Physics Comprehensive Mindmap - Complete Visual Learning Guide

📋 Introduction

This comprehensive physics mindmap provides a visual overview of all major physics concepts, formulas, and problem-solving techniques essential for JEE Advanced preparation. It’s designed to help you quickly recall and connect different physics topics during revision.

🎯 Physics Mindmap Structure

Main Branches:

Physics Complete Framework
├── Classical Mechanics
├── Thermodynamics & Statistical Physics
├── Electromagnetism
├── Optics & Wave Optics
├── Modern Physics
└── Experimental Physics

⚛️ Classical Mechanics

Mechanics Overview:

Classical Mechanics
├── Kinematics
│   ├── Motion in Straight Line
│   ├── Position, Velocity, Acceleration
│   ├── Equations of Motion
│   ├── Relative Motion
│   └── Graphical Analysis
├── Newton's Laws of Motion
│   ├── First Law (Inertia)
│   ├── Second Law (F = ma)
│   ├── Third Law (Action-Reaction)
│   ├── Free Body Diagrams
│   ├── Friction and Contact Forces
│   └── Circular Motion
├── Work, Energy and Power
│   ├── Work Done by Constant/Variable Force
│   ├── Kinetic Energy
│   ├── Potential Energy
│   ├── Work-Energy Theorem
│   ├── Power
│   └── Conservation of Energy
├── Rotational Motion
│   ├── Angular Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration
│   ├── Moment of Inertia
│   ├── Torque and Angular Momentum
│   ├── Angular Momentum Conservation
│   ├── Rotational Dynamics
│   └── Rolling Motion
├── Gravitation
│   ├── Universal Law of Gravitation
│   ├── Gravitational Field and Potential
│   ├── Orbital Motion of Satellites
│   ├── Escape Velocity
│   ├── Kepler's Laws
│   └── Satellite Communication
└── Properties of Matter
    ├── Elasticity
    ├── Plasticity
    ├── Stress and Strain
    ├── Hooke's Law
    ├── Young's Modulus
    ├── Bulk Modulus
    └── Modulus of Rigidity

Mechanics Key Formulas:

Essential Mechanics Formulas:
- v = u + at (Kinematics)
- s = ut + ½at² (Kinematics)
- v² = u² + 2as (Kinematics)
- F = ma (Newton's Second Law)
- W = F·d·cosθ (Work)
- KE = ½mv² (Kinetic Energy)
- PE = mgh (Gravitational Potential)
- τ = Iα (Rotational Dynamics)
- L = Iω (Angular Momentum)
- F = G(m₁m₂/r²) (Gravitation)
- vₑ = √(GM/r) (Orbital Velocity)

🔥 Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics Overview:

Thermodynamics
├── Thermodynamic Systems
│   ├── State Variables
│   ├── Equations of State
│   ├── Ideal Gas Law
│   ├── Van der Waals Equation
│   └── Process Variables
├── Laws of Thermodynamics
│   ├── Zeroth Law (Thermal Equilibrium)
│   ├── First Law (Energy Conservation)
│   ├── Second Law (Entropy)
│   └── Third Law (Absolute Zero)
├── Thermodynamic Processes
│   ├── Isothermal Process
│   ├── Isobaric Process
│   ├── Isochoric Process
│   ├── Adiabatic Process
│   └── Polytropic Process
├── Heat Transfer
│   ├── Conduction
│   ├── Convection
│   ├── Radiation
│   └── Stefan-Boltzmann Law
├── Kinetic Theory of Gases
│   ├── Assumptions of Kinetic Theory
│   ├── Pressure of an Ideal Gas
│   ├── Temperature and Kinetic Energy
│   ├── Degrees of Freedom
│   └── Specific Heat Capacities
└── Calorimetry
    ├── Heat Capacity
    ├── Specific Heat
    ├── Calorimeter
    ├── Principle of Calorimetry
    └── Bomb Calorimeter

Thermodynamics Key Formulas:

Essential Thermodynamics Formulas:
- PV = nRT (Ideal Gas Equation)
- W = ∫PdV (Work Done)
- ΔU = Q - W (First Law)
- ΔS = ∫(dQ_rev/T) (Second Law)
- Q = mcΔT (Heat Capacity)
- K = κCᵥ (Ratio of Heat Capacities)
- W = nR(T₂-T₁)ln(V₂/V₁) (Isothermal Work)
- PVᵞ = constant (Adiabatic Process)
- P = εσT⁴ (Stefan-Boltzmann Law)

⚡ Electromagnetism

Electromagnetism Overview:

Electromagnetism
├── Electrostatics
│   ├── Electric Charges and Fields
│   │   ├── Coulomb's Law
│   │   ├── Electric Field
│   │   ├── Electric Field Lines
│   │   ├── Electric Dipole
│   │   └── Electric Flux
│   ├── Gauss's Law
│   │   ├── Electric Flux Through Gaussian Surface
│   │   ├── Applications of Gauss's Law
│   │   ├── Electric Field Due to Various Charge Distributions
│   │   └── Electric Field Calculations
│   ├── Electric Potential
│   │   ├── Potential Difference
│   │   ├── Potential Due to Point Charge
│   │   ├── Potential Due to Dipole
│   │   ├── Equipotential Surfaces
│   │   └── Potential Energy
│   └── Capacitors and Dielectrics
│       ├── Capacitance
│       ├── Energy Stored in Capacitor
│       ├── Series and Parallel Combinations
│       ├── Dielectric Constant
│       └── Effect of Dielectric on Capacitance
├── Current Electricity
│   ├── Electric Current
│   │   ├── Drift Velocity
│   │   ├── Mobility and Conductivity
│   │   ├── Ohm's Law
│   │   └── Resistance
│   ├── Electric Circuits
│   │   ├── Series and Parallel Circuits
│   │   ├── Kirchhoff's Laws
│   │   ├── Wheatstone Bridge
│   │   ├── Potentiometer
│   │   └── Meter Bridge
│   └── Heating Effect of Current
│       ├── Joule's Law
│       ├── Electrical Power
│       ├── Commercial Unit of Electric Energy
│       └── Electrical Energy and Power
├── Magnetism
│   ├── Magnetic Field
│   │   ├── Magnetic Field Lines
│   │   ├── Magnetic Field Due to Current Element
│   │   ├── Biot-Savart Law
│   │   └── Ampere's Circuital Law
│   ├── Force on Moving Charge
│   │   ├── Lorentz Force
│   │   ├── Force on Current-Carrying Conductor
│   │   ├── Torque on Current Loop
│   │   └── Moving Coil Galvanometer
│   └── Magnetic Materials
│       ├── Permanent Magnets
│       ├── Electromagnets
│       ├── Magnetization and Magnetic Intensity
│       ├── Magnetic Properties of Materials
│       └── Hysteresisis
└── Electromagnetic Induction
    ├── Faraday's Laws
    │   ├── Magnetic Flux
    │   ├── Lenz's Law
    │   ├── Direction of Induced EMF
    │   └── Motional EMF
    ├── Self-Induction
    │   ├── Self-Inductance
    │   ├── Energy Stored in Inductor
    │   └── RL Circuit
    ├── Transformers
    │   ├── Principle of Transformer
    │   ├── Step-Up and Step-Down Transformers
    │   ├── Transformer Efficiency
    │   └── Energy Losses in Transformers
    └── AC Generator
        ├── AC Generator
        ├── RMS Value of AC
        ├── Phasor Diagram
        └── Reactance and Impedance

Electromagnetism Key Formulas:

Essential Electromagnetism Formulas:
- F = k(q₁q₂/r²) (Coulomb's Law)
- E = k(q/r²) (Electric Field)
- Φ = ∮E·dA (Electric Flux)
- E = -∇V (Electric Field from Potential)
- V = k(q/r) (Electric Potential)
- C = Q/V = ε₀A/d (Parallel Plate Capacitor)
- U = ½CV² (Energy in Capacitor)
- V = IR (Ohm's Law)
- P = I²R = V²/R (Power)
- dB = (μ₀/4π)(Idlsinθ/r²) (Biot-Savart Law)
- F = q(v × B) (Lorentz Force)
- ε = -dΦ/dt (Faraday's Law)
- L = Φ/I (Inductance)
- U = ½LI² (Energy in Inductor)
- P = VI (Power in AC)
- Z = √(R² + (X_L - X_C)²) (Impedance)

🔬 Optics and Wave Optics

Optics Overview:

Optics
├── Ray Optics
│   ├── Reflection of Light
│   │   ├── Laws of Reflection
│   │   ├── Plane Mirror
│   │   ├── Spherical Mirror
│   │   ├── Mirror Formula
│   │   └── Magnification
│   ├── Refraction of Light
│   │   ├── Refractive Index
│   │   ├── Laws of Refraction
│   │   ├── Refractive Index and Speed of Light
│   │   ├── Total Internal Reflection
│   │   └── Critical Angle
│   ├── Lenses
│   │   ├── Lens Formula
│   │   ├── Power of Lens
│   │   ├── Linear Magnification
│   │   ├── Combination of Lenses
│   │   └── Magnification of Microscope
│   └── Optical Instruments
│       ├── Human Eye
│       ├── Camera
│       ├── Telescope
│       └── Microscope
├── Wave Optics
│   ├── Wave Front and Wavelet
│   ├── Huygens' Principle
│   ├── Reflection and Refraction of Waves
│   ├── Coherent and Incoherent Sources
│   ├── Interference
│   │   ├── Young's Double Slit Experiment
│   │   ├── Coherence Length
│   │   ├── Fringe Width
│   │   └── Intensity Distribution
│   ├── Diffraction
│   │   ├── Single Slit Diffraction
│   │   ├── Diffraction Grating
│   │   ├── Resolving Power
│   │   └── Rayleigh Criterion
│   ├── Polarisation
│   │   ├── Polarized Light
│   │   ├── Brewster's Law
│   │   ├── Malus' Law
│   │   └── Polarisation by Scattering
│   └── Doppler Effect
│       ├── Doppler Shift
│       ├── Applications of Doppler Effect
│       ├── Doppler Effect in Light
│       └── Doppler Effect in Sound
└── Modern Optics
    ├── Laser
    │   ├── Characteristics of Laser Light
    │   ├── Stimulated Emission
    │   ├── Population Inversion
    │   ├── Types of Lasers
    │   └── Applications of Lasers
    ├── Optical Fibre
    │   ├── Principle of Optical Fibre
    │   ├── Types of Optical Fibres
    │   ├── Attenuation in Optical Fibre
    │   └── Applications of Optical Fibre
    └── Photometry
        ├── Photometric Quantities
        ├── Luminous Flux
        ├── Luminous Intensity
        ├── Illuminance
        └── Brightness

Optics Key Formulas:

Essential Optics Formulas:
- 1/v + 1/u = 1/f (Mirror Formula)
- m = -v/u (Magnification)
- n₁sin i = n₂sin r (Snell's Law)
- sin θ_c = n₂/n₁ (Critical Angle)
- 1/f = (n-1)(1/R₁ - 1/R₂) (Lens Maker's Formula)
- m = v/u = f/(f-v) (Lens Magnification)
- d sinθ = nλ (Grating Equation)
- θ ≈ 1.22λ/a (Rayleigh Criterion)
- I = I₀cos²θ (Malus' Law)
- tan i_p = n₂/n₁ (Brewster's Angle)
- Δλ = λ(v/c) (Doppler Shift)
- P = 4πI₀r² (Power)
- E = I/(4πr²) (Illuminance)

⚛️ Modern Physics

Modern Physics Overview:

Modern Physics
├── Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation
│   ├── Photoelectric Effect
│   │   ├── Experimental Setup
│   │   ├── Observations
│   │   ├── Einstein's Photoelectric Equation
│   │   ├── Threshold Frequency
│   │   └── Stopping Potential
│   ├── De Broglie Wavelength
│   │   ├── Matter Waves
│   │   ├── Wavelength of Moving Particle
│   │   ├── Davisson-Germer Experiment
│   │   └── Wave-Particle Duality
│   └── Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
│       ├── Position-Momentum Uncertainty
│       ├── Energy-Time Uncertainty
│       ├── Significance of Uncertainty Principle
│       └── Applications
├── Atoms
│   ├── Bohr Model of Hydrogen Atom
│   │   ├── Postulates of Bohr Model
│   │   ├── Energy Levels
│   │   ├── Spectral Series
│   │   ├── Rydberg Formula
│   │   └── Limitations of Bohr Model
│   ├── Quantum Mechanical Model
│   │   ├── Schrödinger Equation
│   │   ├── Quantum Numbers
│   │   ├── Wave Functions
│   │   ├── Probability Distribution
│   │   └── Energy Level Diagrams
│   └── X-Rays
│       ├── Discovery of X-Rays
│       ├── Production of X-Rays
│       ├── X-Ray Spectrum
│       ├── Moseley's Law
│       └── Applications of X-Rays
├── Nuclei
│   ├── Nuclear Structure
│   │   ├── Composition of Nucleus
│   │   ├── Nuclear Size
│   │   ├── Nuclear Mass
│   │   ├── Nuclear Density
│   │   └── Nuclear Stability
│   ├── Radioactivity
│   │   ├── Alpha Decay
│   │   ├── Beta Decay
│   │   ├── Gamma Decay
│   │   ├── Half-Life
│   │   └── Decay Constant
│   ├── Nuclear Reactions
│   │   ├── Nuclear Fission
│   │   ├── Nuclear Fusion
│   │   ├── Mass-Energy Equivalence
│   │   ├── Binding Energy
│   │   └── Q-Value
│   └── Nuclear Energy
│       ├── Nuclear Power
│       ├── Nuclear Reactors
│       ├── Nuclear Waste Management
│       ├── Nuclear Weapons
│       └── Nuclear Medicine
└── Semiconductor Devices
    ├── Energy Bands in Solids
    │   ├── Valence Band
    │   ├── Conduction Band
    │   ├── Band Gap
    │   ├── Conductors, Insulators, Semiconductors
    │   └── Doping
    ├── Junction Diode
    │   ├── p-n Junction
    │   ├── Forward and Reverse Bias
    │   ├── Characteristics of Junction Diode
    │   ├── Rectifier
    │   ├── Zener Diode
    │   └── Light Emitting Diode
    ├── Bipolar Junction Transistor
    │   ├── Structure of BJT
    │   ├── Working of BJT
    │   ├── Transistor Configurations
    │   ├── Current Amplification Factor
    │   └── Transistor as Switch
    └── Logic Gates
        ├── Basic Logic Gates
        ├── Universal Gates
        ├── Sequential Circuits
        ├── Integrated Circuits
        └── Applications in Computing

Modern Physics Key Formulas:

Essential Modern Physics Formulas:
- KEmax = hν - φ₀ (Photoelectric Effect)
- λ = h/p (de Broglie Wavelength)
- Δx·Δp ≥ h/4π (Uncertainty Principle)
- 1/λ = R√[1/n₁² - 1/n₂²] (Rydberg Formula)
- E = mc² (Mass-Energy Equivalence)
- N = N₀(1/2)^(t/T½) (Radioactive Decay)
- Q = [m_final - m_initial]c² (Q-Value)
- I = I₀(e^(eV/kT) - 1) (Diode Current)
- β = I_C/I_B (Current Gain)
- ΔE = hν (Energy Absorption)
- Δx·Δp ≥ h/4π (Position-Momentum)
- P = VI = I²R = V²/R (Power Dissipation)

🔬 Experimental Physics

Experimental Physics Overview:

Experimental Physics
├── Measurements and Errors
│   ├── Significant Figures
│   ├── Systematic Errors
│   ├── Random Errors
│   ├── Gross Errors
│   ├── Absolute and Relative Errors
│   └── Propagation of Errors
├── Vernier Calipers
│   ├── Principle of Vernier
│   ├── Least Count
│   ├── Zero Error
│   ├── Positive and Negative Zero Error
│   └── Backlash Error
├── Screw Gauge
│   ├── Principle of Screw Gauge
│   ├── Pitch of Screw
│   ├── Least Count
│   ├── Zero Error
│   └── Backlash Error
│   │
├── Spherometer
│   ├── Principle of Spherometer
│   ├── Least Count
│   ├── Zero Error
│   └── Backlash Error
└── Experimental Techniques
    ├── Parallax Method
    ├── Method of Mixtures
    ├── Resonance Tube
    ├── Potentiometer
    └── Ohm's Law Experiment

Experimental Physics Key Concepts:

Experimental Physics Techniques:
- Significant Figures: All certain digits + first uncertain digit
- Systematic Errors: Instrumental flaws, environmental factors
- Random Errors: Unpredictable variations
- Vernier Principle: 1 MSD = (1 VSD)/(n divisions)
- Screw Gauge Principle: 1 revolution = pitch distance
- Error Analysis: Combined error = √�(systematic² + random²)
- Least Count: Smallest measurement on instrument

🎯 How to Use This Physics Mindmap

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1. Start with overview to understand subject structure
2. Focus on specific branches for targeted study
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5. Practice problems using mindmap connections

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5. Apply patterns to similar question types

🔗 Cross-Reference Links

Related Resources:

• Physics Formula Sheets: Quick reference for all formulas
• Physics Video Lectures: Visual learning support
• Physics Practice Problems: Application of concepts
• Physics Mock Tests: Performance assessment
• NCERT Solutions: Detailed explanations

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