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Why did de Broglie propose an associated wavelength for a moving particle?

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Why did de Broglie propose an associated wavelength for a moving particle?

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  • A ball has an experimentally detectable wavelength.

  • Macroscopic objects have low momentum.

  • Moving particles have no momentum.

  • A photon has momentum and wavelength.

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Solution

A photon has both momentum and wavelength. De Broglie used this connection to propose that a moving material particle should also have an associated wavelength.

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