Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 252: This is an update? Researching fast is also a kind of distress!

After the report on new energy technology, the meeting came to an end.

A teacher came to the stage and made a summary speech, elaborating on the importance of research and development in new physics and new technology directions. While affirming the work of the two project teams, he also reminded people to pay attention to safety issues.

Nuclear fission reactions are conductive.

Whether it is an ion cannon or research on new energy technologies, basic experiments and testing are all risky. If equipment fails, a large explosion is normal.

Therefore, safety must be paid attention to.

After the meeting, several teachers and top scholars gathered around Zhang Shuo and asked him about his research work. The topic was not the splitting of atomic nuclei, but the technology that Zhang Shuo talked about at the ion cannon research base.

It was Teacher Wang who started the conversation. "Professor Zhang Shuo, please explain the nuclear fusion you mentioned in more detail. I didn't explain it clearly last time."

Zhang Shuo also talked about research last time, but he only explained the general content, talked about some theoretical issues, and emphasized that nuclear fusion research is very important.

Teacher Wang, Teacher Zhao and others didn't quite understand what was said either.

Others are also very interested in Zhang Shuo's research.

Zhang Shuo is no longer an ordinary scholar.

The core of this conference, "nuclear force splitting", is the technology that Zhang Shuo developed based on his theoretical research.

The gravity manufacturing technology that is now making headlines internationally is also the result of Zhang Shuo's research and an experiment completed by his team.

In the eyes of many people, Zhang Shuo has become the "source" of new technology. His theory is called the Source Theory, and he himself has become the starting point of technology.

Each of the above three technologies will greatly enhance the country's scientific and technological strength.

Several top scholars in the fields of national defense and energy were also curious about what kind of research Zhang Shuo was doing.

“You’re concerned about technology, right?”

Zhang Shuo nodded to Teacher Wang, glanced around, and said in a joking tone, "Actually, my main research is still the relationship between electromagnetic force and strong force. This is necessary research to improve the basic framework of the source point theory."

"But if I were to talk about theory here, no one would like to hear it."

Many people laughed immediately.

Teacher Wang also laughed and patted Zhang Shuo on the shoulder. "Your words may sound a bit hurtful, but they are indeed true. We don't understand any theory."

Several scholars in the back row also nodded and said, "Indeed, we don't have much research on complex physical theories."

"Your framework is really confusing, with so many mathematical symbols..."

"I'm old and can't understand it anymore."

They are all scholars in the fields of energy and defense technology. They are so different from other fields that they naturally do not understand theoretical physics, let alone the complex expression of source point theory.

"I was just kidding."

Zhang Shuo smiled and said, "My main research was inspired by Professor Wu Xiaodong."

Wu Xiaodong also stood behind.

Several people looked at Wu Xiaodong, even Teacher Wang and others in the front row turned their heads to take a look. Wu Xiaodong immediately straightened his chest, feeling happy and even having a sense of honor.

"Did I give you the inspiration?" Wu Xiaodong himself didn't know, but he still acted as if it was true.

Someone immediately asked in a low voice, "Professor Wu, what is Professor Zhang Shuo researching?"

"Forehead……"

"Is this..."

Wu Xiaodong glanced at Zhang Shuo with a guilty conscience, and his brain quickly worked to come up with an answer, "Didn't Professor Zhang Shuo just say that his important research is the relationship between electromagnetic force and strong force. It is theoretical, and the research must be related to the technology supporting this aspect."

"Nuclear force splitting of the atom?"

"certainly……"

Wu Xiaodong was about to deny it directly, but he was a little unsure, so he quickly changed his words, "Probably not. Let's hear what Professor Zhang Shuo says."

Teacher Wang, Teacher Zhao and others do know some information about Zhang Shuo's research, because as I mentioned last time, it is directly related to nuclear fusion, but they still don't know much about the details.

This time Zhang Shuo said it very clearly, "Hydrogen bomb battery!"

"Hydrogen bomb...battery?"

Many people around couldn't help but open their mouths in surprise.

Academician Zhou Li frowned and asked subconsciously, "Is it a conceptual study?"

Zhang Shuo did not answer, but continued, "To put it simply, it is a battery technology supported by nuclear fusion reaction."

"The first thing we need to overcome is the stable control of nuclear fusion. Now the international community believes that the stable control of nuclear fusion will become the main energy technology for mankind in the future, but it is obvious that the research efficiency of Professor Wu's team is higher."

Many people looked at Wu Xiaodong again and affirmed Zhang Shuo's statement.

The energy technology supported by "nuclear fission" is one of the themes of today's meeting. Reaction control is much easier than nuclear fusion. It is also a clean energy source. Moreover, the reaction efficiency is very high and is not affected by raw materials.

The emergence of this energy technology has made the research on controlled nuclear fusion useless.

Zhang Shuo continued, "But I think controlled nuclear fusion also has great significance."

"Nuclear fusion and nuclear fission, which are the nuclear reaction technologies that have been mastered, have advantages over nuclear fission technology in that they are sustainable and do not have diffusion conductivity."

"Nuclear fission is a stable reaction, but it produces radiation, while nuclear fusion does not produce radiation, but the reaction is more intense and less stable."

"Both nuclear reactions have the advantage of sustainability, that is, after being stably controlled, the reaction can last for a long time, 10, 20 years, or even longer."

Everyone around me became serious.

What Zhang Shuo was talking about was the advantage of nuclear reactions, just like the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier technology mastered by the United States. After a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is manufactured, no energy needs to be added for decades, and the internal reaction will continue.

A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier can operate continuously at sea for several months or even longer.

If it is a conventionally powered aircraft carrier, it will need to replenish energy after operating for a period of time and will not be able to operate continuously at sea.

This is the advantage of nuclear reactions.

Zhang Shuo continued, "If controlled nuclear fusion can be achieved, it can replace current nuclear fission. To manufacture hydrogen bomb batteries, achieving controlled nuclear fusion is the first step."

Everyone present couldn't help but curl their lips when they heard this.

Is achieving controlled nuclear fusion just the first step in research?
This problem has not been solved for decades. It has been almost half a century since the tokamak spiral magnetic field controlled nuclear fusion plan was proposed.

Half a century!
Various large scientific research institutions have invested so much money, but can only achieve a stable reaction above 100 million degrees Celsius for a few tens of seconds.

The people in the back row couldn't help but discuss, "It really is a conceptual technology!"

"It is simply impossible to achieve this in a short period of time. The first step is to achieve controlled nuclear fusion. According to our national plan, it will take at least 20 years to achieve controlled nuclear fusion."

"Plans are plans, reality is reality. This kind of scientific research plan is generally impossible to achieve..."

"Professor Zhang Shuo is talking about future technology!"

"Even if we achieve controlled nuclear fusion, we are still far from a 'hydrogen bomb battery'. How can we deal with so many devices? The technical difficulties involved are even more difficult than solving controlled nuclear fusion itself..."

Wu Xiaodong said, "It would be great if it can be realized in a short time, otherwise the gravity aircraft will be useless."

He didn't know much, but even an ordinary person could infer something.

There have been reports in the media that gravity aircraft are an ongoing research project, but they are actually somewhat useless, mainly because the energy source cannot keep up.

There were also people present who were familiar with the research on gravity aircraft, and they were well aware that the difficulty in researching gravity aircraft was energy.

The electricity cannot keep up and the power does not meet the standard.

Today's gravity-flying vehicles take several hours to charge and only one minute to take off, and there is still a risk of explosion and loss of control during testing.

Of course, the subsequent technical problems can be solved, but the energy problem is unsolvable. Many people are still paying attention to Wu Xiaodong's research, hoping to use a new energy technology to manufacture ultra-high power and ultra-high energy storage batteries.

However, the nuclear fission technology supports the manufacture of batteries, but there are many difficulties that need to be solved, and some of them are even unsolvable.

For example, Zhang Shuo talked about the "reaction conduction problem".

Reaction conduction means that the reaction will diffuse and be transmitted to other materials. When the reaction field diffuses to pipes, thermal insulation materials, etc., it will directly corrode them. At worst, it can cause rapid damage. If the reaction conduction effect is stronger, it may even cause a huge explosion.

So from a research perspective, safety systems are more complex than reaction control.

It is simply unimaginable to shrink the reaction equipment to a battery. For now, they only know that large atoms have a high tolerance for reactions, but have not found any element or material that can be completely unaffected by the conduction effect of the reaction.

Later, Zhang Shuo talked about a lot of things, all related to technical research.

Others also regarded the hydrogen bomb battery technology that Zhang Shuo talked about as a conceptual technology of the future, but in fact they did not hear the key point.

The so-called technical difficulties Zhang Shuo talked about have nothing to do with nuclear fusion control itself. For example, Zhang Shuo talked about how to control a high-temperature reaction of 100 million degrees Celsius inside a battery device.

It also goes on to talk about how to keep the reaction going when the temperature is below 100 million degrees Celsius.

and many more.

These are theoretical and technical issues.

In addition, he also talked about electrical energy output, that is, how to ensure power output after the technology is developed, whether the carrying conductors will be affected by high temperatures, etc.

None of this has anything to do with reaction control per se.

In terms of stable control of nuclear fusion, Zhang Shuo had already thought of a solution, which is to add a "strong control" material that, under the action of a magnetic field, can stably regulate the reaction to ensure the temperature and reaction rate.

Many people are still thinking about using the tokamak device to control nuclear fusion reactions. They also know about Zhang Shuo's research at the Institute of Nuclear Physics and subconsciously think that Zhang Shuo still wants to use the tokamak device to complete the research on controlled nuclear fusion.

In fact, Zhang Shuo only relied on the relevant research of the tokamak device to carry out measurements related to strong force strength.

The reason why he chose the tokamak device team was mainly because there was no other choice. There was no other research direction in the world that could control nuclear fusion.

Although everyone believed that Zhang Shuo was conducting conceptual technical research, several teachers still guaranteed to give the greatest possible support to the research.

Many studies are like this. They sound very conceptual, but the possibility of realization is very slim. However, in the field of scientific research, conceptual research is very important.

It is precisely because of the large amount of almost impossible research or theoretical research that the development of applied technology is supported.

Even if the research does not ultimately produce any results, the research process itself is a kind of accumulation.

Not to mention, it is Zhang Shuo's research.

……

The core of the meeting in the capital was to determine the research on the ion cannon and draw up a timetable for its application.

Internationally, ion cannons have always been a hot topic, but the name is "anti-missile and anti-satellite weapons."

There has been a lot of discussion in the international community, as well as a lot of political and institutional rhetoric, and they all hope to learn more about the technology.

When there is more content to analyze, there will naturally be more conclusions.

What is now certain in public opinion is that "anti-missile and anti-satellite weapons" launch ion clusters, and are launched from the ground.

At the same time, ion clusters strike satellites and missiles, and their power is achieved through a completely new physical reaction.

The latter has become a political attack point. "Basic physics should be made public. This is the default rule of international academia!"

A completely new physical reaction naturally belongs to basic physics.

Therefore, in terms of international public opinion, especially academic public opinion, China is at a disadvantage.

There is more public opinion in the academic field on this issue.

A large number of scholars and institutions have come forward, hoping that the relevant physical reactions can be made public in the country. They are very eager to know what this anti-brand-new reaction is.

"This must be a completely new kind of physical reaction!"

"Maybe it's nuclear physics, maybe it's quantum physics, high-energy physics, always, it's a completely new reaction."

"The energy of the ion cluster itself cannot cause such a powerful force, not even one ten-thousandth of it..."

There were also some special teams that stepped up to make the call.

For example, the Nobel Committee.

The Nobel Prize in Physics Selection Committee stood up and said, "The discovery of new physical reactions is enough to win a Nobel Prize in Physics!"

There is no doubt about this.

Most scholars would be attracted by the Nobel Prize in Physics, but Zhang Shuo is definitely an exception, because the research results he has completed are enough to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, or even not just one, but several.

A brand new theoretical physics, leading the team to complete theoretical verification.

The theory and the detection of gravitational signals alone cannot be measured by a Nobel Prize in Physics.

Now Zhang Shuo no longer cares about awards, because considering his academic status, any award is meaningless. Instead, it is an honor for him to receive the award.

He is already famous and prestigious enough.

As the founder of the source-point theory, when countless physicists around the world devoted themselves to the research of the source-point theory, it can be said that he achieved the achievement of establishing a school of thought.

The source point theory is also developing exponentially, much faster than the previous string theory, mainly because it has been verified and linked to technology.

No matter how fantastic the string theory sounds, with its membrane universe and eleven-dimensional space, it is still just a theory.

Source point theory has become source point physics.

After the last research conference on the Source Point Theory, many universities and institutions around the world immediately announced their acceptance of the Source Point Theory.

This also makes those universities and institutions that have clearly stated that they "reject the origin theory" very embarrassed. How could they accept it so soon after rejecting it?

This is too embarrassing.

But it is impossible not to accept a physics that has been verified and even developed into technology. How can you not accept it?

That means we are lagging behind, and lagging far behind.

Amid public opinion, Zhang Shuo has returned to Eastern Suzhou and continued his routine theoretical research.

Halfway through, he found Yao Qiming and explained the content of the new experiment.

Yao Qiming was responsible for the experiment of measuring the electromagnetic and gravitational correlation signals, while Zhang Shuo already had a completely new solution.

The solution group comes from the cyclic task of 'approximate solution of electromagnetic force and gravitational relationship model that can be transformed into applied technology'.

The new relationship model has a lower rhythm requirement than the previous one, and the corresponding gravity intensity is also lower.

Yao Qiming got the parameter form and was shocked at first glance.

After listening to Zhang Shuo's explanation, he returned to the experimental group and called together the core members of the experimental group.

Now Yao Qiming's experimental group includes more than just the original members, and the experiments have been expanded many times.

Some new members also include researchers sent by the aerospace group, the space agency and the military. They will participate in the research together and use basic experimental content to create the application and expansion of gravity manufacturing technology.

After everyone arrived, Yao Qiming was still standing there with his eyes fixed. After a long while, he raised his head and said, "We need to prepare for a new experiment and adjust various parameters."

He took a deep breath as he spoke, "We need to verify the new solution!"

This may not sound like much, but someone immediately asked, "Why? Aren't the basic parameters already determined? We also have magnetic field equipment with fixed strength."

The person who asked the question was a military researcher named Zhang Shicheng.

Yao Qiming pursed his lips and explained, "This is Director Zhang's decision. We need to verify the new solution."

He said this without even looking up, but he listed the main parameters.

One is the magnetic field strength requirement, 4920 gauss.

The other is the gravity conversion value, 0.89 times the earth's gravity.

Everyone present was shocked by the two parameters. "The new parameter unpacking... is the improvement so great?"

"It cannot be said that the demand for increasing the magnetic field is reduced, and the strength of the gravitational field created is also reduced, but, being close to the Earth's gravity, the application value seems to be higher..."

“The question is, what if it really comes true?”

"What do you mean?"

Everyone else looked over.

Zhang Shicheng explained with a complicated expression, "We, including the gravity team, have customized a lot of magnetic field equipment with fixed strength, as well as other parameter equipment, and the strength is fixed."

“Fixed-parameter devices are backed by physical materials and are very stable, so there are almost no problems.”

"These investments are huge, hundreds of millions, or even billions. If we change the parameters to research new technologies, won't all the equipment have to be changed? It may even be meaningless."

"Forehead……"

Others also reacted.

Wang Qiang continued, "Also, I have a question. If you want to make the technology stable, you have to use fixed parameter equipment."

"Professor Zhang Shuo is so capable. If this experiment is successful, will he upgrade the equipment as soon as it is manufactured?"

He then sighed, "This is the first time I know that being fast in research is also a kind of trouble!"

(End of this chapter)