Physics Web Resources

arXiv Open Access Articles
arXiv, an open-access e-print service for the sciences, offers more than 100,000 articles in physics. Owned by Cornell University, arXiv is partially funded by the National Science Foundation.

AstroWeb
Maintained by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and others of the AstroWeb Consortium, AstroWeb provides a rich index of links and resources: telescopes and other "observing" resources, data resources, publication resources, organizations, research areas, software resources.

Atomic & Molecular Data for Astronomy
The collection of databases at the website of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics includes the Chanda X-Ray Center atomic database for X-ray plasma spectral modeling, HITRAN molecular spectroscopy database, and others.

Directory of Open-Access Journals
DOAJ is a fast-growing collection of "free, full-text, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals" in a broad range of subjects and languages. See the Institute of Physics New Journal of Physics which has one of the highest impact factors in physics.

EurekAlert!
EurekAlert!, an online news service of AAAS, the science society, provides searchable research and awards news from universities, journals, government agencies, corporations, and other organizations.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Physics Division
Entrée to Berkeley Lab's six physics sections: Electroweak Symmetry Breaking, Dark Matter - Dark Energy, International Linear Collider Physics, Theoretical Physics, Quark and Lepton Flavor Physics, Particle Physics [see PDG Review of Particle Physics below].

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore pursues nuclear energy research as well as research in nanotechnologies and in a broad range of other focused and interdisciplinary areas. Also at the site: the journal Science & Technology.

NIST / Physical Reference Data
National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Physical Reference Data has eight sections: 1. physical constants, 2. atomic spectroscopic data, 3. molecular spectroscopic data, 4. ionization data, 5. X-ray and gamma-ray data, 6. nuclear physics data, 7. condensed matter physics data, 8. other NIST data.

NIST / Physics Laboratory
NIST's Physics Laboratory provides measurements and standards nominally aimed at U.S. industry, but also useful to academic researchers. The Physics Laboratory's six units:

• Electron & Optical Physics
• Atomic Physics
• Optical Technology
• Ionizing Radiation
• Time & Frequency
• Quantum Physics

PDG Review of Particle Physics
Particle Data Group (PDG), an international collaboration, reviews particle physics and related areas of astrophysics. PDG also compiles and analyzes data. The site includes tables, conservation laws, educational sites and tools, and reviews.

PhysicsWeb
Includes physics news, jobs, products, symposia and other events, plus selected articles from the site's proprietary online PhysicsWorld and other sources.

PhysLink.com
PhysLink.com includes physics and astronomy resources for education, research, and reference. Aimed more at undergraduates and physics newcomers, the site includes news from national laboratories, NASA, NIST; tables of physical constants; HEP databases; links to professional societies and institutes; and educational resources.

SPIRES [Stanford Linear Accelerator]
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) maintains this database of particle physics journal articles at "the first website in North America." The site also offers news, citation statistics, and other resources.

WebStars
These well-organized resource links from NASA's High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) include information on astronomy, astrobiology, astronomical images, space programs, organizations, and educational resources.

WWW Virtual Library: Physics
The WWW Virtual Library includes the following subject areas in its Physics component: space physics, biophysics, beam physics, nuclear physics, laser physics, acoustics and signal processing, and plasmas. Links lead to resources in research, glossaries, FAQs, conferences, etc.

Image Credits, left to right: NASA, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute