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I am interested in the field of Physics and planning to apply for the GRE physics test of Educational Testing Service (ETS). Will you provide image how the Physics GRE Forum portal looks like and also provide all important topics to study for Physics GRE Test so I prepare well?

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The GRE physics test is an examination administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). The test attempts to determine the extent of the examinees' understanding of fundamental principles of physics and their ability to apply them to problem solving

Physics GRE Forum portal looks like:



Major content topics

1. Classical mechanics (20%)

kinematics
Newton's laws of motion
work and energy
rotational motion about a fixed axis
dynamics of systems of particles
central forces and celestial mechanics
three-dimensional particle dynamics
Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism
noninertial reference frames
elementary topics in fluid mechanics

2. Electromagnetism (18%)
electrostatics
currents and DC circuits
magnetic fields in free space
Lorentz force
Induction
Maxwell's equations and their applications
electromagnetic waves (electromagnetic radiation)
AC circuits
magnetic and electric fields in matter

3. Optics and wave phenomena (9%)
wave properties
superposition
interference
diffraction
geometrical optics
light polarization
Doppler effect

4. Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics (10%)
laws of thermodynamics
thermodynamic processes
equations of state
ideal gases
Kinetic theory of gases
ensembles
statistical concepts and calculation of thermodynamic quantities
thermal expansion and heat transfer

5. Quantum mechanics (12%)
fundamental concepts
solutions of the Schrödinger wave equation
square wells (Particle in a box)
harmonic oscillators
hydrogenic atoms
spin
angular momentum
wave function symmmetry
elementary perturbation theory

6. Atomic physics (10%)
properties of electrons
Bohr model
energy quantization
atomic structure
atomic spectra
selection rules
black-body radiation
x-rays
atoms in electric and magnetic fields

7. Special relativity (6%)
introductory concepts of special relativity
time dilation
length contraction
simultaneity
energy and momentum
four-vectors and Lorentz transformation

8. Laboratory methods (6%)
data and error analysis
electronics
instrumentation
radiation detection
counting statistics
interaction of charged particles with matter
laser and optical interferometers
dimensional analysis
fundamental applications of probability and statistics

9. Specialized topics (9%)
nuclear and particle physics
nuclear properties
radioactive decay
fission and fusion
reactions
fundamental properties of elementary particles
condensed matter
crystal structure
x-ray diffraction
thermal properties
electron theory of metals
semiconductors
superconductors
mathematical methods
single and multivariate calculus
coordinate systems (rectangular, cylindrical, spherical)
vector algebra and vector differential operators
Fourier series
partial differential equations
boundary value problems
matrices and determinants
functions of complex variables
miscellaneous
astrophysics
computer applications