It's reasonable for me to have a two-way foil for a second-level civilization, right?

Once the [particle trap] is out of confinement, these antihydrogen atoms will be in contact with the container wall.

The consequence of contact is naturally annihilation!

Even if there is only one microgram of antimatter, the energy released by it is extremely huge!

Even Lv Yongchang, who was confident, seemed extremely nervous at this moment.

He took a deep breath, clenched his hands into fists, and stared fixedly at the holographic projection in front of him, not daring to relax in the slightest.

Chapter 506

Under the control of the magnetic field, antiprotons and antielectrons enter the predetermined "fusion chamber".

It is a tubular cavity with a high-purity vacuum inside.

In the cavity, antiprotons and antielectrons gradually approach under the action of a magnetic field, collide and fuse with each other.

Soon, the antihydrogen atom, composed of an antiproton and an antielectron, appeared.

In the Dawning Star Laboratory, thousands of miles away, a reminder sounded.

"Drip! Drip! Drip!"

"Detected the appearance of antihydrogen atoms!"

Lu Yongchang showed a trace of excitement on his face, he swung his fist vigorously, and said in a deep voice: "Activate the particle trap, and implement capture and restraint on antihydrogen atoms!"

The moment the voice fell, an extremely powerful magnetic field quickly appeared in the "fusion room".

The surrounding superconducting magnets form an extremely complex magnetic cage inside the tubular cavity under zero control.

It interacts with the atomic magnetic moment of the antihydrogen atom, and indirectly binds it in the [particle trap].

As time goes by, the number of antihydrogen atoms trapped in the [Particle Trap] increases rapidly.

Gradually, the weight of antihydrogen atoms in [Particle Trap] has reached 1 microgram.

In the simulation image given by Zero, these antihydrogen atoms combined with each other, and finally formed an extremely thin cloud of antihydrogen gas in the [Particle Trap]!

Although the weight of this cloud of antihydrogen gas is only 1 microgram.

But it is already the largest amount of antimatter produced in human history!

At the moment when the antihydrogen gas cloud was born, a huge amount of observation data was transmitted from various observation facilities.

Even Lu Yongchang can only get a little bit of insignificant information from the dazzling data.

Therefore, for the scientists in the first laboratory of the People's Federation, the real battle has just begun.

They need to analyze massive amounts of data in order to analyze antimatter in the true sense and at the macro level.

Although anti-electrons and anti-protons exist in cosmic rays, anti-matter at the macroscopic level still only exists in particle accelerators.

According to the definition of matter and antimatter, the two should be in an equal relationship.

In other words, the total amount of matter and antimatter should be equal.

The two annihilate each other, and the entire universe should be a pot of rich "energy soup".

But so far, the universe discovered by humans is composed of matter.

This means that there must be some factors between matter and anti-matter, which causes the status of the two to be unbalanced.

As a result, the universe eventually developed into its current state-everything is composed of matter, and antimatter only occupies a sporadic place, and will annihilate and disappear in a very short time.

Lu Yongchang hopes to find out the reason from antihydrogen, which will also be of great help to human beings in manipulating antimatter in the future.

……

late at night.

The first laboratory of Renlian is still brightly lit.

Everyone is excitedly analyzing the data continuously generated by the observation device.

With the help of zero, the efficiency of data parsing work is greatly increased.

But even so, it is full of observation data with an unknown amount of hard disk space, and the analysis cannot be completed in a short period of time.

Like other scientific researchers, Tao Yuda methodically processed all kinds of data in front of him.

Suddenly, he frowned slightly.

An unbelievable idea came to his mind spontaneously.

He put down his work without hesitation, got up and walked towards Lu Yongchang.

……

"professor."

Tao Yuda slowed down, came to Lu Yongchang who was busy processing the data, and shouted in a low voice.

Hearing the sound, Lu Yongchang's hands stopped suddenly.

The next moment, he raised his head and glanced in the direction of the sound.

After seeing Tao Yuda, he put down his work, raised his hand and rubbed his sore eyes, and asked in a gentle tone, "Tao Yuda? Did you find anything new?"

Tao Yuda hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice again and said, "Professor, there is nothing important to discover, it's just..."

"I have an idea."

"Huh? Thoughts?" Lu Yongchang was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Tell me."

Tao Yuda's face flashed a hint of entanglement, as if he also felt that his idea was a bit shocking.

"Professor, I want to try to turn off [Particle Trap]."

Hearing this, Lu Yongchang's eyes widened suddenly.

"Turn off [Particle Trap]?"

"What do you want to do?!"

No wonder Lu Yongchang was so surprised.

【Particle trap】Once closed, the antihydrogen cloud trapped in it will spread rapidly, and then come into contact with the tube wall of the particle accelerator.

Then, there is the annihilation reaction.

Although the energy produced by the annihilation of one microgram of antihydrogen is not a lot.

But that would be enough to open a wide hole in a fragile particle accelerator.

"Cough." Tao Yuda stretched out his hand and scratched his head, and said with some embarrassment, "Professor, compared with normal protons and electrons, anti-electrons and anti-protons have opposite parts."

"These opposing factors, if they accumulate with each other, superimpose to the macro level..."

"Will it give antimatter some unique properties?"

"For example..."

"Antigravity that has always been in theory."

"Hiss..." Lu Yongchang gasped, and looked at Tao Yuda in front of him with unbelievable eyes.

This……

A bit too unbelievable, right?

Although research requires bold guesses and careful verification... But this conjecture is too bold, right? !

Looking at Lu Yongchang's shocked gaze, Tao Yuda said anxiously.

"Professor, you only need to turn off [Particle Trap] briefly."

"If you control the time well, it will not cause any harm."

"We just need to observe the direction of movement of these antihydrogen!"

Lu Yongchang didn't speak, but frowned slightly and looked at the holographic projection aside.

In the projection, a simulated image of an antihydrogen cloud provided by Zero.

Tao Yuda, who hadn't received a response for a long time, looked slightly gloomy, lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Professor, I know this conjecture is a bit exaggerated, but I still hope..."

"Try it." Lu Yongchang's gentle voice interrupted Tao Yuda's words.

"However, it is definitely not possible to directly close the [Particle Trap]."

"The temperature of these antihydrogens is very high, and they are too active now."

"You have to cool them down first."

Tao Yuda looked at Lu Yongchang's serious analysis in surprise: "Professor, do you agree?"

"Why?" Lu Yongchang turned his head and glanced at Tao Yuda, and said with a smile, "Just because of exaggeration, why don't you try it?"

"What if it really works?"

Chapter 507 The clues of the fourth-level technology tree

A few days later, under the order of Lu Yongchang, the Academy of Sciences completed a series of preparatory work.

The preparation work was not complicated, but it took a lot of energy from the Academy of Sciences.

Under Lu Yongchang's order, Zero controlled the robot to dismantle the [Particle Trap] device and transport it directly to the surface of Dawn Star.

The reason is also very simple.

on the one hand.

During the experiment, the complex magnetic field formed by the [Particle Trap] device will disappear briefly.

The antihydrogen molecules will also lose their bonds.

Although it is an extremely short time, it still means risk—the antihydrogen molecules will collide with the inner wall of the device and be annihilated, and the large amount of energy released will cause considerable damage to the particle accelerator.

In order to avoid such unnecessary risks, it is natural to transport the antihydrogen in it to a safe place with the help of [Particle Trap].

Some people may ask, why not transport it to an unimportant corner of Guangwei, but spend a lot of time transporting it to the surface of Dawn.

This involves the second factor.

The purpose of this experiment is to observe the response of antimatter to gravity at the macroscopic level.

Antihydrogen molecules are very light, and they move very fast.

This creates a problem.

It may be difficult for humans to observe their response to gravity.

There may even be a situation where the antihydrogen collides with the tube wall and annihilates directly before it can be observed.

In order to avoid this unexpected situation, Lu Yongchang decided to start from two aspects at the same time.

On the one hand, increase gravity.

The solution is simple, just transport it from Luna to Dawn.

Compared with the weak light moon, the gravity of 1.9g on the surface of Dawn star can greatly amplify the response of antihydrogen molecules to gravity.

Second, reduce the movement speed of antihydrogen molecules.

This requires a completely new technology - particle cooling laser bombardment technology.

The technical principle is not complicated.

Use photons as ammunition to bombard the antihydrogen molecules bound by the [Particle Trap].

With the help of the kinetic energy of the bombardment, these antihydrogen molecules are continuously decelerated.

The above two measures can amplify the response of antihydrogen molecules to the gravitational force as much as possible.

……

"Start slowing down."

Lu Yongchang's voice sounded in the laboratory.

At the same time, in the [Particle Trap] device placed on the ground of Dawn Star, beams of high-frequency and high-power lasers are emitted from the generator.

In a very short time, the photon collided with the antihydrogen molecule several times.

The speed of the antihydrogen molecule decreases rapidly.

When its running speed decreased to the predetermined target, Lu Yongchang spoke again and issued a second order.