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Chapter 311: Periodically changing field forces, new nuclear power is a great success!
“Maybe it’s a measurement error?”

"It's impossible that the gravity measuring equipment is faulty, right? We have tested it many times before the experiment. If there is stable data, this problem will not occur."

"The gravity value is constantly changing. This must be a new discovery!"

"Maybe there is some unknown physics contained in it..."

Everyone in the control room excitedly discussed the numerical issues of gravitational field measurement.

The atmosphere in the lab was completely different.

The staff in the laboratory noticed the instability of the gravitational field values ​​immediately.

Yao Qiming also noticed it, but before he could react, he heard the electronic system sound an alarm.

Alarms in electronic systems do not necessarily mean there is a risk; specific anomalies can also cause alarms.

This alarm made everyone in the laboratory feel nervous.

Problems arising from experiments in new physics directions are a big deal; the research at Fermilab and the Nuclear Organization are all lessons learned.

Zhang Shuo also seriously said that experiments in new physics directions will involve changes in fundamental forces, and changes in fundamental forces may contain unknown risks.

Therefore, we must remain vigilant in every experiment.

When the alarm sounded, someone immediately reported, "The gravity value is unstable!"

"The temperature of the reaction pipe wall is rising. It is now 81.3 degrees Celsius..."

"The temperature is rising faster than normal!"

Yao Qiming stared at the screen with a frown on his face. The gravity value kept jumping on it, as well as the temperature data of the pipe wall. He waited for a few seconds and made a decision immediately, "Turn off the power and suspend the experiment!"

He let out a sigh of relief after he finished speaking.

If it is just an alarm of gravitational field value jump, the experiment can be continued for a while, and more data can be obtained by continuing the experiment.

In addition, as the temperature rises faster, the situation is different. Compared with the experiment, safety becomes more important.

Perhaps when the temperature reaches a certain value, or when the experiment reaches a certain stage, an abnormal situation will occur.

This is uncertain.

After Yao Qiming issued the order, the power was immediately cut off, all types of equipment stopped operating, and the gravity intensity value on the screen returned to zero.

He exhaled lightly and immediately instructed, "Do a radiation test!"

"Record data!"

"Report the problem..."

The last thing he did himself.

After the time was paused for one minute, he contacted Zhang Shuo directly to explain the experimental situation. "The gravity value kept jumping, and the temperature of the pipe wall was also rising."

"I decided to suspend the experiment and asked them to cut off the power..."

There was some hesitation in his voice, fearing that Zhang Shuo might be dissatisfied. After all, if the experiment was carried out for a longer time, more data would be obtained.

Teacher Zhao was right next to Zhang Shuo, and he immediately said, "You did the right thing! That's how it should be done."

After saying that, he whispered, "Luckily I didn't let you go over there."

He also let out a sigh of relief.

Yao Qiming was not relieved and continued to shout, "Director..."

Zhang Shuo reacted and said immediately, "It's right to suspend the experiment. Wait for me to come over."

After hanging up the phone, Teacher Zhao couldn't help but laugh and said, "Look, your prestige is higher than mine. I just said it was no problem, but Professor Yao was still waiting for you to speak..."

Finally he became serious, "It's a good thing I didn't let you go over there. The experiment was really dangerous."

"If we delay any longer, something serious might happen."

"should be no problem."

Zhang Shuo shook his head and said, "The change in the gravitational field is within expectations, but it's bigger than I thought, and the values ​​jump erratically..."

He couldn't figure it out.

"It is normal for the temperature to rise. The constant adjustment of the gravitational field value will affect the ions in the pipe and may make the ions closer to the pipe wall."

"As long as it's not a sudden and sharp rise, there's no problem."

"We can only test it in the next experiment..."

"Do we need to do another experiment?" Teacher Zhao's expression was a little exaggerated. "It's so dangerous! Let's not do it again. We need to study it more."

"We really need to study it, so we need to conduct experiments."

Zhang Shuo frowned and thought, then said, "Teacher Zhao, do you know what this discovery means?"

"risk?"

"I mean the change in the value of the gravitational field."

"Hmm~" Teacher Zhao thought for a moment and said tentatively, "Gravitationally unstable?"

"That's correct." Zhang Shuo nodded, "Your instability means that we have created a chaotic gravitational field."

"This new discovery may contain new physical laws, may be related to the weak force, or may be purely technical, but there must be something we don't know about it."

"And new discoveries may represent new technologies, especially direct gravitational fields..."

Teacher Zhao's eyes lit up as he listened, and he immediately said, "That does need to be studied, but..."

"Be sure to pay attention to safety!"

"If something goes wrong with the experiment, I won't be the one to remind you to be safe the next time you conduct research..."

He said this with a bitter look on his face.

Even as a teacher, one has to take responsibility. If there are any safety issues in cutting-edge experimental research, especially when it involves Zhang Shuo's experiment, someone must stand up and take responsibility.

Zhang Shuo will definitely not take responsibility.

Others could only be classified as researchers. They all followed Zhang Shuo's instructions in conducting experiments. They did not bear enough responsibility, so he was the only one who could stand up.

"Ah~~"

Teacher Zhao suddenly felt that his work was very difficult and he hoped that his research would always be very safe.

But since there are risks, should we not conduct the experiment?

That's the contradiction!
……

In the small conference room on the second floor of the Source Point Theory Research Center, more than a dozen people sat around a large round table.

Zhang Shuo sat in the main seat, with Yao Qiming on his left and Xue Baikun on his right. The others sat in order.

Yao Qiming and Xue Baikun gave reports respectively.

Yao Qiming explained the problems encountered in the experiment, highlighting the numerical jump of the gravitational field and the abnormal temperature rise, and then explained his decision to "suspend the experiment."

Xue Baikun is making data reports. The control room can receive detailed data and summarize them for preliminary analysis.

In data analysis, the focus is also on gravitational field values ​​and temperature data.

Data reporting is more important.

Zhang Shuo’s main focus is on whether there are any abnormalities in the data. If there are abnormalities in other tested data, it means that the experiment may have huge risks.

If only the gravitational field value jumps and the temperature rises slowly, it means that the problems are caused by changes in the gravitational field and the experimental situation is normal.

Of course, the fluctuations in the gravitational field values ​​themselves are a major discovery.

So after confirming that there were no other anomalies in the experimental data, the focus of the meeting was on analyzing why the gravitational field had value jumps. Many people put forward their own opinions, "It may be that there are regular changes, but the detection cannot keep up?"

"The lack of regularity may mean that the field force is unstable, or we have discovered a completely new field force."

"In theory, the gravitational field is also a directional transformation of the chaotic force field. Is it possible that the field force we create is in the process of transformation?"

"Or is it simply a gravitational chaos field?"

When faced with a new discovery, there will definitely be different analysis results.

Zhang Shuo was not sure who was right, so he simply invested scientific research coins to purchase the task progress, and some ideas suddenly appeared in his mind.

The gravitational field changes in a regular pattern!
After consuming all the content, he felt a sense of sudden enlightenment.

It all made sense.

Wang Qiang was expressing his opinion, "I carefully observed the jumping data and found that there is indeed no pattern."

"I think we may have made a new discovery..."

"You may not have noticed, but there is actually another very important piece of information: the two devices on the side did not detect any values. This means that the range of the field force has shrunk, and it is almost only in the ring and the center of the ring."

"It used to be a spherical area, but now it seems to have turned into a flat sphere..."

The others listened carefully.

Zhang Shuo also felt that what Wang Qiang paid attention to was crucial. Most people were paying attention to the changes in the venue, but Wang Qiang noticed the problem of the field force coverage.

"very good!"

After Wang Qiang finished speaking, Zhang Yang praised him and then said, "So we will have to study the law of changes in the coverage range of the field force in the future."

"Regarding the jump in gravitational field values, let me also express my opinion."

Everyone looked over.

After the meeting started, it was basically other people who were talking while Zhang Shuo was just listening carefully and did not express any opinions.

Now he wants to express his opinion, and others are curious about what he thinks.

Zhang Shuo said, "The field force values ​​jump irregularly, but it doesn't mean that their changes are really irregular. Maybe it's a detection problem?"

After this sentence was spoken, others immediately started to think.

"Testing problem?"

Xue Baikun pondered carefully, his eyes widened as he said, "That's right! Gravitational measurements are done once a second. If there are regular changes, one second is too long an interval."

Others have thought of this too.

Everyone present was a professional, and they just spoke up to give a reminder. They had already thought of the key, and some even thought that it might be related to the 'movement of tritium'.

"That is to say, the change in the gravitational field value may be related to the movement of tritium in the pipe."

"The tritium element is driven by lithium ions to make a circular motion in the pipe, which can affect the change of the gravitational field. Therefore, the experiment has proved that the tritium element affects the gravitational field."

“We have achieved the results we wanted to see.”

"If that's the case, the changes in the gravitational field are periodic. The tritium is driven by the lithium ions to make circular motions. Its speed cannot catch up with the lithium ions, but it is fast enough to make several circles in one second. The changes in the gravitational field are also periodic. How many times does it change in one second?"

"It sounds like AC..."

"The principle is different, but it is somewhat similar..."

"So we have to measure the gravitational field faster...but, it's difficult, right?"

This is indeed a difficult problem to solve.

The gravitational fields created before were all stable, and the field force was constant, so there was naturally no need for rapid measurement, and a precision of 'one second' would be enough.

In reality, it is not that easy to improve measurement technology.

The situation of gravitational field measurement is a bit like temperature measurement. No matter what method is used for measurement, the timely feedback value will have the problem of "inaccuracy".

If you want to measure instantly and get very accurate values, you need to design and research cutting-edge measuring equipment.

This is not a problem that can be solved by the experimental group. It requires a professional research team to come up with a very high-end design plan and then conduct specific manufacturing tests.

Zhang Shuo had no way to solve it quickly. He thought about it and made a decision, "Instant measurement is not possible for the time being."

"In that case, let's increase the speed and study the gravitational field we create to see what specific properties it has."

"Increasing the movement rate of tritium and the frequency of gravitational field changes will make the characteristics of the periodically changing gravitational field more distinct."

“Then we can conduct research.”

"Everyone, think about how to prepare for the experiment..."

……

It is not easy to increase the movement rate of tritium.

Tritium is different from lithium. It will not be directly affected by force in the magnetic field. Even in the ionic state, it will only be affected by the Lorentz force in the magnetic field. The Lorentz force is always perpendicular to the direction of the ion velocity, so it does not do work on the ion.

In order to accelerate the tritium element, it must be given a sufficient speed before it enters the circular pipe. Once it enters, it will mix with the lithium element and become difficult to control.

This is where the difficulty of the experiment lies.

The team led by Xue Baikun proposed a method, which is to give the tritium element a high temperature and high pressure environment, and then squeeze the gas into a vacuum tube.

The tritium will impact into the tube and go directly into the ring tube.

After having enough initial velocity, at least the initial measurement can be carried out for a period of time. The only problem is that the velocity of the tritium element is too fast, which may give a certain impact to the lithium ions and may affect the experiment.

This plan had some problems, but it was passed after careful revisions.

"The gravitational field is created by the movement of lithium ions. Tritium alone cannot create a gravitational field."

"Tritium plays a promoting and influencing role."

“The experiment may have an impact at the beginning, but as long as it is maintained for a certain period of time, it will stabilize.”

"We can give it a try."

"If it doesn't work, modify the plan..."

After making the decision, everyone devoted themselves to preparing for the new experiment.

Everyone is in high spirits.

The experiments have already made discoveries, and every discovery and every breakthrough in subsequent experiments can be considered a breakthrough in physics. Just participating in the research is exciting.

They are serious about their work, hoping that the experiments will be better prepared and that you can make more discoveries in your experiments.

……

When Zhang Shuo was busy with experimental work, an exciting news emerged in the field of new nuclear energy research.

New nuclear energy power research has achieved significant success.

The first unit of the Qingshan Power Station, which is built on the basis of new nuclear energy, is now able to operate normally and has successfully achieved a power generation capacity of more than 500 megawatts.

The project's external press officer said, "After detailed measurements, the main energy reaction device can drive more than five units to operate."

"That is to say, the total power generation is expected to exceed 3000 megawatts."

“Electricity generation is just one of them.”

"The main energy device uses aluminum and magnesium as reaction materials, and can already achieve autonomous fuel filling. The reaction detection is also fully automatic and does not require human intervention."

"After completing the second unit and ensuring stable operation, we will carry out more detailed measurements and research around the main energy device."

"By then, the new nuclear power generation technology will be more perfect, and the new nuclear energy technology will also be promoted domestically..."

(End of this chapter)