| Acronym | Meaning |
| IGPP | Institute Of Geophysics And Planetary Physics |
| XAES | X-ray Excited Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| PF | Pulverized Fuel |
| POCV | Pair Orthogonality Constrained Variation Method |
| CFSO | Crystal Field Surface Orbital |
| GHF | Generalized Hellmann-Feynman (theorem) |
| TTS | T Tauri Star |
| ISRE | Interferon-stimulated Response Element |
| VLTI | Very Large Telescope Interferometer |
| FAEC | Factor Analysis With Equilibrium Constraints |