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By appropriate modification of the hydrogen formula, determine the hyperfine splitting in the ground state of

(a) muonic hydrogen (in which a muon-same charge and g-factor as the electron, but 207times the mass-substitutes for the electron),

(b) positronium (in which a positron-same mass and g-factor as the electron, but opposite charge-substitutes for the proton), and

(c) muonium (in which an anti-muon-same mass and g-factor as a muon, but opposite charge-substitutes for the proton). Hint: Don't forget to use the reduced mass (Problem 5.1) in calculating the "Bohr radius" of these exotic "atoms." Incidentally, the answer you get for positronium (4.8210-4eV)is quite far from the experimental value; (8.4110-4eV)the large discrepancy is due to pair annihilation (e++e-+), which contributes an extra localid="1656057412048" (3/4)螖贰,and does not occur (of course) in ordinary hydrogen, muonic hydrogen, or muoniun.

Short Answer

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a) 螖贰muonichydrogen=0.183eV.

b) role="math" localid="1656056468638" 螖贰positronium=4.8210-4eV.

c) 螖贰muonium=1.8410-5eV.

Step by step solution

01

Definition of hyperfine spliting.

The interaction of the magnetic moments of the electron and proton causes hyperfine splitting, which results in a slightly variable magnetic energy for each spin state.

02

The hyperfine splitting in the ground state of muonic hydrogen.

(a)

For muonic hydrogen:mem=207me,andaa-.

aa=m,reducedme=mmpm+mp1me=207memp207me+mp1me=207mp207me+mp=2071+207.9.11.10-311.67.10-27186E=5.88.10-6eV.1207.1863=0.183eV

03

The hyperfine splitting in the ground state of positronium.

(b)

For positronium g=2andmpm

role="math" localid="1656057236437" aapositronium=mpositroniumme=me2me+me1me=12E=5.88.10-6eV25.59.1.67.10-279.11.10-31123=4.82.10-4eV

04

Step 4:The hyperfine splitting in the ground state of muonium.

(c)

For muonium g=2,mpm

role="math" localid="1656057368856" aam=mmme=memme+m1me=207208E=5.88.10-6eV25.59.1.67.10-27207.9.11.10-312072083=1.84.10-5eV

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