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.

timeline-001.pngtimeline-002.pngtimeline-003.png

Edit and compile if you like:

% 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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Click to download: timeline.textimeline.pdf
Open in Overleaf: timeline.tex

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