gauss (unit)

This article refers to the unit gauss; for other meanings see Gauss (disambiguation).The gauss, abbreviated as G, is the cgs unit of magnetic field (B), named after the German mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss. One gauss is defined as one maxwell per square centimetre.According to the SI, also known as the MKS (meter-kilogram-second) system, the tesla is the unit of magnetic flux density, which physicists notate using the symbol B. There is no special unit for magnetic field intensity, which physicists notate H: instead, the compound unit ampere per meter is used. (H is calculated by dividing B by the magnetic permeability of the medium in which the field is impressed, μ, i.e., B = μH.)
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