Field Research

Alistair Young

May 8, 2016

PROPERTIES OF COLLIMATED BEAMS OF W-BOSON GLUEBALLS

ISVIEVE DALAEL
Militant Particle Laboratory,
Terrible Aspect Research Sodality,
Terrible Aspect Station, Resplendent Exponential Vector

MAREK MOR-ISSELON
Paltraeth Institute for Explosive Magnitude,
Isselon Clanhold, Paltraeth

<ARIA FORTISSIMO IN F MAJOR>
Applied Military Scienciers,
c/o Ultimate Argument Risk Control

Abstract:

We study the rate and distribution of neutrino emission events and after-the-fact nucleic transmutation in a variety of commonplace starship hull materials, using a prototype boser producing a collimated beam of W-boson glueballs incident on Voniensa Republic Navy targets. We find a significant transmutation rate at energies and ranges calculated to prevent premature glueball decay, resulting in a significant degradation of the crystalline structure of these materials and thus their structural strength.

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