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- abbreviation mega-electron volt
- abbreviation million electron volts
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- initialism physics
megaelectron volt , 106eV
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Of special interest for the acceleration of protons in the range 200 to 600 MeV is the separated-sector cyclotron, which consists of a number of iron sectors, instead of
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The dashed line is a gluon, which transmits colour charge and momentum to the final state, mediating the decay. meson equals 1019.4 MeV, which is just a little bit more than twice the mass of the charged kaons (493.7 MeV).
Scientific Blogging 2009
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Within nine months, the newly constructed band generator was used to boost the energy to the 500 thousand electron volts (KeV) level, enabling Gentner to generate gamma-rays of 17 million electron volts (MeV) by bombarding
Walther Bothe and the Physics Institute: the Early Years of Nuclear Physics 2010
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This center was equipped with a synchro-cyclotron of 160 MeV, and its construction was continued after her death by her husband.
Joliot-Curie, Irène 2009
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You get a flash of MeV thermal X-rays corresponding to millions of degrees.
Hydrogen Gas Cannons Could Launch Payloads to Orbit (w/video) | Universe Today 2010
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Nuclear “stickiness” involves potential well depths on the order of an MeV.
"War of the Weasels" article in new Skeptical Inquirer - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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There may be 'game changers' in energy but laser fusion probably isn't one of them - it is simply too expensive; doesn't scale down well; with D-T fuel, still have unsolved engineering problem of building power plants that can harvest energy for decades from huge fluxes of deadly 14 MeV neutrons produced by fusion reactions.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Thomas Friedman - The Next Really Cool Thing (NYT) 2009
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A 1000 MeV beam will create 20-30 spallation neutrons per proton.
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These numbers compare with 200-210 MeV released by the fission of one uranium-235 or plutonium-239 atom.
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