de Broglien.
/də ˈbrəʊljiː/ Used attributively, esp. in de Broglie wave, the wave which in wave mechanics is taken as accounting for or representing the wave-like properties of a material particle, esp. an elementary particle.
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1927 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 115 208 (heading) The de Broglie Phase Wave in Generalised Space-Time.
1928 G. Birtwistle New Quantum Mechanics xxiii. 189 The de Broglie wave length associated with the particle.
1952 R. E. Marshak Meson Physics iii. 97 The de Broglie wave length of the meson is much larger and comparable with the nuclear radius.
1966 D. G. Brandon Mod. Techniques Metallogr. 38 The energy, E, of a single photon of light of wavelength λ is given by the de Broglie relation, E = hc/λ = hv, where v is the frequency, c the velocity of light and h Planck's constant.
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