Units.h

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// ************************************************************************** //
//
//  BornAgain: simulate and fit scattering at grazing incidence
//
//! @file      Base/Const/Units.h
//! @brief     Defines some unit conversion factors and other constants in namespace Units.
//!
//! @homepage  http://www.bornagainproject.org
//! @license   GNU General Public License v3 or higher (see COPYING)
//! @copyright Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 2018
//! @authors   Scientific Computing Group at MLZ (see CITATION, AUTHORS)
//
// ************************************************************************** //
 
#ifndef BORNAGAIN_BASE_CONST_UNITS_H
#define BORNAGAIN_BASE_CONST_UNITS_H
 
//! Constants and functions for physical unit conversions.
 
namespace Units
{
 
// Length
static constexpr double nanometer = 1.;
static constexpr double angstrom = 1.e-1 * nanometer;
static constexpr double micrometer = 1.e+3 * nanometer;
static constexpr double millimeter = 1.e+6 * nanometer;
static constexpr double meter = 1.e+9 * nanometer;
 
// Symbols for length
static constexpr double nm = nanometer;
 
// Area (cross-section)
static constexpr double nm2 = nanometer * nanometer;
static constexpr double barn = nanometer * nanometer * 1e-10;
 
// Angle
static constexpr double radian = 1.;
static constexpr double milliradian = 1.e-3 * radian;
static constexpr double degree = (3.1415926535897932 / 180.0) * radian;
static constexpr double steradian = 1.;
 
inline double rad2deg(double angle)
{
    return angle / degree;
}
inline double deg2rad(double angle)
{
    return angle * degree;
}
 
// Symbols for (solid) angle
static constexpr double rad = radian;
static constexpr double mrad = milliradian;
static constexpr double sr = steradian;
static constexpr double deg = degree;
 
// Magnetic field
static constexpr double tesla = 1.;
static constexpr double gauss = 1e-4;
 
} // namespace Units
 
#endif // BORNAGAIN_BASE_CONST_UNITS_H