japan
• TC — Thermal Conductivity
• AUJPA — Australian Journal of Physics Astrophysical Supplement
• TEPC — Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter
• AIH — Acoustical Imaging and Holography
• QO — Quasi-Optical
• COS — Change of State
• ND — Neutron Detector
• LNP — Lecture Notes in Physics
• ADCL — Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory
• ALVIB — algorithm payload vibration
• REST — Representational State Transfer
• IFD — Indentation Force Deflection
• SEA — Statistical Energy Analysis
• TIMS — Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• RCF — Relative Centrifugal Force
• ICP-AES — Inductively Coupled Plasma-atomic Emission Spectrometry
• OPO — Optical Parametric Oscillator
• APHY — Acoustical Physics
• BBO — Beta-Barium Borate
• RPT — Refractory Period of Transmission
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• SQ — Scalar Quantization
• EPA — Electron Positron Accumulator

• ABMP — American Board of Medical Physics
• CHJCP — Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics
• OLED — Organic Light-Emitting Diode
• CME — Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
• LBLRR — LBL Research Review
• VT — Valid Time
• GUT — Grand Unification Theory
• DFT — Density Functional Theory
• ARES — Advanced Rheometric Expansion System
• WDM — Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
• AMA — Actual Mechanical Advantage
• EOS — Equation Of State
• 2LOT — 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
• TEMP — Temperature
• ITELC — IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
• XSV — Expendable Sound Velocimeter
• COASP — Comments on Astrophysics and Space Physics
• EPI — Echo Planar Imaging
• TMDE — Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment
• QM — Quantum Mechanics
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• ACR — Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• DAP — Donor Acceptor Pair
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• FPD — Flame Photometric Detector
• EELS — Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
• APAC — Applied Acoustics
• LDA — Local Density Approximation
• ELT — Extremely Large Telescope
• FWHM — Full Width at Half Maximum
• NERI — Nuclear Energy Research Initiative
• CBNM — Central Bureau for Nuclear Measurements
• ULVZ — Ultra-Low Velocity Zone
• PT — Peak Torque
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• FTIR — Frustrated Total Internal Reflection
• AD — Antimatter Decelerator
• RTT — Round Trip Timer
• ASVIB — algorithm scoreboard vibrations
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• MICE — Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
• ND — Neutron Density
• MEL — Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
• SBLC — S-Band Linear Collider
• UCSUSA — Union of Concerned Scientists, United States of America
• MCM — Mobil Composition of Matter
• LDA — Laser Doppler Anemometry
• DMC — Dynamic Motion Control
• LVR — Lever
• CARI — combustion air requirement index

• TG — Temperature Gradient
• BMDO — (U.S.) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (bim-do)
• STP — Standard Temperature Pressure
• AERTE — Aerojet Technology
• FTIR — Fourier transform infrared radiometer (spectroscopy)
• PP2PP — proton-proton to proton-proton
• IRAS — Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• TCS — Three-Dimensional Complex Space Theory
• LAMMA — Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis
• TXM — Transmission X-ray Microscope
• CCPCE — Current Contents Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
• QMS — Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
• ATP — Advanced Technology Program
• PMMA — Polymethylmethacrylate
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• ENR — Enrichment and Reprocessing (technology)
• TMA — Thermal Mechanical Analysis
• EER — Estimated Energy Requirement
• HERO — High Energy Replicated Optics
• CBR — California Bearing Ratio
• ILSS — Interlaminar Shear Strength
• AFI — Accordion Fringe Interferometry
• SDIO — Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
• RT — Reverberation Time
• LBT — Large Binocular Telescope
• PLL — Phase Locked Loop
• BPAS — Bulletin of Pure and Applied Science
• SWAP — Short-Wavelength Automated Perimetry
• PET — positron emission tomography
• ESR — Experimental Storage Ring
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• FHMM — Factorial Hidden Markov Model
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• CCV — Continuing Calibration Verification
• OOCA — Object Oriented Computing in Astrophysics
• LIPC — laser-induced plasma channel
• NG7 — Neutron Guide No. 7
• MOSFET — Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
• JJAPL — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Letters
• YAG — Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
• CCD — Charged Coupled Device
• PRF — Petroleum Research Fund
• RHM — Roentgen Hour Meter
• VAC — Vacuum Assisted Closure
• ESR — Electrical Substitution Radiometer
• LC — Liquid Crystal
• BIPM — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
• IAPT — Indian Association of Physics Teachers
• MIST — Microgravity Science and Technology

• GC — gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
• GRI — Gas Research Institute (US) (natural gas)
• HID — high intensity discharge (electricity)
• SWG — Standard Wire Gauge
• TQW — Triangular Quantum Well
• LOMO — Lowest Occupied Molecular Orbital
• CVD — Chemical Vapor Deposition
• MFT — Mean Field Theory
• CFT — Crystal Field Theory
• HPHT — high pressure, high temperature ammoniation procedure
• CPS — Cycles Per Second (now Hertz)
• FD — Finite Difference
• ULTRA — Ultrasonics
• TMP — Turbo Molecular Pump
• EXO — Enriched Xenon Observatory
• CZJPH — Czechoslovak Journal of Physics
• PDE — Product Data Exchange
• CRP — Coordinated Research Program
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• GML — General Measurement Loop
• CMR — Colossal Magnetoresistance
• BNCT — Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
• COTPH — Communications in Theoretical Physics
• CED — Cohesive Energy Density
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• WKB — Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (phase-shift Formula For Potential Scattering)
• ESO — European Southern Observatory
• LSDA — Local Spin Density Approximation
• ECT — Error Correction Term
• EJTP — Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics
• NCF — Near Coherence of Filters
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• WXRF — Wavelength-dispersive X- Ray Fluorescence
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• BLB — Black Light Bulb
• NVIS — Night Vision Imaging System
• RLD — Reciprocal Linear Dispersion
• SCF — Stress Concentration Factor
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• TKN — Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
• TJPH — Turkish Journal of Physics
• CPIP — Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
• QWIP — Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector
• LO — Laser Optics
• JKPS — Journal of Korean Physical Society
• JSMAJ — Japan Society of Microgravity Application Journal
• QRHE — quantum anomalous Hall effect
• CMH — Cubic Meter per Hour
• JGE — Journal of Geophysics and Engineering
• CPL — Chemical Physics Letters

• PTCA — Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angiography
• CLSM — Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
• IO — Interactive Optimum
• TST — Time-Space-Time
• LRSP — Living Reviews in Solar Physics
• MOR — Modulus of Rupture
• MRIR — medium-resolution infrared radiometer
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• XSW — X-Ray Standing Wave
• EOM — Equation of Motion
• ST — Spherical Tokamak
• JPCM — Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
• KOPIO — AKlong decay experiment at Brookhaven.
• ACB — Annular Confinement Beam
• TBB — Triple Beam Balance
• GEC — General Electrodynamics Corporation
• LEACH — Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy
• PZT — Piezoelectric Translator
• 3DWBA — Three-Body Distorted-Wave Born Approximation
• DSM — Dynamic Scattering Mode
• HTBB — High-Temperature Black Body
• BMD — Bending Moment Diagram
• NA — Neutral Axis
• FOC — Forward Only Conversion
• DREAMS — Dynamic Range Enhancement Applied to Mass Spectrometry
• ECSED — Electronic Commerce in Scientific and Engineering Data
• GNO — Gallium Neutrino Observatory
• HPPT — High Pressure Phase Transformation
• MDR — Mass Distribution Ratio
• HF — Hartree-Fock Method
• ACCW — Auxiliary Component Cooling Water
• LAND — Large Area Neutron Detector
• YS — Yield Strength
• AF — Anisotropic Filtering
• AEJ — Aeronautical Journal
• AT&T — Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph
• 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)
• CSLPT — Cambridge Studies in Low Temperature Physics
• HHPN — Hydraulic High Pressure Nebulization
• MOP — Maximum Operating Pressure
• AICF — Acoustic Inertial Confinement Fusion
• NAA — Neutron Activation Analysis
• JPSJ — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
• HTPPL — High Temperature Plasma Physics Lab
• AESIJ — Aeronautical Society India Journal
• EIE — electron impact excitation
• COMPH — Computers in Physics
• NEANDC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Data Committee
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer

• FEC — Ferro-Electric liquid Crystal
• SPE — solid phase extraction method
• SEAQUEST — A series of fixed target Drell-Yan experiments at Fermilab
• IQEC — International Quantum Electronics Conference
• SI — International System of Units (Système international d'unités)
• IVR — Intramolecular Vibrational Relaxation
• RTD — Resistance Temperature Detector
• URA — Universities Research Association, Inc.
• NPSS — Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan
• ICP — Inductively Coupled Plasma
• CLFR — Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector
• PHCHE — Physics and Chemistry of Earth
• SSCP — Springer Series on Chemical Physics
• SCR — Space Charge Region
• EIES — Electron Impact Emission Spectroscopy
• NISTAR — NIST Advanced Radiometer
• EPJ — European Physical Journal
• SAJPH — South African Journal of Physics
• BIB — Blocked Impurity Band
• CEJPH — Central European Journal of Physics
• CCFL — Countercurrent Flow Limitation
• JMP — Journal of Mathematical Physics
• ARCP — Annual Reviews of Computational Physics
• DN/DC — Specific refractive index increment
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• ANIPS — Annals of the Israel Physical Society
• IGC — International Gravity Commission
• HDOP — Horizontal Dilution Of Position
• LWR — Light Water Reactor
• NVLAP — National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
• KELVIN — Scientific temperature scale
• MICGQ — Microgravity Quarterly
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• TLI — Tilted Laser Image
• MS/MS — Tandem Mass Spectrometry
• MFCG — Magnetic Flux Compression Generator
• MSLD — Mass Spectrometer Leak Detector
• VNIIFTRI — National Scientific and Russian Research Institute for Physical, Technical and Radiotechnical Measurements
• VLT — Visible Light Transmission
• YKP — Yano- Koonin- Podgoretskii
• ABF — All but Finitely
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• HBT — Hanbury Brown-Twiss
• TD — Time Differential
• PTFE — Polytetrafluoroethylene
• MTF — Magnetized Target Fusion
• JVST — Journal of Vacuum Science Technology
• RIBD — Reactive Ion Beam Deposition
• JETPL — Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters
• PMG — Permanent Magnet Generator

• WIMP — Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
• PAES — Positron-Induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• SGORS — Studies in Geophysical Optics and Remote Sensing
• HSS — Hollow Structural Section
• AFVH — Anti- Ferromagnetic van Hove scenario
• CXRO — Center for X-Ray Optics at Berkeley, CA
• NP — Neper
• TI — Thermal Inertia
• CHPHY — Chinese Physics
• EDX — Energy-Dispersive X-ray Analysis
• JEPT — Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics
• CLC — Capillary Liquid Chromatography
• FASCAL — Facility for Automatic Spectroradiometric Calibrations
• SEM — Scanning Electron Microscopes
• OPTLE — Optics and Lasers in Engineering
• NEMP — Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse
• 2B1Q — Two Binary One Quaternary
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• MUT — Material Under Test
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• BTI — Bubble Technology Inc
• TZFC — Triple Zeta Frozen Core
• CRT — Conformal Radiation Therapy
• HYAAS — Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotom etry.
• IRIS — Internal Rotary Inspection System
• LVDT — Linear Variable Differential Transformer
• IMGC — Istituto di Metrologia "G. Colonnetti" (Italy)
• ACFA — Asian Committee for Future Accelerators.
• PEPI — Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
• IPM — Ionization Profile Monitor
• RSM — Response Surface Method
• 3DFFM — Three-Dimensional Fourier Filtering Method
• TDR — Time-Domain Reflectometry
• JPSJS — Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Supplement
• HVT — High Velocity Thermocouple
• AMMAC — Mexican Metrology Association
• 3DSSPP — Three-Dimensional Static Strength Prediction Program
• NRC — Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
• DUV — Deep Ultraviolet
• LPCVD — Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• ENSDF — Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File
• VHSIC — Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• CCP6 — Collaborative Computational Project 6
• STEM — Storable Tubular Extendible Member
• PEPSI — Proton Echo-Planar Spectroscopic Imaging
• 2PPE — Two-Photon Photoemission
• MOKE — Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect
• ASA — Accessible Surface Area
• FDFD — Finite Difference Frequency Domain
• PTI — Proxima Therapeutics Inc.

• PHYR — Physical Research
• TCB — Temporal Coherence Boundary
• AAPP — Association of Applied Physicists Pakistan
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• JJAPS — Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Supplement
• JMOA — Journal of Microwaves Optics and Acoustics
• STAR — Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC
• AECL — Atomic Energy Canada Limited
• POPRV — Pilot Operated Pressure Relief Valve
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• SCD — Single Crystal Diffraction
• CIPM — International Committee of Weights and Measures, France
• JFLU — Journal of Fluorescence
• DDF — Distance Distortion Factor
• GUIDE — Generalized Unbiased Interaction Detection and Estimation
• BJAP — British Journal of Applied Physics
• OSRD — Office of Standard Reference Data
• JGP — Journal of Geometry and Physics
• SG — Specific Gravity
• SSADM — Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology
• ZPF — Zero Point Field
• ZDR — Z-Differential Reflectivity
• SOC — Second-Order Cone
• PASTI — Public Address Speech Transmission Index
• FRET — fluorescence resonant energy transfer
• 2DHG — Two-Dimensional Hole Gas
• ARACO — Archives Acoustics
• FFE — Far Field Extension
• PHT — Physics Today
• EGO — Eccentric Geophysical Observation
• PMT — Photo Multiplier Tube
• BES — Beijing Spectrometer (China)
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• HRTF — Head-Related Transfer Function
• GPIB — General-Purpose Instrumentation Bus
• MBS — Minimum Breaking Strength
• PNP — Positive-Negative-Positive
• QMF — quadrature mirror filter banks
• FIR — Far Infrared
• NEANSC — Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Science Committee
• QFT — Quantitative Fluorescence Technique
• MUNU — An experiment at the Bugey reactor in France studying electron - electron neutrino scattering.
• FTICR — Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance
• WAMW — Weight-Average Molecular Weight
• FFR — Fractional Flow Reserve
• CIRRPC — Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination
• EEEL — Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory
• LOQ — Limit of Quantitation
• JLWT — Journal of Lightwave Technology
• PDE — Possible Duplicate Emission

• SBR — Spectral Band Replication
• KWP — Kilowatt-Peak
• PTCP — Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics
• SWATH — Small-Waterplane Area Twin-Hull
• EL — Europhysics Letters
• QGT — Quantum Graph Theory
• HYPER-CP — A Search for Direct CP Violation in Hyperon Decays
• PHL — Physics Letters
• CCDC — Cyclic Channel Die Compression
• LRR — Living Reviews in Relativity
• NRLM — National Research Laboratory of Metrology (Japan)
• ARROW — Antiresonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide
• FTL — Faster Than Light
• VA — Volt Ampere
• MBE — Molecular Beam Epitaxy
• WL — Weak Localization
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• DNAA — Delayed Neutron Activation Analysis
• RECAN — Regional European and Central Asian ALARA Network
• JGGS — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity Supplement
• CRI — Cambridge Research Instrumentation
• NIR — Near Infrared
• IUCR — International Union of Crystallography
• GGA — Generalized Gradient Approximation
• NOBCCHE — National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers
• CLM — Compound Light Microscope
• SIM — Selected ion monitoring
• INDC — International Nuclear Data Committee
• NVH — Noise Vibration Harshness
• JVC — Journal of Vibration and Control
• MQA — measurement quality assurance
• PCPP — Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing
• TISAB — total ionic strength adjustment buffer (analytical method)
• RDP — Rubidium Di-Hydrogen Phosphate
• ACRU — Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• BHLH — Basic Helix-Loop-Helix
• AMB — As Measured By
• LCAP — Laser Cooling and Atomic Physics
• CRYRING — Electron Accelerator and Storage Ring Facility (Stockholm, Sweden)
• TC — Technical Committee (HL7)
• ADMPS — Advances in Mechanics and Physics of Surfaces
• BET — Brunauer - Emmett - Teller
• IVBT — Intravascular brachytherapy
• BEB — Binary-Encounter-Bethe
• AFA — Average Fock Approximation
• GEC — Gaseous Electronics Conference
• LAL — The Laboratoire de L'Accelerateur Lineaire at the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, France
• HRC — Rockwell Hardness C
• HVLA — High-Velocity Low Amplitude

• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• CCPP — Combined Cycle Power Plant
• JLUM — Journal of Luminescence
• ACOUL — Acoustics Letters
• JAE — Journal of Acoustic Emission
• COMMP — Comments in Modern Physics
• GMC — Global Motion Compensation
• LIM — Limit
• GDOG — Generalized Double Optical Gating
• MGG — Methods in Geochemistry and Geophysics
• VCM — Voice-Coil Motor
• ABHP — American Board of Health Physics
• PHEMT — Pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• CTPHY — Classical Theoretical Physics
• AWA — The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator
• EPIC — Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera
• CPCAR — Chemistry and Physics of Carbon
• OGB — Original Grain Boundary
• NPA — Nuclear Physics Apparatus
• NELAC — National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference
• ADCHP — Advances in Chemical Physics
• STM — Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
• FDR — Failure Divergence Refinement
• TRFM — Time Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy
• EFW — Evanescent Floquet Wave
• PO2 — Partial pressure of oxygen
• NPIC — Nuclear Power Institute of China
• AL — argon laser
• DCT — Discrete Cosine Transformer
• RSE — Relative Standard Error
• ES — Elementary Stream
• FPS — foot-pound-second [cf. cgs and mks]
• PTF — Physics of Thin Films
• LFCC — Linear Frequency Cepstral Coefficient
• CBA — Center for Backyard Astrophysics
• TCPH — Topics in Current Physics
• CTRZ — Central Torodial Recirculation Zone
• PPHTS — Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors
• PVT — Position Velocity Time
• K2K — KEK to Kamioka
• MCU — Microcontroller Unit
• FT-IRAS — Fourier Transform-Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• IMA — Ideal Mechanical Advantage
• DLP — Digital Light Processing
• PHRVL — Physical Review Letters
• ATI — Above-Threshold Ionization
• VRM — Vector Ruggedness Measure
• CSIC — Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Spanish
• APT — Analytic Perturbation Theory

• EMW — Electromagnetic Wave
• ICPEAC — International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions
• DSFD — Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics
• ITPS — IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
• BEFE — Bio-Electric Field Enhancement
• RUPHJ — Russian Physics Journal
• GEOS — Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellite
• LENR — Low Energy Nuclear Reactions
• SCAMPY — Scanning Micro Pyrometer
• UMRK — Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
• RPN — Remote Plasma Nitridation
• AOI — Angle Of Incidence
• VOX — Voice Operated EXchange
• JRLR — Journal of Russian Laser Research
• PAPGE — Pure and Applied Geophysics
• JSP — Journal of Statistical Physics
• PES — Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• GLCP — Global Linear Collider Project
• FIOP — Field Induced Ordered Phase
• JVE — Journal of Vibration Engineering
• EPAD — Environmental Physics and Design
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• DMF — Decayed, Missing, Filled
• ESRF — The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France.
• CSIR — Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
• ADTPH — Advanced Texts in Physics
• CPSSH — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces and Heterogeneous Catalysis
• WDXS — Wavelength Dispersive Xray Spectroscopy
• PEP — Positron Electron Project
• WTMM — Wavelet Transform Modulus Maxima
• LTA — Low temperature (oxygen plasma) ashing
• CCSM — Cross Correlogram Spectral Matching
• CEL — Correlated Emission Laser
• MRSE — Manifest Refractive Spherical Equivalent
• EBIT — Electron Beam Ion Trap
• ADEXG — Advances in Exploration Geophysics
• GTRD — Generalized Transverse Resonance-Diffraction
• ITAS — IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
• JCA — Journal of Computational Acoustics
• JAERI — Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
• RDCMP — Recent Development in Condensed Matter Physics
• JMPS — Journal of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• HEPAP — High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
• ICAMDATA — International Conference on Atomic and Molecular Data and Their Applications
• QMC — Quantum Monte Carlo
• CONPH — Contemporary Physics
• ARO — United States Army Research Office
• BIA — Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
• ATU — Accumulated Thermal Unit

• CCPR — Consultative Committee on Photometry and Radiometry
• RVMP — Reviews of Modern Physics
• PLPHR — Plasma Physics Reports
• ARDS — Analysis of Rotor Dynamic Systems
• SCOT — Support Coated Open Tubular
• DWP — Dispensing Well Plate
• AMJPH — American Journal of Physics
• CAJPH — Canadian Journal of Physics
• FBM — Fractional Brownian Motion
• PPM — Peak Program Meter
• GCK — Geiger Counter Kit
• ESU — Energy Storage Unit
• MOTRIMS — Magneto-Optical Trap Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• SLM(S) — spatial light modulator(s)
• CLA — Condition Lever Angle
• CES — Constant Elasticity of Substitution
• PSL — Polystyrene-latex
• TJ — TeraJoule
• APD — VERP)/action potential duration
• JPCRD — Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data
• ARPES — Angle Resolved Photo Electron Spectroscopy
• TRM — Time-Reversal Mirror
• IBFM — Interacting Boson-Fermion Model
• USSR — Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
• CNIF — Californium Neutron Irradiation Facility
• PFG — Pulsed Field Gradient
• AVCOR — algorithm vibration correlation
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• EOPAP — Earth and Ocean Physics Application Program
• OSU — Ohio State University Airport, Columbus, Ohio, United States
• CTP — Course of Theoretical Physics
• SHC — Specific Heat Capacity
• HPM — High Power Microwave
• ACRR — Annular Core Research Reactor
• WGCV — Working Group on Calibration and Validation
• CPLIP — Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
• JSCI — Journal of Scientific Instruments
• VIS — Visible
• MPN — Most Probable Number
• CER — Controlled Energy Release
• JXST — Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology
• JESRP — Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
• F&M — Force and moment
• ADV — Automatic Drain Valve
• CLIC — Compact Linear Collider
• DUS — Duplex Ultrasound
• HOQS — Highest Occupied Quantum State
• VEEL — Vibrational and Electronic Energy Levels
• PPCF — Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
• WTCQ — Wavelet Trellis Coded Quantization

• CMCV — Charge Motion Control Valve
• CODATA — Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
• ASAJ — Acoustical Society of America Journal
• ICP — Injector Control Pressure
• FUV — Far Ultraviolet
• REL — Recommended Exposure Limit
• GR&R — Gauge Reproducibility And Repeatability
• ECRIS — Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source
• ER — Elastic Recoil
• VRV — Variable Radial Velocity
• EMILY — Extreme Monkey Indigestion Laryngitis Youngen
• WAXS — Wide Angle X-ray Scattering
• PID — Photoionization Detector (gas Chromatography)
• AET — Active Edge Table
• LPB — Laser and Particle Beams
• RVMPS — Reviews of Modern Physics Supplement
• CSI — Compton Scatter Imaging
• CEBAF — Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
• TASSII — Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Investigation
• FZK — Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
• ISAC — Isotope Separator and Accelerator Facility
• 2PH TDF — Two-Particle-Hole Tamm-Dancoff Approximation
• EIEIO — Electron Impact Excitation of Ions from Organics
• SMKW — Secondary Magneto- Kinetic Wave
• CERN — Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire
• AF — Acceleration Factor
• HFB — Hartree Fock Bogoliubov
• DCMP — Directions in Condensed Matter Physics
• VAT — Vibro-Acoustic Test
• GCA — Gradual Channel Approximation
• BFRL — Building and Fire Research Laboratory
• KIAA — Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
• PFC — Parallel Flange Channel
• ACE — Acoustic Compliance Enhancement
• FOC — Forward of Center
• RVMAP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• ITM — IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
• ADGR — Advances in Geophysical Research
• DQS — Discrete Quantum State
• LBL — Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California)
• BUIPS — Bulletin of the Israel Physical Society
• MPLA — Modern Physics Letters A
• PCSE — Physical Chemistry: Science and Engineering
• SCMP — Studies in Condensed Matter Physics
• LISA — Laser Inferometer Space Antenna
• HCCD — Mono-deuterated Acetylene
• CCPP — Collaborative Computational Plasma Physics
• JCOPH — Journal of Computational Physics
• TL — Time Line
• EBSD — Electron Back Scatter Diffraction

• HHF — High Heat Flow
• EZW — Embedded Zero-tree Wavelet
• GHRS — Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
• POF — Plane of Focus
• CPR — Chemical Physics Reports
• TWA — time-weighted averaged
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• ICE — Internal combustion engine (transportation)
• ASME — American Society for Mechanical Engineers
• PHYNY — Physics New York
• CPB — Center Point of Balance
• TDCR — Triple-to-Double Coincidence Ratio
• FUSE — Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Explorer
• EGAS — European Group for Atomic Spectroscopy
• RTPC — Radial Time Projection Chamber
• JMAPH — Journal of Mathematics and Physics
• QNH — Quasi Non-Hydrostatic
• EPJAP — European Physical Journal, Applied Physics
• NSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• MQT — Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling
• APAS — Astrophysical Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences
• CSEWG — Cross Section Evaluation Working Group
• HUT — Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
• DLV — Direct Linear Valve
• ATCS — Active Thermal Convective System
• PDS — power density spectra
• CAT — Computed Axial Tomography
• EGR — Entropy Gradient Reversal
• MAP — Maximum A Posteriori estimate
• NPGEO — Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
• MOI — moments of inertia
• ICBP — International Conference on Biological Physics
• CTMP — Chemi Thermo Mechanical Pulp
• LET — Linear Energy Transfer (in Spacecraft Power Systems)
• MIMIC — Microscopy and Microanalysis
• MFPL — MAP (Multiple Application Platform) Fabry-Perot Laser
• PRPH — Progress of Physics
• CPSS — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces
• ADS — Automated Dynamic Shear
• FCCSET — Federal Coordinating Council Science, Engineering and Technology
• BINP — Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk, Russia.
• HEI — Heat Exchange Institute Inc.
• FRAC — Fracture Research and Application Consortium
• ETRAN — Monte Carlo computer code for Electrons and Photons through Extended Media
• ODC — Orthogonal Defect Classification
• HVL — Half Value Layer
• PRVP — Proceedings of Vibration Problems
• MMCP — Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
• ITD — Inlet Temperature Difference
• NCRP — National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

• CDM — Ceramic Discharge Metalhalide
• ELECM — Electromagnetics
• TPF — Two Photon Fluorescence
• BF-TEM — Bright-field transmission electron microscopy
• XRL — X-Ray Lithography
• HACR — High Accuracy Cryogenic Radiometer
• LWIR — Long-Wave Infrared
• ILC — International Linear Collider
• ZFF — Zero Forcing Function
• ARPA-E — Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
• PSST — Plasma Sources Science Technology
• STSSP — Selected Topics in Solid State Physics
• RSP — Rapid Solidification Process
• FMSF — Fissile Material Storage Facility
• HFIR — High Flux Isotope Reactor
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• EPS — European Physical Society
• TWT — Transonic Wind Tunnel
• GSP — Generalized Sequential Pattern
• ASSP — Advanced Solid-State Photonics
• HFA — Hot Flow Anomaly
• ALCPG — American Linear Collider Physics Group
• GB — Grain Boundary
• QZE — Quantum Zeno Effect
• HPLA — High Power Large Aperture
• SDIF — Sony Digital Interface Format
• AXAF — Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• MO — Magneto-optic
• QCD — Quantum Chromodynamics
• AUJPH — Australian Journal of Physics
• NR — Nuclear Reactor
• PMMC — Permanent Magnet Moving Coil
• GRNS — Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer
• MEMS — Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
• HPGE — High Purity Germanium
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• TIMED — Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics
• GWC — Generalized Wave Continuity
• FCFC — Full-Coverage Film Cooling
• CCFL — Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp
• PMTS — Predetermined Motion Time System
• PAW — Physics Analysis Workstation
• IACS — Institute for Astrophysics and Computational Sciences
• MMC — Moving Micro Cross
• SSION — Solid State Ionics
• NMS — Natural Matrix Standard
• CIRMS — Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards
• FOAM — Foam Optics and Mechanics
• MBIR — Medium Background Infrared Facility
• TIB — Tracker Inner Barrel

• ACDM — Automated Contour Detection Method
• DEG — Dimensional Electron Gas
• VHT — Very High Temperature
• CFCD — Computational Fuel Cell Dynamics
• FRSE — Freundeskreis Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn
• JGG — Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity
• NAPM — National Association of Photographic Manufacturers
• VR-SFG — Vibrationally Resonant Sum-frequency Generation
• FCPM — Fundamental Constants and Precision Measurements
• EOP — Earth and Ocean Physics
• JSUP — Journal of Superconductivity
• HADES — High Acceptance Di-Electron Spectrometer
• AUM — Arbitrary Unit of Mass
• JIMW — Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
• SHWAV — Shock Waves
• JAG — Journal of Applied Geophysics
• DMC — Diffusion Monte Carlo
• FRIB — Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
• ETI — Environmental Technology Initiative
• LHEP — Left Hand Elliptical Polarization
• JEMT — Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique
• MS — MilliSeconds
• LEFM — Linear Elasticity Fracture Mechanics
• ASD — Active Surface Definition
• GXR — Grazing X-ray Reflectometry
• AEC — Active Energy Control
• SSTEC — Solid State Technology
• WLLN — Weak Law of Large Numbers
• DDFT — Dynamic Density Functional Theory
• QP — quasiparticle
• FTG — Full Tensor Gradient
• DOT — Delivery Optimized Thermodynamics
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• VP — Vapor Pressure
• NQA — Nuclear Quality Assurance
• JNMP — Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics
• CONFP — Contemporary Fundamental Physics
• ODEND — Optical Detected Electron Nuclear Double Resonance
• LSC — Liquid Scintillation Counting
• AGS — Alternating-gradient Synchrotron
• CR — Curvature Radiation
• JDEM — The Joint Dark Energy Mission
• ENO — Essentially Non-Oscillatory
• RG — renormalization group
• BEC — Bose-Einstein Condensation
• PTHPS — Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
• NLCTA — Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator
• REI — Rad Elec Inc.
• HVL — Half-Value Layer
• ADPLP — Advances in Plasma Physics

• VLA — Very Large Array
• XUV — Extreme Ultraviolet
• IC — indirect calorimetry
• NZJGG — New Zealand Journal Geology and Geophysics
• HEAD — High Energy Astrophysics Division
• DARD — Dynamic Axial Rotational Device
• DMIP — Division of Medical Imaging Physics
• MC — magnetic coil
• BEAM — Bosiger Energy Alignment Method
• ANSOM — Apertureless Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• CFM — Creates Forward Motion
• PHYES — Physics Essays
• FCDC — Fundamental Constants Data Center
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• MEVVA — Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc
• COPP — Contributions to Plasma Physics
• AGUFM — American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
• CCTF — Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency
• JLVEN — Journal of Light & Visual Environment
• PZM — Pressure Zone Microphone
• IRDCF — Infrared Detector Calibration Facility
• APL — Advanced Physics Laboratory
• PHSS — Physics of the Solid State
• LCTE — Linear Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
• ADTM — Alternate Density Transmission Medium
• SDFF — Spectroscopically Determined Force Field
• FIM — Field Ion Microscope
• DOP — Degree of Polarization
• ENDF — Evaluated Nuclear Data File
• IGRF — International Geomagnetic Reference Field
• JSGEO — Journal of Series Geophysics
• SCF — Spectral Comparator Facility
• DALR — Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate
• QDT — Quantum-Defect Theory
• SVGL — Silicon Valley Group Lithography
• TLP — Thread-Level Parallelism
• CPS — Constant Pressure System (toys)
• BOMD — Born Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics
• RSPS — Rochester Symposium for Physics Students
• IN2P3 — Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules
• ICRU — International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements
• CHPHL — Chinese Physics Letter
• DPPC — Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
• RRDSP — Recent Research Development in Statistical Physics
• VWC — Vector Wavelet Coding
• FACSS — Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies
• LMRI — Laboratoire de Mesure des Rayonnements Ionisants (France)
• ETDS — Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
• HB — Hydrogen Bond
• SSCOM — Solid State Communications

• IOP — Institute Of Physics
• UCLA — Harbor-University of California Los Angeles
• LPM — Light-Particle Monitor
• HWP — Half-Wave Plate
• DRI — Differential Refractive Index
• PAW — Plasma Arc Weld
• RHIC — Brookhaven'sRelativistic Heavy Ion Collider began operation in 2000
• TTSP — Transport Theory and Statistical Physics
• CAMOS — Committee on Atomic Molecular and Optical Sciences
• PCED — Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Delta
• GWCE — Generalized Wave Continuity Equation
• PTHPH — Progress of Theoretical Physics
• RO — Read Only
• PSSC — Physical Science Study Committee
• PISCO — Parallel Imager for Southern Cosmological Observations
• DONUT — Direct Observation of the Nu Tau
• PREP — Professional Research Experience Program
• GRT — Germanium Resistance Thermometer
• BCMPA — Billion Cubic Meters per Annum
• IOPD — Integrated Optical Path Difference
• SCV — Squared Coefficient of Variation
• MW — Microwave
• ARPES — Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• LAMPF — Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility
• ALEPH — Apparatus for LEP PHysics, at CERN
• SPDF — Space Physics Data Facility
• SI — Système International d'unités (International System of Units)
• NIM — National Instrumentation Methods
• ICFA — International Committee for Future Accelerators
• ENZ — Epsilon-Near-Zero
• MOPITT — Measurement of Pollution In The Troposphere
• JGRS — Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement
• OPERA — Oscillation Project with EmulsiontRacking Apparatus
• ECP — Effective Core Potential Approxn.(in Electronic-structure Calcn.)
• GRASP — Graphical Representation and Analysis of Surface Properties
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
• RRDP — Recent Research Development in Physics
• CRESST — Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers
• CHJPH — Chinese Journal of Physics
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Science Center
• ECRIS — Electron-Cyclotron-Resonance Ion Source
• EXMPS — Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences
• SPP — Storage Photostimulable Phosphor
• XRF — X-Ray Fluorescence
• MOEMS — Micro-Optical Electro-Mechanical System
• FT — Fourier transformation
• RRDPC — Recent Research Development in Physical Chemistry
• HTOL — High Temperature Operating Lifetest
• ASTP — Advanced Studies in Theoretical Physics

• PSD — Physical Sciences Data
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Standards Committee
• ACTS — Automated Computer Time Service
• QMF — Quadrature Mirror Filter
• DSA — digital subtraction angiography
• RCU — Rapid Cooling Unit
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• ZI — Zone Industrielle
• GAPP — Global Analysis of Particle Properties
• MCHF — Multi-Configuration Hartree-Fock
• PSTM — Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope
• IBB — Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
• SPECT — single-photon emission computed tomography
• SFC — Sideway Force Coefficient
• ISSI — International Space Science Institute (Bern, Switzerland)
• DM — Distance Measured
• MMF — Magneto Motive Force
• HAARP — Hf Active Auroral Research Program (Hf being "high frequency")
• XLS — Xenon Light Source
• LORAN-C — A Radio Navigation System Operated by the U.S. Coast Guard
• IPTS — International Practical Temperature Scale
• FIMS — Fissionable Isotope Mass Standards
• COBR — Continuous Oscillatory Baffle Reactor
• JSLR — Journal of Soviet Laser Research
• YAG — Holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet
• AOM(S) — acousto-optic modulator(s)
• DD — Differential Detection
• SKACR — Superconducting Kinetic-inductance Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer
• ECFA STUDY — Study group Physics and Detectors of a Linear Collider.
• NSOM — Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
• PFID — Perturbed Free Induction Decay
• IC — Initial Condition
• AGW — Acoustic Gravity Wave
• GRAND — gamma ray and neutron detector
• RXS — Resonant X-Ray Scattering
• LIGO — Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
• RESL — Radiological and Environmental Science Laboratory
• ISCC — Inter-Society Color Council
• LI-ION — Lithium-ion rechargeable battery
• FLIR — Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
• P6 — physics
• MPAG — Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry
• FST — Full Scale Tunnel
• LTP — Low Temperature Physics
• HEP — DOE's Division of High Energy Physics, part of HENP.
• OSL — Optical Stimulated Luminescence
• DOELAP — Department Of Energy Laboratory Accreditation Program
• HIPD — High-Intensity Powder Diffractometer
• CPI — Computational Physics Inc
• OBQ — Optimize Beam Quality

• AED — g.l.c.-atomic emission detection
• OCQ — Old Covariant Quantization
• QCL — Quantum Cascade Laser
• BZ — Band Zero
• MU2E — A Fermilab experiment that will search for the conversion of a muon into an electron
• CSTN — Color Super Twist Nematic
• MTF — Modulation transfer function.
• VRS — Vortex Ring State
• ZDR — Zeroth-order Design Report
• MNX — Magnetic Nozzle Experiment
• NACT — Nonlinear Asymptotic Coupling Theory
• DNP — Division of Nuclear Physics
• CGS — Centimeter, Gram, Second
• SCLIR — Secondary Calibration Laboratories for Ionizing Radiation
• EUROMET — A European collaboration in measurement standards
• ALG — Advanced Lithography Group
• LLG — Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation
• PHB — Physics Bulletin
• BSS.2 — Beta-Particle Secondary Standards System
• RMU — Ring Main Unit
• JPHCS — Journal of Physics - Conference Series
• TIRF — Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence
• NAMT — National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed
• FORATOM — FORum ATOMique Européen
• GFAAS — graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry
• MBH — Thousand BTU per Hour
• PACS — Physics and Astronomy Classification Schemex
• TDM — Two Dimensional Material
• WD — Weak Dipole
• RTP — Research Trends in Physics
• IDC — Insulation Displacement Contact (connector)
• PHFL — Physics of Fluids
• WDFF — Weak Dipole Form Factor
• GCFC — Generalized Complementary Flux Condition
• ERCOFTAC — European Research Community on Flow Turbulence and Combustion
• XDB — X-Ray Data Booklet
• NEBM — Nudged Elastic Band Method
• FTMS — Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry
• MSA — Meridian Stress Assessment
• STMP — Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
• MEA — Membrane Electrode Assembly
• CTI — Critical Technologies Institute
• FIRI — Fourth International Radiocarbon Intercomparison
• OPTSP — Optics and Spectroscopy
• OAM — Orbital Angular Momentum
• COPHC — Computer Physics Communications
• SERS — Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering
• UHT — Ultra High Temperature
• UHV-SPM — Ultra High Vacuum Scanning Probe Microscopy
• HEPIC — High Energy Physics Information Center

• JGR — Journal of Geophysical Research
• MAPLE — Multipurpose Applied Physics Lattice Experiment
• PFW — Propagating Floquet Wave
• LOPI — Loss of Piping Integrity
• MONO — MONOphonic
• CHAOS — Canadian High Acceptance Orbit Spectrometer
• HSST — Heavy-Section Steel Technology
• FID — Free Induction Decay (Fourier Transform Spectroscopy)
• OSPL — Output Sound Pressure Level
• DARE — Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
• VLHC — Very Large Hadron Collider
• DCOF — Dynamic Coefficient of Friction
• TLD — Thermo-Luminescent Dosimeter systems
• ADSMP — Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics
• INSAR — Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
• SQW — Single Quantum Well
• UATD — Uniform Asymptotic Theory of Diffraction
• CCG — Calibration Coordination Group
• LLD — Lamp Lumen Depreciation
• AESR — Array-Enhanced Stochastic Resonance
• ZGS — Zero Gradient Synchrotron
• PFD — Photon Flux Density
• DIW — De-Ionzied Water
• REM — Roentgen Equivalent Man (Unit of Dose Equivalent)
• UVB — Ultraviolet B
• MIS — Magnetic Isolation System
• HVLS — High volume low speed
• P-P — Peak-to-Peak (Value)
• DHV — Demonstrate Higher Value
• FF — Fission Fragments
• HEAT — High-Energy Antimatter Telescope
• CASS — Calibration Accuracy Support System
• DEPA — Dynamic Elastic Properties Analyzer
• CFT — Central Fiber Tracker
• JDS — Joint Density of States
• HRE — Heterogeneity Recency Exit
• IPPP — Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology
• BARC — Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
• FDM — fused deposition modeling
• CHJS — Chinese Journal of Semiconductors
• RMP — Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• KP — Knowles and Physics
• ITASS — IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing
• FR — Filtered Radiometer
• ITER — International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
• ASET — Association of Super-advanced Electronics Technologies
• TD-FW — Time Domain Floquet Wave
• BEPC — Beijing Electron Positron Colider
• FBS — Few-Body Systems
• CISR — Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation

• JNLM — Journal of Non Linear Mechanics
• AGP — Annals of Geophysics
• PSL — Physics of Solids and Liquids
• PBG — Photonic Band Gap
• SANS — Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
• RPT — Reference Point Tracking
• SEY — Secondary Electron Yield
• DIA — Dynamic Input Area
• JPLPH — Journal of Plasma Physics
• PLDS — Physics of Low-Dimensional Structures
• WAFAC — Wide-Angle Free-Air Chamber
• AFCP — Atomic Flux Coating Process
• LOCA — Loss of Coolant Accident
• SINH — hyperbolic sine function
• OPTLT — Optics Laser Technology
• CRMMP — Classical Reviews in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• FMI — The Fermilab Main Injector
• SQM — Super Quantum Mechanics
• BAVL — Barium Vapor Laser
• ENAPC — Environmental Analytical and Physical Chemistry Series
• SPE — solid phase extraction column
• SQM — Square Meter
• CTD — Central Tracking Detector
• PB — Primary Beam
• TAGU — Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
• GRS — Gamma Ray Spectrometer
• SASER — Soud Amplification by Stimulated Emmision of Radiation
• QTI — Quantum Theory of Immortality
• CPHY — Communications on Physics
• TDIF — Teac Digital Interface Format
• MTD — Minimum Translation Distance
• IMECE — International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
• MBB — Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
• EJPH — European Journal of Physics
• XRR — X-ray Reflectivity
• BQP — Bounded-error Quantum Polynomial time
• JAES — Journal of Audio Engineering Society
• AVN — Accuracy Vanishing Now
• QOA — Quasi-Optical Amplifier
• CCRI — Comité Consultatif des Rayonnements Ionisants
• CQM — constituent-quark model
• BR — Branching Ratio
• ITS — International Temperature Scale
• BB — Blackbody
• AGS — The Alternating Gradient Synchrotron at Brookhaven
• HDT — Heat Distortion Temperature
• IRIS — Integrated Radiation Information System
• VSV — Vacuum Switching Valve
• CCMP — Computational Condensed Matter Physics
• PV — plasma volume

• PCN — Physics and Contemporary Needs
• CCFP — Collaborative Convective Forecast Product
• TT — Torsion Twist
• HIRDLS — High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder
• APEX — AntiProton Experiment
• EOS TPC — Equation of State Time Projection Chamber experiment
• CHJG — Chinese Journal of Geophysics
• ISS — Input-to-State Stability
• MML — Material Measurement Laboratory
• FFAI — Field-Free Associative Ionization
• DOG — Double Optical Gating
• CCPP — Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics
• EDF — Enhanced Depth of Field
• CDW — Continuum Distorted Wave
• GSI — Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
• QGM — Quantitative Gas Measurement
• EHT — Extra High Tension
• AFPL — Air Force Phillips Laboratory
• NBSR — National Bureau of Standards Reactor
• ADBMP — Advances in Biological and Medical Physics
• WFS — Wave Field Synthesis
• SFCP — Special Foreign Currency Program
• PGP — Physics of Geological Processes
• DOT — Degeneration Over Time
• HWP — Half Wavelength Plate
• MCU — Mobile Calibration Unit
• LCT — Lattice Compatibility Theory
• TL — Temporal Logic
• CONCP — Contemporary Concepts in Physics
• SI — selectivity index
• APM — Absolute Proper Motion
• HFM — Highly Friction Modified
• FANS — Filter Analyzer Neutron Spectrometer
• ACFM — Advanced Coal Flow Measurement
• MOP — Minds on Physics
• LGA — lattice gas automaton
• CRR — Center for Radiological Research
• Q — Quantizer
• IHEP — Institute of High Energy Physics in Beijing, China.
• WBCT — Wavelet Based Contourlet Transform
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Spectroscopy
• OHEP — Office of High Energy Physics
• RSM — Regional Spectral Model
• BGSM — Bowman Gray School of Medicine
• BAS — Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• HPLC — High Pressure Liquid Chromatographic
• ESB — Electrical Substitution Bolometer
• SEMPA — Scanning Electron Microscopy with Polarization Analysis
• LCLS — Linac Coherent Light Source
• QMD — Quantum Molecular Dynamics (for Calcns. On The Dynamics Of A Quantum Particle Coupled To A Classical Many-body System)

• AICP — Aerodynamic Instituteumental Coefficient Package
• HALO — Hypersonic Aircraft Launch Option
• JMAGR — Journal of Magnetic Resonance
• JGEO — Journal of Geodynamics
• DR-SFG — Doubly Resonant Sum Frequency Generation
• PHPL — Physics of Plasmas
• 4THD — Fourth Dimension
• BTFM — Basic Two Fluid Model
• GWR — Guided Wave Radar
• WHC — Washington Hospital Center
• WSQ — Wavelet Scalar Quantization
• CCM — Computational Continuum Mechanics
• CBO — Corrected Born-Oppenheimer (in Calcns. For Mol. Complexes)
• TUT — Time Under Tension
• ECFA — European Committee for Future Accelerators
• TL — Total Length
• CMMPH — Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
• MCQDT — Multi Channel Quantum Defect Theory
• ISI — In-Situ Interferometer
• FFAG — Fixed-Field Alternating Gradient
• JAP — Journal of Applied Physics
• ASL — Ambient Stress Level
• ADPPR — Advances in Plasma Physics Research
• RRDAP — Recent Research Development in Applied Physics
• NIPDE — National Initiative for Product Data Exchange
• NUGEO — Nuclear Geophysics
• IEN — Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale (Italy)
• PBE — Pool Boiling Experiment
• HELP — High Energy Laser Propagation
• BTE — Brake Thermal Efficiency
• RPV — Reactor Pressure Vessel
• TAM — Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• FF — Forward Facing
• NIMP — National Institute of Materials Physics
• NG6M — Neutron Guide No. 6
• IUGG — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• CLR — Center of Lateral Resistance
• BAW — Bulk Acoustic Wave
• QTG — Quantum Theory of Gravity
• BBR — Back Bouncing Rod
• BABAR — B-Bbar (anti-B) detector at SLAC'sB Factory
• ESSPH — Essays in Physics
• EQE — External Quantum Efficiency
• TPM — Transport in Porous Media
• FSBS — Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
• MAFF — Munich Accelerator for Fission Fragments
• NORAMET — A North American regional collaboration in national measurement standards and services
• ISPP — Illinois State Physics Project
• STMAP — Studies in Mathematical Physics
• JILA — formerly Joint Institute Laboratory for Astrophysics

• CTF — CLIC (Compact Linear Collider) Test Facility
• BCS — Bragg Crystal Spectrometer
• GLC — Global Linear Collider
• QGD — Quantum-Geometry Dynamics
• ZPD — Zeta Potential Distribution
• BRAN — Boulder Research and Administrative Network
• EDN — Event Detection and Notification
• INFN-LNF — The National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Italy
• ADVP — Acoustic Doppler Velocity Profiler
• WWVB — Call letters for NIST lf radio station in Colorado
• MPPCF — Million particles per cubic foot
• EGR — Energy Generation Region
• FIR — far-infrared radiation
• MACHO — Massive Compact Halo Object
• CEC — California Energy Commission
• CRCPD — Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
• BIM — Body In Motion
• AGUSM — American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting
• DAMA — Dark Matter
• BSS — Beta Secondary System
• SPIRES — Stanford Public Information Retrieval System
• ACM — Adiabatic Connection Model
• WSTC — Westinghouse Science and Technology Center
• RHIP — Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics
• ICNIRP — International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
• DMF — Dual Mass Flywheel
• FCG — Fatigue Crack Growth
• AXAF-I — Imaging Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• GN — Gaussian Noise
• ENEA — Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, L'Energia E L'Ambiente
• AF — Alternating Field
• PPSL — Proceedings of the Physical Society of London
• PHP — Physics in Perspective
• MSDB — Magnetically Stabilized Fluidized Bed
• ARAC — Arithmetic Robot Application Control
• INS — Ion-Neutralization Spectroscopy
• MLDA — Modified Local Density Approximation
• VLG — Varying Localized Geminal
• EBAS — Electron Bombardment Anneal System
• FZ — Far Zone
• SM — Standard Model
• EOTD — Enhanced Observed Time Difference
• QCT — Quasi-Classical Trajectory
• RTTR — Real Time Thermal Rating
• HIPA — High Intensity Proton Accelerator
• UDD — Neutron, one up quark (u) and two down quarks (d)
• YPP — Young Particle Physicists
• PEMF — Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field
• HERA-B — Fixed-target experiment at DESY, to investigate CP violation in the B meson
• QOG — Quasi-Optical Grill

• PVST — Pressure Vacuum Stability Test
• ICRM — International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology
• ZPV — Zero Pressure Volume
• WERB — Washington Editorial Review Board
• CTS — Convert Texture Sequence
• QVB — Quasiempirical Valence Bond (method)
• OFR — Optics for Research
• TPHY — Techniques of Physics
• JULIE — Joint Utilization of Laser Integrated Experiments
• OPSL — Optically Pumped Semiconductor Laser
• ESS — European Spallation Source
• QCI — Quadratic Configuration Interaction
• TTP — Trends in Theoretical Physics
• IPSN — L'Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
• SAXES — Super Advanced Xray Emission Spectrometer
• FFAH — Filament-Filled Annular Helical
• ARIE — Asynchronous Ratio Of Internal To External
• TID — Total Ionizing Dose
• C&EA — Cause and Effect Analysis
• MPAM — Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics
• PEMI II — Portable Engineering Moire Interferometer, Second generation
• DWNT(S) — double-wall nanotube(s)
• FTAM — Flow Through Alpha Monitor
• CFR — Continuous Flow Recycling
• LEED — Low Energy Electron Diffraction
• ANTARES — Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental Research
• NORA — Non-Overlapping Redundant Array
• LITA — Laser-Induced Thermal Acoustics
• SVPAC — Soviet Physics Acoustics
• PMPO — Peak Momentary Performance Output
• ADI — Advanced Distance Integration
• BD — Below Detection
• REIXS — Resonant Elastic and Inelastic Xray Scattering
• JCCRER — U.S.-Russia Joint Coordinating Committee on Radiation Effects Research
• ART — Adaptive Resonance Theory
• EU — Entropy Unit
• PET — photosynthetic electron transport
• WSPM — Wavelet-based Statistical Parametric Mapping
• SDIU — Scanivalve Digital Interface Unit
• SIG — Signaling Channel
• FBAP — Function Block Application Process
• WWV — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Colorado
• NOMAD — Neutrino Oscillation Magnetic Detector
• NAD — Nihilistic Animation Data
• HIRES — High Resolution Echellle Spectrometer
• CIPT — CNS Institute for Physics Teachers
• CQW — Coupled Quantum Wells
• PHT — Pseudo Hadamard Transformation
• MPDS — Mechanics and Physics of Discrete Systems
• MACH — Modelo Acoplado de Coordinacion Hidrotermica

• HT — High Tension
• QIO — Quantum Infinite-Order
• PER — Physics Education Research
• PSJ — Pivoted Shoe Journal
• RIDIC — Radiation Internal Dose Information Center
• LBRS — Low Background Reference System
• CHORUS — CERN Hybrid Oscillation Research Apparatus
• BTD — Basic Thermodynamics
• ACFF — Alternating Current Field Measurement
• HPL — Hot-electron Photo-Luminescence
• WMAP — Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
• SSELE — Solid State Electronics
• EAF — Electric Arc Furnace
• LDMS — Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry
• EDR — Equivalant Direct Radiation
• EIEO — Energy In, Energy Out
• WEDG — Wire Electro-Discharge Grinding
• FCI — Fast Causal Inference
• CTP — Classical Turning Point
• QFEP — Quantum Free Energy Perturbation (calcn. Method)
• APPHL — Applied Physics Letters
• AIGER — American Industry Government Emissions Research Consortium
• QGD — Gate - Drain Charge
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• PADE — Parallel Applications Development Environment
• NPDF — Nuclear Parton Distribution Function
• CAO — Carlsbad Area Office
• MICE — Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment
• WIPM — Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
• VATF — Vibration and Acoustic Test Facility
• MCC — Mesoscale Compressible Community
• CDMS — Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
• UVL — UltraViolet Lamp
• HELEN — High Energy Laser Embodying Neodymium
• TTY — Torque to Yield
• FCFR — Fusion Component Failure Rate
• PWS — Primary Working Standard
• MDR — Maximum Detectable Rigidity
• PPPL — Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• TUFIR — Tunable Far Infrared (Radiation)
• KTEV — Kaons at the Tevatron
• PL — Physics Laboratory
• DFL — Distributed Feedback Laser
• OMNIS — Observatory For Multiflavor Neutrinos From Supernovae
• TNO — Trans-Neptunian Object
• LHC — The Large Hadron Collider
• LP — Linear Polarization
• WONP — Workshop on Nuclear Physics
• MEST — Matter Energy Space Time
• INMRI-ENEA — Istituto Nazionale di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti - Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie

• BB — Broad-bandwidth
• RHEED — Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction
• SPEAR — The Stanford Positron Electron Accelerating Ring
• WLF — Williams-Landel-Ferry equation
• TRU — Transuranic
• RPPH — Reports of Progress in Physics
• WICM — Waves in Complex Media
• LWGR — Light-Water-cooled, Graphite-moderated Reactor
• BETA NMR — Beta-radiation Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• PE — Plasma Effects
• EBM — Energy by Motion
• NS — Navier-Stokes
• OIML — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• SGL — Sander Geophysics Ltd
• MCNP — Monte Carlo Neutron Photon (computer code)
• LEIR — Low Energy Ion Ring
• QCA — Quasi- Crystalline Approximation
• MPD — Multiphoton Detector
• NCRA — National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
• TWTA — traveling-wave tube amplifier
• LVE — Light Vibrational Energy
• EFS — Enhanced Fujita [EF] scale (weather)
• SGR — Soft Gamma Repeater
• DSEG — Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics
• BCR — Boron Control Rod
• SEBA — Standards Employees Benefit Association
• E — Electric
• ECH — Eddy Current Heating
• GMRI — Gated Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• IWEPNM — International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials
• IBIS — Ion Beam Information System
• MARGR — Marine Geophysical Researches
• FIMS — Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer
• MM — Molecular Mechanics
• NEAR-INFRARED — NIR
• PAMA — Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance
• EP — Electrostatic Potential
• PEAQ — Perceptual Evaluation of Audio Quality
• CPEP — Contemporary Physics Education Project
• ULTIM — Ultrasonic Imaging
• IAG — International Association of Gravity
• NMI — National Measurement Institute
• HR3DCT — High Resolution 3-D Computed Tomography
• EIPP — Eastern Interconnect Phasor Project
• RBUU — Relativistic Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck
• RRV — Record Relocation Vector
• MQDT — Multichannel Quantum Defect Theory
• BP — Before Polarization
• HFD — High Frequency Detection
• ACCI — Atlantic Canada Coral Initiative

• MP — magnetic particle
• HW — Hard Wall
• SOUDAN II — Soudan II underground detector
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Project Agency
• JPTEO — Journal of Physics - Teacher Education Online
• DESY — Deutches Elektronen SYnchrotron laboratory in Hamburg, Germany
• PHENIX — Pioneering High-Energy Nuclear Interaction eXperiment, at Brookhaven.
• ODE — Ordinary Differential Equation
• BEAR — Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation
• NAS — Net Analyte Signal
• CHPH — Chemical Physics
• H — Hotline
• LHCB — Large Hadron Collider beauty Experiment
• IPL — Intense Pulsed Light
• W/F — Wandel/ Fietstochten
• FIOA — Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics
• AFC — Amplitude to Frequency Conversion
• PO2 — Pressure of Oxygen
• CCDS — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Second
• FCF — Fusion Component Failure
• HQM — Hemi-Quantal Mechanics
• FPC — Fullerene Production Chamber
• NOAO — National Optical Astronomy Observatory
• IPHO — International Physics Olympiad
• TOBSY — Total ThroughBond Correlation Spectroscopy
• TPR — Tangential Pond Return
• FZS — Far Zone Scattering
• REB — Relativistic Electron Beam
• APT — Annular Proton Telescope
• LTEC — Lamp Testing Engineers Conference
• ATD — Above-Threshold Dissociation
• CESR — The Cornell Electron Storage Ring
• APS — Advanced Propagation Systems
• RBF — radial basis function network
• PLA — Physics Letters A
• MEXP — Methods of Experimental Physics
• CM — Convenient Measure
• APPMT — Advanced Photon Processing and Measurement Technology
• FTMS — Fluid Transfer Management System
• FC — Footcandle
• VR — Vibrationally resonant
• BEV — Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Vienna, Austria
• BEC — Bose Einstein Condensate
• SIMS — Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
• DU — Durability
• OSP — Of Open Source Physics
• TNA — Thermal Neutron Analysis
• SUBI — Southern Urals Biophysics Institute
• PDML — Photovoltaic Device Measurement Laboratory
• IPAP — Institute of Pure and Applied Physics

• CMMPE — Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics
• GSQM — General Superfield Quantization Method
• DAFNE — Double Annular Factory for Nice Experiments
• ITRP — International Technology Recommendation Panel
• ING — Intense Neutron Generator
• PRC — Pressure Regulator Control
• MKSA — Meter, Kilogram, Second, Ampere
• BBN — Brains And Backbone Network
• PMRS — Proton magnetic resonance Spectroscopy
• CSDA — Continuous-Slowing-Down Approximation
• MINERVA — A neutrino-scattering experiment that uses the NuMI beamline at Fermilab to search for low-energy neutrino interactions
• SBLOCA — Small-Break Loss-Of-Coolant Accident
• CNRF — Cold Neutron Research Facility
• BSSI — British Superultramodern Scientific Institution
• KCDB — Key Comparison and Calibration Database
• FEDEM — Finite Element Dynamics in Elastic Mechanisms
• QP — quasi periodic
• HPP — Hydropower Plant P
• NPHS — Nature Physical Science
• BLP — boron-loaded plastic (scintillator)
• SPARS — Society of Professional Audio Recording Services
• TOP — Time Optimized Process
• MRFM — magnetic resonance force microscopy
• COSMOS — Cosmologically Significant Mass Oscillation Search at Fermilab to detect muon neutrino to tau neutrino oscillations.
• QFT — Quantum Field Theory
• ASCA — Japan-NASA X-ray Satellite
• MOEMS — Micro Optp Electro Mechanical Systems
• ERATO — Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology Office
• QPT — Quantum Phase Transition
• NAS/NRC — National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council
• EEP — Einstein Equivalence Principle
• EPB — Extracted Proton Beam
• X — Horizontal axis in Cartesian coordinate system
• FRAM — Functional Resonance Accident Model
• PAB — Physics Astronomy Building
• MDAP — Momentum Density of Annihilation Pairs
• RFP — Radiation Flux Parameter
• BEEM — Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy
• HI RES FLY'SEYE — High-energy cosmic ray experiment in Dugway, Utah
• QHO — Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
• PHYED — Physics Education
• CCFR — Chicago Columbia Fermilab Rochester
• QT — Quantum Theory
• RVGSP — Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics
• MAG — Modern Approaches in Geophysics
• PAIS — Photo Acoustic Infrared Spectroscopy
• ULV — Ultra Low Volume
• PMB — Physics in Medicine and Biology
• IESNA — Illumination Engineering Society of North America
• DDDI — Density Dependent Delta Interaction

• LRA — Locked Rotor Ampere
• SCCM — standard cubic centimeters per minute
• ARUPS — Angle-Resolved Ultra-violet Photoemission Spectroscopy
• TMP — Thermo Mechanical Pulping
• DOIM — Dense Optical Interface Module
• MCMS — Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures
• CSD — Computational Structural Dynamics
• PAR — Parabolic Aluminum Reflector
• BPC — Boost Pressure Control
• HPL — High Pressure Lanes
• DBC — Delicate Balance Collective
• CEV — Constant Elasticity of Variance
• ICMP — Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
• QED — Quantum Electrodynamics
• LBIR — Low Background Infrared Radiometry
• HRTS — High Resolution Telescope Spectrograph
• CTP — Center for Theoretical Physics
• NPGS — Nanometer Pattern Generation System
• CR — CRystalline solid
• BEDO — Beitr. elektronenmikroskop. Direktabb. Oberfl.
• CEM — Cascade Exciton Model
• CLEAR — Controlled Liquid Electrophoresis Absorption Reflection
• PCM — Phase Change Materials
• BTEV — Proposed dedicated B physics experiment at Fermilab's Tevatron
• QVE — Quasi-Vibrational Energy
• INFN — Italy's Institute Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
• GLM — Generalized Linear Model
• EME — Electromagnetic Effects
• AM1 — First Launch in the morning series of EOS platforms
• PMBC — Process-Model Based Control
• QFED — Quantum Field-Effect Directional coupler
• LEAR — Low Energy Antiproton Ring
• DGT — Discrete Group Transform
• TW — Top of Wall
• H — Hotness
• MTS — Muffin Tin Surface
• NPPSB — Nonequilibrium Problems in the Physical Sciences and Biology
• FIT — Frequency Intensity Time
• RRP — Research Reports in Physics
• QCC — Quadrupole Coupling Constant
• FC — Flow Controller
• HEPL — High Energy Physics Laboratory
• PV — Pressure Vessel
• CIAQ — Committee on Indoor Air Quality
• JINR — The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia.
• ITAMP — International Meeting of Theory of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• PEP-II — The official name for the SLAC B Factory
• GERDA — The GERmanium Detector Array
• BSM — Beam Simulation Method
• FHM — Fast Harmonic Method

• ACP — American Center for Physics
• PLTP — Progress in Low Temperature Physics
• LF — Low Friction
• ROCK — Rigidity Optimized Conformational Kinetics
• AIM — Accurate, Intentional, Measurable
• DEA — Downstream Endcap Array
• CCDM — Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Meter
• FTM — Fluid Transfer Management
• C — Counter
• FSW — Fast Spherical Wavelet
• MACRO — Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory
• GVHD — Graft-Versus Host Disease
• QTN — Quasi-Thermal Noise
• INMM — Institute for Nuclear Materials Management
• REDA — Resonant-Excitation-Double-Autoionization
• EEPROM — Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• HF — High Flange
• FOCUS — FOtoproduction of Charm: Upgraded Spectrometer
• NEOS — Newport Electro-Optic Systems
• DIGM — Diffusion Induced Grain Motion
• ELNES — Energy-loss near-edge structure
• RDQ — Rate Distortion Quantization
• TLS — Two-Level tunneling System
• ACR — Advanced Candu Reactor
• HPSSC — Health Physics Society Student Chapter
• IPVD — Interior Physical Vapor Deposition
• NEWRAD — New Radiometry
• SNAP — SuperNova Acceleration Probe, proposed space telescope
• NIST-F1 — Current NIST Primary Frequency Standard
• FAD — FASCAL Absolute Detector
• OFS — Österreichisches Forschungszentrum
• BZ — Brillouin Zone
• DAFS — Diffraction Anomalous Fine Structure
• LVIS — Low Velocity Intense Source
• HTRA — High Time Resolution Astrophysics
• VTD — Variable Torque Differential
• MND — Mahan-Nozieres-DeDominicis
• ANVIS — Aviator Night Vision Imaging System
• LCRD — Linear Collider Research and Development
• CIRF — Circular Flow
• RSS — Regression Sum of Squares
• ICBM — Iogen Configuration Building Module
• TAD — time-averaged difference
• CMPC — Constrained Multivariable Predictive Control
• RHR — Right Hand Rule
• SFA — Sachs Freeman and Associates
• ROSPEC — Rotating Spectrometer for Neutrons
• SLC — SLAC Linear Electron-Positron Collider
• MGLT — Micro-Gravity Linear acceleration Tolerance

• PS — polystyren
• WFSS — Weak Field Seeking State
• NNP — Non Neutral Plasma
• TESLA — TeV-Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator
• GMTI — Global Magnetization Transfer Imaging
• RFS — Receptive Field Size
• FED — Field-Emitter Display
• DOE — Dynamic Operating Environment
• STLR — Safety Thermal Limit Recorder
• RFZ — Reverse Flow Zone
• WGFF — Working Group for Fluid Flow
• RBE — Relative Biological Efficiency
• MDRF — Materials Dosimetry Reference Facility
• SIAP — System for Improved Acoustic Performance
• IFEL — Inverse Free Electron Laser
• SWBXT — Synchrotron White Beam X-Ray Topography
• EURATOM — European Nuclear Energy Organization
• NPL — Nuclear Plasma Laboratory
• AAA — Advanced Applications of Accelerators
• WIAS — Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics
• IMRT — intensity-modulated radiation therapy
• EDXRF — energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
• BM — Bending Magnet
• FNAL — Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
• SSDL — Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratories
• WFTE — Wigner Function Transport Equation
• NAAL — North American Aerodynamic Laboratory (Wind Tunnel)
• PDI — percent depth ionization
• UV-B — Ultraviolet-Biological
• CFS — Constant-Final-State Spectroscopy
• FMUP — Flawed Modern Ultramodern Physics
• DFS — Displaced Fermi Surface
• IPC — Integrated Proton Current
• ISBR — Inter-SubBand Radiation
• SLM — Single Longitudinal Mode
• CFSE — Crystal Field Stabilization Energy
• QMD — Quantum Metrology Division
• CP — Coulomb potential
• SURF-III — The NIST Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility Electron Storage Ring
• LMAPH — Letters in Mathematical Physics
• ATFT — Affine Toda Field Theory
• MINOS — Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search
• TCAOCC — Two-Center Atomic Orbital Close Coupling
• RT — Reference Time
• SVJPP — Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics
• FFP — Field-Free Point
• ARXPS — Angle Resolved X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
• EPV — Exclusion Principle Violating
• ATWE — Annual Time Weighted Exposure
• BSM — Bell State Measurement

• UXT — Uniaxial Strain Test
• BHS — Bachelet Hamann Schluter pseudopotentials
• ZDC — Zero-Degree Calorimeter
• QELS — Quantum Electronics and Laser Science
• OPTPN — Optics & Photonics News
• BSDM — Biased Site Disordered Model
• PPCPP — Progress in Photochemistry and Photophysics
• EPICS — Experiment Physics and Industrial Control System
• GIBI- — 2 ^ 30
• EMMA — Euclidean Model MAtching
• WCFG — Weighted Control Flow Graph
• FPL — Fluroscent Pulse Light
• AIF — Assumed Internal Force
• DP — Data Point
• CET — Constant Elasticity of Transformation
• DFTS — Dispersive Fourier Transform Spectrometry
• ALCSG — Asian Linear Collider Steering Committee.
• BLJPH — Bulgarian Journal of Physics
• IUPAP — International Union for Pure and Applied Physics.
• RVGES — Reviews of Geophysics Supplement
• LZT — Lead Zirconate Titanate
• MUCOOL — MUon COOLing experiment
• ZETA — Zero Energy Thermonuclear Apparatus
• PPS — Proceedings of the Physical Society
• VUV — Vacuum Ultraviolet
• NJCH — New Journal of Chemistry
• QM — Quark Model
• ATLAS — Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System
• AFFT — Asymptotically Free Field Theories
• EIC — Electron Ion Collider (nuclear physics)
• NESTOR — Neutrino Extended Submarine Telescope with Oceanographic Research
• DACU — Data Acquisition and Control Unit
• MOS — Marine Optical System
• HARPS — High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (spectrography)
• SSPP — Static Strength Prediction Program
• LHM — Liquide Hydraulique Minerale
• BKT — Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless crossover
• HERA — Hadron-Electron Ring Accelerator at DESY
• QNP — Quattro Nuclear Probe
• LHC-B — Large Hadron Collider B Experiment
• SV — Shock and Vibration
• NIKHEF — National Institute for Subatomic Physics
• VNIIOF — All-Union Research Institute for Optical and Physical Measurements
• ESDIAD — Electron-Stimulated Desorption Ion Angular Distributions
• SPD — Solar Physics Division
• ERF — Energy Rejection Filter
• SSPG — Solid State Physics Group
• TERS — Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
• CCM — complementary contact model
• AFP — Accelerated Freefall Progression

• FCC — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker
• SSUV — Shuttle Solar Ultraviolet
• BE — Bose Einstein
• ILL — L'Institut Laue Langevin
• PFU — Proton Flux Unit
• FTMD — Field procedure for determining Test Maximum Density
• APGR — Association for Pushing Gravity Research
• IQI — Image Quality Indicator
• ELCSG — European Linear Collider Steering Group
• QEG — Quantum Einstein Gravity
• TXR — Thermal-infrared Transfer Radiometer
• NUSL — The National Underground Science Laboratory in the Homestake Mine, S.D.
• DEXA — dual energy Xray absorptiometry
• IPT — Inductive Power Transfer
• CMT — Chaos Magic Theory
• PBQ — PhotoBeam Quantum
• MWE — Meters of Water Equivalent
• CREB — Cern Reports Editorial Board
• MIP — Minimum Ionizing Particle
• HIP — Hot Isostatic Process
• AFPS — Analyzing Fluid Power Systems
• TTZ — Teisseyre Tornquist Zone
• PEMI — Portable Engineering Moire Interferometer
• CDC — Controlled Dispersion Characteristic
• ULE — Ultra Light Engineering
• DLT — Dynamic Laser Trimming
• MPSD — Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
• VET — Vibration Energy Transfer
• CAP — Current Applied Physics
• FEA — Field-Emitter Array
• NML — National Measurement Laboratory (Japan)
• ORELA — Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator
• AOI — Areas of Interaction
• E — Efficiency
• CORM — Council for Optical Radiation Measurements
• IETS — Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy
• COLTRIMS — Cold Target Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• EC — electron-capture
• JANNAF — Joint Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force
• ADTMP — Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
• GRASP — General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception
• LASJ — Laser Journal
• MDS — Measurement Data Set
• SMZ — Strong Measure Zero
• CFCP — Copecenter For Cosmological Physics
• RRDCP — Recent Research Development in Chemical Physics
• HSE — Hard Sphere Expansion
• STF — Space-Time-Frequency
• ARGONEUT — The Argon Neutrino Teststand
• PTB — Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig

• NRRS — Near Resonance Rayleigh Scattering
• KSU — King Saud University
• NED — Nuclear Effects Directorate
• OCLI — Optical Cooling Laboratory Incorporated
• POP — Plasma Oscillation Probe
• SDF — Spectral Density Function
• PIPA — Pulsed Integrating Pendulous Accelerometer
• MIS — Mirror Image Stimulation
• CDCU — Correlated Dimension Correlated Uniqueness
• RB — Rigid Body
• LFO — literature-low frequency oscillations
• LENA — Laboratory For Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics (Duke University)
• XRS — X-Ray Spectrometer
• WI — Wavelet Image
• QHF — Quantum Heisenberg Ferromagnet
• ILC-TRC — International Linear Collider-Technical Reviewing Committee
• MET — Medium Energy Telescope
• GDT — Gas Discharge Tube
• HSI — Hot Surface Igniter
• HPI — Hybrid Polarization Interferometry
• CBS — Compton BackScattering
• AERD — Alpha Energy Range Discrimination
• MME — Methanol Maser Emission
• FIM — Functional Imaging Methods
• CHTM — Center for High Technology Materials
• ISOLDE — Isotype On-Line separator at CERN
• GDRIMS — Glow-Discharge Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• TE — Total energy
• PMM — Perpetual Motion Machine
• NGS — National Geological Society
• NCSCANS — National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• PHYW — Physics World
• DTM — Dynamic Thermal Management
• NUS — Nuclear Safety Standard
• NRCC — National Research Council Canada
• MLIA — Molecular Libraries of Imaging Agents
• CFE — Coplaner Fluid Ejector
• AMD — Area Mass Density
• DCP — Dielectronic Core Polarization
• EXAFS — Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure
• P&S — Permanent and Stationary
• LUNA — Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics at Gran Sasso.
• JTURB — Journal of Turbulence
• DRM — Digital Radio Mondial
• RBNP — Reverse Brazil Nut Problem
• BM — Behavioral Model
• PGS — Plane Grating Spectrometer
• CPM — Collision Probability Methods
• SIR — Selective Internal Radiation
• FTIR — Fourier Transform Infra-Red

• TSD — Time Speed Distance
• CF — Cross Flow
• CAD — Charged Area Development
• ROC — Receiver Operator Characteristic Curve
• C — Country
• AG — Anti-Gravity
• USM — Unifying Semantic Model
• SCFL — Self-Consistent Field Lattice
• TRIUMF — Tri-University Meson Facility
• CKM — Charged Kaons at the Main Injector
• GINGA — Japanese X-ray Satellite
• RKE — Rotational Kinetic Energy
• VQN — Vibrational Quantum Number
• LLB — Laboratoire Leon Brillouin
• RAND — Radio Neutrino Detector array
• THERMAL AND EPITHERMAL NEUTRONS — thermal and epithermal neutrons
• VFH — Vector Field Histogram
• DM(S) — Digital material(s)
• UVA — University of Virginia
• DC — Double Capture
• FCCU — Fluidized Catalytic Cracker Unit
• DPS — Disintegrations Per Second
• TLA — Temporal Logic of Actions
• WBGT — Wet-Bulb Globe Thermometer
• LFAM — Line Focus Acoustic Microscopy
• DRIP — Detector Response Intercomparison Program
• VLHC — Very-Large Hadron Collider
• MIRF — Medical and Industrial Radiation Facility
• AXAF-S — Spectroscopy Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility
• LIPS — Lorentz Invariant Phase Space
• QRB — Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics
• ATLAS — A Toroidal LHC Apparatus
• LNV — Lepton-Number Violating
• RXF — Refracted X-ray Fluorescence
• IVR — intramolecular vibrational redistribution
• ASCA — Advanced Spacecraft for Cosmology and Astrophysics
• PIGP — Proceedings of the Institute of General Physics
• CSE — Compton Scattering Enhancement
• XPOP — X is Perpendicular to Orbit Plane
• MMFT — Many Mode Floquet Theory
• TQF — Triple- Quantum- Filtered
• FOE — Force of Energy
• BNC — Boron Nitride Coating
• ALR — Active Lead Ring
• AMS — Accelerator-Mass Spectrometry
• POF — Physics of Fluids
• CXRS — Charge-Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy
• LH — Left Handed
• PHAPP — Physics and its Applications
• AI — Associative Ionization

• EFP — Effective Fringing Property
• ADAM — Absolute Disintegration of Available Mass
• CSI — Contact Surface Imaging
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
• TAI — International Atomic Time
• PSI — Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland, Joint Institute of ETH)
• ALARA — As Long As Radiation Allows
• LANSCE — Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center
• LMP — Letters in Mathematical Physics
• QHB — Quantum Nature of the Hydrogen Bond
• ST&A — Space Technology and Aeronautics
• HECT — High-Energy Computed Tomography
• UFM — Ultrasonic Force Microscopy
• LEPP — Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
• CSTL — Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory
• NAMP — National Analytical Management Program
• CTMC — Classical Trajectory Monte Carlo
• BBIR — Broad Band Infrared
• MD — Magnetic Dipole
• BNM — National Bureau of Metrology, France
• NEC — Nippon Electric Corporation
• ULP — Ultra-short Light Pulse
• HMT — Hybrid Metamorphose Theory
• ASWT — Arbitrary Shape Wavelet Transform
• CDCC — Continuum Discretized Coupled Channels
• FMSS — Fermi Mass Storage System
• KKR — Korringa Kohn Rostoker approximation
• RKB — Restricted Kinetic Balance (method In Calcns. Of Wave Functions And Energies)
• ALB — Anti Lock Brake
• NDSM — Non-Dimensional Schmidt Model
• ECC — Engineered Cementitious Composite
• ISP — INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.
• TSLO — Tracking Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope
• ATW — Accelerator Transmutation Of Waste (for Radioactive Waste)
• VQL — Variable Quantizing Level
• FNR — Ford Nuclear Reactor
• JET — Joint European Torus
• PAPPH — Pure and Applied Physics
• BW — Bottom of Wall
• APPHY — Applied Physics
• LCL — lifting condensation level
• QZP — Quantum Zeno Paradox
• ECPR — Electrically-Calibrated Pyroelectric Radiometer
• AP — Anti-Proton
• EHB — Electronic Handbook
• VQW — Voronoi Quantized Crossover
• HSD — Hadron String Dynamics
• TCV — Tokamak à Configuration Variable
• USAIDR — US Army Institute of Dental Research
• MPE — Multi Photo Electron

• E — Epsilon
• ORT — Oak Ridge Tennessee
• TOTEM — TOTal Elastic and diffractive cross section Measurement
• LBNE — long baseline neutrino experiment
• MES — Minimum Efficient Scale
• SF — Static force
• IPNS — Intense Pulsed Neutron Source
• LNF — Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, near Rome, Italy
• VCSEL — Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser
• RT — Ray Tracing
• MINIMAX/ T-864 — A search for disoriented chiral condensates at Fermilab.
• KN — Kilo Newton
• PM — particulate material
• HRG — High Radius of Gyration
• TPAG — Theory and Practice of Applied Geophysics
• WNM — Warm Neutral Medium
• MR — Magneto Rheological
• LEP — Large Electron-Positron collider
• ICPS — International Conference of Physics Students
• APOP — Automatic Particle Orientation Procedure
• VOC — Volts, Open-Circuit
• EUVL-LLC — EUV Lithography - Limited Liability Corporation
• SVPSS — Soviet Physics Solid State
• ZPF — Zero-Point-Fluctuation
• RTP — Rapid Thermal Processing
• NPSS — Nuclear Power Sources
• SIFC — Stable Isotope Fractionation Calculator
• PIXE — Particle Induced Xray Emission
• HRTEM — high-resolution transition electron microscopy
• TSFU — Two Scale Factor Universality
• KISS — Keep It Simple Solutions
• DBP — Division of Biological Physics
• HEPA — High-Efficiency Particulate Arresting
• DELPHI — Detector with Lepton Photon and Hadron Identification at CERN'sLEP accelerator
• OPAL — Open Physics Abstraction Layer
• SCOF — Static Coefficient of Friction
• PEM — polymer-electrolyte-membrane
• MPS — The Microdrop Particle Search at SLAC
• WWVH — Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Hawaii
• SACR — Space-based Active Cavity Radiometer
• ASA — Aperture Setting Adjustment
• KTG — Kinetic Theory of Gases
• SET — Single-Electron Transistor
• SZB — Single Zone Boundary
• UCLC — University Consortium for Linear Collider Research & Development
• TD — Time Definite
• MOTA — Man Of The Atom
• TEXT — Texas Experimental Tokamak
• QSA — Quantitative Surface Analysis
• GRAIL — Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory

• KLOE — K LOng Experiment
• FTS — Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
• WGCM — Working Group on Coupled Modelling
• SAGENAP — Scientific Assessment Group for Experiments in Non-Accelerator Physics
• INM — Institute National de Metrologie
• DNC — Does Not Change
• DORT — Discrete Ordinates Code
• SAM — Super Accelerator Machine
• LNLS — National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (Brazil)
• RD — relative dispersion
• FBG — Fiber Bragg Grating
• EPT — Exchange Perturbation Theory
• HPPT — HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS AND TECHNICS
• CCF — Carbonaceous Chondrite Fission
• WETT — Water Energy Technology Team
• SPS — Super Proton Synchrotron
• FPL — Frequent Power Loss
• HPD — Holistic Probabilistic Design
• ODEPR — Optical Detected Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• PCAP — Physics and Computing Advisory Panel
• NIST-7 — Former NIST Primary Frequency Standard
• MRPI — Magnetic Resonance Perfusion Imaging
• AMO — Atomic, Molecular and Optical
• RC — Reaction Co-efficient
• DDD — Dynamic Digital Depth
• NUMI — Neutrinos at the Main Injector
• ITEP — Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
• CT — Conductivity Temperature
• ESPD — European Solar Physics Division
• DMP — Division of Material Physics
• MIPP — Main Injector Particle Production
• LWC — Large Water Cherenkov
• PQS — Parallel Quantum Solutions
• UHF — Ultra High Fidelity
• CMPA — Centre for mathematical Plasma Astrophysics
• QGS — Quantitative Gated Spectroscopy
• PINS — Portable Isotopic Neutron Spectroscopy
• LPRI — Laboratoire Primaire des Rayonnements Ionisants, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
• KET — Komitee für ElementarTeilchenphysik
• QHE — Quantum Hall Effect
• RVST — Resonance Vibrating Screening Technology
• BL — Beam Line at SURF-III
• SCET — Soft Collinear Effective Theory
• WBFA — Wavelet Based Fractal Approximation
• FEAT — Fusion Energy Advanced Tokamak
• CARS — coherent antistokes raman scattering
• Z — Depth axis in Cartesian coordinate system
• MRSM — Multiple Response Surface Modeling
• MDRE — Minimum Dynamic Residual Expansion
• SE — Stimulated Emission

• NCNR — NIST Center for Neutron Research
• RINF — Retinoid Inducible Nuclear Factor
• SFF — Scientific Fudge Factor
• RS — Resonance Strength
• VXR — Visible Transfer Radiometer
• OPAL — Omni Purpose Apparatus for LEP, at CERN
• IPP — Institute of Particle Physics
• SRO — Short Range Order
• CCE — Consultative Committee on Electricity
• LJP — Lennard-Jones Potential
• DRIP — Diamagnetically Restored Inverted Pendulum
• OMPI — Ottawa Medical Physics Institute
• DR — Direct Reading
• PEEI — Physics and Evolution of the Earth's Interior
• TEV — Tera (Billion) Electron Volts
• TAPS — Three Arm Photon Spectrometer
• KEK — Koo Energy Ken
• SELEX — SEgmented Large X baryon spectrometer EXperiment
• OMEGA — 24-Beam Laser Facility at Rochester
• ASSI — Airglow Solar Spectrometer Instrument
• NBS-4 — Older Primary Frequency Standard
• CNDD — conspecific negative density dependence
• CDC — Correlated-Double-Capture
• CPPM — Center for Particle Physics of Marseilles
• HDMS — Heidelberg Dark Matter Search
• NPB — Nuclear Physics B
• SND — Spherical Neutral Detector
• PML — Perfect Matched Layer
• SWIP — Society of Women in Physics
• SSPL — Solid State Physics Laboratory
• HTS — High Tear Strength
• AID — Also Includes Drugs
• ITOP — Improving the Teaching of Physics
• APM — Associated Particle Method
• DFL — density functional theory
• RH — Reference Height
• ORM — Office of Radiation Measurement
• BESS — Breaking Electroweak Symmetry Strongly
• PMG — Precision Measurement Grant
• ICS — Incredible Cross-Section
• AIM — Advanced Idea Mechanics
• BCS — Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory of superconductivity
• WFST — Weighted Finite State Transducers
• JCGM — Joint Committee for Guides on Metrology
• MAC — Magnitude Amplification Cavity
• PAR — Partially Absorbed or Reflected
• GLAST — Gammaray Large Area Space Telescope
• QTE — Quantum Transport Equation
• GSL — Generalized Second Law
• NPS — nanoparticle(s)

• HIP — Hot Isostatic Press
• GGCP — Generalized Grand Canonical Potential
• NLDFT — Nonlocal Density Functional Theory
• GPH — Gas Permeable Hollow
• B — Baryon
• NCOGH — Nuclear Coal Oil Gas Hydroelectric
• LPC — LHC Physics Center
• SID — Society for Information Display
• PTR — Proton Transfer Reaction
• RVPP — Reviews of Plasma Physics
• VDG — Van de Graaff
• SIG — Signaling equipment
• BED — Binary-encounter-dipole
• SAGE — Soviet-American Gallium Experiment
• CNT(S) — carbon nanotube(s)
• JPARC — Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex
• IGRA — interferon-gamma release assay
• CTE — Correlated Transfer And Excitation
• SSTR — Solid State Track Recorder
• UHMW — Ultra-High Molecular Weight
• CT — Computed tomographic scan
• WCFF — Worst Case Fractionated Formulation
• AIC — Analytical Instrument Control
• DSM — Differential Stress Model
• CV — Flow Coefficient
• EAPL — Electronic AstroPhysical Journal Letters
• LPA — Long Path Absorption
• APPL — APplied Physics Letters
• MPMS — Magnetic Property Measurement System
• BXR — BMDO Transfer Radiometer
• ZF — Zero Field
• SIRCUS — Spectral Irradiance and Radiance Calibration with Uniform Sources
• TGF — Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash
• PV — Product Volume
• HENP — Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics
• QWI — Quantum Well Intermixing
• PWR — Pressurized-Water Reactor
• RIMS — Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy
• SLAC — The Department of Energy'sStanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto, California
• MAT — Manifold Air Temperature
• JPG — Journal of Physics G
• UHSDS — Ulta High Speed Deluge System
• CDU — Coolant Distribution Units
• UEB — Universal Energetic Balancing
• LGG — Least General Generalization
• SSPM — Solid State Photomultipliers
• VAC — Volts Of Alternating Current
• IMD — Interactive Molecular Dynamics
• SNO — Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
• DBG — Disease Biophysics Group

• NRRT — Normal Reference Range Table
• PUM — Physics Union Mathematics
• CRDS — Cavity-Ring-Down Spectroscopy
• LNS — Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, in southern Italy.
• NRIP — NIST Radiochemistry Intercomparison Program
• QFEX — Quantim Field Theory under the influence of EXternal conditions
• EDT — Equivalent Difference Transmission
• NRG — Neutron Radiated Glodents
• ELL — Equivalent Loudness Level
• TME — Theory Model Elimination
• FISCO — Fieldbus Instrinsic Safety Concept
• MMPDS — Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization
• CAL — Controlled Axial Lifetime
• F — Flux
• ISSP — Institute Of Solid State Physics
• GARD — Graviton Atom Relocation Disruptor
• ILCSG — International Linear Collider Steering Group
• UVC — Ultra-Violet C (250-260nm)
• PARCS — Primary Atomic Reference Clock in Space
• PMG — Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics
• XTE/PCA — X-ray Timing Explorer/Proportional Counter Array
• AQ — Anomalous Quadrupole
• MURMEMWC — 'MURMURING MEMORIAL WATER CLOSET' PRE-DATED BY 1913 MODEL YEAR AND PATENT; aka; Ed Loud Memorial Toilet
• TME — Total Mechanical Energy
• D — Dense
• NSRP — Neutron Science Research Program
• URIA — Undergraduate Research Institute in Astrophysics
• EOM — Electron-Optical Modulator
• ODS — Optimized Deformation System
• ES — Event Set
• AKD — Altered Kinetic Distance
• TPIF — Two-Photon Induced Fluorescence
• ITAP — Isentropic Trajectory Analysis Project
• HFS — High Friction Solid
• DFIR — Diffused Infrared
• MWIR — Medium Wavelength Infrared
• IP — Interaction Point
• LCIF — Laser-Collision-Induced Fluorescence
• SCRAM — Safety Control Rod Activator Mechanism
• RIBM — Resistive-Inertia Ballooning Mode
• TDS — Time-Delay Spectrometry
• HL — Heat Loss
• ACIP — Aerodynamic Coefficient Instituteumentation Package
• IET — Integrated Energy Technique
• CPA — Chirped-Pulse Amplification
• JULIA — Jena University Laboratory of Ion Acceleration
• NMI — National Metrology Institute
• NL — Net Light
• URNC — Ultra- Relativisitic Nuclear Collision
• NSEP — National Standard Examination in Physics

• SIAD — Synergistic Isogenous Activated Decontamination
• CAMP — Computational and Applied Mathematical Physics
• IPVDC — Interior Physical Vapor Deposition Coating
• TCH — Transmission Converter Hydraulic
• OTD — Optical Technology Division
• VQM — Visual Quantum Mechanics
• APIF — Astroparticle Physics International Forum
• EBR — Enormous Black Rhombus
• RFZ — Reflection Free Zone
• LTTR — Long-Term Thermal Resistance
• CEMRC — Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring Research Center
• ROII — Relative Optical Interference Intensity
• POPA — Panel on Public Affairs of American Physical Society
• PF — Particle Flow
• GD — Good Deformation
• SCF — Standard Chromatogram File
• QTM — Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization
• VVT — Variable Volume and Temperature
• NEMS — Nanoelectromechanical Systems
• HAI — Horizontal Advance Increment
• NSTP — Non-Spatial Thinking Process Theory
• MWNT(S) — multi-wall nanotube(s)
• DOC — Distribution Of Chaos
• SC — Scattering Chamber
• MOA — Model of Attraction
• SPY — Secondary Particle Yield
• CAPE — Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics
• FSC — Free Space Coil
• WFSM — Weak Field And Slow Motion
• CASP — Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics