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rhn_mk1
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Why Physicists Tried to Put a Ferret in a Particle...
It's hard to tell without referring to external sources. It could be either GeV or TeV.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion
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BeV would never mean TeV outside of the UK.
petschge
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The long scale where "billion" means 1e12 is not that rare:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#Long_sca...
ascorbic
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But hasn't been used in the UK for at least a generation.
Falcorian
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Confusing, yes. In this case, it's GeV.
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