Fermilab's
Chain of Accelerators |
This unit can be confusing. A volt is not a measure of energy.
An electron volt is a measure of energy.
An electron volt is very tiny.
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103 eV = 1 KeV |
one eV = 1.602 x 10-19 joules
Examples of more familiar measures of energy:
BTU-h, joule, erg, kw-hour
| 100 watt light bulb burning for one hour | Kinetic Energy of a 1900 lb INDY 500 car (with driver and fuel) traveling at 230 mph | A 50,000 BTU Furnace heating your home for one hour |
| 360,000 joules | 4.5 million joules | 52 million joules |
| 2.2 x 1024 electron volts WOW! thats 2.2 Trillion TeV or 2.2 Trillion Trillion electron volts |
Even Bigger 28 x 1024 electron volts |
And still more 324 x 1024 electron volts |
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Is there another object to compare with the energy of one proton in the Tevatron (at full energy)?
Take a look at the "Tevatron Ant"
| The TEV ANT moves VERY slowly across
the desk Suppose it take 30 seconds to travel 5½ feet (165 cm) and suppose its mass is 0.1 grams . . . What is its energy in TeV? |
Could you build a Tevatron from flashlight batteries?
Click here for the answer
Questions? Contact Ernie Malamud. rev. August 28, 2000