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Can a photon be modeled using AC driven electron and AC driven wire loop?

Can a photon ("electromagnetic wave packet") be simulated in software as an electron bouncing up and down (for the oscillating E field) and a loop of electrons with neutralized electrostatic ...
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Why don't most electrons hit the anode in a cathode ray tube or electron gun?

In a cathode ray tube or electron gun, electrons liberated from the cathode by thermal emission accelerate towards a ring-shaped anode, from the potential difference between cathode and anode. If an ...
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How many newtons are there in one coulomb of charge?

Or, I should have said, how many newtons of force does one coulomb of charge exert? At a distance, presumably, of one meter? Since N/C is supposedly equivalent to V/m? P.S. What are the values for a ...
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