The de Broglie wavelength of which of the following objects would be smallest if the objects all had the same momentum?

a. Electron.
b. Proton.
c. Tennis ball.
d. Bowling ball.
e. All the same wavelength.


e,
The de Broglie wavelength of matter is proportional to Planck's constant and inversely proportional to the momentum of the particle. If all the objects had the same momentum, they would all have the same wavelength.

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