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byAnonymous Coward writes:
What will it be in joules, 1 peta electronVolt?
Could I boil a kettle on this neutrino (potentially)?
byAnonymous Coward writes:
This type of physics doesn't use joules. They use electronVolts. If you want it in units that aren't useful to the particular science, then convert it yourself.
byOpportunist ( 166417 ) writes:
Because a peta-electronvolt is such a handy unit to work with.
This is actually one of the few kinds where converting it to another unit makes sense, because we're already dealing with a force that the average person can "understand", or "grasp", if I may be so idiomatic. Yes, we may be nerds here, but not everyone is into astronomy.
The feeling of a raindrop hitting your hand is something most people could relate to. And the rest of us can at least go outside the basement next time it rains to find out.
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