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I hate to be nitpicking, but "billion-electron-volt (BeV)" in the first sentence... hurts.

• anonytrary 8y ago
  It should read GeV (giga) correct?
  • rhn_mk1 8y ago
    It's hard to tell without referring to external sources. It could be either GeV or TeV. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion
    • eigenloss 8y ago
      BeV would never mean TeV outside of the UK.
      • petschge 8y ago
        The long scale where "billion" means 1e12 is not that rare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#Long_scale_users https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#Long_sca...
        • ascorbic 8y ago
          But hasn't been used in the UK for at least a generation.
    • Falcorian 8y ago
      Confusing, yes. In this case, it's GeV.
  • petschge 8y ago
    Yes. The early seventies is when we so tens to hundres of GeV and even the LHC has only reached 6.5 TeV (per direction), well short of the alternative interpretation of 200 TeV.
• wintermutesGhst 8y ago
  It looks like it may be an antiquated term? From the National Accelerator Laboratory Groundbreaking press release: "Groundbreaking will be held Sunday, December 1, 1968, near here for the first permanent building in the research complex of the National Accelerator Laboratory (NAL) where the 200 Billion Electron Volt (BeV) accelerator will be located." [http://history.fnal.gov/groundbreaking.html http://history.fnal.gov/groundbreaking.html]
• taneq 8y ago
  Should have been milliard-electron-volt, right?