The unit-system section

The unit-system section is used in combination with the units keyword from the system section for defining custom system of units. When defining a custom unit system, the units keyword is used to select the new system and the unit-system section is defining the base units.

Example unit-system section:
System
------
units = new-system

unit-system
-----------
name = new-system
length = (1.0, 'bohr')
mass = (9.81e-31, 'kg')
energy = (1.0, 'kcal/mol')
charge = e

Note that the unit-system section is optional.

Keywords for the unit-system section

For the unit-system section the scale for each dimension is specified using the keywords:

Table 37 Keywords for the unit-system section
Keyword Description
length Specify the scale and base unit for the length dimension.
mass Specify the scale and base unit for the mass dimension.
energy Specify the scale and base unit for the energy dimension.
charge Specify the base unit for the charge dimension

Keyword length

length = tuple like (float, string)

The length keyword specifies the scale and base unit for the length dimension. This is done on the form:

length = (value, 'baseunit')

For an overview of the possible base units, please see the description in the manual section describing units in PyRETIS. Also, note that the 'baseunit' string is case-sensitive!

Default
None. This keyword must be specified if the unit-system section is used.

Keyword mass

mass = tuple like (float, string)

The mass keyword specifies the scale and base unit for the mass dimension. This is done on the form:

mass = (value, 'baseunit')

For an overview of the possible base units, please see the description in the manual section describing units in PyRETIS. Also, note that the 'baseunit' string is case-sensitive!

Default
None. This keyword must be specified if the unit-system section is used.

Keyword energy

energy = tuple like (float, string)

The energy keyword specifies the scale and base unit for the energy dimension. This is done on the form:

energy = (value, 'baseunit')

For an overview of the possible base units, please see the description in the manual section describing units in PyRETIS. Also, note that the 'baseunit' string is case-sensitive!

Default
None. This keyword must be specified if the unit-system section is used.

Keyword charge

charge = string

The charge keyword specifies base unit for the charge dimension. This is done on the form:

charge = baseunit

For an overview of the possible base units, please see the description in the manual section describing units in PyRETIS. Also, note that the 'baseunit' string is case-sensitive!

Default
None. This keyword must be specified if the unit-system section is used.