Physics subtopic network evaluation¶
With the master-simple-relations project a subtopic tree was generated.
Here is the particle physics branch of the subtopic tree
Physics
Classical Mechanics
Quantum Mechanics
Thermodynamics
Electromagnetism
Optics
Relativity
Particle Physics
Quantum Field Theory
Quantum Electrodynamics
Quantum Field Theory -> *
Particle Physics -> *
Renormalization
Feynman Diagrams
Quantum Mechanics -> *
Quantum Chromodynamics
Quark Confinement
Asymptotic Freedom
Color Charge
Gluons
Lattice QCD
Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime
Renormalization -> *
Perturbation Theory
Path Integrals
Gauge Symmetry
Symmetry Breaking
Anomalies
Standard Model
Elementary Particles
Quantum Field Theory -> *
Particle Physics -> *
Standard Model -> *
Fermions
Quantum mechanics
Particle physics
Spin
Quantum field theory
Quantum statistics
Bosons
Leptons
Quarks
Electroweak Interaction
Strong Interaction
Higgs Boson
Quantum Field Theory -> *
Particle Physics -> *
Quantum Chromodynamics -> *
Electroweak Interaction -> *
Quantum Chromodynamics -> *
Electroweak Theory
Higgs boson
Gauge symmetries
Weak force
Electromagnetic force
Quantum field theory -> *
Higgs Mechanism
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking
Standard Model of Particle Physics
Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking
Elementary Particle Physics
Quantum Field Theory -> *
Astrophysics
Nuclear Physics
In general the subtopics within this graph are accurate and involve no hallucination.
In many cases subtopics are referenced that do already appear in other places within this graph. They are marked by the -> * symbol. This also includes situations where the subtopic tree has a subtopic that is more general than its topic. For example “Quantum Electrodynamics” has the two subtopics “Particle Physics” and “Quantum Mechanics”.
There is also an example of a duplicate topic that is registered twice within the database: “Quantum Mechanics” exists with two different spellings (the M written big and small). This is due to the fact that there is no mechanism to ensure that for each concept exists only one natural language term (see one-natural-language-term-for-each-concept-approach)
Some metric to measure the quality of a subtopic network could also be implemented by a subtopic search for specific keywords