What happens to the first ionization potential when a hydrogen-like atom captures a particle?
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This is a textbook problem from Resonance DLPD Physical Chemistry, Page #83 : The mass of a proton is $1836$ times the mass of an electron. If a subatomic particle of mass $207$ times the mass of an electron is captured by the nucleus, what happens to the first ionization potential of H? My answer is that it may either increase or decrease depending on the charge of the captured particle. However, the correct answer according to my book is that the ionization potential increases. How do I arrive at this solution?
physical-chemistry ionization-energy atomic-structure
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