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Rayguns are a type of directed-energy weapon. They are a classic and widespread feature of science fiction. Types of raygun have various names: ray gun, death ray, beam gun, blaster, laser gun, etc. They supply the general role of guns in the scenarios of many stories.
The ray fired is usually stated to be one of:
- Laser
- Particle beam:
- A real type of particle, e.g. protons and/or neutrons from the Ghostbusters' proton packs
- A fictional type of particle, e.g. a type of "Minovsky particles" in the Gundam scenario, where Minovsky Physics always operate.
- Unspecified
- plasma: see also plasma rifle
- Defined by a word not known in real-world science, e.g. "disruptor".
- Undefined.
The well-known Star Trek phaser fires a particle beam of a fictional subatomic particle called nadions.
See Blaster (Star Wars)#Technology for an unreal technology attempt at describing how a type of raygun works.
In some science fiction, some rayguns have a firing mode that can stun its target instead of killing.
Rayguns under their various names come in various sizes and forms: pistol; two-handed (often called a rifle); mounted on a vehicle; artillery-sized mounted on a spaceship or space base or asteroid or planet. The pistol form is seen most often.
"FX-Ray laser" in American science fiction and animation is a humorous name for a raygun that fires a visible beam: FX is the show biz acronym for special effects.The shapes of some rayguns are influenced by an opinion that they look most effective and weapon-like if they look somewhat like real guns; others, such as this, are not.
Rayguns are a great variety of shapes and sizes, according to the imagination of the story writers and movie prop makers. Most pistol rayguns have a conventional pistol grip and trigger, but some (e.g. Star Trek phasers) do not.
Many rayguns do not behave like classical lasers:
- Often the beam travels at much less than the speed of light. The phasers of the Star Trek television series can be seen to be traveling much slower than a conventional bullet.
- The beam can be seen from off its axis, which would not happen in space where there is nothing to be illuminated by the beam.
- Sometimes, visible barrel recoil. This would only happen if the momentum of the beam is comparable to that of a bullet fired from a gun.
- Sometimes, the power of the beam completely evaporates a man (equipment and all) who is hit by the beam. |
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