The different disciplines of physics are listed below. The list will be updated with new additions and definitions as appropriate.
- Acoustics - the study of sound & sound waves
- Astronomy - the study of space
- Astrophysics - the study of the physical properties of objects in space
- Atomic Physics - the study of atoms, specifically the electron properties of the atom
- Biophysics - the study of physics in living systems
- Chaos - the study of systems with strong sensitivity to initial conditions, so a slight change at the beginning quickly become major changes in the system
- Chemical Physics - the study of physics in chemical systems
- Computational Physics - the application of numerical methods to solve physical problems for which a quantitative theory already exists
- Cosmology - the study of the universe as a whole, including its origins and evolution
- Cryophysics / Cryogenics / Low Temperature Physics - the study of physical properties in low temperature situations, far below the freezing point of water
- Crystallography - the study of crystals and crystalline structures
- Electromagnetism - the study of electrical and magnetic fields, which are two aspects of the same phenomenon
- Electronics - the study of the flow of electrons, generally in a circuit
- Fluid Dynamics / Fluid Mechanics - the study of the physical properties of "fluids," specifically defined in this case to be liquids and gases
- Geophysics - the study of the physical properties of the Earth
- High Energy Physics - the study of physics in extremely high energy systems, generally within particle physics
- High Pressure Physics - the study of physics in extremely high pressure systems, generally related to fluid dynamics
- Laser Physics - the study of the physical properties of lasers
- Mathematical Physics - applying mathematically rigorous methods to solving problems within physics
- Mechanics - the study of the motion of bodies in a frame of reference
- Meteorology / Weather Physics - the physics of the weather
- Molecular Physics - the study of physical properties of molecules
- Nanotechnology - the science of building circuits and machines from single molecules and atoms
- Nuclear Physics - the study of the physical properties of the atomic nucleus
- Optics / Light Physics - the study of the physical properties of light
- Particle Physics - the study of fundamental particles and the forces of their interaction
- Plasma Physics - the study of matter in the plasma phase
- Quantum Electrodynamics - the study of how electrons and photons interact at the quantum mechanical level
- Quantum Mechanics / Quantum Physics - the study of science where the smallest discrete values, or quanta, of matter and energy become relevant
- Quantum Optics - the application of quantum physics to light
- Quantum Field Theory - the application of quantum physics to fields, including the fundamental forces of the universe
- Quantum Gravity - the application of quantum physics to gravity and unification of gravity with the other fundamental particle interactions
- Relativity - the study of systems displaying the properties of Einstein's theory of relativity, which generally involves moving at speeds very close to the speed of light
- Statistical Mechanics - the study of large systems by statistically expanding the knowledge of smaller systems
- String Theory / Superstring Theory - the study of the theory that all fundamental particles are vibrations of one-dimensional strings of energy, in a higher-dimensional universe
- Thermodynamics - the physics of heat
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