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6.6 Exercise 58

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An atom can be formed when a negative muon is captured by a proton. The muon has the same charge as the electron and a mass 207 times that of the electron. Calculate the frequency of the photon emitted when this atom makes the transition from n=2n = 2 to the n=1n = 1 state. Assume that the muon is orbiting a stationary proton.

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