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Derivation Of: From Photoelectric Effect and Relativistic Equation

This document derives the De Broglie relation that relates the wavelength of a particle to its momentum by setting the photoelectric and relativistic equations equal and solving for wavelength. It shows that the photon frequency is equal to the particle's kinetic energy divided by Planck's constant, and rearranging this gives the De Broglie relation linking wavelength and momentum.

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Derivation Of: From Photoelectric Effect and Relativistic Equation

This document derives the De Broglie relation that relates the wavelength of a particle to its momentum by setting the photoelectric and relativistic equations equal and solving for wavelength. It shows that the photon frequency is equal to the particle's kinetic energy divided by Planck's constant, and rearranging this gives the De Broglie relation linking wavelength and momentum.

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Derivation of: From photoelectric effect and relativistic equation:

First we can set the photoelectric effect and relativistic equations equal to each other:
We know that is equal to:
When this is plugged into:
We are left with:
When we solve:
For p we can cancel the cs:
And finally if we rearrange:
to solve for we are left with the De Broglie relation:

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