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Acceleration of 8110823001207866000 m/s^2 by using Coulomb's law: did I do it right?
The other answer correctly pointed out that using $F=ma$ and the mass of the hydrogen atom does not give the exact $a$, and even if one uses the correct relativistic formulas and the correct mass, one ...
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Acceleration of 8110823001207866000 m/s^2 by using Coulomb's law: did I do it right?
"It rises the question, if Columb's law can be useful at such small/atomic scales?"
Coulomb's law still plays a role in the Hamiltonian of an atom, but your discussion of "force" ...
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References for Electrostatics Calculations Used in Molecular Dynamics
The reason why most molecular force fields stop at point charges and dipoles is they're good enough.
What we mean by "good enough" is for the electrostatic potential (ESP) around a classical ...
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References for Electrostatics Calculations Used in Molecular Dynamics
Not sure whether it will satisfy all your thirst for knowledge, but you could have a look at the chapter on "Long-Range Interactions" (11 or 12, depending on edition) in "Understanding ...
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