Entries - H

H2020

Horizon 2020 (EU research funding programme)

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hadron

A subatomic particle of a type including the baryons and mesons, which can take part in the strong interaction.

Note: The Large Hadron Collider is a large machine that collides hadrons, not a machine that collides large hadrons.

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physics

hadron therapy

two words

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half-life

Note the hyphen. Plural: half-lives.

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hand-held

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hands-free

use hyphen

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HE-LHC

Higher-Energy LHC

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head of delegation

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headline

A headline is a short statement (60 characters max, including spaces) that should entice readers to read on. It should grab their attention and interest, and give them an idea of what to expect in the story. Headlines should be understandable on their own. Use active verbs where possible ("Experiment opens at CERN"; "LHCb discovers new particle") unless the impact is stronger in the passive ("Higgs boson found"). 

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headquarters

Not capitalised to Headquarters.

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healthcare (adj. and noun)

one word

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helium-3

not helium 3

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Courier

helpdesk

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HEP

High-Energy Physics

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HEPAP

High-Energy Physics Advisory Panel (in the US)

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HEPTech

Technology Transfer Network of institutions active in particle, astroparticle and nuclear physics

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HERA

Hadron-Electron Ring Accelerator, a former particle accelerator at DESY

Acronym doesn’t need spelling out for the CERN Courier

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HESS

High Energy Stereoscopic System, a system of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes investigating cosmic gamma rays, located in Namibia

Acronym doesn’t need spelling out for the CERN Courier

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HFM

High-field magnets

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hi-tech

not "high-tech"

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HIE-ISOLDE

High-Intensity and Energy ISOLDE

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Higgs boson

Upper-case "H", lower-case "b".

Avoid the tautology "Higgs-boson particle". A boson is a particle; there is no need to repeat yourself. 

Named after the English physicist Peter Higgs, the Higgs boson is a subatomic particle whose existence is predicted by the theory that unified the weak and electromagnetic interactions.

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Higgs field

not "Higgs' field" or, worse, "Higg's field"

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Higgs-like

Capital H, hyphen.

The ATLAS and CMS experiments have discovered a Higgs-like particle. They are not sure yet if it is the Higgs boson that the Standard Model predicts, or another, more exotic Higgs boson.

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HiLumi

High-Luminosity LHC (also: HL-LHC)

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HiRadMat

High-radiation materials test facility

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his or her

Avoid "his or her" in web texts (it's OK in legal/administrative texts, for example). "Their" is acceptable in informal contexts and quotes if the gender is unclear or ambiguous, but should not be used in formal texts.

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grammar

HL-LHC

High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider, High-Luminosity LHC (also: HiLumi)

Capital letters, note the hyphen.

The High-Luminosity LHC project (HL-LHC) will take the accelerator to new energy frontiers.

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HMPID

High-Momentum Particle Identification Detector

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Holland

Holland is a region in the western part of the Netherlands. Don't use "Holland" to mean the whole of the Netherlands – it's incorrect.

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home page

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homemade

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honour

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hot spot

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however

Don't use it in a web context. Say "but".

See Words to avoid in web texts.

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HP

Acronym doesn’t need spelling out for the CERN Courier

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Courier

HP-SPL

High-Power Superconducting Proton Linac

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HST

Hubble Space Telescope

Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier

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hydrolyse

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hyperlink

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hyperon

An unstable subatomic particle classified as a baryon, heavier than the neutron and proton.

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physics

hyphens

Too many hyphens make text look cluttered, so avoid them where you can, but they are often necessary to avoid ambiguity. See ndash.

Compound adjectives

Use a hyphen to join the parts of compound adjectives, for example:

Green-belt land, zero-gravity environment, state-of-the-art phones, well-behaved patients, ill-considered attack, better-trained staff, a little-known city.

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