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In a hypothetical hydrogen-like atom, the electron is replaced by a...

In a hypothetical hydrogen-like atom, the electron is replaced by a negatively charged particle of mass 5me5m_e (where mem_e is the mass of an electron). The angular momentum of this particle in a particular Bohr orbit is given as 3hπ\dfrac{3h}{\pi}. If a0a_0 and E0E_0 are the radius of the first Bohr orbit and the ground state energy of a normal hydrogen atom respectively, what are the radius and energy of the particle in this specific orbit?

Options

  1. A36a0,E03636 a_0, \dfrac{E_0}{36}
  2. B1.2a0,5E061.2 a_0, \dfrac{5 E_0}{6}
  3. C7.2a0,5E0367.2 a_0, \dfrac{5 E_0}{36}
  4. D7.2a0,36E057.2 a_0, \dfrac{36 E_0}{5}

Correct answer

C. 7.2a0,5E0367.2 a_0, \dfrac{5 E_0}{36}

Step-by-step solution

According to Bohr's quantization condition, the angular momentum LL in the nthn^{\text{th}} orbit is given by L=nh2πL = \dfrac{nh}{2\pi}.

Given L=3hπL = \dfrac{3h}{\pi}, we have nh2π=3hπ⇒n=6\dfrac{nh}{2\pi} = \dfrac{3h}{\pi} \Rightarrow n = 6.

The radius of the nthn^{\text{th}} Bohr orbit is inversely proportional to the mass of the orbiting particle and directly proportional to n2n^2 (r∝n2mr \propto \dfrac{n^2}{m}).
For the normal hydrogen atom, r1=a0r_1 = a_0.
For the hypothetical atom, r6=a0×625=365a0=7.2a0r_6 = a_0 \times \dfrac{6^2}{5} = \dfrac{36}{5} a_0 = 7.2 a_0.

The energy of the nthn^{\text{th}} Bohr orbit is directly proportional to the mass of the orbiting particle and inversely proportional to n2n^2 (E∝mn2E \propto \dfrac{m}{n^2}).
For the normal hydrogen atom, E1=E0E_1 = E_0.
For the hypothetical atom, E6=E0×562=536E0E_6 = E_0 \times \dfrac{5}{6^2} = \dfrac{5}{36} E_0.

Answer: 7.2a0,5E0367.2 a_0, \dfrac{5 E_0}{36}
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