Individual #quantum_physics the branch of physics based on quantum theory
>part of: #physics__physic__physical_science__natural_philosophy__naturalphilosophy the science of matter and energy and their interactions
>part: #quantum_mechanics__quantummechanic the branch of quantum physics that accounts for matter at the atomic level; an extension of statistical mechanics based on quantum theory (especially the Pauli exclusion principle)
>part: #wave_mechanics the modern form of quantum theory; an extension of of quantum mechanics based on Schrodinger's equation; atomic events are explained as interactions between particle waves
>part: #quantum_field_theory__quantumfieldtheory the branch of quantum physics that is concerned with the theory of fields; it was motivated by the question of how an atom radiates light as its electrons jump from excited states
>part: #quantum_electrodynamics__quantumelectrodynamic__QED a relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons
>part: #quantum_chromodynamics__QCD a theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus); it assumes that strongly interacting particles (hadrons) are made of quarks and that gluons bind the quarks together
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