Paranormal Investigation Notes

Chapter 365 Black Hole
Looking at the old couple who were constantly discussing the details of life after returning to the countryside after paying off their debts, Lu Ming didn't know what it was like.

He realized that there was a high probability that the rural life that the old couple had dreamed of would never be realized.Because from now on, the old couple will always be shrouded in the haze of bad luck.

There may be countless sufferings waiting for them in the future, until the sufferings suffered by the two of them caused enough great mental trauma to their dead son, causing his son to have enough "reasons" to commit suicide. past.

Lu Ming sighed, couldn't bear to look any more, but got up from the bench, and continued to walk aimlessly forward.

The climate in summer is really changeable.Lu Ming hadn't walked far when he felt that the sky seemed to be darkening.He raised his head and saw that at some point, the sky had been covered by dark clouds.The originally hot wind was a little bit cooler.

Some traces of being wet by raindrops gradually appeared on the ground.

It's raining.

Lu Ming walked to the small shop next to him, bought an umbrella, opened it, and continued walking aimlessly.

Pedestrians began to hurry.The original prosperity and excitement disappeared in an instant.People left separately, and there were not many people to be seen on the street except for vehicles.

The rain gradually became heavier and crackling.Even though Lu Ming was holding an umbrella, his clothes were a little wet from the rain.He didn't go any further, but came under the eaves of a shop, and stood there quietly, like the rest of the people who took shelter from the rain here.

rumbling rumbling...

A flash of lightning flashed across the sky, and a few seconds later, a muffled thunder came from the distant horizon.Several cars parked here were frightened and sounded their alarms. Ula Ula, very piercing.

Lu Ming watched quietly and waited quietly.

There is water on the road, which is seven or eight centimeters deep.They are not static, but rushing towards a floor drain, like a rushing river.

At the beginning, the floor drain could still be exposed outside, and the stagnant water could only flow in from its side.But as the rain increased, the accumulated water increased, and the floor drain was quickly covered by the accumulated water.The stagnant water no longer just flows in from its side, but presents a vortex shape, being absorbed by it crazily.

Lu Ming's attention was quietly attracted by the floor drain.He was fascinated by the floor drain, and the vortex-like stagnant water pouring in. He stood there in a daze, not even noticing that the wind had blown raindrops and wet his pants.

The violent storm lasted for only half an hour.The rain gradually decreased and eventually stopped completely.The people sheltering from the rain left separately, and the dark clouds in the sky also parted, and the bright sun shone down, and the sky and the earth were bright.

Lu Ming took one last look at the floor drain, put away his umbrella, turned and left, and returned to the base.

He turned on the computer, logged on to a website, and entered the word "black hole" in the search box.

This is an academic exchange website that brings together the latest research results of all scientific research scholars in current human civilization.Lu Ming searched for these two keywords, and immediately tens of thousands of related articles were searched.

The first and most popular article described the research paper on the observation of gravitational waves by the gravitational wave antenna that had been buzzing a few years ago and even shocked the whole world.

In the distant space of more than one billion light-years away from the solar system, there are two black holes crazily revolving around each other.One of them has a mass of about 36 times the mass of the sun, and the other black hole has a mass of about 29 times that of the sun.

The two black holes collided violently, eventually merging into one.But the mass of the black hole after their merger is only about 62 times the mass of the sun.A mass equivalent to three suns disappeared.

Studies have shown that the masses of these three suns were all converted into energy during the merger process, and finally radiated into the cosmic space in the form of gravitational waves, shaking the entire universe.

It finally reached the earth after more than one billion years, and was sensed by the newly built gravitational wave antenna.

Lu Ming has learned a lot of information about this incident, and he knows it very clearly.He just didn't expect that after such a long time, this incident would still be so hot in the academic circle.

Perhaps this is because of its groundbreaking status.

Lu Ming didn't look at it again, but looked at the next one.

The second article is an article that uses a mathematical model to try to explore the internal structure of a black hole. It is full of complicated and difficult formulas and derivations. It is so complicated that Lu Ming can't understand it, so it is skipped directly.

The third part was about the specific mechanism of supernova explosion forming black holes, and Lu Ming didn't pay much attention to it.

The fourth article is about the theoretical process of the direct formation of supermassive black holes at the time of the Big Bang, and Lu Ming also didn't pay much attention to it.

Fifth, sixth, seventh...

Lu Ming turned down bit by bit, searching bit by bit.After several hours, Lu Ming saw an article he was interested in.

"Some research on ultra-high-energy particle collisions at the OATI particle collider."

Lu Ming has also heard of the name of the OATI particle collider, and knows that it is a new generation of particle collider built with the latest technology.

Particle colliders are large-scale scientific research equipment, mainly used to study the microscopic structure of matter.In simple terms, particle colliders accelerate two beams of particles to collide at extremely high speeds.Once collided, the smaller particles that make up the particle will be "knocked out" - just like two watermelons colliding at a very high speed, the rind of the melon will be smashed directly, and the seeds and pulp inside will be smashed. , juice, etc. will be knocked out, so that they can be observed by people, and people can study their properties to improve today's physical theories.

Obviously, the higher the total power of the particle collider, the more it can accelerate the particle beam to a higher speed, the more "hard" the impact is, the higher the probability of the internal particles being "knocked out", and the research effect will be better. the better.

The OATI particle collider is a large-scale scientific research equipment with ultra-high power.Lu Ming heard that its power consumption can even be compared to some small cities.

It is particularly worth noting that this particle collider even has the possibility of theoretically producing miniature black holes because the collision energy level is too high.

Black holes are formed because the density is so high that no physical force can block the gravitational force, and matter collapses infinitely.

However, mass is equivalent to energy.

Within a unit volume, if the mass exceeds a certain level, it will collapse into a black hole by itself.Because the energy and mass are equivalent, it can be known that if the energy exceeds a certain range in a unit volume, it will also collapse into a black hole by itself.

The energy of the particles endowed by this particle collider has reached the theoretical possibility that when two particles collide, the energy exceeds the threshold and collapses into a black hole.

At the beginning, when this particle collider was built, there was a wave of opposition and protests in the world.Because people are generally worried that the miniature black hole created by this particle collider will get out of control and fall into the earth, thus swallowing the entire earth.

But this is obviously impossible in reality.

The lifetime of a black hole is related to its mass.The smaller the mass, the shorter the lifespan.A black hole with only a particle-level mass has a lifespan so short that it cannot be observed. Even if it is really formed, it will disappear the moment it is just formed, and it is impossible to swallow the surrounding matter in time.

The article that Lu Ming read at this moment is the research and discussion of some unknown phenomena in the particle collision process.

It is described in the article that in a certain collision, through observation and calculation, it is confirmed that the energy of the final reaction particle exceeds the energy before the collision.

This is very strange.After all, mass-energy conservation, energy, or mass will not be generated out of thin air for no reason. The energy before and after the impact should be equal. Why is there a little more?
This article discusses, studies and calculates this phenomenon.

Lu Ming is not a particle physicist, let alone an experimental physicist.For this phenomenon, he did not have enough theoretical knowledge to analyze it.But this phenomenon still caught his attention.

After some thought, he called Lu Qingliang.

"Help me contact the OATI particle collision laboratory, I want to visit researcher Hu Xiaozheng."

Hu Xiaozheng is the scientist who led the experiment and wrote this article.

During the phone call, Lu Qingliang lifted his spirits: "Lu Ming, what do you think?"

Lu Ming smiled and shook his head: "It's not an idea yet. I'll talk to Researcher Hu first."

"Okay, I'll call you right away."

After confirming the visit, Lu Ming bought a plane ticket and went directly to the city where the particle collision laboratory is located. In an office full of papers, books and computers, he saw a slightly emaciated man wearing glasses, Researcher Hu Xiaozheng in a white coat.

"Is it Sergeant Lu? Hello, hello. I was notified that you wanted to ask me some questions."

Researcher Hu Xiaozheng closed the book, put down his pen, stood up, and stretched out his hand from a long distance, looking very talkative, seeing that Lu Ming was very enthusiastic.

Lu Ming shook hands with him before saying, "I'm sorry to disturb your work."

"It's okay, it's okay, just ask whatever you want. It's really strange that people in our business can still deal with your security department."

Obviously, researcher Hu Xiaozheng's curiosity was also aroused.Because even he himself couldn't think of any place where his research project could have a relationship with Lu Ming, so that a senior police chief could come to visit him directly.

"Uh, these are actually some personal questions. I want to ask you some details about the research on 'Increased Particle Collision Energy'. It's purely my personal curiosity and has nothing to do with the security department."

Researcher Hu Xiaozheng smiled and said, "I understand, I understand, keep it secret, right? Don't worry, I won't ask anything else, just treat it as curiosity."

Researcher Hu Xiaozheng's expression of "I've seen through everything, but it's okay, I'll act with you" made Lu Ming a little dumbfounded.

Without continuing to argue, Lu Ming organized his words and asked, "Regarding the phenomenon of strange increase in energy, do you have any new research results recently?"

"There are, but there are some." Researcher Hu said: "At present, the possibility of instrument failure can basically be ruled out. Because it can be reproduced, although the success rate of reproduction is not high, only one in ten But as long as it can be reproduced, it can prove that it is not an instrument failure."

Recurrence means repetition.In scientific research, this is a very important concept.

For example, you say that you have produced a high-temperature superconductor in the laboratory, and then others follow your process again, but they cannot produce it. If you repeat it yourself, you cannot produce it, so how can you let others Believe you really made it?

Others will just think you're talking nonsense.

However, not only you made it yourself, but others can make it according to your method, then this can prove that you have really researched the method of making high-temperature superconductors.Others have nothing to question, and you can just wait for the prize with peace of mind.

At this moment, the phenomenon of strange increase in energy can be reproduced, which basically proves that it is real.

Hu Xiaozheng continued: "It's not an instrument failure, it's not an external influence, and it's not a calculation error. My team has been studying this phenomenon recently. At present, we are more inclined to have something to do with vacuum fluctuations. Of course, we just tend to think. The model has not yet been made, and the few existing evidences are not too solid."

"Vacuum fluctuations?"

Lu Ming was very surprised.

The law of conservation of mass and energy actually only works at the macroscopic level.On a microscopic level, it's actually inaccurate.

Mass and energy are not conserved at the microscopic level.

Even if there is absolutely nothing in the vacuum, some particles, such as pairs of virtual particles, will randomly emerge from the vacuum.One of these two particles has positive mass and the other has negative mass.

After appearing out of thin air, within a very short time, the two particles will annihilate each other, leaving nothing behind, and then disappear out of thin air.This is vacuum fluctuation.

"Yes." Hu Xiaozheng nodded and said: "We suspect that it may be that the excessively high energy level has affected the pair of virtual particles, causing the particles with positive mass to change from virtual to real, which eventually led to an increase in the overall energy. The particles with mass may be annihilated with other particles or the materials of the collider. Unfortunately, we have no way to measure whether the mass of the collider is reduced due to the annihilation of negative mass virtual particles during this process. the quality of."

"This process seems to be similar to Hawking radiation?"

"Yes. Sergeant Lu also knows about Hawking radiation?"

"I've heard of some." Lu Ming casually said, "Any other guesses?"

"There are some, but the probability may not be high."

Hu Xiaozheng casually recounted some other conjectures, and gave Lu Ming a solid science class, which took a long time to finish.

Lu Ming sorted out his thoughts and asked, "Then, is there such a possibility, is it possible that this extra mass comes from... the future?"

(End of this chapter)