The binding energy of a H-atom, considering an electron moving around a fixed nucleus (proton), is B = − 8 n 2 ε 0 2 h 2 m e 4 ( m = electron mass). If one decides to work in a frame of reference

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The binding energy of a H-atom, considering an electron moving around a fixed nucleus (proton), is $B = - \frac{m e ^{4}}{8 n ^{2} ε _{0}^{2} h ^{2}}$ ( $m =$ electron mass). If one decides to work in a frame of reference where the electron is at rest, the proton would be moving around it. By similar arguments, the binding energy would be $B = - \frac{M e ^{4}}{8 n ^{2} ε _{0}^{2} h ^{2}}$ ( $M =$ proton mass). This last expression is not correct because

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The electron's rest frame accelerates with the electron, so it is non-inertial; the Bohr derivation, which writes circular-orbit dynamics in an inertial frame, cannot be repeated there.

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The electron's rest frame accelerates with the electron, so it is non-inertial; the Bohr derivation, which writes circular-orbit dynamics in an inertial frame, cannot be repeated there.

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