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  • noun metrology Symbol for the kilotesla, an SI unit of magnetic flux density equal to 103 teslas.

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Examples

  • The "kT" is a rate constant, and is a function of temperature.

    Passing Gas EliRabett 2010

  • Ask someone from Hiroshima (15 kT) if they agree with that assessment.

    nuclear landmine | My[confined]Space 2009

  • Now in the production of particles we have that there are now (2 + N)kT, and if a lot of these particles, say n of them, are generated then E = NkT goes to E = (N + n)kT.

    Another Antimatter Supernova Discovered | Universe Today 2010

  • One expression of what has now become known as “Landauer's principle” is that there are no possible physical implementations of the resetting operation that can do better that this, that is, reset a bit to zero converting less than kT ‰ ‰ ln ‰ 2 of work into heat.

    Information Processing and Thermodynamic Entropy Maroney, Owen 2009

  • The gas has been allowed to equilibrate at some well defined temperature, and as a result the average kinetic energy of each molecule is (3/2) kT (we ignore internal degrees of freedom and assume the gas is monatomic), where

    Information Processing and Thermodynamic Entropy Maroney, Owen 2009

  • This time in a Euclidean setting is equivalent to a temperature with E = kT.

    Podcast: Multiverses | Universe Today 2009

  • Well lets throw that into the Boltzmann distribution exp-E/kT and set E as ~1Mev for the energy difference between a proton and neutron.

    MESSENGER Solves Solar Flare Mystery | Universe Today 2009

  • Standard calculations show this requires at least kT ‰ ‰ ln ‰ 2 work.

    Information Processing and Thermodynamic Entropy Maroney, Owen 2009

  • This table shows the size, possible population, and mass (in kilotons or kT) of the external steel shell, the internal steel infrastructure, and the shield (total mass of steel shell plus rock).

    Archive 2009-10-01 Stephen D. Covey 2009

  • This table shows the size, possible population, and mass (in kilotons or kT) of the external steel shell, the internal steel infrastructure, and the shield (total mass of steel shell plus rock).

    Designing a Space Habitat Stephen D. Covey 2009

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