Diffraction of de Broglie Waves

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-21-2017

Publication Title

Journal of Progressive Research in Modern Physics and Chemistry

Abstract

Bohmian mechanics considering particles as de Broglie sources of phase which propagates according to classical electrodynamics affords a methodology for evaluating the diffraction of individual particles. Treating the phasing as optical waves allows for reflections at potential energy barriers by which the phase information of an individual particle can return to direct the motion of the particle. Using this approach, crystallographic diffraction is shown to exemplify the behavior of a particle in a box, and the predictions for single and double slit diffraction also are consistent with optical and particle experiments.

Volume

2

Issue

1

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