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unit:BARN

http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/BARN
Types: qudt:Unit
PredicateObject
rdf:type qudt:Unit
dcterms:description A barn (symbol b) is a unit of area. Originally used in nuclear physics for expressing the cross sectional area of nuclei and nuclear reactions, today it is used in all fields of high energy physics to express the cross sections of any scattering process, and is best understood as a measure of the probability of interaction between small particles. A barn is defined as \(10^{-28} m^2 (100 fm^2)\) and is approximately the cross sectional area of a uranium nucleus. The barn is also the unit of area used in nuclear quadrupole resonance and nuclear magnetic resonance to quantify the interaction of a nucleus with an electric field gradient. While the barn is not an SI unit, it is accepted for use with the SI due to its continued use in particle physics.
qudt:conversionMultiplier 0.0000000000000000000000000001
qudt:conversionMultiplierSN 1.0E-28
qudt:dbpediaMatch http://dbpedia.org/resource/Barn
qudt:hasDimensionVector qkdv:A0E0L2I0M0H0T0D0
qudt:hasQuantityKind quantitykind:Area
qudt:iec61360Code “0112/2///62720#UAB297”
qudt:informativeReference
qudt:omUnit http://www.ontology-of-units-of-measure.org/resource/om-2/barn
qudt:scalingOf unit:M2
qudt:symbol “b”
qudt:ucumCode “b”^^qudt:UCUMcs
qudt:udunitsCode “b”
qudt:uneceCommonCode “A14”
qudt:wikidataMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q209351
rdfs:isDefinedBy http://qudt.org/3.1.11/vocab/unit
rdfs:label
  • “Barn”
  • “Barn”@en
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