Committees and Governance
The Union is governed by its General Assembly, which meets every three years. The Council is its top executive body, supervising the activities of the nineteen specialized International Commissions and the four Affiliated Commissions – it typically meets once or twice per annum. The Union is composed of Members representing identified physics communities. At present 60 Members adhere to IUPAP. The Members are represented by Liaison Committees. Members of the Council and Commissions are elected by the General Assembly, based on nominations received from Liaison Committees and existing Council and Commission members.
The IUPAP specialised Commissions are:
C1. Commission on Finance
C2. Commission on Symbols, Units, Nomenclature, Atomic Masses & Fundamental Constants (SUNAMCO)
C3. Commission on Statistical Physics
C4. Commission on Cosmic Rays
C5. Commission on Low Temperature Physics
C6. Commission on Biological Physics
C8. Commission on Semiconductors
C9. Commission on Magnetism
C10. Commission on the Structure and Dynamics of Condensed Matter
C11. Commission on Particles and Fields
C12. Commission on Nuclear Physics
C13. Commission on Physics for Development
C14. Commission on Physics Education
C15. Commission on Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
C16. Commission on Plasma Physics
C17. Commission on Quantum Electronics
C18. Commission on Mathematical Physics
C19. Commission on Astrophysics
C20. Commission on Computational Physics
The Affiliated Commissions are:
AC.1. International Commission for Optics
AC.2. International Commission on General Relativity and Gravitation
AC.3. International Commission for Acoustics
AC.4. International Commission on Medical Physics
In addition IUPAP has established a number of Working Groups to provide an overview of important areas of international collaboration in physics.
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