De Broglie thermal wavelength
The de Broglie thermal wavelength [1] is defined as
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where
- h is the Planck constant
- m is the mass
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- T is the temperature.
References
- ↑ Louis-Victor de Broglie "On the Theory of Quanta" Thesis (1925) (English translation)
- Related reading