1900: A physics genius wandering around Europe

Chapter 73 Wang Luyao Instructs Xu Qitai
When Ridgway said that gamma rays and X-rays were electromagnetic waves, no one thought he was joking.

Even if it is just a prophecy, it is worth it for those present to study in this direction.

This is a bit like the academicians of later generations, who can decide the use of hundreds of millions of scientific research funds with just a few words.

It depends on academic status and authority.

Li Qiwei now has the preliminary qualifications.

Many people even automatically imagined what he said.

"Oh my god, Bruce is not secretly studying radioactivity, is he trying to do both theory and experiment?"

"How can he have so much energy? Sometimes I don't even have enough time to sleep because of doing experiments."

"Maybe this is genius. We have been working hard for decades just to save him an afternoon tea."

“Sunny Beach!”

Under the eager gazes of the crowd, he slowly walked off the stage, leaving the main court to Rutherford.

The way Xu Qitai looked at Li Qiwei was as if he had encountered a rare treasure, which frightened him so much that his back tightened.

As for Wang Luyao, she smiled and secretly gave him a thumbs up. This was the first time she saw Li Qiwei's academic influence.

In the past, in the country, I always saw foreigners being arrogant and discriminating against Chinese people.

Now Li Qiwei is in the lofty field of science and is being admired and shocked by foreigners, which really subverts her imagination.

The little witch was secretly delighted, she thought that he was indeed the man she had chosen, so outstanding and dazzling.

Then, Mr. Curie came to the stage to continue presiding over the meeting and highly praised Ridgway's speech, saying that he added a touch of color to the meeting.

The big guys continued to share their research results, and the atmosphere of the meeting became even more lively.

At this time, Li Qiwei did not notice that Anders in the corner clenched his hands, was angry and humiliated, and stared at him with resentment.

The more nonchalant Li Qiwei was, the more uncomfortable he felt.

Anders himself failed to gain anything but ended up losing the rice. Now he has become a joke, which can be seen from the alienation between people and him.

Serious scholars all look down on these second-generation scholars who take shortcuts and rely on connections.

Soon, today's meeting will end, but there will be two days of special reports to come.

But Li Qiwei was not planning to attend. He was going to Belgium to meet with Solvay in advance to arrange a meeting of young scholars.

More importantly, he was specially invited. If he were to steal the show, it would be a bit of a distraction.

After all, he is not yet a member of this small circle. No one likes someone who doesn't know the limits, even physicists.

Mr. Curie understood him, so he took him to get acquainted with several bigwigs present.

Li Qiwei behaved very modestly and left a good impression on everyone.

Becquerel joked, "Bruce, you are not really going to participate in the research of radioactivity, are you?"

Li Qiwei smiled and said, "Professor, I think the study of atomic structure is the general direction of future physics, and no physicist can avoid it."

"So, it's not me who wants to study it, it's it that comes to me on its own initiative."

These words made many big men burst into laughter. They liked this young man who was neither arrogant nor impatient very much.

At this time, Marie Curie said sadly: "Bruce, why didn't you tell me earlier that you were going to Belgium to hold a young scholars conference?"

"Otherwise, I will postpone my plan to go to Germany to give a report at the end of the month."

"Do you think I'm old and not young?"

Li Qiwei suddenly felt a headache. Questions about women's age were an absolute taboo, so he quickly explained: "Madam, I really notified everyone at the same time."

"It's just the first time, we have no experience, so it's a bit rushed." "Don't worry, if there is a next time, I will definitely notify you as soon as possible."

Finally, Ridgway and Rutherford exchanged a few words and prepared to go to Belgium, while Rutherford would wait until the radiology conference was over before going there.

On the train from Paris to Brussels, Li Qiwei and his friends were admiring the vast pastoral scenery outside the window.

Wang Luyao chattered and seemed extremely excited.

Xu Qitai lowered his head and thought, no one knew what he was thinking about.

Wang Luyao saw that he had been silent, so he wanted to tease him, "Hey, Qitai, what are you thinking about, so seriously."

"You should also get in touch with nature more often. If you study every day, you might end up being stupid."

Xu Qitai raised his head and smiled, "Sister Lu Yao, I was thinking about Qiweige's conclusion. How can we prove that X-rays are electromagnetic waves?"

This guy is very ambitious. He thinks that gamma rays are far less famous than X-rays. If he can prove that X-rays are waves, wouldn't he be able to achieve one-third of Chivigo's achievement?

By then, let’s see if He Yujie and Xia Yuanzhao dare to laugh at me for being at the bottom of the class.

Thinking of this, Xu Qitai couldn't help but laugh, looking like a fool.

Wang Luyao saw that he was about to go insane, and his teacher-like personality started to show up again, "Qitai, you still have to rely on me to guide you."

"Since you want to prove that X-rays are waves, then why don't you just study them according to wave phenomena?"

"Didn't your brother Li say before that someone discovered the diffraction phenomenon of light, which proved that light is an electromagnetic wave?"

"Then you can just make the X-rays diffract and do a double-slit experiment to see if there are bright stripes."

Hey!
As soon as Wang Luyao finished speaking, Xu Qitai looked at her in shock. Could it be that Sister Luyao was a hidden academic master who was pretending to be a pig but was actually a tiger?

Li Qiwei was also slightly moved. He turned to look at her and thought that this little girl was quite capable.

Although he is still a little lacking in common sense of physics, his logic is perfect, and this is indeed the right research approach.

Xu Qitai's eyes lit up, even with a hint of unrealistic expectation, "But Sister Lu Yao, someone tried to make X-rays diffract, but failed."

"It seems to be different from the visible light we commonly see."

"Do you have any good ideas?"

Without hesitation, Wang Luyao used his last bit of experience and said, "Try it a little more. Doesn't diffraction require the size of the slit? Try making the slit narrower."

Xu Qitai was disappointed in the end. If X-rays are a kind of wave, then their wavelength must be very short, and the required slit size must be extremely small, which is definitely impossible now.

"Hey, Sister Lu Yao, I want to do that too, but with current technology, we can't artificially create such a narrow gap."

Wang Luyao spread his hands and said, "If we can't make it artificially, then we can look for it in nature. The world is so big, there's nothing we can't find."

"That's your business, Qitai, work hard." After saying that, she began to appreciate the scenery again.

Xu Qitai sighed slightly, his heart was broken, and he was about to wake up from the beautiful dream he had just had.

What the two of them didn't know was that at this moment, Li Qiwei's heart was in turmoil.

In real history, Laue discovered the diffraction phenomenon of X-rays by using natural crystals as gratings.

Because the atoms in natural crystals are arranged very regularly, the gaps between atoms match the wavelength of X-rays exactly, allowing diffraction to occur.

Wang Luyao is right, it cannot be artificially created, but it does exist in nature!

The two probably never imagined that a simple conversation would almost lead to them winning the Nobel Prize in Physics.

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