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The '''de Broglie thermal wavelength''' | The '''de Broglie thermal wavelength''' is defined as | ||
:<math>\Lambda | :<math>\Lambda= \sqrt{\frac{h^2}{2\pi mk_BT}}</math> | ||
where | where | ||
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* <math>k_B</math> is the [[Boltzmann constant]] | * <math>k_B</math> is the [[Boltzmann constant]] | ||
* ''T'' is the [[temperature]]. | * ''T'' is the [[temperature]]. | ||
A detailed derivation of the above expression can be found in | |||
[http://clesm.mae.ufl.edu/wiki.pub/index.php/Configuration_integral_%28statistical_mechanics%29 Configuration integral]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
#[http://www.ensmp.fr/aflb/LDB-oeuvres/De_Broglie_Kracklauer.htm Louis-Victor de Broglie "On the Theory of Quanta" Thesis (1925)] | |||
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/21/6/314 Zijun Yan, "General thermal wavelength and its applications", Eur. J. Phys. '''21''' pp. 625-631 (2000)] | |||