Modern Physics 1 Question 21

18. The electric potential between a proton and an electron is given by $V=V _0 \ln \frac{r}{r _0}$, where $r _0$ is a constant. Assuming Bohr’s model to be applicable, write variation of $r _n$ with $n, n$ being the principal quantum number.

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(a) $r _n \propto n$

(b) $r _n \propto \frac{1}{n}$

(c) $r _n \propto n^{2}$

(d) $r _n \propto \frac{1}{n^{2}}$

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Solution:

$$ \begin{gathered} U=e V=e V _0 \ln \frac{r}{r _0} \\ |F|=\left|-\frac{d U}{d r}\right|=\frac{e V _0}{r} \end{gathered} $$

This force will provide the necessary centripetal force. Hence, $\quad \frac{m v^{2}}{r}=\frac{e V _0}{r}$

$$ \begin{aligned} & \text { or } \quad v=\sqrt{\frac{e V _0}{m}} \\ & \text { Moreover, } \quad m v r=\frac{n h}{2 \pi} \end{aligned} $$

Dividing Eq. (ii) by (i), we have

$$ \begin{aligned} m r & =\frac{n h}{2 \pi} \sqrt{\frac{m}{e V _0}} \\ \text { or } \quad r _n & \propto n \end{aligned} $$



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