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To how small a region must an electron be confined for borderline relativistic speeds—say,...

To how small a region must an electron be confined for borderline relativistic speeds—say, 0.05c—to become reasonably likely? On the basis of this, would you expect relativistic effects to be prominent for hydrogen’s elec­tron, which has an orbit radius near 10-10m? For a lead atom “inner-shell” electron of orbit radius 10-12 m?

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