Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

However, the Ark found itself purely thinking too much.

When he asked the system the question, it did not give him a response, not even a single response. So much so that he couldn't help wondering if the “integral function” of this damn system was broken?

Continuous attempts were made to ask questions, and at the tenth attempt, the system finally gave a reluctant answer.

Although, it only has a short line of words.

[Prerequisite not met.

Looking at the text in front of us, the ark stopped questioning the system and fell into contemplation.

“Prerequisites not met… Does this mean that the level or the prerequisite technology required to unlock nuclear fusion is not met? ”

For this further part of the problem, the system said nothing and completely ignored him.

However, the ship was not discouraged by the high coolness of the system.

Because there are enough tips for him…

At the end of the experiment, in the rest area of the spiral 7-X lab, Professor Crabb invited two people for a cup of coffee.

Sitting on the sofa in the lounge, a Noble Laureate, a Quasi-Filtz Scholar, and a senior engineer in controllable fusion engineering, the three of them rested and chatted about the Spiral 7-X Mirror and the ITER Collaborative Project.

The so-called ITER project is the International Thermonuclear Fusion Experimental Reactor Programme and one of their main sources of funding.

However, when speaking of his views on the ITER project, Professor Kreber's face did not have the same optimistic expression as he had previously had in the laboratory, but rather a profound concern arose.

“The prospects for a controllable nuclear fusion program are undoubtedly vast, and I will answer that question to anyone who asks me. The ITER project, however, has so far been less than optimistic, with annual budgets exceeding billions, but the results have been less than encouraging, with Governments, including the United States, losing patience. We have shut down the WEGA Experiment Group in order to release funds for the Spiral 7-X. ”

Professor Clearing lowered his head and drank coffee, blocking the look on his face with a cup.

I'm not crying, I'm laughing.

Though he knew that happiness and happiness were bad, he could not bear to see that these rich “hawks” finally ran out of money.

Sighed, Professor Kleber continued.

“Controllable nuclear fusion is a systematic project, whether inertial or magnetic, or tokamak and star mimetics, which will eventually solve this dilemma only after a series of questions have been answered. But now, none of the problems we face have been fundamentally resolved. ”

Ark: “What issues do you think need to be addressed? ”

Professor Kreber thought about it and said, "In engineering alone, we need a larger electromagnetic field to complete the magnetic constraint on plasma. However, this is not a good solution, since a large magnetic field means a large current that releases heat as it passes through the conductor. We must immerse the wires with liquid helium, on the one hand reaching superconducting temperatures and, on the other hand, preventing current thermal effects from causing the wires to warm up. ”

“It's not enough to have a magnetic field, we have to find a way to control the magnetic field… Of course, it's lucky that the astral device has the advantage of the design concept, so that we don't have to start plasma currents through an ohmic transformer like the Tokemark device, and we don't have to consider distortion membranes, magnetic tears, resistive wall membranes, etc., which is tantamount to transferring technical difficulty to engineering difficulty. ”

Speaking of which, Professor Crabb laughed helplessly and said in a joking tone.

“It turns out that so many engineering problems have to go back to the material after all. ”

“If there is a material that can achieve superconducting at room temperature, or at least under less extreme conditions, we can create a larger artificial electromagnetic field to constrain the plasma, and many of the problems will not be at all problematic. ”

Superconducting material is required.

The ark generally summarizes and notes the phrase in the notebook it carries with it.

“Is that what it means to solve a difficult problem, first and foremost, to solve more difficult problems?” Professor Cleveland, who has been drinking coffee, smiled and inserted a sentence, "I think if there really is ambient superconducting material, let alone a controllable nuclear fusion program, even without controllable nuclear fusion, many energy problems can be solved. ”

“So it's just a hypothesis,” Professor Crabb shrugged, helpless, "and if we can't solve it from a materialistic point of view, we need to improve the coil design and enhance the strength of the artificial electromagnetic field from an engineering point of view. Moreover, in addition to the difficulties of application, we are basically unsuccessful in the theoretical field. ”

"Does controllable nuclear fusion need to involve complex theoretical questions? ”

“There is a famous saying in physics, more-is-different,” Professor Cleveland laughed and answered the question for his old friend, Professor Kreber, "Although plasma motion can be summarized using Maxwell's equations, or even quantum mechanics, the number of particles in the whole system is an astronomical number. You should be able to see the difficulty. ”

The ark nodded and expressed understanding.

When he studied the structure theory of electrochemical interfaces, the variables involved were almost three times the number of particles in the system. Faced with the theoretical model he designed, even Anton had to think about it before he could give an answer.

However, ionic motion in the mimetic is a more complex system than the electrochemical interface structure.

Like hydrodynamics, we know that the basic equation is the Navier-Stokes equation, but the turbulence that it produces is a mountain that the physics community has been unable to attack for 200 years.

Turbulence is not a patent for general fluids, and plasma can produce turbulence as well. And because of the presence of external magnetic fields, the turbulence of plasma can be more complex and unpredictable than the turbulence of ordinary fluids.

Since there is no theoretical explanation, it is not possible to find a concise model to predict plasma behavior, starting with the "first principle”.

So many times, researchers “diagnose” the plasma, and they can only build some imaginary models to help with the study, just like they did when they were studying fluid turbulence.

With such interest in seeing the Ark, Professor Kleber could not resist issuing an invitation.

“If you are interested in nuclear fusion projects, why not join ITER projects? We very much welcome the participation of a mathematician in our cause. ”

After a moment of reflection, the Ark responded to the olive branch thrown by Professor Kreber.

“Unfortunately, I can't accept your invitation. I'll have to go back to Princeton in a while, and I'll have to prepare for next year's Mathematicians' Convention, starting next month. ”

Closed the notebook in his hand, he smiled with some embarrassment and continued.

“However, I will take these questions down and study them as a hobby. While there is no guarantee that something will be found, perhaps one day it will be useful. ”

Although rejected, Professor Kleber was not discouraged, but merely smiled.

“Really? Then I can only look forward to your new accomplishments. ”

Although he didn't have the look of anticipation on his face when he said that, he even took the words of the ark as a joke.

Because it is obvious that neither of the difficulties mentioned earlier can be studied as a hobby.

After all these years of working at this institute, no one knows more about how difficult this is than Professor Kleber...