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+ | [[Image:Positrons and antiprotons.jpg|thumb|The [[Delta Rana warship]] firing a beam of jacketed antiprotons and positrons.]]An '''antiproton''' is the [[antimatter]] counterpart of a [[proton]]. On [[Earth]], the antiproton's existence was theorized in the [[1930s]], and the particle itself was discovered in [[1955]], a Nobel prize-winning achievement. |
A [[antiproton beam|beam of pure antiprotons]] is an incredibly destructive weapon. Such a weapon was used by the so-called "[[doomsday machine]]" to destroy [[planet]]s. The [[Jem'Hadar]] also use antiproton beams to detect [[cloaking device|cloaked]] ships. ([[TOS]]: "[[The Doomsday Machine]]", [[DS9]]: "[[The Search, Part I]]") Yet it can also be used as an effective treatment for reversing [[Warp 10]]-induced [[hyper-evolution]]. ([[VOY]]: "[[Threshold]]") |
A [[antiproton beam|beam of pure antiprotons]] is an incredibly destructive weapon. Such a weapon was used by the so-called "[[doomsday machine]]" to destroy [[planet]]s. The [[Jem'Hadar]] also use antiproton beams to detect [[cloaking device|cloaked]] ships. ([[TOS]]: "[[The Doomsday Machine]]", [[DS9]]: "[[The Search, Part I]]") Yet it can also be used as an effective treatment for reversing [[Warp 10]]-induced [[hyper-evolution]]. ([[VOY]]: "[[Threshold]]") |
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Revision as of 03:32, 14 November 2006
The Delta Rana warship firing a beam of jacketed antiprotons and positrons.
An antiproton is the antimatter counterpart of a proton. On Earth, the antiproton's existence was theorized in the 1930s, and the particle itself was discovered in 1955, a Nobel prize-winning achievement.
A beam of pure antiprotons is an incredibly destructive weapon. Such a weapon was used by the so-called "doomsday machine" to destroy planets. The Jem'Hadar also use antiproton beams to detect cloaked ships. (TOS: "The Doomsday Machine", DS9: "The Search, Part I") Yet it can also be used as an effective treatment for reversing Warp 10-induced hyper-evolution. (VOY: "Threshold")
The Delta Rana warship used jacketed beams of antiprotons and positrons as its main weapon and fired beams with a firepower of forty megawatts and later four hundred gigawatts at the USS Enterprise-D. (TNG: "The Survivors")
The Crystalline entity leaves behind a trail of antiprotons therby making it possible to track the creature. (TNG: "Silicon Avatar")
Romulan disruptors leave a characteristic trace of residual antiprotons, which can be used to date when the weapon was fired. (TNG: "Face of the Enemy")
The deflector dish of Sovereign class starships was charged with antiprotons. (Star Trek: First Contact)
The use of a cloaking device was also found to leave a trace of residual antiprotons, which can be used to trace a cloaked ship. The Scimitar was equipped with an advanced cloaking that left no such trace of residual antiprotons. (Star Trek: Nemesis)
External links
- Antiproton at Wikipedia