Notes from Toppers
Detailed Notes for Problem-Solving in Modern Physics (JEE Toppers’ Notes)
1. Quantum Mechanics:
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Wave-particle duality:
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[NCERT Physics Class 11, Chapter 12, page 256-257]**
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Schrödinger equation and its applications:
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[NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 12, page 311-312]**
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Quantum states and operators:
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[NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 12, page 312-313]**
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Eigenvalues and eigenvectors:
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[NCERT Physics Class 11, Chapter 11, page 242-243]**
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Uncertainty principle:
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[NCERT Physics Class 11, Chapter 12, page 260-261]**
2. Special Relativity:
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Time dilation:
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[NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 10, page 229-231]**
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Length contraction:
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[NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 10, page 231-232]**
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Mass-energy equivalence:
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[NCERT Physics Class 11, Chapter 6, page 146-148]**
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Lorentz transformations:
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[NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 10, page 233-235]**
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Relativistic mechanics:
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[NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 10, page 235-240]**
3. General Relativity:
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Equivalence principle:
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[NCERT Physics class 11 Chapter 6 page 149-151]**
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Curvature of spacetime:
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[Not specifically covered in NCERT, refer to standard reference books]
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Black holes:
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[NCERT Physics Class 11, Chapter 10, page 207-209]**
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Gravitational waves:
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[NCERT Physics Class 11, Chapter 10, page 207-209]**
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Friedmann equations:
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[Not specifically covered in NCERT, refer to standard reference books]
4. Nuclear Physics:
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Nuclear structure and models:
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[NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 13, page 341-344]**
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Nuclear reactions and decays:
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[NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 13, page 344-349]**
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Fission and fusion:
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[NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 13, page 351-353]**
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Radioactive dating:
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[NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 14, page 365-366]**
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Particle accelerators:
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[NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 13, page 353-354]**
5. Particle Physics:
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Standard Model:
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[NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 14, page 371-372]**
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Fundamental forces and bosons:
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[NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 14, page 372-373]**
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Elementary particles:
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[NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 14, page 374-376]**
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Quark confinement:
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[Not specifically covered in NCERT, refer to standard reference books]
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The Higgs boson:
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[NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 14, page 377-379]**
6. Statistical Mechanics:
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Microstates and macrostates:
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[NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 15, page 382-384]**
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Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics:
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[NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 15, page 384-386]**
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Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution:
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[NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 15, page 386-387]**
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Bose-Einstein distribution:
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[NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 15, page 388-389]**
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Fermi-Dirac distribution:
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[NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 15, page 389-391]**
7. Quantum Field Theory:
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Introduction to quantum field theory:
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[Not specifically covered in NCERT, refer to standard reference books]
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Feynman diagrams:
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[Not specifically covered in NCERT, refer to standard reference books]
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Quantum electrodynamics:
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[Not specifically covered in NCERT, refer to standard reference books]
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Applications in particle physics and condensed matter physics:
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[Not specifically covered in NCERT, refer to standard reference books]