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Logan Kearsley <chronosurfer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Jan 26, 1:13 pm, Damien Valentine <valen...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > In my latest work (which will probably be thrown into the bottom of my
> > file drawer along with my previous works), Our Hero discovers a
> > Mysterious Alien Artifact that, once activated, emits a blast of
> > radiation that sterilizes the entire Planet of Sufficiently Advanced
> > Technology. Whatever kind of radiation this is, it can travel through
> > the planet in question, so even being on the opposite hemisphere isn't
> > going to protect you. Essentially, it's a global bug bomb.
> >
> > My first thought was neutrinos, since they can pass through a planet
> > effortlessly, but of course there isn't any such thing as "neutrino
> > poisoning".
>
> Of course there is- neutrinos can do damage to your body by
> transmuting the elements it's made of. You just need a stupidly huge
> flux of neutrinos to get a noticeable effect, since absorption is so
> low. If you were unlucky enough to be orbiting a star about to go
> supernova,
Or a muon collider:
http://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/9908017
http://www.physics.princeton.edu/mumu/johnson/neutrino.pdf
Of course, as you can see from the articles, the earth will stop these
neutrinos at sufficient distance.
Aaron
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