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LIU |
LHC Injectors Upgrade project Read more |
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LMC |
Large Magellanic Cloud Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier Read more |
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LNF |
Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (Frascati National Laboratory) Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier Read more |
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LNGS |
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (Gran Sasso National Laboratory) Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier Read more |
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log in (verb); login (noun) |
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logbook |
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logo |
All official CERN websites should use the CERN logo, with the following conditions: Read more |
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long term (pred.); long-term (adj.) |
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Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment |
use hyphen, also for Short-Baseline Read more |
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long-standing |
use hyphen Read more |
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longlist (verb); long list (noun) |
but use a hyphen in the past tense: long-listed Read more |
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LP-SPL |
Low-Power Super Proton Linac Read more |
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LQCD |
Lattice QCD Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier Read more |
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LS1,2,3 |
Long Shutdown 1, 2, 3 Read more |
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luminosity |
The number of particles per unit area per time, multiplied by the opacity of the target (its impenetrability) to electromagnetic radiation. Luminosity is measured in barns per second: b-1s-1 Luminosity is an important measure of the performance of a particle accelerator. Read more |
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