Abbreviations: References
Book: For books, only the 2-digit publication year nn is given; The full four-digit year is written if it is earlier than 1900. If the level of the book is specified, I = general readership; II = undergrad level; III = grad-research level.
Article in
a collection:		 in(nn), where nn is the publication year of the conference proceedings or other collection of articles.
Journal paper: XXX(nn), where XXX is an abbreviation for the journal name, and nn the publication year (four digits only if it is earlier than 1900).

arXiv paper:

from Mach 2007, the format is just aYYMM.		 xx/nn, where xx is an abbreviation for the arXiv name, for example
     ap = astro-ph,   cd = chao-dyn,   cm = cond-mat,   gq = gr-qc,
     hl = hep-lat,   hp = hep-ph,   ht = hep-th,   he or hx = hep-ex,
     mp = math-phy,   nl = nlin,   phy = physics,   qp = quant-ph;
and nn the year the paper appeared.
When published, XXX(nn)xx/mm or in(nn)xx/mm (mm omitted if = nn)
Other
abbreviations:		 ...-in = paper written for a collection, e.g., proceedings;
...-ln = paper from lecture notes;
...-MS = master's thesis;
...-PhD = PhD dissertation;
...-rp = report;
...-wd = withdrawn paper.

Abbreviations: Common Words and Expressions
(most of these abbreviations are being phased out and expanded out)
1-letter abbreviations for physical quantities:
B magnetic field p momentum, proton
E electric field, or energy t time
L angular momentum T temperature
m mass    
       
2-letter abbreviations:
af asymptotically flat nA non-Abelian
bc boundary condition nc non-commutative
bh black hole nr non-relativistic
cc cosmological constant ns neutron star
cr commutation relation op operator
CS Chern-Simons (function/theory) pi path integral
cy century PN Post-Newtonian
de dark energy, or differential equation ps phase space
dg differential geometry pt point, phase transition
dm dark matter, or differentiable manifold qc quantum cosmology
dS de Sitter space qg quantum gravity
Ee Einstein's equation qm quantum mechanics
em electromagnetism Rc Regge calculus
ep equivalence principle RN Reissner-Nordström spacetime
ev expectation value sd self-dual
fb fiber bundle Se Schrödinger equation
fe field equation sl spacelike
ft field theory sm statistical mechanics
gc globular cluster sn supernova
gr general relativity sr special relativity
gt gauge theory st spacetime
HJ Hamilton-Jacobi th theory
hs hypersurface tl timelike
id identity up uncertainty principle
ir infrared vf vector field
KG Klein-Gordon (equation/theory) wd white dwarf
KK Kaluza-Klein (theory) wf wave function
KN Kerr-Newman spacetime wh wormhole
KS Kantowski-Sachs spacetime wo without
Kv Killing vector YM Yang-Mills (fields/theory)
Le Lyapunov exponent    
       
3-letter abbreviations:
AdS Anti-de Sitter space ito in terms of
aot as opposed to Lag Lagrangian
can canonical lin linear
cst conformal field theory Lor Lorentzian
cst curved spacetime lqg loop quantum gravity
ctc closed timelike curve man manifold
cyl cylinder, cylindrical pfb principal fiber bundle
dim dimension rad radiation
dof degree of freedom rep representation
eom equation of motion rev review
eos equation of state str structure
gup generalized uncertainty principle tft topological field theory
Ham Hamiltonian vev vacuum expectation value
hor horizon wrt with respect to
       
4-letter abbreviations:
bdry boundary pert perturbation
bkgd background Schw Schwarzschild spacetime
cosm cosmology sing singularity
Mink Minkowski space susy supersymmetry
nbhd neighborhood wlog without loss of generality
       

Abbreviations: Symbols
 * Indicates a generic comment.
 $ Indicates a definition.
@ Indicates references.
& Indicates people who have worked on a subject, but with no specific reference.
 > Indicates links to other pages.

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Send feedback and suggestions to bombelli at olemiss.edu – Modified 5 jul 2008