Law of Mass Action, where does mass come from?

[rwooduk]

Homework Statement

Homework Equations

I need help.

The Attempt at a Solution

Please, please, please could someone tell me where the mass m₀ term comes from? I'm at the end of a 7 hour revision session and need help.

 

[TSny]

The $m_0$ inside the parentheses has been put in for convenience. It is accounted for in the number $4.9 \times 10^{15}$ which includes a factor of $m_0^{3/2}$.

 

[rwooduk]

The $m_0$ inside the parentheses has been put in for convenience. It is accounted for in the number $4.9 \times 10^{15}$ which includes a factor of $m_0^{3/2}$.

Thanks very much for that, it had me very confused.

 

[TSny]

It appears to me that the calculations of $m^*_e$ and $m^*_h$ are off by factors of 2.

 

[rwooduk]

It appears to me that the calculations of $m^*_e$ and $m^*_h$ are off by factors of 2.

Thanks. I'm not sure why he has added the term, and also he doesn't appear to have differentiated twice the energy at the beginning of the problem, he's just removed k. Very confusing answer to this question, but least I have the method now.