Rebirth of science and technology academic master

Although the "Jinwu Device" is not a real nuclear fusion reactor, but just an experimental device, this device is very large, with a diameter of 30 meters. The cost of the first device was as high as 1 billion yuan.

The controllable nuclear fusion project, like other research, is a process of continuous trial and error, and improvements are made during the trial and error process.

For example, the "Golden Crow Device" that will be built next year will only be the first generation of the "Golden Crow Device". It applies the most advanced technology today to conduct controllable nuclear fusion experiments, and then continuously improves all aspects through controllable nuclear fusion experiments. Technology.

On this day, Qin Yuanqing came to the plasma physics laboratory.

The design idea of ​​the entire experimental device seems simple in theory, but it is extremely complicated in practice.

In addition to the obvious problems, there are many less obvious problems that need to be solved, which require a combination of theory and engineering knowledge!

For this entire device, the team spent the past three months almost in the laboratory and overcame many difficulties before coming up with this device.

"Academician Qin, do you want to start testing?" Lin Yingming looked at Qin Yuanqing.

"Okay, let's start the experiment!" Qin Yuanqing nodded slightly.

Lin Yingming then issued the order for the experiment, but things did not progress as smoothly as everyone imagined.

The moment helium 3 atoms were injected into the high-temperature and pressure plasma, they were heated to the plasma state in a short time as expected. The detector connected to the outer wall of the simulation device also collected the helium 3 atoms due to collisions and other reasons as expected. generated electromagnetic wave data.

But fate seems to have played a joke on everyone. The helium-3 atoms fired by the atomic gun did not pass through the ion as expected.

No matter where it ended up, it didn't hit the target material.

Apparently, they successfully fired the bullet but failed to recover it, which represented a failure of the first experiment.

Everyone is not depressed and continues a new round of experiments. This is what experiments are. There are always errors. One experiment cannot explain the problem. Therefore, in the laboratory, experiments are always conducted in multiple groups, and then conducted through multiple groups of experimental data. Analyze, discover problems, and then make corrections and summaries.

But by the time the 30th experiment ended, the atmosphere in the entire laboratory became extremely solemn. Because after 30 consecutive experiments, the signal from the impact of helium 3 atoms on the target material was still not detected.

This means that either they ignored a major issue in the experimental process, which caused such a large deviation in the experimental results. Or it means that there are problems in theory, which lead to errors when implemented in specific experiments.

"Academician Qin, Academician Lin, could it be that the sensitivity of the probe is not enough? In fact, the impact has already occurred, but we did not observe it!?" A researcher raised a possibility.

Does this possibility exist? ?

It is possible that if the collision signal is weak enough, it may indeed be ignored by the detector.

"Impossible! The waveform image of the electromagnetic wave is very obvious. In one-third of the area, the energy of the helium 3 particle has already attenuated and exceeded the threshold. There is no need to observe it at all. In theory, it has deviated from the original orbit. What does this mean? We should know better!" another researcher shook his head.

Qin Yuanqing looked solemn at this time, and he watched the entire experiment in detail. From the changes in the wave peaks on the electromagnetic spectrum image, he has been able to judge that the helium 3 atoms used as bullets did not penetrate the plasma, but were "missed" in the collision with the particles inside the plasma.

It may be restrained in the electromagnetic field together with those plasmas, or it may break through the constraints of the electromagnetic field and plasma, but the direction of movement has completely changed in the constant collisions...

If a particle injected into a chaotic system cannot be observed, then it becomes part of the chaotic system. Even if it still exists, it is still "missing" in a physical sense.

Qin Yuanqing showed a thoughtful look, and his head started working quickly, conducting various analyses. After about a quarter of an hour, Qin Yuanqing thought of a possibility, that is, the atomic gun was not powerful enough.

"I think we need to launch a more powerful atomic gun! I just calculated that we need to increase the accelerating electric field strength of the atomic gun to 1T. In theory, our He3 particles can be fired with limited speed after penetrating the plasma. The deflection angle hits the target material!" Qin Yuanqing said.

Lin Yingming frowned slightly. The accelerating electric field intensity of the atomic gun was increased to 1T. This was already very scary. After all, the accelerating electric field intensity of the stellarator was only 10T!

More importantly, Shuimu University does not have such a powerful electron gun!

"Academician Qin, in our laboratory at Shuimu University, the maximum power of the electron gun is 0.5T. Currently in the world, an electron gun with a power of 1T costs at least 5 million US dollars. And as you know the situation now, even if you can buy it, you can ship it back at least It will take one month!" Lin Yingming said with some embarrassment.

"It takes so long!?" Qin Yuanqing frowned slightly. The problem of money is not a problem. Let alone 5 million US dollars, even 10 million US dollars is no problem. What he cares about is time, "Is there no electron gun with a power of 1T in China? ?”

"Yes, there is. As far as I know, there is one in the Plasma Physics Laboratory of Yantai University!" Lin Yingming frowned. As an expert in this field, Lin Yingming knew this information well: "But you also know that there is no relationship between us. Dealing with it, Yan Da may not be willing to provide it!"

For a long time, Shuimu and Yanda have not dealt with them very much. After all, they are the top universities in China. There is a competitive relationship. No one wants to obey the other, and everyone wants to firmly occupy the throne of the number one university in China.

Originally, the two universities were close to each other, but since 2009, the balance has tilted towards Shuimu. Shuimu has embarked on a path of rapid development, surpassing Yan University in terms of academic performance, financial resources, and international rankings. Put aside, even the Mathematics Department, which Yanda has always been proud of, was suppressed by the Shuimu Mathematics Department.

Especially when Qin Yuanqing went to Yan University and bombarded Yan University, the gap between them became even wider. After all, Qin Yuanqing was Shuimu's flagship figure.

In the minds of ordinary people, Shuimu is already the well-deserved number one university in China, having topped the list for twelve consecutive years. Moreover, Shuimu is now ranked seventh among the world's most famous universities, and Yan University can barely squeeze into the top 20. The gap between them is still relatively large. Big, Shuimu has given birth to several Nobel Prize winners in recent years, but not a single Nobel Prize winner has been born in Yanda.

As some people have given examples, the Shahe campus in Shuimu covers an area of ​​more than 10,000 acres. The construction of the new campus was all funded by the school itself and did not ask for any funds from superiors. However, Yan University's Shahe campus is only one-third that of Shuimu, and its funding mainly comes from superior funds.

Over the years, some nasty things have happened between the two parties on common occasions!

If any Shuimu student can pick up a talented girl from Yan University, he will become a famous figure in the school in no time.

One can imagine how difficult it would be to borrow Yanda's most advanced electron gun under such circumstances.

You might not even be able to get through the door of Yan University!

Qin Yuanqing raised his brows. How difficult is it? This is not a matter between Shuimu and Yanda, but a national matter. All individual interests must be subordinated to national interests. This is a matter of principle.

"Leave this matter to me!" Qin Yuanqing agreed.

Soon, Qin Yuanqing sent a letter to Yanda in the name of the "Golden Crow Project" headquarters, requesting Yanda to send the 1T electron gun to the Shuimu Plasma Laboratory within three days of receiving the letter.

"It's too much! It's too much!" When Yan Da received this letter, he was so depressed that he almost vomited blood. You must know that their 1T electron gun cost 7 million US dollars and had to find many connections to buy it. Made some achievements in plasma research.

It turns out that this is a good thing. I haven't started using it yet, but I have to lend it to my mortal enemy!

What’s even more depressing is that I can’t resist!

Unless you really don’t want to mess around anymore, otherwise, you can only obey obediently!

The first level of officialdom crushes people to death!

That’s the truth!

As a university with strong strength in science in China, Yanda has also undertaken more than 30 research projects on the 'Golden Crow Project'. Naturally, it is very clear about the power of the 'Golden Crow Project' headquarters. All orders, whether they are people or things, must be obeyed unconditionally.

The day after receiving the letter, Yanda's electron gun was sent to Shuimu Plasma Laboratory, and Lin Yingming and others conducted debugging and inspection. After confirming that there were no problems, the experiment finally started again!

Everyone worked at their respective positions, and then held their breath, for fear of disturbing the plasma in the vacuum chamber and the helium 3 particles that were about to be emitted.

As Lin Yingming gave the instruction to start the experiment, the button was pressed.

The liquid helium passing through the gate gradually soaked the wires, and the conductors in the ultra-low temperature environment gradually approached the critical temperature of superconductivity.

The moment the temperature of the magnetic track reaches the critical temperature of superconducting, the current through the superconducting coil begins to rise sharply, brewing the initial velocity of emission for the helium 3 atoms hovering in the orbit.

The moment signal light No. 1 lights up, the speed of helium 3 atoms is increased to the limit. At the same time, the "atomic gun" also completes its loading.

Then the second button was pressed, and the helium 3 atoms moving outside the orbit suddenly left the acceleration orbit and moved to the launch orbit tangent to the acceleration orbit.

There is no sound, no phenomenon can be seen, everything is invisible.

However, at the moment when the atomic gun fired helium 3, the helium 3 atom accelerated to the limit was like a bullet coming out of the barrel, carrying huge energy and hitting the hot plasma.

The electromagnetic wave signals collected by the detector showed layers of jittering ripples.

A smile appeared on Qin Yuanqing's face. Through the electromagnetic wave signal, Qin Yuanqing understood that the experiment was successful and everything was as smooth and accurate as he imagined.