De Broglie thermal wavelength

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The de Broglie thermal wavelength is defined as

where

  • h is the Planck constant
  • m is the mass
  • Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle k_{B}} is the Boltzmann constant
  • T is the temperature.

A detailed derivation of the above expression can be found in Configuration integral.

References

  1. Louis-Victor de Broglie "On the Theory of Quanta" Thesis (1925)
  2. Zijun Yan, "General thermal wavelength and its applications", Eur. J. Phys. 21 pp. 625-631 (2000)