Matter Waves

Radiation behaves as a wave

Radiation behaves as a wave in interference, diffraction and polarisation, but shows particle nature in photoelectric effect and Compton effect. No si

A photon is a packet

A photon is a packet of energy. Each photon has energy E = h v, momentum p = h v / c, kinetic mass h v / c^2, speed c and zero rest mass. Photons are

In photon

In photon-particle collisions, total energy and momentum remain conserved, but the number of photons may not be conserved. A photon may be absorbed by

All moving material particles have wave

All moving material particles have wave nature also. The associated waves are called de-Broglie waves or matter waves.

The wavelength associated with a moving

The wavelength associated with a moving particle is λ = h/p. For non-relativistic motion, p = m v, so λ = h/(m v). Also, λ = h/√(2mK) and for a charge