Particles Act Like Waves!

11/19/03


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Table of Contents

Particles Act Like Waves!

Announcements

Introduction

General Comments on Bohr’s Theory

Louis de Broglie

Louis de Broglie

Waves and Quantization

The de Broglie Wavelength

de Broglie Waves & the Bohr Atom

The Significance of ? = h/p

The Two-Slit Experiment

Classical Particles

Classical Waves

Quantum Mechanics

Davisson-Germer Experiment (1927)

Davisson-Germer Experiment (1927)

Davisson-Germer Experiment (1927)

Demonstration

What Next?

The Schrodinger Equation

(Extra) Example: Harmonic Oscillator

(Extra) Example: Hydrogen atom

Key Results of Schrodinger Eq.

What is ? ?

One Practical Consequence: Leads to Description of All of Chemistry

Summary

Author: R. M. Martin

Email: rmartin@uiuc.edu

Home Page: http://online.physics.uiuc.edu/courses/phys150/fall03/index.html