History timeline and energy scales

History timeline and energy scale of particle physics (including the GUT and Planck scale, and a possible particle desert). Inspiration for the chronology of particle discoveries: particleadventure.org and Wikipedia.

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% Author: Izaak Neutelings (July 2017)
% Timelines & energy scales of particle physics
\documentclass[border=1pt,tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{amsmath} % for \dfrac
\usepackage{tikz}
\tikzset{>=latex} % for LaTeX arrow head
\begin{document}
% TIMELINE - simple test
\begin{tikzpicture}[]
  
  % limits
  \newcount\yearOne; \yearOne=1900
  \def\w{15}    % width of axes
  \def\n{4}     % number of decades
  \def\lt{0.40} %  ten tick length
  \def\lf{0.36} % five tick length
  \def\lo{0.30} %  one tick length
  
  % help functions
  \def\yearLabel(#1,#2){\node[above] at ({(#1-\yearOne)*\w/\n/10},\lt) {#2};}
  \def\yearArrowLabel(#1,#2,#3,#4){
    \def\xy{{(#1-\yearOne)*\w/\n/10}}; \pgfmathparse{int(#2*100)};
    \ifnum \pgfmathresult<0
      \def\yyp{{(\lt*(0.90+#2))}}; \def\yyw{{(\yyp-\lt*#3)}}
      \draw[<-,thick,black,align=center] (\xy,\yyp) -- (\xy,\yyw) node[below,black] at (\xy,\yyw) {#4};
    \else
      \def\yyp{{(\lt*(0.10+#2)}}; \def\yyw{{(\yyp+\lt*#3)}}
      \draw[<-,thick,black,align=center] (\xy,\yyp) -- (\xy,\yyw) node[above,black] at (\xy,\yyw) {#4};
    \fi}
  
  % axis
  %\draw[thick] (0,0) -- (\w,0);
  \draw[->,thick] (-\w*0.03,0) -- (\w*1.03,0);
  
  % ticks
  \foreach \tick in {0,1,...,\n}{
    \def\x{{\tick*\w/\n}}
 
 
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