Estimate the collection to the ground state energy of hydrogen due to the finite size of the nucleus. Treat the proton as a uniformly charged spherical shell of radius b, so the potential energy of an electron inside the shell is constant: —e2/(4neob)-, this isn't very realistic, but it is the simplest model, and it will give us the right order of magnitude. Expand your result in powers of the small parameter (b/a), where a is the Bohr radius, and keep only the leading term, so your final answer takes the form
Your business is to determine the constant A and the power n. Finally, put in b ~ 10"15 m (roughly the radius of the proton) and work out the actual number. How does it compare with fine structure and hyperfine structure?
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