Physicist's have been able to create hydrogen-like atoms in which the electron has been replaced by a muon, an elementary particle that has the same basic properties as the electron except its mass is 210 times larger and its lifetime is a few microseconds. a) Assuming that the Bohr model accurately describes such an atom, what is the lowest energy that the muon in this atom can have (in eV)? b) What is the radius of its effective "orbit" in this state? (Hint: What changes in the formulas we developed for the Bohr model?)

Physicist's have been able to create hydrogen-like atoms in which the electron has been replaced by a muon, an elementary particle that has the same basic properties as the electron except its mass is 210 times larger and its lifetime is a few microseconds. a) Assuming that the Bohr model accurately describes such an atom, what is the lowest energy that the muon in this atom can have (in eV)? b) What is the radius of its effective "orbit" in this state? (Hint: What changes in the formulas we developed for the Bohr model?)

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

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Chapter27: Quantum Theory

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 56A

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