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Hi
I have an atom with nuclear charge Z, mass M and no electrons (a bare nucleus) which captures an electron into its ground state. I am asked to calculate the kinetic energy and the recoil
speed of the nucleus after the electron capture...
I have the Z^2 (-13,6 eV) as usual, as the potential energy for the K-electron...
also i have that momentum is conserved, Mv = -mv, and i ignore relativistic effecta, i.e mv^2/2 is the kinetic energy..but shouldn't there be sthg else involverd? I mean, this sounds to easy
I have an atom with nuclear charge Z, mass M and no electrons (a bare nucleus) which captures an electron into its ground state. I am asked to calculate the kinetic energy and the recoil
speed of the nucleus after the electron capture...
I have the Z^2 (-13,6 eV) as usual, as the potential energy for the K-electron...
also i have that momentum is conserved, Mv = -mv, and i ignore relativistic effecta, i.e mv^2/2 is the kinetic energy..but shouldn't there be sthg else involverd? I mean, this sounds to easy