The Strong Nuclear Force or strong
interaction is one of the "six" fundamental forces of nature; one
which affects only
quarks, antiquarks, and
gluons. This force is responsible for binding
quarks together to form
hadrons (including
protons and
neutrons), and the residual effects also bind these
neutrons and
protons together in the nucleus of the atom. Rapid nadion
particles, found in
phasers and
disruptors, interfere with these residual effects and cause
protons and
neutrons to explosively decouple.
The strong interaction acts between two
quarks by exchanging particles called
gluons. Unlike the other fundamental forces, the strong
interaction also acts on the strong exchange particles themselves.
This leads to a very limited range of the strong interaction (not
much farther than the
hadron's radius) even though the
gluon does not have mass. It also has the strange effect that
the force intensifies as the distance between the
quarks increases. This effect prevents free
quarks from being observed under normal circumstances. As the
distance between two
quarks increases the amount of energy in the force between
them increases, if the force becomes strong enough, there is
enough energy to create new
quarks. This is the reason that
quarks commonly come in pairs or triplets and never
individually in nature.
Quantum phaser canons interfere
with the Strong Nuclear Force enough to actually inhibit the
action of
gluons altogether, causing
hadrons themselves to decay and produce "strange
radiation." |
