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Glossary
Some Key energies
Some key energies listed in order of decreasing
size.
- 1 electron volt (eV) = 1.6x10-19 J
I'll add to this list when I get time..
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Energy
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Notes
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1.2x1028
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Planck Energy
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~ 3x1025
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GUTs unification scale
strengths of weak, electromagnetic and
strong interactions converge.
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the "Energy Desert"
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~ fewx1012
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Max accessible by the
LHC
(when online in 2006+)
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~ 2x1011
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Rest Mass of the Top Quark
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~ 9x109
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Rest Mass of the intermediate vector bosons
(W+, W+, Z0)
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~ 1x109
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Rest Mass of a proton,neutron
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~ 5x105
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Rest Mass of an electron
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~ 1.4x101
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Binding electron of electron in hygrogen atom
(in ground state)
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