What Are the Different Subfields of Physics?

[hamsterpower7]

Streams in physics??

I want to learn what different types of physics are out there

In high school I learned

• classical mechanics
• electricity magnitism
• light & optics
• modern physics

But what is high energy physics and which group of list above does it belong to??
and is quantum mechanics related to quantum computers, quantum field theory, string theory, unified field theory?
What is condensed matter physics?


...sorry I am just curious

 

[jtbell]

Try a Google search on "physics subfields". Here's the first hit:

http://physics.gmu.edu/old/department/program/subfields_of_physics.htm

Some of the other hits may also be useful.

Also note the list of "units" of the American Physical Society:

http://www.aps.org/membership/units/index.cfm

Each unit's website has a brief description of the areas that it covers.