Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme 2003

52. Physics of plasmas and electric discharges (for astrophysical plasmas, see 95.30.Qd; for physics of the ionosphere and magnetosphere, see 94.20.-y and 94.30.-d respectively) ( 4 Dok.)

• 52.20.-j Elementary processes in plasmas ( 0 Dok. )

• 52.25.-b Plasma properties (for chemical reactions in plasma, see 82.33.Xj) ( 0 Dok. )

• 52.27.-h Basic studies of specific kinds of plasmas ( 0 Dok. )

• 52.30.-q Plasma dynamics and flow ( 4 Dok. )

• 52.35.-g Waves, oscillations, and instabilities in plasmas and intense beams ( 0 Dok. )

• 52.38.-r Laser-plasma interactions (for plasma production and heating by laser beams, see 52.50.Jm) ( 0 Dok. )

• 52.40.-w Plasma interactions (nonlaser) ( 0 Dok. )

• 52.50.-b Plasma production and heating (for Electric discharges, see 52.80.-s) ( 0 Dok. )

• 52.55.-s Magnetic confinement and equilibrium (see also 28.52.-s Fusion reactors) ( 0 Dok. )

• 52.57.-z Laser inertial confinement ( 0 Dok. )

• 52.58.-c Other confinement methods ( 0 Dok. )

• 52.59.-f Intense particle beams and radiation sources (see also 29.25.-t and 29.27.-a in instrumentation for particle and nuclear physics) ( 0 Dok. )

• 52.65.-y Plasma simulation ( 0 Dok. )

• 52.70.-m Plasma diagnostic techniques and instrumentation ( 0 Dok. )

• 52.72.+v Laboratory studies of space- and astrophysical-plasma processes (see also 95.30.Qd in fundamental aspects of astrophysics and 94.20.-y and 94.30.-d in aeronomy and magnetospheric physics) ( 0 Dok. )

• 52.75.-d Plasma devices (for ion sources, see 29.25.Lg, Ni; for plasma sources, see 52.50.Dg) ( 0 Dok. )

• 52.77.-j Plasma applications ( 0 Dok. )

• 52.80.-s Electric discharges (see also 51.50.+v Electrical properties of gases; for plasma reactions including flowing afterglow and electric discharges, see 82.33.Xj in physical chemistry and chemical physics) 52.80.Dy Low-field and Townsend discharges ( 0 Dok. )

• 52.90.+z Other topics in physics of plasmas and electric discharges (restricted to new topics in section 52) ( 0 Dok. )