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/** \file constants.hpp
 *
 *  \brief Various constants
 */
 
#ifndef __CONSTANTS_HPP__
#define __CONSTANTS_HPP__
 
#include <complex>
 
namespace sirius {
 
/// NIST value for the inverse fine structure (http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html)
const double speed_of_light = 137.035999139;
 
// This value reproduces NIST ScRLDA total energy much better.
// const double speed_of_light = 137.0359895;
 
/// Bohr radius in angstroms.
const double bohr_radius = 0.52917721067;
 
/// \f$ \pi \f$
const double pi = 3.1415926535897932385;
 
/// \f$ 2\pi \f$
const double twopi = 6.2831853071795864769;
 
/// \f$ 4\pi \f$
const double fourpi = 12.566370614359172954;
 
/// First spherical harmonic \f$ Y_{00} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{4\pi}} \f$.
const double y00 = 0.28209479177387814347;
 
/// Hartree in electron-volt units.
const double ha2ev = 27.21138505;
 
const char* const storage_file_name = "sirius.h5";
 
/// Pauli matrices in {I, Z, X, Y} order.
const std::complex<double> pauli_matrix[4][2][2] = {
    {{1.0, 0.0}, {0.0, 1.0}},
    {{1.0, 0.0}, {0.0, -1.0}},
    {{0.0, 1.0}, {1.0, 0.0}},
    {{0.0, std::complex<double>(0, -1)}, {std::complex<double>(0, 1), 0.0}}};
 
} // namespace sirius
 
#endif // __CONSTANTS_HPP__