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A positronium "atom" is a system that consists of a positron and an electron that orbit each other. Campare the wavelengths of the spectral lines of positronium with those of ordinary hydrogen.

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Here, the two particales have the same mass `m` , so the reducted mass is `mu = (mm)/(m + m) = (m^(2))/(2 m) = (m)/(2)`
where `m` is the electron mass
We know that `E_(n) prop m implies (E'_(n))/(E_(n)) = (mu)/(m) = (1)/(2)`
Hence, energy levels of positronium atom are half of correspinding energy level in a hydrogen atom .
As a ruselt , the wevelength in the positronium atom spectral lines are all twice those of the corresponding lines in the hydrogen spectrum.
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