Higgs-Nathan Reactor

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The Higgs-Nathan reactor is a device that combines matter and antimatter to produce high-energy plasma. This can then be directly captured and converted into electrical energy at a high rate, this producing a sizable amount of energy. If used aboard a starship, the plasma from the reactor can also be channeled directly into the engines.

Usage

Due to design limitations, the Higgs-Nathan design has no practical application. In any known circumstance, other, more conventional power sources are preferred.

The proposed function of the design was for deep space vessels; antimatter has the highest energy density of any substance possible, so a Higgs-Nathan reactor could, in principle, provide power for a considerable duration. The design is also much more compact comparatively, but this has traditionally never been a particularly large problem.

Plasma-Inducer

Plasma-induction technology, developed as part of the Higgs-Nathan principle, allowed certain systems to be powered directly off of the plasma being produced, without first being converted to electricity.

Service

Only one full-scale Higgs-Nathan reactor was ever put into service: G.S.S. Antikythera