Which of the following assumptions is essential when extending the photon…
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Problem
Which of the following assumptions is essential when extending the photon energy–momentum relation to massive particles in order to arrive at the de Broglie hypothesis?
(a) The rest mass of any particle is zero in all inertial frames.
(b) Every moving particle exhibits a wave nature that can be characterised by a wavelength.
(c) A massive particle necessarily moves with the speed of light, v=c.
(d) The wavelength of a particle is given by λ=mch.