Friday, December 25, 2015

wave particle duality - Difficulties in understanding basic energy equation in quantum mechanics



While reading a text book about basics of Quantum Mechanics, I came across a situation in which it is said that


$E=\hbar\omega$ and also


$E = \frac12mv^2=p^2/2m$



where


$h$ Planck's constant


$\hbar=\frac{h}{2\pi}$ Planck's reduced constant


$\omega=2\pi f$ angular frequency


$m$ mass


$v$ velocity


$p$ momentum


But if I take the first definition,E=(h/2pi)*w,then


E=(h/2pi)*2*pi*f (because w=2*pi*f)


= h*f

= h*(v/λ) (because v=fλ)

= p*v (de-Broglie's wave-particle duality p=h/λ )

= mv*v (because p=m*v, the momentum)

E = m*v^2


This is not same as definition $E=\frac12mv^2$.


What am I missing in the derivation above?




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