Units

In OSCARS SI units are used with a few exceptions where useful for the scientist. Units in the documentation as well as code are always written with square brackets e.g. [m] for meters. Below is a list of units used and their meanings.

Units used
Symbol Units Quantity Description
[m] meter length  
[m] meter time time multiplied by the speed of light
[T] tesla magnetic field  
[V/m] volts per meter electric field  
[rad] radian angle  
[W] watt power  
[eV] electron volt energy  
[GeV] giga-electron volt energy \(1e^9 \times [eV]\)
[C] coulomb electric charge  
[A] ampere current  
[s] second time  
[kg] kilogram mass