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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