de Broglie

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1. de Broglie - Noun

2. De Broglie - Proper noun

Meaning

French nuclear physicist who generalized the wave-particle duality by proposing that particles of matter exhibit wavelike properties (1892-1987)

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A bold proposition by Louis de Broglie in 1924 led the scientific community to realize that electrons also exhibited wave–particle duality. Source: Internet

By the time of Klein's contribution, the discoveries of Heisenberg, Schrodinger, and de Broglie were receiving a lot of attention. Source: Internet

In 1924, Louis de Broglie proposed that all moving particles—particularly subatomic particles such as electrons—exhibit a degree of wave-like behavior. Source: Internet

Constant potential Animation of a de Broglie wave incident on a barrier. Source: Internet

For example, the de Broglie wavelength of a tennis ball is insignificantly small, so classical physics is a good approximation to use in this case. Source: Internet

In his later career, de Broglie worked to develop a causal explanation of wave mechanics, in opposition to the wholly probabilistic models which dominate quantum mechanical theory; it was refined by David Bohm in the 1950s. Source: Internet

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