barn

Conventional unit of nuclear quadrupole moments in SI units.

Syntax
value = barn
Description

barn returns the SI value of 1 barn (a common unit for nuclear electric quadrupole moments), in m2.

It is defined as 1 barn = 10-28 m2 = 10-24 cm2.

Reference
See also

amu, angstrom, avogadro, bmagn, bohrrad, boltzm, clight, echarge, emass, eps0, evolt, faraday, gammae, gfree, hartree, hbar, molgas, mu0, nmagn, nmass, planck, pmass, rydberg