FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICAL CONSTANTS Peter J. Mohr and Barry N. Taylor These tables give the 2002 self-consistent set of values of the basic constants and conversion factors of physics and chemistry recommended by the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) for international use. The 2002 set replaces the previously recommended 1998 CODATA set. The 2002 adjustment takes into account the data considered in the 1998 adjustment as well as the data that became available between 31 December 1998, the closing date of that adjustment, and 31 December 2002, the closing date of the new adjustment. This report was prepared by the authors under the auspices of the CODATA Task Group on Fundamental Constants. The members of the Task Group are:
B. A. Mamyrin, A. F. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Russian Federation W. Martienssen, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Germany P. J. Mohr, National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States of America F. Nez, Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, France B. W. Petley, National Physical Laboratory, United Kingdom T. J. Quinn, Bureau International des Poids et Mesures B. N. Taylor, National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States of America W. Wöger, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany B. M. Wood, National Research Council, Canada Z. Zhang, National Institute of Metrology, China (People’s Republic of )
F. Cabiati, Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale “Galileo Ferraris,” Italy E. R. Cohen, Science Center, Rockwell International (retired), United States of America K. Fujii, National Metrology Institute of Japan, Japan S. G. Karshenboim, D. I. Mendeleyev All-Russian Research Institute for Metrology, Russian Federation I. Lindgren, Chalmers University of Technology and Göteborg University, Sweden
Reference Mohr, P. J. and Taylor, B. N., The 2002 CODATA Recommended Values of the Fundamental Physical Constants, Web Version 4.0, NIST Physical Data web site <http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/constants> (December 2003); Rev. Mod. Phys. 76, No. 4, October 2004.
TABLE I. An Abbreviated List of the CODATA Recommended Values of the Fundamental Constants of Physics and Chemistry Based on the 2002 Adjustment Quanity speed of light in vacuum magnetic constant electric constant 1/µ0c2 Newtonian constant of gravitation Planck constant h/2π elementary charge magnetic flux quantum h/2e conductance quantum 2e2/h electron mass proton mass proton-electron mass ratio fine-structure constant e2/4πε0ħc inverse fine-structure constant Rydberg constant α2mec/2h Avogadro constant Faraday constant NAe molar gas constant Boltzmann constant R/NA Stefan-Boltzmann constant (π2/60)k4/ħ3c2 Non-SI units accepted for use with the SI electron volt: (e/C) J (unified) atomic mass unit 1 u = mu = (1/12)m(12C) = 10–3 kg mol–1/NA
Symbol Numerical value c, c0 299 792 458 4π × 10–7 µ0 = 12.566 370 614… × 10–7 ε0 8.854 187 817… × 10–12 G 6.6742(10) × 10–11 h 6.626 0693(11) × 10–34 ħ 1.054 571 68(18) × 10–34 e 1.602 176 53(14) × 10–19 φ0 2.067 833 72(18) × 10–15 G0 7.748 091 733(26) × 10–5 9.109 3826(16) × 10–31 me 1.672 621 71(29) × 10–27 mp mp/me 1836.152 672 61(85) α 7.297 352 568(24) × 10–3 –1 137.035 999 11(46) α R∞ 10 973 731.568 525(73) NA , L 6.022 1415(10) × 1023 F 96 485.3383(83) R 8.314 472(15) k 1.380 6505(24) × 10–23 σ 5.670 400(40) × 10–8 eV u
1.602 176 53(14) × 10–19 1.660 538 86(28) × 10–27
Unit m s–1 N A–2 N A–2 F m–1 m3 kg–1 s–2 Js Js C Wb S kg kg
Relative std. uncert. ur (exact)
m–1 mol–1 C mol–1 J mol–1 K–1 J K–1 W m–2 K–4
(exact) (exact) 1.5×10–4 1.7×10–7 1.7×10–7 8.5×10–8 8.5×10–8 3.3×10–9 1.7×10–7 1.7×10–7 4.6×10–10 3.3×10–9 3.3×10–9 6.6×10–12 1.7×10–7 8.6×10–8 1.7×10–6 1.8×10–6 7.0×10–6
J kg
8.5×10–8 1.7×10–7
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