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De Broglie wavelength, frequency and velocity - interpretation
Two fundamental equations regarding wave-particle duality are:
$$ \lambda = \frac{h}{p},
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\nu = E/h .$$
We talk about de Broglie wavelength, is it meaningful to talk about de Broglie frequency ...
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What is light, and how can it travel in a vacuum forever in all directions at once without a medium?
I know there are many questions that are similar (maybe identical?). I am not a physicist nor a student - I am just interested in physics and have been watching many physics channels on youtube ...
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wave-particle duality
I have been trying to understand "wave-particle duality" and other cases related to it. I am currently a college level student. I have few question which I am not getting answers clearly.
In double ...
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Particles vs Waves
As I remember long ago, in my physics classes, I always had a great trouble understanding the concept of waves. Our professor used to explain, as if everything in this world is made up of waves.
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What does a de Broglie wave look like?
What does a de Broglie wave look like?
Are de Broglie waves transverse or longitudinal?
Can they be polarized?
What about the de Broglie wave of a ground state neutral spin-zero Helium 4 atom?
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Matter waves - DeBroglie's relations
I am currently studying from Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Taylor et al. They derive the DeBroglie relation $p=h/\lambda$ from setting mass $m=0$ in the energy-momentum relation ...
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matter wave and wave function
Is there any mathematical relationship between matter wave (or de Broglie wave) and wave function?
Also, does each type of particle (e.g. photon, electron, positron etc.) have its own unique wave ...
