Nat, I don't recall any AIP pubs that publish articles in esu/emu terms, but of course I don't read all sections of physics. Are you aware of any current usage of these in journal articles? Jim Nat Hager III wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, James R. Frysinger wrote: > > > ... > > > homework sets from the Princeton Physics Department that have students > > > calculate problems in electrostatic units (esu)! How archaic! > > > ... > > > > Groth and Nice might be specialists in the field of elementary particles, > > and prefer to set as many fundamental constants equal to one as possible > > with esu and emu being the next best thing in their minds. My uninformed > > speculation, of course. > > > > That's exactly the case Gene. My old grad text J.D. Jackson "Classical > Electrodynamics", which I understand is still pretty much a standard text, > has a section on units in the back. They use esu units because it allows a > lot of recurring constants to be set equal to one, thus simplifying > theoretical manipulation. It's purely a tool for equation jockeys, ifp isn't > involved in any way. > > Nat -- Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
