Division 02 Physical Sciences
This division covers the physical sciences. It includes biological physics (other than human biophysics), medical physics and synchrotron and accelerator technologies. This division has seven groups:
GROUP 0201 ASTRONOMICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES
This group covers astronomical sciences, including cosmology and space sciences. This group has eleven fields:
- 020101 Astrobiology
- 020102 Astronomical and Space Instrumentation
- 020103 Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy
- 020104 Galactic Astronomy
- 020105 General Relativity and Gravitational Waves
- 020106 High Energy Astrophysics; Cosmic Rays
- 020107 Mesospheric, Ionospheric and Magnetospheric Physics
- 020108 Planetary Science (excl. Extraterrestrial Geology)
- 020109 Space and Solar Physics
- 020110 Stellar Astronomy and Planetary Systems
- 020199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
GROUP 0202 ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, NUCLEAR, PARTICLE AND PLASMA PHYSICS
This group covers atomic, molecular, nuclear, particle and plasma physics. This group has five fields:
- 020201 Atomic and Molecular Physics
- 020202 Nuclear Physics
- 020203 Particle Physics
- 020204 Plasma Physics; Fusion Plasmas; Electrical Discharges
- 020299 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics not elsewhere classified
GROUP 0203 CLASSICAL PHYSICS
This group covers classical physics. This group has five fields:
- 020301 Acoustics and Acoustical Devices; Waves
- 020302 Electrostatics and Electrodynamics
- 020303 Fluid Physics
- 020304 Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
- 020399 Classical Physics not elsewhere classified
GROUP 0204 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
This group covers condensed matter physics. This group has seven fields:
- 020401 Condensed Matter Characterisation Technique Development
- 020402 Condensed Matter Imaging
- 020403 Condensed Matter Modelling and Density Functional Theory
- 020404 Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Condensed Matter; Superconductivity
- 020405 Soft Condensed Matter
- 020406 Surfaces and Structural Properties of Condensed Matter
- 020499 Condensed Matter Physics not elsewhere classified
GROUP 0205 OPTICAL PHYSICS
This group covers optical physics. This group has five fields:
- 020501 Classical and Physical Optics
- 020502 Lasers and Quantum Electronics
- 020503 Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy
- 020504 Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications
- 020599 Optical Physics not elsewhere classified
GROUP 0206 QUANTUM PHYSICS
This group covers quantum physics, including quantum information and computation, quantum optics and atom optics. This group has five fields:
- 020601 Degenerate Quantum Gases and Atom Optics
- 020602 Field Theory and String Theory
- 020603 Quantum Information, Computation and Communication
- 020604 Quantum Optics
- 020699 Quantum Physics not elsewhere classified
GROUP 0299 OTHER PHYSICAL SCIENCES
This group covers any physical sciences that are not elsewhere classified. It includes:
- biological physics (other than human biophysics);
- complex physical systems;
- medical physics;
- synchrotron and accelerator technologies; and
- instruments and techniques used in physics research.
This group has five fields:
- 029901 Biological Physics
- 029902 Complex Physical Systems
- 029903 Medical Physics
- 029904 Synchrotrons; Accelerators; Instruments and Techniques
- 029999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
