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Hi,
In high school physics we are taught that when a charge oscillates it results in electromagnetic radiation. Then we are taught that electromagnetic radiation is a wave with the electric field oscillating in one plane and the magnetic field oscillating in a plane perpendicular to it. So if hypothetically I have a minute charged particle and it is in simple harmonic motion, then does one oscillation create one wave (one photon?)? Or is it a continuous oscillation that creates a wave? How does this work?
Could someone please clarify this and introduce me to concepts that will further help me understand how vibrating charges create radiation?
Thanks,
Shamsheer
In high school physics we are taught that when a charge oscillates it results in electromagnetic radiation. Then we are taught that electromagnetic radiation is a wave with the electric field oscillating in one plane and the magnetic field oscillating in a plane perpendicular to it. So if hypothetically I have a minute charged particle and it is in simple harmonic motion, then does one oscillation create one wave (one photon?)? Or is it a continuous oscillation that creates a wave? How does this work?
Could someone please clarify this and introduce me to concepts that will further help me understand how vibrating charges create radiation?
Thanks,
Shamsheer