Technovelgy: H. Beam Piper David Johnson (13 Dec 2025 15:33 UTC)
Re: [HBP] Technovelgy: H. Beam Piper Gordon Johansen (13 Dec 2025 16:49 UTC)
Re: [HBP] Technovelgy: H. Beam Piper Jon Crocker (14 Dec 2025 00:26 UTC)
Re: [HBP] Technovelgy: H. Beam Piper David Johnson (14 Dec 2025 17:41 UTC)
Re: [HBP] Technovelgy: H. Beam Piper dbernat (14 Dec 2025 18:45 UTC)
Re: [HBP] Technovelgy: H. Beam Piper David Johnson (15 Dec 2025 00:52 UTC)
Re: [HBP] Technovelgy: H. Beam Piper dbernat (14 Dec 2025 18:46 UTC)
Re: [HBP] Technovelgy: H. Beam Piper David Johnson (15 Dec 2025 00:59 UTC)

Re: [HBP] Technovelgy: H. Beam Piper dbernat 14 Dec 2025 18:37 UTC

Jon Crocker wrote:

> Interesting!  I was looking down the list and saw the entry for
> "neutron disruption blaster" and the summary said "Beam pistol which
> splits neutrons into protons and electrons, releasing enormous
> energy."
>
>  I didn't think that was right, but when I googled "what happens when
> you split neutrons" I got a bunch of entries on the bog-standard
> nuclear fission.

Where does the neutron disruption take place? Within the blaster,
leading to a beam of radiation? Or at the target?