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Taking into account the motion of the nucleus of a hydrogen atom, find the expressions for the electron'* binding energy in the ground state and for the Rydberg constant. How much (in per cent) do the binding energy and the Rydberg constant, obtained without taking into account the motion of the nucleus, differ from the more accurate corresponding values of these quantities?

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The total energy of the H-atom in an arbitrary frame is

these values differ by m/M (= 0.54%) from the values obtained without considering nuclear motion (M = 1837m)

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