Boostbomb, Total Conversion Bomb
The surface of Gray World during an attack using boostbombs, total conversion bombs, and hellbores.
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Boostbomb, Total Conversion BombThe surface of Gray World during an attack using boostbombs, total conversion bombs, and hellbores. |
Boostbombs employ monopole doped
fissile materials to amplify their explosive yield to anywhere from 10
to 100 times the output of an unenhanced device of similar size. At the
moment of detonation the fusion temperatures and pressures achieved at
the center of the explosion initiate 'S-wave' sucking on the part of
the embedded monopoles, leading to proton decay and a much larger
percentage of the bombs mass being converted to energy. In this
so-called monopole-catalysed 'fusion' reaction, the protons of
the hydrogen nuclei are converted into mesons and photons.
This technology can be further developed to create compact and powerful monopole-catalysis "total conversion" bombs, which are essentially a fusion-total conversion explosive device with more controllability, lethality, and shelf-life than boostbombs or even comparable antimatter weapons. Increased lethality comes from much lower production of muons than antimatter devices; which concentrates the energy density of the monopole bomb compared to the "fizzle" of an antimatter device. Controllability comes from doping the fusing plasma with other exotic particles to generate reactions with other side effects, such as axion or Higgs production..
Boostbombs and total conversion bombs are a fairly standard
component
of the arsenals of both modosophont
and transapient
military forces. On
rare occasions they are also used in industrial scale excavation and
mining operations, particularly where a large asteroid, moon or even
planet needs to be dismantled.
