Hypermatter
Hypermatter is a highly unstable material, usually generated as by-product of Neutronium, that can happen both naturally -i.e. neutron stars- or artificially -through the collision of heavy particles, such as gold and lead. When Neutronium is produced, part of the matter involved collapses over itself, reaching impressive levels of condensation. This supercompressed matter is called Hypermatter.
Hypermatter is composed not by atoms, like typical matter, but Hyperatoms, which some call Semiatoms. These Hyperatoms exist in a state of absolute compression, to a degree that it is impossible to differentiate between two different Hyperatoms. This leads to the fact that Hypermatter has no proper atomic structure, something that has puzzled scientists since the days it was discovered, and it is yet to be understood. Instead, Hyperatoms lie mixed in what some researchers labbel as Hypersoup, an unstable accumulation of energy that is kept together by still unknown forces. This lack of cohesion makes Hypermatter extremely unstable, and under uncontroled circumstances it will tend to break down and dissintegrate, process through which Hyperatoms dissipate into pure energy, releasing massive amounts of radiation. Such process, however, can be taken advantage of, since the power generation efficiency reaches levels close to the 100%.
Among the many qualities of Hypermatter are it's intense output of radiation, result of the continous dissipation of the Hyperatoms; it's massive weight, higher than that of Neutronium, meaning that a sole tablespoon of Hypermatter could weight billions of tons; and it's fantastic quality as power source.
Hypermatter is widely used as an industrial power source within the Magocentric Federation of Technocratic Republics, as it is widely avaliable due to large scale Neutronium production. Originaly treated as a quite problematic waste, which had to be stored in costly and space-consuming underground containment facilities, further advances in Hypermatter control technology made possible for the power stored within it to be harnessed. Hypermatter power plants are, however, expensive facilities, that require edge cutting technology in order to maintain it as a safe place, as the material used as fuel is very dangerous, and the massive amounts of radiation generated need to be contained.
Large sized engines, the so called Hypermatter Burn Engines, also benefit from this power source. However, such engines tend to be quite space-consuming, limiting their use to large vessels.
(Note: This is not real Hypermatter, just a false sci-fi form of it. For real information about Hypermatter, go here http://www.th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/~gerland/stoecker/ger/ger.html )
