Wave Properties of Electrons

Abstract

We start our discussion with a thought which might be familiar to the reader: “Waves and particles are merely two forms of the same physical reality.” This statement is true for light as well as for matter. For example, light can be described as having wave properties or, alternately, particle properties. A particle, or quantum of light is called a photon whose energy is

$$E = vh = \omega \hbar$$

((2.1))

where h is the Planck constant and

$$ \hbar \frac{h}{{2\pi }}.$$

((2.2))

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