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matter waves

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matter waves
pl n
(Physics / General Physics) See de Broglie waves


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Photoelectric effect; Bohr's theory of hydrogen-like atoms; Characteristic and continuous X-rays, Moseley's law; de Broglie wavelength of matter waves.
Matter waves exist at the quantum level where quantum mechanics blurs the boundaries between the properties of particles and those of waves.
Due to the thermal agitation of these elementary particles, it is assumed that the phase relationships of the associated matter waves average out.
 
 
 
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