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- noun 10 12
electronvolts , abbreviated asTeV .
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The next frontier is the land of the teraelectronvolt (TeV, or a million million electronvolts).
Wired Top Stories 2009
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Update: Successful collision of two 3.5 teraelectronvolt beams was achieved at 12. 06pm GMT.
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This would already surpass the one teraelectronvolt maximum output of what is currently the largest functioning collider in the world, at the Fermilab near Chicago in the United States.
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This would already surpass the one teraelectronvolt maximum output of what is currently the largest functioning collider in the world, at the Fermilab near Chicago in the United States.
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This would already surpass the one teraelectronvolt maximum output of what is currently the largest functioning collider in the world, at the Fermilab near Chicago in the United States.
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A teraelectronvolt (TeV) is equivalent to the energy level of a flying mosquito, while CERN wants to ultimately achieve maximum power of 7.0 teraelectronvolts or trillion electronvolts.
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CERN scientists said they are aiming to get the LHC running at an energy equivalent of 1.2 teraelectronvolt by year end.
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One teraelectronvolt is equivalent to the energy of a flying mosquito, said a CERN spokeswoman.
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A TeV, or teraelectronvolt, is the same as a million million electronvolts.
Atomic 2009
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CERN scientists said they are aiming to get the LHC running at an energy equivalent of 1.2 teraelectronvolt by year end.
Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2009
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