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reduced Planck constant

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Also known as ℎ-bar, h-bar, ħ, reduced Planck's constant, Planck action, Planck angular momentum, Dirac's constant, Dirac constant

the Planck constant divided by 2 π

Key facts

Common symbols
h {\displaystyle h}
Si unit
J·s ( joule -second)
In si base units
kg ⋅ m ⋅ s
Dimension
M L 2 T − 1 {\displaystyle {\mathsf {M}}{\mathsf {L}}^{2}{\mathsf {T}}^{-1}}
Value
6.626 070 15 × 10 J⋅Hz , 4.135 667 696 ... × 10 eV⋅Hz

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Encyclopedic overview

The Planck constant, or Planck's constant, denoted by

h

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “reduced Planck constant” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.