How Does the Finite Size of the Nucleus Affect Hydrogen's Ground State Energy?

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Find an expression for the correction to the energy of the ground state of the hydrogen atom due to the finite size of the nucleus. Treat the nuclear charge as a thin shell of radius r0.

what i have been thinking is that you the size of the nucleus as a perturbation, but i don't know where to go from here.

Just really looking for a step in the right direction
Thanks
 
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There will be a shift in the potential energy resulting from the difference between the point charge (presumably this is what your model previously assumed) and the shell charge distribution.

Another hint:

The energy shift will be <psi*(r)|delta V |psi(r)>

And another:

The difference in potential is only really significant over a range of r much less than the Bohr radius, so the wavefunctions are essentially constant and can be taken outside the integral. Don't forget the 4pi r^2 in the integral over space.
 

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