etomica.units
Class ElectricPotential

java.lang.Object
  etomica.units.Dimension
      etomica.units.ElectricPotential

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class ElectricPotential
extends Dimension

The dimension for electrostatic potential. The dimensions of electric potential is energy/charge, which has fundamental dimensions of (length)^2 (mass) (time)^-3 (current)^-1.

Internally, charge is represented as q/(4 pi epsilon0)^1/2, and is a quantity having units of mass^(1/2)-length^(3/2)/time, so the simulation unit for the quantity representing electric potential is [(A)^2 (D) (ps)^-2] [(D)^-1/2 A^-3/2 ps] = A^(1/2) D^(1/2) ps^(-1).

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

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

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 charge.

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