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Re: [Bug-gsl] Unit Error
From: |
Brian Gough |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-gsl] Unit Error |
Date: |
Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:08:26 +0100 |
Carlo Ferrigno writes:
> In gsl-1.3 the file gsl_const_cgs.h in the const subdirectory contains a
> wrong value of the
> Bohr magneton
> in the file it is
> #define GSL_CONST_CGS_BOHR_MAGNETON (9.27400899e-20) /* A cm^2 */
> but should read
> #define GSL_CONST_CGS_BOHR_MAGNETON (9.27400899e-21) /* A cm^2 */
>
> and could be useful to add /* erg/gaus */ as a comment.
The CGS units are now available (in CVS) as GSL_CONST_CGSM
using the Gauss as the fundamental unit of magnetic field strength,
so the bohr magneton value comes out correctly.
regards
--
Brian