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798 Principles of Radiation Interaction in Matter and Detection
A.2 Physical Constants
Most values of physical constants and conversion factors are available on the web
(e.g., see [PDB (2008); Mohr and Taylor (2005)]).
Quantity Symbol Value
speed of light
in vacuum c 299 792 458 m s
−1
Planck constant h = 2π~ 6.6260693 × 10
−34
J s
conversion constant ~ c 197.326968 MeV fm
electron 1.60217653 × 10
−19
C
charge magnitude e 4.803204 × 10
−10
esu
electron mass m
e
0.510998918 MeV/c
2
9.1093826 × 10
−28
g
proton mass m
p
938.272029 MeV/c
2
1.67262171 × 10
−24
g
neutron mass m
n
939.565360 MeV/c
2
1.67492728 × 10
−24
g
deuteron mass m
d
1875.61282 MeV/c
2
3.34358335 × 10
−24
g
unified atomic 931.4940 MeV/c
2
unit mass u 1.66053886 × 10
−24
g
Bohr magneton µ
B
=
e~
2m
e
5.788381804×10
−11
MeV/T
nuclear magneton µ
N
=
e~
2m
p
3.152451259×10
−14
MeV/T
electron −1.0011596521859 µ
B
magnetic moment µ
e
−1.83828197107 × 10
3
µ
N
proton 1.521032206 × 10
−3
µ
B
magnetic moment µ
p
2.792847351 µ
N
neutron −1.04187563 × 10
−3
µ
B
magnetic moment µ
n
−1.91304273 µ
N
Avogadro constant N 6.0221415 × 10
23
mol
−1
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