 Item number SCP-536 Object Class Safe Special Containment Procedures SCP-536 is to be maintained according to standard foundation procedures. SCP-536 is not to be plugged into its power source, except during authorized testing. Any personnel who wish to engage in research involving SCP-536 must submit an official request form to Dr. R... under whose supervision all tests are to be conducted. Gravimetric, electromagnetic, and radiological sensors are to be placed on SCP-536's surface at 1 meter intervals. In the case of abnormal readings on any of these sensors, SCP-536 is to be deactivated immediately and removed from its power source. Personnel are encouraged to repeatedly check calculations before activating SCP-536. Description SCP-536 is a small chamber with a 50 centimeter square viewing window, 6 tunable dials with corresponding meters, and an electromagnetically sealed entryway. The entryway cannot be sealed or opened from the inside, and the dials will not respond unless the entryway is closed and sealed. The viewing window is opaque to electrons, nuclear particles, and photons of energies above 1 kilo electron volt. Each of SCP-536's dials alters the value of one of the fundamental physical constants within the chamber. The dials control, respectively, the speed of light, C, the gravitational constant, G, Planck's constant, H, the fundamental charge, E, and two other constants represented by the Greek letters lambda and theta. Memo After testing, foundation researchers have concluded that these two constants represent the coupling constants for the weak and strong interactions, respectively. All constants are measured on their respective dials in modern SI units, with the exception of the dimensionless lambda and theta. Except for the viewing window, SCP-536 is totally opaque to the electromagnetic radiation, and subatomic particles. No abnormal physical behavior has yet been observed outside the chamber during testing. Recovery Log SCP-536 was recovered from the University of... Physics Department, where it was installed in the research laboratories of Professor... After its identification as an SCP object, several agents were dispatched, with a squad of level 3 security personnel. Prior to recovery, Professor... Was either warned of Foundation actions, or was able to recognize Foundation agents. Using a device agent M described as a... The Professor data expunged. He died in the resulting explosion. All references or records referring to SCP-536 have been destroyed before the arrival of any Foundation personnel. Detailed analysis of Professor... His personal effects has revealed probable association with several anti-Foundation groups, including data expunged. As yet, it is unknown whether SCP-536 was manufactured by any of these groups, or if it has extraterrestrial, supernatural, or extratemporal origins. Testing Logs Testing Log, SCP-536-1 30 Minutes 34 Seconds Doctors W and B enter the SCP-536 testing room. 30 Minutes 50 Seconds Dr. W enters into SCP-536. 30 Minutes 56 Seconds SCP-536 entryway closed and sealed. 31 Minutes and 10 Seconds Dr. W instructs Dr. B to lower the gravitational constant by a factor of one half. Dr. B complies. 31 Minutes 15 Seconds to 31 Minutes 58 Seconds. Dr. W jumps around the interior of SCP-536 under reduced gravity. 32 Minutes 10 Seconds Dr. W is instructed to return the gravitational constant to original levels. 32 Minutes 50 Seconds Dr. W instructs Dr. B to reduce the speed of light to approximately 100 meters per second. Dr. B complies. 32 Minutes 55 Seconds As the speed of light begins to decrease, Dr. W shrinks by approximately 10 inches. Dr. B abruptly returns the speed of light to its original value. Dr. W returns to his original size. Memo The Bohr radius is a quantity that determines the size of an electron's orbit around an atomic nucleus. It is inversely variable with both the speed of light and the charge of the electron. 33 Minutes 10 Seconds Dr. W reminds Dr. B to account for the decrease in the Bohr radius by decreasing the fundamental change unit by a corresponding factor. Dr. B makes the necessary calculations and complies. 34 Minutes 2 Seconds Dr. W begins speaking in an abnormally slow voice, stating that he feels odd. Memo This reduction of the speed of light would result in a slowing down of the electrochemical processes in the brain. This would likely result in abnormal brain activity and quite probably impaired judgment. 34 Minutes 43 Seconds Dr. W instructs Dr. B to reduce the speed of light to as low as the dial goes. After brief hesitation, Dr. B complies. 34 Minutes 45 Seconds The speed of light within the chamber drops below meters per second. Dr. W suddenly screams violently. The scream slowly drops in register until it becomes inaudible. The video camera positioned at the viewing window records Dr. W's body becoming contorted and slowly collapsing into a black hole. 37 Minutes 4 Seconds Under supervision of Dr. B, the speed of light is slowly raised back up to its normal value. Radiation levels given off by the black hole are consistent with presently theorized levels of hawking radiation. All ionizing photons are absorbed by the chamber walls. Dr. B is removed from active duty and directed to foundation psychological studies for grief counseling. Testing Log, SCP-536-2 3 Hours 22 Minutes 59 Seconds Subject D-1123 is placed inside SCP-536 with a baseball, a meter stick, and a clock. Dr. W instructs the on-site technician to steadily lower the speed of light by one order of magnitude every two minutes. 3 Hours 23 Minutes to 3 Hours 34 Minutes No abnormal physical behavior observed. 3 Hours 34 Minutes 34 Seconds Subject D-1123's speech becomes noticeably slowed. Subject begins giggling. 3 Hours 35 Minutes 50 Seconds Subject is instructed to throw the baseball at the opposite wall. Subject reports intense pain in hand after the throw. Subject refuses to throw meter stick or clock. Subsequent analysis of video indicates both Lawrence's contraction and redshift of light on the baseball and on the subject's hand. 3 Hours 37 Minutes 10 Seconds Subject reports feelings of lightheadedness and falls over. 3 Hours 37 Minutes 31 Seconds Speed of light returned to normal. SCP-536 opened. Subject D-1123 found dead of stroke. Memo It is likely that the subject's stroke was a result of a combination of mass increase and Lawrence's contraction of the blood reaching her brain. Arterial blood was being pushed through the body at close to light speed, and the physical effects of that are probably very unhealthy, even in cases that don't cause immediate death. Testing Log, SCP-536-13 1 Hours 22 Minutes 21 Seconds Subject D-224-13 placed in SCP-536 1 Hours 22 Minutes 45 Seconds Lambda dial decreased by an order of magnitude. No observable effects. 1 Hours 23 Minutes to 1 Hours 45 Minutes Lambda dial continuously decreased at a rate of 1 order of magnitude every 2 minutes. No observable effects. 1 Hours 45 Minutes 23 Seconds Lambda returned to normal levels. 1 Hours 46 Minutes to 1 Hours 58 Minutes Lambda increased by one order of magnitude every minute. 1 Hours 53 Minutes 32 Seconds Subject D-224-13 reports feeling nauseous. 1 Hours 55 Minutes 22 Seconds Subject Vomits 1 Hours 57 Minutes 56 Seconds Maximum setting for Lambda reached. Subject is alive and conscious. Lambda lowered to original levels. 1 Hours 59 Minutes 21 Seconds D-224-13 removed from SCP-536 Subject displays signs of acute radiation poisoning, although no unusually high levels of radioactivity are recorded outside the chamber. Later analysis of D-224-13's body reveals approximately zero carbon-14. The amount of radiation damage to the subject's cells is consistent with the expected damage if all carbon-14 in a human body simultaneously decayed. Memo The connection of Lambda to radioactive decay and the dimensionless nature of the constant leads me to believe that it is the coupling constant for the weak interaction. I think it likely that the remaining unknown is the corresponding constant for the strong interaction. Doctor Testing Log SCP-536-14 1 Hours 11 Minutes 45 Seconds Subject D-6263 placed in SCP-536 1 Hours 12 Minutes to 1 Hours 34 Minutes Theta Dial increased continuously by an order of magnitude every 2 minutes No observable effects 1 Hours 34 Minutes 32 Seconds Theta Dial returned to normal value 1 Hours 34 Minutes 43 Seconds Theta Dial decreased by an order of magnitude Subject D-6263 violently disintegrates 1 Hours 35 Minutes 11 Seconds Theta Dial returned to normal value Teams in hazardous environment suits opened the chamber door. Hydrogen gas and high levels of neutron radiation are detected. Memo In spite of the freedom afforded by being able to freely manipulate the laws of physics it is important to recognize the many ways in which manipulations of these laws are deadly to human life or nuclear matter in general. 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