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Author: Randy Harris
Publisher: Addison Wesley
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Whether the emission of a photon by an isolated electron is possible or not.

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Doubly ionized lithium (Li++) emits a photon after transitioning from the n = 3 excited state directly back to the ground state. A) Calculate the mass of the lithium ion. (Atomic mass = 6.015123 u; electron mass = 5.485799 x 10-4 u) Express your answer in unified atomic mass units and to four significant figures.   B) After the emission of the photon, the ion recoils. Calculate the recoil speed. Express your answer to three significant figures in meters/second.
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Although muons have a half-life of 2.2 µs, physical chemists have been able to construct various muonic elements out of them. Replacing the electron with a muon in hydrogen, what is the Bohr radius (in m) of this muonic hydrogen in the ground state? (The mass of a muon is 1.88 ✕ 10−28 kg.)
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