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March 2008

Guidelines for Section Selection for Physical Review Letters

The subject-matter sections of Physical Review Letters are listed below, along with corresponding PACS categories. (Generally the principal PACS number of a paper should correspond to its section, although occasionally the editors will depart from this correspondence when the physics subfield interest warrants it.)

L0 General Physics
01, 02 (except 02.50.Le; see L8), 03, 05 (except 05.45, 05.65; see L4, L8), 06, 07, 12.20
LG Gravitation and Astrophysics
04, 26, 95, 96, 97, 98
L1 Elementary Particles and Fields
11, 12 (except 12.20, 12.38.Mh; see L0, L2), 13 (except 13.75; see L2), 14
L2 Nuclear Physics
12.38.Mh, 13.75, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28 (except 28.52; see L5), 29 (except 29.20, 29.25, 29.27; see L5), 36.10.Gv
L3 Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
31, 32, 33, 34, 36 (except 36.10.Gv, 36.20; see L2, L8), 37, 42.50
L4 Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.
05.45, 41.20, 42 (except 42.50, 42.66, 42.70.Df; see L3, L8), 43 (except 43.64, 43.70, 43.71, 43.80; see L8), 44, 45 (except 45.70; see L8), 46, 47 (except 47.57, 47.63, 47.65.Md; see L5, L8), 51, 78.60.Mq
L5 Plasma and Beam Physics
28.52, 29.17, 29.20, 29.25, 29.27, 41 (except 41.20; see L4), 47.65.Md, 52, 84.40.Fe, 84.40.Ik, 84.47, 94
L6 Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.
61 (except 61.20, 61.25, 61.30, 61.41, 61.82.Pv; see L8), 62 (except 62.10, 62.60; see L8), 63, 64 (except 64.70.M-; see L8), 65, 66, 67, 68 (except 68.15, 68.18; see L8), 81 (except 81.05.Lg, 81.05.Qk, 81.05.Rm, 81.05.Tp, 81.05.Uw; see L7, L8), 82.45, 82.60.Nh, 82.65, 83.10, 83.50, 83.80.Ab, 83.80.Gv, 83.85
L7 Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.
71, 72, 73 (except 73.61.Ph; see L8), 74, 75, 76, 77 (except 77.84.Nh; see L8), 78 (except 78.30.Jw, 78.40.Me, 78.60.Mq, 78.60.Ps; see L4, L8), 79, 81.05.Tp, 81.05.Uw, 82.56 (except 82.56.Pp; see L8), 84 (except 84.35, 84.40.Fe, 84.40.Ik, 84.47; see L5, L8), 85
L8 Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics
02.50.Le, 05.65, 36.20, 42.66, 42.70.Df, 43.64, 43.70, 43.71, 43.80, 45.70, 47.57, 47.63, 61.20, 61.25, 61.30, 61.41, 61.82.Pv, 62.10, 62.60, 64.70.M-, 68.15, 68.18, 73.61.Ph, 77.84.Nh, 78.30.Jw, 78.40.Me, 78.60.Ps, 81.05.Lg, 81.05.Qk, 81.05.Rm, 82 [except 82.45, 82.56 (but 82.56.Pp), 82.60.Nh, 82.65; see L6, L7], 83 (except 83.10, 83.50, 83.80.Ab, 83.80.Gv, 83.85; see L6), 84.35, 87, 89, 91, 92, 93