Foe (unit)
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title:
Foe (unit)
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A foe is a unit of energy equal to 10⁴⁴ joules or 10⁵ⁱ ergs, used to express the large amount of energy released by a supernova. An acronym for "[ten to the power of] fifty-one ergs", the term was introduced by Gerald E. Brown of Stony Brook University in his work with Hans Bethe, because "it came up often enough in our work". Without mentioning the foe, Steven Weinberg proposed in 2006 "a new unit called the bethe" (B) with the same value, to "replace" it. This unit of measure is convenient bec
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Unit of energy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foe_(unit)
date created:
2005-03-27T17:42:32Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T11:47:06Z
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