Function crpropa::nuclearMass(int, int)

• Defined in File ParticleMass.cpp

Function Documentation

double crpropa::nuclearMass(int A, int Z)

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:

• A – atomic mass number of the nucleus

• Z – atomic number of the nucleus

Returns:

The mass of a the nucleus