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Matter Waves (Wave Particle Duality)

Special relativity said that

E=pc if m=0


Plank said he could fit the Black Body radiation data assuming that that

E=hf where h=6.63×1034 Js = Plank's constant

Combining the two we have

p=Ec=hfc

photons have momentum like a particle (mv)

Do particles reciprocate and behave like photons?

De Broglie's Hypothesis

If photons can behave like particles by having momentum

Then particle can behave like waves by having wavelength

p=hfc=hλ

or

λparticle=hp

Davisson and Germer

From hyperphysics:

Davisson Germber Apparatus.gif