Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Some things are public material, but those things have been sorted out by others.

What the Ark would like to see is Lyman Spitzer's initial vision of a simulator at the beginning of the design.

It is also a theoretical model from the perspective of a purely physicist.

“Lehman Spitzer's manuscript?” Edward Witten touched his chin and thought for a moment, "I haven't really paid attention to this, but I think he ended up donating manuscripts to the Institute of Higher Studies, which were handed over to the Stone Library at the beginning of the millennium. If you're interested, you should be able to find it in the Stone Library's library. ”

Ark: “In the Stone Library? Thank you.”

“You're welcome,” Witten laughed, continuing, "Actually, if you're interested in a copycat, why don't you consider going to the relevant research facility to visit the exchange? Now, no one in Princeton is studying this stuff anymore, but Stanford and MIT and Caltech are doing a lot of research on this stuff. ”

Ark: “I'll consider it if necessary, but before I do, I'll have to determine my own direction of research. ”

The concept of controllable nuclear fusion is too big, and although the generic description is only five words, the research projects involved, just the names of the projects, are not five pages down.

In a sense, one of the reasons why the Ark wanted to borrow the Lehman Spitzer manuscript was to hope to learn from it.

After listening to the ark, Witten sipped a cup of coffee and said with a smile: "I hope you find what you're looking for. ”

“Lend me your good words. ”

After leaving this sentence with a smile, the Ark said goodbye to Witten and walked outside the Institute of Higher Studies for a moment.

……

Academics have such a class of scholars who, while engaged in rigorous research, still maintain a daunting imagination.

Their first idea of what the average person sees as a fantasy is in no way one that tends to prove the impossible from a professional point of view, but rather tries to give real meaning to the fantasy from a scientific point of view.

Lyman Spitzer, that's the guy.

In addition to him, Freeman Dyson, who introduced the Dyson Ball concept, and Ziolkowski, who introduced the Space Elevator concept, can all be attributed to this column.

In contrast to the latter two, Lehman Spitzer is clearly not famous, yet no one can ignore his influence in physics, especially astrophysics.

Because he had first made a proposal to put the telescope into space to eliminate the shielding effect of the Earth's atmosphere, which had led to the birth of the Hubble space telescope.

In his memory, the Spitzer Space Telescope (SST), the last space telescope of the Large Orbital Observatory project, was named after him.

After saying goodbye to Witten, the Ark went to the library area of the Stone Library and found the librarian there.

Managing the book collection here is a seemingly stereotypical and bizarre old man.

Although all kinds of weirdos are often seen in Princeton, it is quite rare to wear nightgowns like this as work clothes to mystics in the library.

Especially with those cloudy eyes, one can wonder if he is suffering from Alzheimer's and whether he can still hear what others have to say.

However, it was surprising to the Ark that when the old man heard his arrival, not only did he not react to any dementia, but even quickly the light car approached a two-person bookshelf, using a ladder to remove a thick note with cowhide on its cover.

Returning to the logged counter, the old man turned to the ark with his face in his hand.

“This is what you want. ”

“Thanks.”

The Ark thanked him and reached for the manuscript.

However, the old man did not make him wish, as if he were fishing, and the hand he extended instantly shrunk back at an exaggerated rate.

Ark:????

Without moving, the old man's dry hand reaches back.

“This is the wealth of civilization. Please keep it safe. ”

Looks like he's just going to give himself a piece of advice.

At this time, however, the Ark noticed that the old man's hand was shaking with the notebook, as if it were an opportunity to move.

“I know… can I have it now?” Looking strangely at the old man in front of him, the ark did not reach for the notebook.

It always feels like an old man, playing with him on purpose.

The old man's eyes flashed a glimmer of disappointment when he saw the ark not falling for him. He coughed softly and continued to speak with his face flat.

“Of course… but before you do, you must swear what it looked like when you borrowed it and what it still looked like when you returned it. ”

The ark raised three fingers.

“I swear...”

“Not to swear to me," the old man took a Bible from the side and looked seriously at the ark, “you have to swear to it. ”

Looking at the Bible, the ark was full of helplessness.

What's the use of having an atheist swear on this thing?

Instead of giving him a copy of Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, or Einstein's Theory of Unity, he could look a little more solemn.

However, in order to save time, the Ark did not have as much crap, but, as he said, placed his hand on the cross of the Bible and said it in an honest tone.

“I promise you what it will look like when you borrow it and what it will still look like when you come back. ”

Although somewhat unsatisfied with the lack of solemnity of the ark, the old man reluctantly nodded and handed the manuscript to him after he had completed this bizarre ceremony.

“I hope you remember your promise. ”

“I will. ”

Not for a moment, after taking the manuscript, the ark immediately walked to the reading room next to it...

……

Since time has given it the properties of an artifact, even if the book is borrowed from the Stone Library, the Ark cannot truly take the manuscript out of the Library and can only be retrieved in the reading room of the collection area.

In the case of some centuries-old literature, even the relevant qualification examinations have to be passed before borrowing, as well as the wearing of specialized gloves.

But the note is relatively “new," more than sixty years old.

Spread it out on the table, and the ark began on the first page, studying it carefully.

It's not easy to fully understand what's in it, and Lehman Spitzer's notes, like his dazzling imagination, are accompanied by some unintelligible simplicity.

I don't know how he felt about writing that will and donating all his manuscripts to Princeton Institute of Higher Studies.

Ark feels that if he were to replace himself, he would certainly not allow this “unintelligible” thing to remain in the world...

It took an afternoon for the ship to see the end of it from the beginning.

Though difficult to understand in many places, after watching it, he felt greatly benefited.

In particular, Lehman Spitzer's judgment, and his own conclusions, basically coincide with the prerequisite technology for the completion of the final vision of the imitator.

“… it is hard to imagine that this was 60 years ago.” With this old manuscript closed, the ark was forced to whisper and give a review of its own.

Even now, a paper of considerable academic value can be obtained by refining the ideas in this note and the design philosophy of the imitator.

Of course, this has been happening for the past 60 years, and someone must have already done it.

Putting the manuscript aside and looking at the content organized on the notebook, the ark was caught in thought.

Controlled nuclear fusion is an enormous project, and both its own meaning and the broad prospects that lie behind it are of sufficient interest to him.

The problem, however, was that he needed to choose a suitable entry point.

Is it a superconducting material closer to room temperature?

Or, from a mathematical point of view, try to study the "laws of plasma motion in a star mimetic"?

The first two are at the application level, while the latter is at the theoretical level, neither of which is less difficult.

The latter, in particular, involves rather complex studies of the phenomenon of plasma turbulence, arguably the most difficult and complex of many research directions on the Navier-Stokes equation.

Because, so far, the measures that can be taken with regard to plasma are merely “diagnostics”, not “measurements”.

However, once this issue is effectively resolved, not only will the progress of the nuclear fusion project be facilitated, but the study of the Navier-Stokes equation is also very enlightening…

So silent, about ten minutes later.

The corner of his mouth suddenly pulled a smile, and the ark lifted a pen and drew a circle on the line “The Law of Plasma Movement in a Starmimetic".

Closed the notebook in his hand, he stood up from the chair with the manuscript and his things.

Certainly, it is a more challenging challenge, more suited to me.

There has never been an unanswerable question since Godbach's guess was resolved, and he has been so thrilled...