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Exercise 81 obtains formulas for hydrogenlike atoms in which the nucleus is not assumed in...

Exercise 81 obtains formulas for hydrogenlike atoms in which the nucleus is not assumed infinite, as in the chapter, but is of mass m1, while m2, is the mass of the orbiting negative charge, (a) What percentage error is introduced in the hydrogen ground-state energy by assuming that the proton is of infinite mass? (b) Deuterium is a form of hydrogen in which a neutron joins the proton in the nucleus, making the nucleus twice as massive. Taking nuclear mass into account, by what percent do the ground-state energies of hydrogen and deuterium differ?

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