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EPPCN

European Particle Physics Communication Network

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EPS

European Physical Society

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ERC

European Research Council

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ERL

Energy Recovery Linac

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erratum (pl. errata)

no italics

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ESA

European Space Agency

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ESFRI

European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures

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ESO

European Southern Observatory

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ESRF

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

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ESS

European Spallation Source

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et al.

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etc.

must be preceded by a comma

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ethernet

Use lower case

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EuCARD

European Coordination for Accelerator Research & Development project

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euro (pl. euros)

Not capitalised; add an "s" when plural. In most texts, use the ISO symbol EUR after the figure, separated by a non-breaking space e.g. 25 EUR (add lower case "k" for thousands, e.g. 25 kEUR, upper case "M" or "B" for millions of billions e.g. 25 MEUR).

In more informal texts such as Bulletin articles, the symbol € can be used instead (before the figure, no space, e.g. €25).

 

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event

An "event" is what happens after a collision: particles decay, form tracks and are detected.

See collision or event?.

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event or collision?

See collision or event?.

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everyday (adj.)

but "every day" as in each day

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ex officio

no italics or hyphen

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exclamation marks

Avoid using them. If the statement is surprising or exciting, it will be clear to the reader without the need for an exclamation mark.

In particular, avoid multiple exclamation marks, e.g.:

…this year the Wildcats are here and full of determination, as never before!!!!

 

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experiments

Use capitals for the names of experiments (ATLAS, ALICE, NA62, CLOUD, etc.), except for LHCb, LHCh and n_TOF. AEGIS, AEgIS and AEḡIS are all acceptable spellings used by the collaboration.​

Because CERN experiments can involve thousands of people working across laboratories and countries, there is considerable overlap between the concept of an experiment, research team or collaboration. IS and AEGIS are all acceptable spellings, although the first is the experiment's official name.

Be careful how you use these terms – think how inclusive the term needs to be.

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expertise

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External Auditors

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extrabudgetary

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extraterrestrial

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