Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

• 7 - Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Sciences
• 71 - Physics, Chemistry, Geology and Related Sciences
• 40. - Physical Sciences
• 40.08 - Physics

40.0808 - Solid State and Low-temperature Physics

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of solids and related states of matter at low energy levels, including liquids and dense gases. These programs include courses in statistical mechanics, quantum theory of solids, many-body theory, low temperature phenomena, electron theory of metals, band theory, crystalline structures, magnetism and superconductivity, equilibria and dynamics of liquids, film and surface phenomena, quantitative modelling, and research equipment operation and maintenance.

• Example Program Names:

  • Condensed-matter physics
  • Low-temperature physics
  • Solid state physics
  • Supra-conductivity physics

• Exclusion

  • Atmospheric physics(40.0403)