My knowledge of quantum effects is rather provincial, so please take this into consideration concerning the quality of my question.
I've heard of a phenomenon akin to subatomic particles being able to "bore" effortlessly through atoms in a manner roughly similar to playing croquet, where you place your foot on a ball and whack it with the hammer causing an adjacent physically touching ball to go flying across the lawn. It's my understanding there is a phenomenon that describes traveling subatomic particles which, under appropriate conditions, seem to be able to pass effortlessly through an atom and magically reappear on the other side where they can continue unhindered on their original trajectory. It is as if no resistance was experienced while the subatomic particle was in intimate contact with the atom. Such a phenomenon, if I am describing it correctly, seems to bring up questions in regards to what the hell happened to the Coulomb barrier. Makes me wonder if the phenomenon, if better understood, might be able to avail itself to tricking the nucleus into doing weird things... like possibly rearranging the proton/neutron ratio. ...or perhaps finessing a few out or in. Several googled attempts to locate literature related to "quantum boring" and related phrases were unsuccessful. All I seem to get are critiques on the recent James Bond flick, "Quantum Solace", and how "boring" they thought it was. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
