Obtain the first Bohr’s radius and the ground state energy of a muonic hydrogen atom i.e. an atom where the electron is replaced by a negatively charged muon of mass about that orbits around a proton. (Given for hydrogen atom, radius of first orbit and ground state energy are and respectively)
To determine the radius of orbit of the muonic hydrogen atom,
We know, In Bohr's model of the hydrogen atom, the radius of orbit is given as ;
plank's constant
charge of electron
no. of orbit
as; n=1 then,
Similarly for the muonic hydrogen atom.
Hence,
Now, the energy of the electron in orbit ;
Therefore,
Where, mass of muonic
mass of electron
, is the ground state energy of a muonic hydrogen atom.