Fidon

Kind: Subatomic particle. Discovered/invented: 17 A.L., via the Hare Method. Based on: Hare Method predictions.

Summary

The first physics breakthrough yielded by the Hare Method. Its discovery also prompts the discovery of the “second Higgs mechanism” and the “seventh time dimension” — the Timeline groups these three together as a single cascade, implying the Fidon is the load-bearing discovery among them. Within a decade (26 A.L.) fidon generators are widely available, partially ending Aerth’s dependence on fossil fuels.

Effects / capabilities

• Enables the “fidon generator,” a clean(er) power source.
• Associated in some way with an additional Higgs mechanism and a seventh time dimension — the nature of that association is not explained in the Timeline.

Limitations / dangers

• Unstated at Timeline stage.

Appearances

• Ch. 02 — Timeline of The 500 Year Climb: Discovery 17 A.L., generators available 26 A.L.

Related

• Hare Method — the method by which it was discovered.
• Melnitron — the “final lepton,” discovered 356 A.L., ~339 years later.

Open questions

• What does it mean to call something “the fidon”? Name etymology unstated; might be a coined term or a real-world-physics in-joke.
• Is the seven-time-dimensions framing load-bearing for later stories, or flavor?