14 List of physical constants

The following table lists all of the physical constants which are defined by default in Pyxplot:

Name

Description

Approximate Value

e

$e$

$2.7182818$

euler

The Euler constant

$0.57721566$

false

Boolean truth value

0

goldenRatio

The golden ratio

$1.618034$

i

The square-root of $-1$

$i$

phy.alpha

The fine-structure constant

$0.0072973525$

phy.c

The speed of light

$299792458\, \mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s}$

phy.epsilon_0

The permittivity of free space

$8.85418782\times 10^{-12}\, \mathrm{F}/\mathrm{m}$

phy.G

The gravitational constant

$6.673\times 10^{-11}\, \mathrm{m}^3/\mathrm{kg}/\mathrm{s}^{2}$

phy.g

The mean terrestrial acceleration due to gravity

$9.80665\, \mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s}^{2}$

phy.h

The Planck constant

$6.62606896\times 10^{-34}\, \mathrm{J}\, \mathrm{s}$

phy.hbar

The Planck constant$\, /\, 2\pi $

$1.05457163\times 10^{-34}\, \mathrm{J}\, \mathrm{s}$

phy.kB

The Boltzmann constant

$1.3806504\times 10^{-23}\, \mathrm{J}/\mathrm{K}$

phy.Lsun

The luminosity of the Sun

$3.839\times 10^{26}\, \mathrm{W}$

phy.Msun

The mass of the Sun

$1.98892\times 10^{30}\, \mathrm{kg}$

phy.mu_0

The permeability of free space

$1.25663706\times 10^{-6}\, \mathrm{N}/\mathrm{A}^{2}$

phy.mu_b

The Bohr magneton

$9.27400899\times 10^{-24}\, \mathrm{J}/\mathrm{T}$

phy.m_e

The mass of the electron

$9.10938188\times 10^{-31}\, \mathrm{kg}$

phy.m_muon

The mass of the muon

$1.88353109\times 10^{-28}\, \mathrm{kg}$

phy.m_n

The mass of the neutron

$1.67492716\times 10^{-27}\, \mathrm{kg}$

phy.m_p

The mass of the proton

$1.67262158\times 10^{-27}\, \mathrm{kg}$

phy.m_u

The unified mass constant

$1.66053878\times 10^{-27}\, \mathrm{kg}$

phy.NA

Avogadro’s number

$6.02214199\times 10^{23}\, \mathrm{mol}^{-1}$

phy.q

The fundamental charge

$1.60217649\times 10^{-19}\, \mathrm{C}$

phy.R

The gas constant

$8.314472\, \mathrm{J}/\mathrm{K}/\mathrm{mol}$

phy.Rsun

The radius of the Sun

$695500000\, \mathrm{m}$

phy.Ry

The Rydberg constant

$10973732\, \mathrm{m}^{-1}$

phy.sigma

The Stefan-Boltzmann constant

$5.67040047\times 10^{-8}\, \mathrm{kg}/\mathrm{s}^{3}/\mathrm{K}^{4}$

pi

$\pi $

$3.1415927$

true

Boolean truth value

1

version

Pyxplot version string

“0.9.2”