| Acronym | Meaning |
| GEF | Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor |
| AVDP | Analytic Velocity-dependent Potential (for Electron Scattering) |
| IMAGE | International Monitor For Auroral Geomagnetic Effects |
| BO | Born Oppenheimer |
| MIBK | Methyl Isobutyl Ketone |
| SR-CCD | Single Reference-CCD |
| IRLG | Interagency Regulatory Liaison Group |
| ADAS | Angular-dependent Auger Spectroscopy |
| CTOF | Charge Time-of-Flight Spectrometer |
| DIBS | Dual Ion Beam Sputtering |