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Physical units

The parameters in cytosim can be specified in any system of units, but the same system should be used consistently for all values!

For convenience, default values are provided for some parameters, and this is done with this system of units:

Quantity | Unit | Value
--- | --- | ---
Distance | micro-meter | 10^(-6) = 0.000001 meter
Force | pico-Newton | 10^(-12) = 0.000000000001 Newton
Time | second | 1/60 minute

For example:

Parameter | Default value
--- | ---
viscosity | 1 pN.s/um^2
kT | 0.0042 pN.um

It is therefore strongly advised to convert everything to pico-Newtons, micro-meters and seconds.