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gigaelectronvolt [¦gig·ə·i′lek‚trän‚vōlt] (physics) A unit of energy, used primarily in high-energy physics, equal to 109electronvolts or approximately 11.602 × 10-10joule. Abbreviated GeV. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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77 gigaelectronvolts to enable them to penetrate the screen without creating other particles. For more than 6 years, the LEP collider operated at an energy of about 91 gigaelectronvolts (GeV) to produce electron-positron collisions of just the right energy to create large numbers of Z#161# particles. These particles are accelerated in stages to an energy of 7 gigaelectronvolts, then injected into a storage ring about 1 kilometer in circumference-large enough to encircle a baseball stadium. |
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