Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

There is not much time left for the “he-3” project team.

Everyone is like an alarm clock with a clockwork, racing against time.

Finally, with the efforts of everyone, a slightly rough prototype was finally completed.

The entire prototype consists of two parts, one is an "atomic gun" used to accelerate and emit 氦3 atoms, and the other part is a target material installed in a vacuum chamber for receiving 氦3 atoms. As for the computers connected to the device, and the various observing components, that is necessary and need not be mentioned.

As for why this prototype is rough work...

That's because the parts on it are almost all pieced together.

The acceleration orbit of the atomic gun was modified with a small particle accelerator that was eliminated from the Argonne National Laboratory. The vacuum chamber used to bind the plasma is the experimental body designed by pppl when studying the starburst.

The entire experimental equipment, the internal plasma is heated up to seven thousand degrees, far from the high temperature of 100 million degrees, and the electromagnetic field that binds the plasma is also more than one order of magnitude from the 10t of the imitation star.

However, even so, it is enough.

Any experiment begins with proof of its feasibility. They don't need to complete a nuclear fusion ignition in this simple vacuum chamber, or even completely simulate the amazing density of the plasma inside the star.

They only need to successfully collect data from these plasmas and analyze the data to get a more accurate "observation" conclusion than the plasma "diagnosis."

Finally, solve the problem of "method migration" and let this observing device work on the imitation star.

In fact, Lu Zhou’s original idea was that it would be nice to get the imitation star that was eliminated from the wega experiment.

But he just thought about it. Professor Lazerson told him clearly that the gadget could not be bought with money.

In short, this prototype is complete!

The orbit of the particle accelerator is the atomic gun "upper", and the target material of 氦3 atoms is a tungsten-titanium alloy widely used for impact experiments of high-speed energy-energy particles. Behind the target material are probes for receiving different sensitivities and functions of the impact data.

So far, although the whole project has encountered many problems, it is generally smooth.

When the final commissioning was completed, Professor Lazelson immediately eagerly announced the start of the first experiment.

Researchers in the lab have spent countless days and nights on this project, and have paid countless sweats. Now that the assembly of the entire device is finally completed, they need a success to boost morale!

however……

The progress of the matter is not as smooth as everyone imagined.

When the 氦3 atom is injected into the high-temperature plasma, it is heated to the plasma state in a short time as expected, and the detector connected to the outer wall of the simulation device also collects the 氦3 due to collision and the like. Generated electromagnetic wave data.

Destiny seems to have jokes with all the researchers here that the atomic gun's 氦3 atom did not pass through the plasma as it wished.

No matter where it ends up, it doesn't hit the target material.

Apparently, they successfully fired bullets.

However, the bullets were not successfully recovered.

There is no doubt that the first experiment failed...

......

The 21st experiment is over.

The atmosphere in the laboratory was extremely dignified.

The probe mounted behind the material still does not detect the signal emitted by the 氦3 atom striking the target material...

The experiment is now facing the biggest bottleneck since the project began.

If the emitted bullet cannot be recycled, then the bullet will be meaningless.

The first to break the silence is an engineer with controlled nuclear fusion.

In an uncertain tone, he tentatively asked: "Is it not enough sensitivity of the probe? Actually the impact has already occurred, but we have not observed it."

This is a possibility that if the collision signal is weak enough, it may indeed be ignored by the detector.

“Impossible,” another plasma physicist shook his head. “The waveform of the electromagnetic wave is very obvious. In the third quarter, the energy of the 氦3 particle has decayed beyond the threshold and does not need to be observed at all. In theory, it It has deviated from the original track... you should be clear."

In the last sentence, this is a plasma physics expert, who is looking at Lu Zhou.

Without speaking, Lu Zhou just looked down and nodded.

From the peak change on the electromagnetic spectrum image, he has been able to make a judgment that the 氦3 atom as a bullet does not penetrate the plasma, but is "missing" in collision with the particles inside the plasma.

It may be confined in the electromagnetic field together with those plasmas, or it may break through the binding of electromagnetic fields and plasmas, but the direction of motion has completely changed in the constant collision...

If a particle that enters a chaotic system cannot be observed, it becomes part of the chaotic system. Even if it still exists, it is still "missing" in the physics sense.

Research seems to be in a dead end...

"This idea may not work at all," took the helmet down. Professor Lazerson looked at the computer screen with dignity and then looked at Lu Zhou. "The plasma used in the experiment was only heated to a temperature of seven thousand degrees." The density is far from reaching the density of the plasma in the imitation star..."

Professor Lazelson did not finish the words, but the meaning of the expression is already clear.

Even if the difficulty was reduced to this fraction, the 氦3 particles did not penetrate the entire plasma as expected. That is to say, not to mention in the orbit of the imitation star with a temperature of hundreds of millions.

Looking at the dark screen with a dignified look, and the researchers in the lab were silent for a long time, Lu Zhou suddenly began.

"We need to launch a larger atomic gun!"

"Yes, we need to launch a larger atomic gun. It is best to get the Swiss Hadron Collider as an acceleration module. Plug in our 氦3 to the moon rocket and let it touch the road. All the particles that arrived were broken down instead of flying out...” Professor Lazelson laughed and laughed and shook his head. “But you know, this is obviously impossible.”

“Not so exaggerated,” Lu Zhou shook his head and continued. “I just calculated that we only need to increase the accelerating electric field strength of the atomic gun to 1t. In theory, we can let our he3 particles penetrate the plasma. After that, hit the target material with a limited deflection angle."

This has not been rigorously calculated, which is a conservative estimate based on experience.

Maybe not using 1t, but 1t is definitely enough.

"This is already very exaggerated! The magnetic field strength of the constellation is only 10t!" The spit star flew, Professor Razerson finally couldn't help but growl. "Really, you guys do mathematics for yourself." Is there a concept for the data coming out? Do you know how expensive superconducting materials and those used are?"

In the final analysis, it is still a financial issue.

Although pppl is very powerful, it took a lot of money to build this lab, but the annual funding is actually 40 million US dollars.

The money needs to be allocated to many projects, and the money that can be used in the "he3 atom probe" technology is probably less than $4 million.

They used retrofitted equipment to retrofit parts, not just to save time on customizing new equipment, but also to save money.

After all, every time they experiment, they are burning money.

Professor Razerson’s mind even had a violent thought.

Perhaps, working with this guy was a wrong decision from the start.

Looking at the tantrum Professor Lazelson, the other engineers in the lab were silent.

Lu Zhou’s request is indeed too much. It’s like a rich man telling the poor that since the bread is not enough to fill the stomach, why not eat the cake?

Without a snoring, Lu Zhou waited quietly for him to finish all the words.

Looking at Professor Razerson, who was trembling with his beard, he coughed and said slowly.

"If I can solve the funding problem?"-

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Thanks to the lord of the bookworm who lost the number!

It’s said that these days are erupting. Can I justifiably ask for a ticket? If you can, I ask for it... ask for a monthly ticket! ! ! )