Detailed Notes for Problem-Solving in Modern Physics (JEE Toppers’ Notes)

1. Quantum Mechanics:

• Wave-particle duality:

• [NCERT Physics Class 11, Chapter 12, page 256-257]**

• Schrödinger equation and its applications:

• [NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 12, page 311-312]**

• Quantum states and operators:

• [NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 12, page 312-313]**

• Eigenvalues and eigenvectors:

• [NCERT Physics Class 11, Chapter 11, page 242-243]**

• Uncertainty principle:

• [NCERT Physics Class 11, Chapter 12, page 260-261]**

2. Special Relativity:

• Time dilation:

• [NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 10, page 229-231]**

• Length contraction:

• [NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 10, page 231-232]**

• Mass-energy equivalence:

• [NCERT Physics Class 11, Chapter 6, page 146-148]**

• Lorentz transformations:

• [NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 10, page 233-235]**

• Relativistic mechanics:

• [NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 10, page 235-240]**

3. General Relativity:

• Equivalence principle:

• [NCERT Physics class 11 Chapter 6 page 149-151]**

• Curvature of spacetime:

• [Not specifically covered in NCERT, refer to standard reference books]

• Black holes:

• [NCERT Physics Class 11, Chapter 10, page 207-209]**

• Gravitational waves:

• [NCERT Physics Class 11, Chapter 10, page 207-209]**

• Friedmann equations:

• [Not specifically covered in NCERT, refer to standard reference books]

4. Nuclear Physics:

• Nuclear structure and models:

• [NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 13, page 341-344]**

• Nuclear reactions and decays:

• [NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 13, page 344-349]**

• Fission and fusion:

• [NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 13, page 351-353]**

• Radioactive dating:

• [NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 14, page 365-366]**

• Particle accelerators:

• [NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 13, page 353-354]**

5. Particle Physics:

• Standard Model:

• [NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 14, page 371-372]**

• Fundamental forces and bosons:

• [NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 14, page 372-373]**

• Elementary particles:

• [NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 14, page 374-376]**

• Quark confinement:

• [Not specifically covered in NCERT, refer to standard reference books]

• The Higgs boson:

• [NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 14, page 377-379]**

6. Statistical Mechanics:

• Microstates and macrostates:

• [NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 15, page 382-384]**

• Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics:

• [NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 15, page 384-386]**

• Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution:

• [NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 15, page 386-387]**

• Bose-Einstein distribution:

• [NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 15, page 388-389]**

• Fermi-Dirac distribution:

• [NCERT Physics Class 12, Chapter 15, page 389-391]**

7. Quantum Field Theory:

• Introduction to quantum field theory:

• [Not specifically covered in NCERT, refer to standard reference books]

• Feynman diagrams:

• [Not specifically covered in NCERT, refer to standard reference books]

• Quantum electrodynamics:

• [Not specifically covered in NCERT, refer to standard reference books]

• Applications in particle physics and condensed matter physics:

• [Not specifically covered in NCERT, refer to standard reference books]