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The '''de Broglie thermal wavelength''' is defined as    | The '''de Broglie thermal wavelength''' <ref>[http://aflb.ensmp.fr/LDB-oeuvres/De_Broglie_Kracklauer.pdf Louis-Victor de Broglie "On the Theory of Quanta" Thesis (1925)] (English translation)</ref> is defined as    | ||
:<math>\Lambda= \sqrt{\frac{h^2}{2\pi mk_BT}}</math>  | :<math>\Lambda := \sqrt{\frac{h^2}{2\pi mk_BT}}</math>  | ||
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* ''T'' is the [[temperature]].    | * ''T'' is the [[temperature]].    | ||
==References==  | |||
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;Related reading  | |||
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/21/6/314 Zijun Yan, "General thermal wavelength and its applications", Eur. J. Phys. '''21''' pp. 625-631  (2000)]  | |||
[[category: statistical mechanics]]  | |||
Latest revision as of 18:50, 20 February 2015
The de Broglie thermal wavelength [1] is defined as
where
- h is the Planck constant
 - m is the mass
 - is the Boltzmann constant
 - T is the temperature.
 
References[edit]
- ↑ Louis-Victor de Broglie "On the Theory of Quanta" Thesis (1925) (English translation)
 
- Related reading