Microphysics

The term microphysics refers to areas of physics that study phenomena that take place on the microscopic scale (length scales smaller than 1 mm), such as:

  • Atomic physics
  • Cloud physics
  • Mesoscopic physics
  • Molecular physics
  • Nanotechnology
  • Nuclear physics
  • Particle physics
  • Plasma physics
  • Quantum mechanics
  • String theory

See also

  • Macrocosm and microcosm
  • Timeline of microphysics
Branches of physics
Divisions
  • Theoretical
  • Computational
  • Experimental
  • Applied
Classical
  • Classical mechanics
  • Acoustics
  • Classical electromagnetism
  • Optics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Statistical mechanics
Modern
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Special relativity
  • General relativity
  • Particle physics
  • Nuclear physics
  • Quantum chromodynamics
  • Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
  • Condensed matter physics
  • Cosmology
  • Astrophysics
Interdisciplinary
  • Atmospheric physics
  • Biophysics
  • Chemical physics
  • Engineering physics
  • Geophysics
  • Materials science
  • Mathematical physics
See also
  • History of physics
  • Nobel Prize in Physics
  • Timeline of physics discoveries
  • Theory of everything
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