Wavelike properties of particle:de Broglie ‘pilot waves’

PHY 361

2008-01-31

Outline

de Broglie hypothesis

connection with Bohr’s quantization condition

example: calculation of de Broglie wavelength

Davisson-Germer experiment• neutron diffraction, electron microscope

interference of 1-dimensional waves

wave function

de Broglie “pilot waves”

Davisson-Germer experiment

Results

electron microscope

neutron scattering

nuclear scattering