Merge pull request #2138 from PrometheusPi/fix_bgFieldDefaultUnits

remove micro meters usage in default background field
ComputationalRadiationPhysics · Jul 18, 2017 · 3fcad20 · 3fcad20
2 parents 43cc0ed + 41449b6
commit 3fcad20
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 5 deletions.
diff --git a/include/picongpu/simulation_defines/param/fieldBackground.param b/include/picongpu/simulation_defines/param/fieldBackground.param
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright 2014-2017 Axel Huebl, Alexander Debus
+/* Copyright 2014-2017 Axel Huebl, Alexander Debus, Richard Pausch
  *
  * This file is part of PIConGPU.
  *
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ namespace picongpu
         {
             /* example: periodicity of 20 microns ( = 2.0e-5 m) */
             constexpr float_64 period_SI(20.0e-6);
-            /* calculate cells -> SI -> m to microns*/
-            const float_64 y_SI = cellIdx.y() * SI::CELL_HEIGHT_SI * 1.0e6;
+            /* calculate cells -> SI [m] */
+            const float_64 y_SI = cellIdx.y() * SI::CELL_HEIGHT_SI;
             /* note: you can also transform the time step to seconds by
              *       multiplying with DELTA_T_SI */
 
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ namespace picongpu
         {
             /* example: periodicity of 20 microns ( = 2.0e-5 m) */
             constexpr float_64 period_SI(20.0e-6);
-            /* calculate cells -> SI -> m to microns*/
-            const float_64 y_SI = cellIdx.y() * SI::CELL_HEIGHT_SI * 1.0e6;
+            /* calculate cells -> SI -> [m] */
+            const float_64 y_SI = cellIdx.y() * SI::CELL_HEIGHT_SI;
             /* note: you can also transform the time step to seconds by
              *       multiplying with DELTA_T_SI */