Explain the concept of de Broglie wave (matter wave).....

According to de Broglie’s hypothesis, a moving material particle sometimes acts as a wave and sometimes as a particle; or a wave is associated with moving material particle, which controls the particle in every respect. The wave associated with moving particle is called matter wave or de Broglie wave, λ = h/(mv)

Where, m and v are the mass and velocity of the particle and h is Planck’s constant

According to Planck’s quantum theory, the energy of a photon of a radiation of frequency ν and wavelength λ is

E hν

According to Einstein’s mass-energy relation,

E mc2 

From (i) and (ii), we obtain

hν = mc2

=> m = hv/c2

Since each photon moves with the same velocity c, the momentum of photon, 

p = Mass × Velocity

So, p = (hv/c2)× c = hv/c = h/λ

That is, 

λ = h/p

This equation is equally applicable to both the photons of radiation and other material particles.

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 de broglie suggested that if every wave has a particle nature then every particle also has wave nature. so he called the wave associated with this particle as de broglie wave.

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de boglie said that if every wave has particle nature then every particle also has wave nature. he called this wave associated to the particle as de broglie wave.

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