Function crpropa::nuclearMass(int)

Function Documentation

double crpropa::nuclearMass(int id)

Get the nucleus mass by lookup from a table. The masses are the atomic masses from the NIST database: http://www.nist.gov/pml/data/comp.cfm minus electron masses, neglecting electron binding energies. Unmeasured atomic masses are taken to be A * amu minus electron masses. The data table is generated by data-tools/NuclearMass/createNuclearMassTable.

Parameters:

id – id of the particle following the PDG numbering scheme

Returns:

The mass of a the nucleus