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2<title>Physical Units</title>
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4<!-- Changed by: Hans Grote, 30-Sep-2002 -->
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10EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH
11<IMG SRC="http://cern.ch/madx/icons/mx7_25.gif" align=right>
12<h2>Physical Units</h2>
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14
15Throughout the computations MAD uses international
16(SI, Syst&egrave;me International) units.
17These units are summarised in the <a href="#table">Units table</a>.
18<p>
19<a name=table>
20<table cols = 2 border=4 frame=box align=center rules=all>
21<tr> <td>Length                 </td> <td>m (metres)</td> </tr>
22<tr> <td>Angle                  </td> <td>rad (radians)</td> </tr>
23<tr> <td>Quadrupole coefficient </td> <td>m**(-2)</td> </tr>
24<tr> <td>Multipole coefficient, 2n poles  </td> <td>m**(-n)</td> </tr>
25<tr> <td>Electric voltage       </td> <td>MV (Megavolts)</td> </tr>
26<tr> <td>Electric field strength</td> <td>MV/m</td> </tr>
27<tr> <td>Frequency              </td> <td>MHz (Megahertz)</td> </tr>
28<tr> <td>Phase angles           </td> <td>2 pi</td> </tr>
29<tr> <td>Particle energy        </td> <td>GeV</td> </tr>
30<tr> <td>Particle mass          </td> <td>GeV/c**2</td> </tr>
31<tr> <td>Particle momentum      </td> <td>GeV/c</td> </tr>
32<tr> <td>Beam current           </td> <td>A (Amperes)</td> </tr>
33<tr> <td>Particle charge        </td> <td>e (elementary charges)</td> </tr>
34<tr> <td>Impedances             </td> <td>MOhm (Megohms)</td> </tr>
35<tr> <td>Emittances             </td> <td>pi m mrad</td> </tr>
36<tr> <td>RF power               </td> <td>MW (Megawatts)</td> </tr>
37<tr> <td>Higher mode loss factor</td> <td>V/pc</td> </tr>
38<caption><b>Table 1:</b> Physical Units</caption>
39</table>
40<p>
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44<address>
45<a href="http://www.cern.ch/Hans.Grote/hansg_sign.html">hansg</a>,
46June 17, 2002
47</address>
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