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-rw-r--r--Source/Utils/WarpXConst.H15
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Source/Utils/WarpXConst.H b/Source/Utils/WarpXConst.H
index 6901d4629..7734d9011 100644
--- a/Source/Utils/WarpXConst.H
+++ b/Source/Utils/WarpXConst.H
@@ -9,16 +9,17 @@ namespace MathConst
static constexpr amrex::Real pi = 3.14159265358979323846;
}
-// Physical constants
+// Physical constants. Values are the 2018 CODATA recommended values
+// https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html
namespace PhysConst
{
static constexpr amrex::Real c = 299792458.;
- static constexpr amrex::Real ep0 = 8.854187817e-12;
- static constexpr amrex::Real mu0 = 1.2566370614359173e-06;
- static constexpr amrex::Real q_e = 1.6021764620000001e-19;
- static constexpr amrex::Real m_e = 9.10938291e-31;
- static constexpr amrex::Real m_p = 1.6726231000000001e-27;
- static constexpr amrex::Real hbar = 1.05457180010e-34;
+ static constexpr amrex::Real ep0 = 8.8541878128e-12;
+ static constexpr amrex::Real mu0 = 1.25663706212e-06;
+ static constexpr amrex::Real q_e = 1.602176634e-19;
+ static constexpr amrex::Real m_e = 9.1093837015e-31;
+ static constexpr amrex::Real m_p = 1.67262192369e-27;
+ static constexpr amrex::Real hbar = 1.054571817e-34;
static constexpr amrex::Real alpha = mu0/(4*MathConst::pi)*q_e*q_e*c/hbar;
static constexpr amrex::Real r_e = 1./(4*MathConst::pi*ep0) * q_e*q_e/(m_e*c*c);
}