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The muon has the same charge as an electron but has a mass that is 207 times greater.The negatively charged muon can bind to a proton to form a new type of hydrogen atom.How does the energy of a muon in the first excited state Em1 of a muonic hydrogen atom compare with the energy of an electron in the first excited state Ee1of a conventional hydrogen atom?


A) |Em1| \approx |Ee1|
B) |Em1| \approx 100|Ee1|
C) |Em1| \approx |Ee1|/100
D) |Em1| \approx 200|Ee1|
E) |Em1| \approx |Ee1|/200

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