Quantum Mechanics
Physics of particles at atomic scale
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🌌 Physics: Advanced & Modern
More advanced topics include quantum physics, relativity, and cosmology. For those who want to dig deeper.
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Wave-Particle Duality
Matter behaves as both wave and particle
Uncertainty Principle
Impossible to know position and momentum precisely
Special Relativity
Physics of objects moving near light speed
General Relativity
Gravity described as curved spacetime
Spacetime
Unified fabric of space and time
Photon
Particle representing a quantum of light
Electron
Negatively charged subatomic particle
Nucleus (Atom)
Dense center of an atom with protons/neutrons
Quark
Fundamental particle making up protons and neutrons
Black Hole
Region where gravity prevents anything escaping
Event Horizon
Boundary beyond which nothing escapes a black hole
Redshift
Light stretching as source moves away
Big Bang Theory
Theory of the universe's rapid initial expansion
Dark Matter
Invisible matter inferred from gravitational effects
Superposition
Particle existing in multiple states simultaneously
Entanglement
Particles linked regardless of distance between them