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Understand the composition of a hydrogen atom and Positronium.
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4 stepsUnderstand the composition of a hydrogen atom and Positronium.
A hydrogen atom consists of a proton (mass , charge ) and an electron (mass , charge ). Its ground state energy is .
Positronium consists of a positron (mass , charge ) and an electron (mass , charge ).Calculate the reduced mass for a hydrogen atom.
The reduced mass for a two-particle system with masses and is given by .
For a hydrogen atom, and .Since the mass of a proton () is much greater than the mass of an electron (), .
Therefore, .Calculate the reduced mass for Positronium.
For Positronium, (positron) and (electron).
Determine the energy of Positronium in its ground state.
The energy levels of a hydrogen-like atom are directly proportional to the reduced mass of the system.
Therefore, the ratio of the ground state energy of Positronium to that of hydrogen is:
Using the approximate values for reduced masses:
So, .
Given for the ground state of hydrogen:The more precise calculation using yields:
Since :
This value is very close to 0.5, so the approximation holds well.
Rounding to one decimal place, this is .
The correct option is (c).
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