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Toolkit for the simulation of the passage of particles through matter
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setSystemOfUnits.cc
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1// -*- C++ -*-
2// $Id:$
3// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
4
6
7namespace HepTool {
8
10 double kilogram,
11 double second,
12 double ampere,
13 double kelvin,
14 double mole,
15 double candela)
16{
17 const double kilo_ = 1.e+03; // chilioi (Greek) "thousand"
18 const double mega_ = 1.e+06; // megas (Greek) "large"
19 const double giga_ = 1.e+09; // gigas (Greek) "giant"
20 const double tera_ = 1.e+12; // teras (Greek) "monster"
21 const double peta_ = 1.e+15; // pente (Greek) "five"
22
23 const double deci_ = 1.e-01; // decimus (Latin) "tenth"
24 const double centi_ = 1.e-02; // centum (Latin) "hundred"
25 const double milli_ = 1.e-03; // mille (Latin) "thousand"
26 const double micro_ = 1.e-06; // micro (Latin) or mikros (Greek) "small"
27 const double nano_ = 1.e-09; // nanus (Latin) or nanos (Greek) "dwarf"
28 const double pico_ = 1.e-12; // pico (Spanish) "bit"
29
30 // ======================================================================
31 //
32 // Base (default) SI units
33 // for the basic measurable quantities (dimensions):
34 //
35 // ======================================================================
36
37 // Length
38 // metrum (Latin) and metron (Greek) "measure"
39 const double m = meter;
40 setVariable("meter", m);
41 setVariable("metre", m);
42 setVariable("m", m);
43
44 // Mass
45 const double kg = kilogram;
46 setVariable("kilogram", kg);
47 setVariable("kg", kg);
48
49 // Time
50 // minuta secundam (Latin) "second small one"
51 const double s = second;
52 setVariable("second", s);
53 setVariable("s", s);
54
55 // Current
56 // --- honors Andre-Marie Ampere (1775-1836) of France
57 const double A = ampere;
58 setVariable("ampere", A);
59 setVariable("amp", A);
60 setVariable("A", A);
61
62 // Temperature
63 // --- honors William Thomson, 1st Baron Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) of England
64 const double K = kelvin;
65 setVariable("kelvin", K);
66 setVariable("K", K);
67
68 // Amount of substance
69 const double mol = mole;
70 setVariable("mole", mol);
71 setVariable("mol", mol);
72
73 // Luminous intensity
74 const double cd = candela;
75 setVariable("candela", cd);
76 setVariable("cd", cd);
77
78 // ======================================================================
79 //
80 // Supplementary SI units having special symbols:
81 //
82 // ======================================================================
83
84 // Plane angle
85 const double rad = 1.;
86 setVariable("radian", rad);
87 setVariable("rad", rad);
88 setVariable("milliradian", milli_ * rad);
89 setVariable("mrad", milli_ * rad);
90
91 const double pi = 3.14159265358979323846;
92 const double deg = rad*pi/180.;
93 setVariable("degree", deg);
94 setVariable("deg", deg);
95
96 // Solid angle
97 const double sr = 1.;
98 setVariable("steradian", sr);
99 setVariable("sr", sr);
100
101 // ======================================================================
102 //
103 // Derived SI units having special symbols:
104 //
105 // ======================================================================
106
107 // Frequency
108 // --- honors Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857-1894) of Germany
109 const double Hz = 1./s;
110 setVariable("hertz", Hz);
111 setVariable("Hz", Hz);
112
113 // Force
114 // --- honors Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) of England
115 const double N = m * kg / (s*s);
116 setVariable("newton", N);
117 setVariable("N", N);
118
119 // Pressure
120 // --- honors Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) of France
121 const double Pa = N / (m*m);
122 setVariable("pascal", Pa);
123 setVariable("Pa", Pa);
124
125 const double atm = 101325. * Pa;
126 setVariable("atmosphere", atm);
127 setVariable("atm", atm);
128
129 const double bar = 100000*Pa;
130 setVariable("bar", bar);
131
132 // Energy
133 // --- honors James Prescott Joule (1818-1889) of England
134 const double J = N * m;
135 setVariable("joule", J);
136 setVariable("J", J);
137
138 // Power
139 // --- honors James Watt (1736-1819) of Scotland
140 const double W = J / s;
141 setVariable("watt", W);
142 setVariable("W", W);
143
144 // Electric charge
145 // --- honors Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736-1806) of France
146 const double C = A * s;
147 setVariable("coulomb", C);
148 setVariable("C", C);
149
150 // Electric potential
151 // --- honors Count Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) of Italy
152 const double V = J / C;
153 setVariable("volt", V);
154 setVariable("V", V);
155
156 // Electric resistance
157 // --- honors Georg Simon Ohm (1787-1854) of Germany
158 const double ohm = V / A;
159 setVariable("ohm", ohm);
160
161 // Electric conductance
162 // --- honors Ernst Werner von Siemens (1816-1892) or
163 // his brother Sir William (Karl Wilhelm von) Siemens (1823-1883)
164 // of Germany (England)
165 const double S = 1./ ohm;
166 setVariable("siemens", S);
167 setVariable("S", S);
168
169 // Electric capacitance
170 // --- honors Michael Faraday (1791-1867) of England
171 const double F = C / V;
172 setVariable("farad", F);
173 setVariable("F", F);
174
175 // Magnetic flux density
176 // --- honors Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) of Croatia (United States)
177 const double T = V * s / (m*m);
178 setVariable("tesla", T);
179 setVariable("T", T);
180
181 // --- honors Karl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) of Germany
182 const double Gs = 1.e-4*T;
183 setVariable("gauss", Gs);
184 setVariable("Gs", Gs);
185
186 // Magnetic flux
187 // --- honors Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804-1891) of Germany
188 const double Wb = V * s;
189 setVariable("weber", Wb);
190 setVariable("Wb", Wb);
191
192 // Inductance
193 // --- honors Joseph Henry (1797-1878) of the United States
194 const double H = Wb / A;
195 setVariable("henry", H);
196 setVariable("H", H);
197
198 // Luminous flux
199 const double lm = cd * sr;
200 setVariable("lumen", lm);
201 setVariable("lm", lm);
202
203 // Illuminace
204 const double lx = lm / (m*m);
205 setVariable("lux", lx);
206 setVariable("lx", lx);
207
208 // Radioactivity
209 // --- honors Antoine-Henri Becquerel (1852-1908) of France
210 const double Bq = 1./s;
211 setVariable("becquerel", Bq);
212 setVariable("Bq", Bq);
213
214 // --- honors Pierre Curie (1859-1906) of France
215 // and Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934) of Poland
216 setVariable("curie", 3.7e+10 * Bq);
217 setVariable("Ci", 3.7e+10 * Bq);
218
219 // Specific energy
220 // --- honors Louis Harold Gray, F.R.S. (1905-1965) of England
221 const double Gy = J / kg;
222 setVariable("gray", Gy);
223 setVariable("Gy", Gy);
224
225 // Dose equivalent
226 const double Sv = J / kg;
227 setVariable("sievert", Sv);
228 setVariable("Sv", Sv);
229
230 // ======================================================================
231 //
232 // Selected units:
233 //
234 // ======================================================================
235
236 // Length
237
238 const double mm = milli_ * m;
239 setVariable("millimeter", mm);
240 setVariable("mm", mm);
241
242 const double cm = centi_ * m;
243 setVariable("centimeter", cm);
244 setVariable("cm", cm);
245
246 setVariable("decimeter", deci_ * m);
247
248 const double km = kilo_ * m;
249 setVariable("kilometer", km);
250 setVariable("km", km);
251
252 setVariable("micrometer", micro_ * m);
253 setVariable("micron", micro_ * m);
254 setVariable("nanometer", nano_ * m);
255
256 // --- honors Anders Jonas Angstrom (1814-1874) of Sweden
257 setVariable("angstrom", 1.e-10 * m);
258
259 // --- honors Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) of Italy
260 setVariable("fermi", 1.e-15 * m);
261
262 // Length^2
263
264 setVariable("m2", m*m);
265 setVariable("mm2", mm*mm);
266 setVariable("cm2", cm*cm);
267 setVariable("km2", km*km);
268
269 const double barn = 1.e-28 * m*m;
270 setVariable("barn", barn);
271 setVariable("millibarn", milli_ * barn);
272 setVariable("mbarn", milli_ * barn);
273 setVariable("microbarn", micro_ * barn);
274 setVariable("nanobarn", nano_ * barn);
275 setVariable("picobarn", pico_ * barn);
276
277 // LengthL^3
278
279 setVariable("m3", m*m*m);
280 setVariable("mm3", mm*mm*mm);
281 setVariable("cm3", cm*cm*cm);
282 setVariable("cc", cm*cm*cm);
283 setVariable("km3", km*km*km);
284
285 const double L = 1.e-3*m*m*m;
286 setVariable("liter", L);
287 setVariable("litre", L);
288 setVariable("L", L);
289 setVariable("centiliter", centi_ * L);
290 setVariable("cL", centi_ * L);
291 setVariable("milliliter", milli_ * L);
292 setVariable("mL", milli_ * L);
293
294 // Length^-1
295
296 const double dpt = 1./m;
297 setVariable("diopter", dpt);
298 setVariable("dioptre", dpt);
299 setVariable("dpt", dpt);
300
301 // Mass
302
303 const double g = 0.001*kg;
304 setVariable("gram", g);
305 setVariable("g", g);
306 setVariable("milligram", milli_ * g);
307 setVariable("mg", milli_ * g);
308
309 // Time
310
311 setVariable("millisecond", milli_ * s);
312 setVariable("ms", milli_ * s);
313 setVariable("microsecond", micro_ * s);
314 setVariable("nanosecond", nano_ * s);
315 setVariable("ns", nano_ * s);
316 setVariable("picosecond", pico_ * s);
317
318 // Current
319
320 setVariable("milliampere", milli_ * A);
321 setVariable("mA", milli_ * A);
322 setVariable("microampere", micro_ * A);
323 setVariable("nanoampere", nano_ * A);
324
325 // Frequency
326
327 setVariable("kilohertz", kilo_ * Hz);
328 setVariable("kHz", kilo_ * Hz);
329 setVariable("megahertz", mega_ * Hz);
330 setVariable("MHz", mega_ * Hz);
331
332 // Force
333 setVariable("kilonewton", kilo_ * N);
334 setVariable("kN", kilo_ * N);
335
336 // Pressure
337 setVariable("kilobar", kilo_ * bar);
338 setVariable("kbar", kilo_ * bar);
339 setVariable("millibar", milli_ * bar);
340 setVariable("mbar", milli_ * bar);
341
342 // Energy
343 setVariable("kilojoule", kilo_ * J);
344 setVariable("kJ", kilo_ * J);
345 setVariable("megajoule", mega_ * J);
346 setVariable("MJ", mega_ * J);
347 setVariable("gigajoule", giga_ * J);
348 setVariable("GJ", giga_ * J);
349
350 const double e_SI = 1.60217733e-19; // positron charge in coulomb
351 const double ePlus = e_SI * C; // positron charge
352 const double eV = ePlus * V;
353 setVariable("electronvolt", eV);
354 setVariable("eV", eV);
355 setVariable("kiloelectronvolt", kilo_ * eV);
356 setVariable("keV", kilo_ * eV);
357 setVariable("megaelectronvolt", mega_ * eV);
358 setVariable("MeV", mega_ * eV);
359 setVariable("gigaelectronvolt", giga_ * eV);
360 setVariable("GeV", giga_ * eV);
361 setVariable("teraelectronvolt", tera_ * eV);
362 setVariable("TeV", tera_ * eV);
363 setVariable("petaelectronvolt", peta_ * eV);
364 setVariable("PeV", peta_ * eV);
365
366 // Power
367 setVariable("kilowatt", kilo_ * W);
368 setVariable("kW", kilo_ * W);
369 setVariable("megawatt", mega_ * W);
370 setVariable("MW", mega_ * W);
371 setVariable("gigawatt", giga_ * W);
372 setVariable("GW", giga_ * W);
373
374 // Electric potential
375 setVariable("kilovolt", kilo_ * V);
376 setVariable("kV", kilo_ * V);
377 setVariable("megavolt", mega_ * V);
378 setVariable("MV", mega_ * V);
379
380 // Electric capacitance
381 setVariable("millifarad", milli_ * F);
382 setVariable("mF", milli_ * F);
383 setVariable("microfarad", micro_ * F);
384 setVariable("uF", micro_ * F);
385 setVariable("nanofarad", nano_ * F);
386 setVariable("nF", nano_ * F);
387 setVariable("picofarad", pico_ * F);
388 setVariable("pF", pico_ * F);
389
390 // Magnetic flux density
391 setVariable("kilogauss", kilo_ * Gs);
392 setVariable("kGs", kilo_ * Gs);
393}
394
395} // namespace HepTool
void setSystemOfUnits(double meter=1.0, double kilogram=1.0, double second=1.0, double ampere=1.0, double kelvin=1.0, double mole=1.0, double candela=1.0)
void setVariable(const char *name, double value)
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