PHY_Master Prior Knowledge Base
Dense vector index for physics textbooks, used by PhysMaster MCTS-based physics problem solver.
Dataset Stats
- 78,135 child chunks + 43,030 parent chunks
- 78,135 vectors (384-dim, FAISS IndexFlatIP)
- Embedding: BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5
- Chunking: Parent-child hierarchical
Source Materials (74 textbooks)
Landau & Lifshitz Course (10 volumes)
- Mechanics (3rd Ed.)
- Classical Theory of Fields (4th Ed.)
- Quantum Mechanics - Non-Relativistic Theory (3rd Ed.)
- Quantum Electrodynamics (2nd Ed.)
- Statistical Physics Part 1 (3rd Ed.)
- Fluid Mechanics (2nd Ed.)
- Theory of Elasticity (2nd Ed.)
- Electrodynamics of Continuous Media (2nd Ed.)
- Statistical Physics Part 2 (1st Ed.)
- Physical Kinetics (1st Ed.)
Quantum Field Theory
- Steven Weinberg: The Quantum Theory of Fields Vol. 1-3 (Foundations, Modern Applications, Supersymmetry)
- Field Theory: A Path Integral Approach (Ashok Das)
- Gauge Fields: An Introduction to Quantum Theory (Faddeev)
- Renormalization (J.C. Collins)
Particle Physics & QCD
- Modern Particle Physics (Mark Thomson)
- Introduction to High Energy Physics (4th ed., Donald H. Perkins)
- Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics (Ta-Pei Cheng, Ling-Fong Li) + Problems and Solutions
- Standard Model of Particle Physics (W.N. Cottingham, D.A. Greenwood)
- Quarks and Leptons: Introductory Course in Modern Particle Physics (Francis Halzen, Alan D. Martin)
- Foundations of Perturbative QCD (John C. Collins)
- Applications of Perturbative QCD (R.D. Field)
- Quantum Chromodynamics at High Energy (Kovchegov, Levin)
- Scattering Amplitudes in Gauge Theories (Johannes M. Henn, Jan C. Plefka)
String Theory & Conformal Field Theory
- String Theory Vol. I: Introduction to the Bosonic String
- String Theory Vol. II: Superstring Theory and Beyond
- String Theory in a Nutshell (Elias Kiritsis)
- Basic Concepts of String Theory
- Introduction to Black Holes, Information and the String Theory Revolution
- Introduction to Conformal Field Theory (Ralph Blumenhagen)
- Advanced Mathematical Methods: Conformal Field Theory
- Quantum Fields and Strings: A Course for Mathematicians Vol. 1-2
Condensed Matter Physics
- Condensed Matter Field Theory (Altland & Simons)
- Modern Condensed Matter Physics (Steven M. Girvin, Kun Yang)
- Introduction to Many-Body Physics (chapters 16-18, Piers Coleman)
- Many-Body Quantum Theory in Condensed Matter Physics (Henrik Bruus, Karsten Flensberg)
- Field Theory of Condensed Matter and Ultracold Gases (Nicolas Dupuis)
- Basic Aspects of the Quantum Theory of Solids (Daniel I. Khomskii)
- Transition Metal Compounds (Daniel I. Khomskii)
- Quantum Phases of Matter (Subir Sachdev)
- Quantum Transport Theory (Jorgen Rammer)
- Superconductivity: An Introduction (Reinhold Kleiner, Werner Buckel, Rudolf Huebener)
Statistical Physics & Thermodynamics
- Advanced Statistical Mechanics
- Statistical Mechanics (Schwartz)
- Statistical Physics of Particles (Mehran Kardar)
- Statistical Physics of Fields (Mehran Kardar)
- Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics (S.R. De Groot, P. Mazur)
General Relativity & Cosmology
- Gravitation and Cosmology (Steven Weinberg)
- Gravitation and Spacetime (Hans C. Ohanian, Remo Ruffini)
- Modern General Relativity: Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, and Cosmology (Mike Guidry)
- The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes (S. Chandrasekhar)
- Cosmology (Daniel Baumann, 2021)
- Introduction to Cosmology (Barbara Ryden)
- The Geometry of the Universe (C. Rourke)
Astrophysics & Stellar Physics
- Galactic Dynamics (James Binney, Scott Tremaine)
- Dynamics of Planetary Systems (Scott Tremaine)
- Astrophysics of Planet Formation (Philip J. Armitage)
- Pulsar Astronomy (5th Edition, Andrew Lyne, Francis Graham-Smith)
- Solar Energetic Particles
- Accretion Power in Astrophysics (Juhan Frank, Andrew King, Derek Raine)
Compact Objects & Nuclear Physics
- Black Holes, White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars: The Physics of Compact Objects (Stuart L. Shapiro, Saul A. Teukolsky)
- Compact Stars: Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics and General Relativity (Norman K. Glendenning)
- Neutron Stars 1: Equation of State and Structure (P. Haensel, A.Y. Potekhin, D.G. Yakovlev)
- An Introduction to Nuclear Physics (W.N. Cottingham)
- Fundamentals of Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics (Carlo Giunti, Chung W. Kim)
- Particle Physics and Cosmology: Dark Matter (Mark Srednicki)
Quantum Information & Computation
- Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (Nielsen & Chuang)
- Quantum Computer Science: An Introduction (N. David Mermin)
- Quantum Computing: From Linear Algebra to Physical Realization
- Quantum Information
- Quantum Optics (Marlan O. Scully, Muhammad Suhail Zubairy)
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