Solving the Equation: \hbar c = Gm^2

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Homework Statement


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The Attempt at a Solution



Seems pretty strightforward:
[tex]\hbar c = Gm^2[/tex]

multiply both sides by [tex]c^4[/tex]

[tex]\hbar c^5 = Gm^2c^4[/tex]

knowing that [tex]m^2c^4[/tex] is [tex]E^2=(\hbar \omega)^2[/tex] then

[tex]\hbar c^5 = G\hbar^2 \omega^2[/tex]

dividing [tex]\hbar^2[/tex] off both sides

[tex]\frac{c^5}{\hbar}=G\omega^2[/tex]

then this is the same as

[tex]\frac{c^5}{\hbar}=G\frac{k}{m}[/tex]

because [tex]\omega^2 = \frac{k}{m}[/tex] so multiplying [tex]m[/tex] on both sides gives

[tex]\frac{c^5}{\hbar}m=Gk[/tex]

Then finally multiplying [tex]\hbar[/tex] on both sides gives you

[tex]\frac{c^5}{\hbar}m \hbar=Gk\hbar[/tex]

Has there been anything wrong in this so far?
 
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Basically it was suggested I had my dimensions wrong, but the derivation is so simple, I couldn't see anything wrong with. My question was simple enough I think.. is there anything wrong with it? Either it is wrong and I am doing this with the wrong dimensions, or it is right and there was no problem to begin with..

which is it, please answer!
 
I haven't fully decided on this. There are two main features from the final equation written here in the OP.

[tex]\frac{c^5}{\hbar}M\hbar = G(k\hbar)[/tex]

which in another form is simply

[tex]\frac{c^5}{\hbar}S = G(k\hbar)[/tex]

This equation has the features that the left handside is in fact just a rescalling of the spin [tex]S[/tex] and the right handside has the feature of momentum of any quanta given as [tex](\hbar k)[/tex]. So for a specific wave equation, the right hand side may have an implication for

[tex]\psi(x,t) = Aexp(ikx - i \hbar k2t / 2m)[/tex]

because this has a definite momentum, p = ħk. But because this has the form of spin on the left handside, it can be futher written as

[tex]\frac{c^5}{\hbar} \frac{\hbar}{2} \sigma_i = G(\hbar k)[/tex]

Here [tex]\sigma_i[/tex] is the Pauli Spin Matrices, where the subscript represents any of the three dimensions of space [tex]\sigma_i = (\sigma_x, \sigma_y, \sigma_z)[/tex] and of course, if you use all three dimensions, this directly effects the momentum component to make [tex](\vec{\hbar k})[/tex].

Of course, I have thought about other applications.
 
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