etomica.units
Class Current

java.lang.Object
  etomica.units.Dimension
      etomica.units.Current

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Current
extends Dimension

The dimension for electrical current. Internally, charge q always represents q/(4 pi epsilon0)^(1/2), so that the force via Coulomb's law is given by q1q2/r^2. This gives a quantity for charge having units of sqrt(force)*length, or mass^(1/2)-length^(3/2)/time, so the simulation unit of for the quantity representing charge is sqrt(D-A^3)/ps. Consequently the simulation unit for current (charge/time) is sqrt(D-A^3)/ps^2.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static Dimension	DIMENSION Singleton instance of this class.
static Unit	SIM_UNIT Simulation unit of electrical current.

Fields inherited from class etomica.units.Dimension

MIXED, N_BASE

Method Summary

Unit	getUnit(UnitSystem unitSystem) Returns the unit of this dimension as derived in the given system of units.

Methods inherited from class etomica.units.Dimension

equals, introspect, signature, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DIMENSION

public static final Dimension DIMENSION

Singleton instance of this class.

SIM_UNIT

public static final Unit SIM_UNIT

Simulation unit of electrical current.

Method Detail

getUnit

public Unit getUnit(UnitSystem unitSystem)

Description copied from class: Dimension

Returns the unit of this dimension as derived in the given system of units. Default constructs a CompoundUnit using the base units of the unit system.

Overrides:

getUnit in class Dimension