DE-BROGLIE WAVES | λ =h/mv | de-Broglie relation | DE-BROGLIE WAVELENGTH OF ELECTRON
DE-BROGLIEWAVES de-Broglie relation Radiation behave both as wave and particle. In 1924, Louis de-Broglie put forward a bold hypothesis that matter should also posses dual nature. The following observations led him to the duality hypothesis for matter : The whole energy in this universe is in the form of matter, and electromagnetic radiation. The nature loves symmetry. As the radiation has got that nature, matter should also posses dual nature. Thus according to de-Broglie, a wave is associated with every moving particle. These wave are called de- Broglie waves or matter waves. According to the quantum theory of radiation, energy of a photon is given by E=hง .......(1) Further, the energy of a relativistic particle is given by Since photon is a particle of zero rest mass, setting m 0 =0 in the above ...