Planck Current

The Planck current is the unit of electric current, denoted by IP, in the system of natural units known as Planck units.

≈ 3.479 × 1025 A

where:

is the Planck charge

is the Planck time

= permittivity in vacuum

is the reduced Planck constant

G is the gravitational constant

c is the speed of light in vacuum.

The Planck current is that current which, in a conductor, carries a Planck charge in Planck time.

Alternatively, the Planck current is that constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length and negligible circular cross-section, and placed a Planck length apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to a Planck force per Planck length.

Planck's natural units
Base Planck units
  • Planck time
  • Planck length
  • Planck mass
  • Planck charge
  • Planck temperature
Derived Planck units
  • Planck energy
  • Planck force
  • Planck power
  • Planck density
  • Planck angular frequency
  • Planck pressure
  • Planck current
  • Planck voltage
  • Planck impedance
  • Planck momentum
  • Planck volume


Famous quotes containing the word current:

    “If the current is right, one can drift to success.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)