CODATA recommended values of the fundamental physical constants: 2002

This paper gives the 2002 self-consistent set of values of the basic constants and conversion factors of physics and chemistry recommended by the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) for international use. Further, it describes in detail the adjustment of the values of the subset of constants on which the complete 2002 set of recommended values is based. Two noteworthy additions in the 2002 adjustment are recommended values for the bound-state rms charge radii of the proton and deuteron and tests of the exactness of the Josephson and quantum-Hall-effect relations ${K}_{\mathrm{J}}=2e∕h$ and ${R}_{\mathrm{K}}=h∕{e}^{2}$, where ${K}_{\mathrm{J}}$ and ${R}_{\mathrm{K}}$ are the Josephson and von…