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. 2007 Aug 1;112(4):209–221. doi: 10.6028/jres.112.017

Table 1.

Fundamental Constants

Parameter Symbol Value Units
Planck’s constant ħ 6.5836 × 10−16 eV·s
Boltzmann’s constant kB 8.6174 × 10−5 eV/K
electron rest mass m0 9.1072 × 10−28 g
electronic charge e −4.802 × 10−10 esu
Bohr radius aB 0.5291 × 10−8 cm
energy associated with 1 Rydberg e2/2aB 13.6 eV
speed of light c 2.9979 × 1010 cm/s
wave length associated with 1 eV [λ0] 1.2396 × 10−4 cm
wave number associated with 1 eV [k0] 8.0668 × 103 cm−1
dielectric constant in vacuum ε 8.854 × 10−12 F/m