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In the field of cutting-edge research in theoretical physics, for an unpredictable chaotic system, it is more common to throw a particle into a probe.

The system was indirectly observed by observation of the particle.

In fact, the experimental thinking put forward by the Ark stems in large part from his earlier experience working at CERN.

If you look at the entire system of plasma as a billiard table locked in a black box and the plasma as a billiard ball on the table, then there's nothing better than “one shot out” in a fixed direction to get a sense of what's happening on the table.

As for this particle, which is used as a “white sphere," there is no better fit than Helium 3.

First of all, its atomic diameter is small enough that three are made up of two protons and one neutron, close to the atomic mass of tritium, and the atomic nucleus structure is more stable! Not only is it possible to avoid indistinguishable multi-atomic collisions in the sense of probability, but it is also easier to pass through the plasma.

To reach the temperature at which Helium 3 fuses with Deuterium, it is necessary to at least multiply the existing temperature and electromagnetic field by a hundred times to satisfy it, so even if it is ultimately used in a star mimetic, the involvement of Helium 3 in the fusion reaction can be largely ignored.

So it would be perfect to do this experiment with Helium 3!

Considering the number of particles in the entire plasma system, the disturbance of a helium 3 atom to the entire system is almost negligible. After all, throwing an atom in would have a much smaller effect on the whole system than sticking a probe in it!

Helium 3 atoms passing through the plasma collide with particles in the system, and the electromagnetic waves generated in the collision, as “sound”, are heard by observation devices connected to the outside of the device, on the basis of which macroscopic and microscopic parameters within the plasma can be analyzed.

Thereafter, the helium 3 atoms passing through the plasma will collide with the target material, feedback the impact data while disengaging from the entire system.

As long as the plasma is continuously emitted as a helium 3 atom of the "detector" and the electromagnetic wave data generated by the collision are collected, as well as the impact data collected on the target material, the ark is confident that the disturbances to which helium 3 is subjected in the plasma system can be indirectly analyzed by mathematical means, thus indirectly reversing the properties of the system itself.

If that is too abstract, a simple analogy can be made.

We measure the refractive index of water, and the whole experiment is undoubtedly complex if the water itself is the subject of a study. But if you shoot a beam of light into the water and calculate the refractive index by observing the change in the angle between the light and the interface, the whole experiment becomes much simpler.

And the experimental idea of the ark is to use the helium 3 particles as the light that goes into the plasma!

“… all we need to do is set up a patch-sized target material on the first wall of the emulator to capture the helium 3 particles emitted from the atomic gun and indirectly analyze the data carried by the plasma at high temperature pressure by recording the electromagnetic signal emitted by the collision of helium 3 with the tritium atom during the launch cycle, and the energy carried by helium 3 when it finally hits the target, the impingement angle momentum, and so on! ”

“I'm not going to say if I can do this,” said Professor Razelson, staring at the ark. "Are you sure you've got the data and processed them? If we emit N particles, the variables involved will exceed N more than just! And also take into account that the plasma itself is disturbed by magnetic fields..."

When the variables of a physical model are large enough, it will be a calculation that no supercomputer can complete.

However, Professor Razelson's words did not frighten the Ark.

In a positive tone, the Ark answered Professor Razelson's question: "I'm not sure if anyone knows, but I'm more than 90% sure. ”

Building mathematical models and solving mathematical models are two concepts, and while this variable may seem extraordinarily large, in fact, those are things that require extra headache.

If it's just a theoretical model, the ark is pretty confident about its capabilities.

There was a glimmer of hesitation in his eyes, and Professor Razelson was still not convinced to make a decision.

Theoretically, the idea seemed to work, but only if the ship was able to build a theoretical model of the entire system based on the electromagnetic excitation data of those helium 3 atoms, as promised to him.

If the data collected are not used effectively, even if they do succeed, it is a waste of effort.

Unavailable data is no better than the “noise” in the experiment.

“… give me a reason to believe you can do it. ”

“Is Goldbach guessing enough? ”

Professor Razelson said categorically: "Not enough! That only means you're an expert in mathematics, which means nothing to me! ”

“What about theoretical models of electrochemical interface structures?” Seeing Professor Razelson consciously intend to rebut, the ark immediately grabbed in front of him and said, “I know what you're trying to say, but at best it proves my strength in computational chemistry and theoretical chemistry, and it doesn't mean that it's equally suitable for plasma research, right? ”

Professor Razelson did not speak, but his eyes have made his point.

The ark was not discouraged, he continued.

“But what I'm going to tell you is that what I'm looking at is ultimately processing data, and the scale of the data I've already processed is not much smaller than the amount of data we're going to be facing! ”

This time, Professor Razelson was silent and seemed to be thinking.

Seeing that he had not spoken, the ark continued to speak beside him.

“Believe me, it sounds hard, but it's not too hard to solve! All we did was insert a probe called Helium 3 into the plasma. The only thing that sounds frightening is that it's only as small as an atom. ”

“If we succeed...”

Paused for a moment, the ark stared into his eyes and said seriously, "This is undoubtedly a no-winning invention. ”

The prize is not just a reward for great theoretical discoveries, it is also a reward for major inventions that change human civilization.

Just this year, for example, the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, unveiled in October of 17, was awarded to three scholars who invented cryoelectronics, because biologists relied on their inventions for a number of papers.

As Mr. Qiu said, if some form of observation can be established, the direct observation of the macro and micro parameters of the plasma system under high temperature pressure is huge for the entire plasma physics.

Moreover, this technology will undoubtedly drive the development of the entire controllable nuclear fusion project!

“This sounds...”

Removing the glasses from the nose beam, Professor Razelson shook his fingers and removed the cloth from his pocket, rubbing it constantly against the lens.

The brighter the lens, the more excited the pupils reflected in the lens.

It's just that he hasn't been able to get that idea.

After almost ten minutes of waiting, the ark looked at the watch.

Professor Razelson suddenly put his glasses back on when his shoulders were loose and he was about to give up persuasion and turn to someone else to work with.

When he looked again at the ark, he could no longer see in the cloudy sight any despised god.

Instead…

Excited!

“… that sounds interesting! ”

After hearing this, the ark finally relieved itself with a smile on its face and extended its right hand.

“It's nice to hear that answer. ”

All in all, he got the answer, not “it doesn't sound realistic”.

……

Convinced Professor Razelson to save the ship a lot of trouble.

Princeton's plasma physics laboratory is world-class and has research protocols associated with the world's multinational controlled nuclear fusion research units, with considerable advantages for both resources and talent.

And this is something that other research institutions don't have.

If Professor Razelson eventually refuses to do so, the Ark will eventually only be able to send a letter to the Map Society to try to get to the Map Society's visiting scholar in plasma physics research.

As for paying for a lab comparable to PPPL in terms of R&D capabilities...

And regardless of the research resources that are difficult to buy with money, the hundreds of millions of dollars in the region are certainly not enough to look at.

Following a cooperative research agreement with Professor Razelson, for ease of discussion, the Ark referred to the advice of other experts of the Institute and named this still in the swaddling technique “HE3 Atomic Probe”.

And the name of the project group, even more concise, is only three characters--

“He-3”

Over the next few days, the ark travels essentially between the Institute of Higher Studies and the Plasma Physics Laboratory, either reading literature related to plasma research or sitting down with Professor Lazerson and plasma physics experts and engineers from the “HE-3” project team to exchange views on specific experimental designs.

Clearly, the end of the theoretical study did not leave the ark much idle, and the new work that followed made him more busy.

While the Ark was busy with the “HE-3” project, it inadvertently arrived at the time of the publication of the new edition of the Journal of Mathematics.

His paper in the Mathematical Yearbook also formally met his counterparts in the field of differential equations.

The Ark did not pay too much attention to the response of the mathematical community to the presentation of the results at this stage.

At least, in his view, this is not a particularly prominent research result, at best just a brick added to the research of the predecessor.

Sometimes, however, fate is so wonderful.

What surprised the Ark was that things were going exactly the opposite of what he had expected.

Instead of sinking this stone, which he threw into the lake at random, the water drifted on this calm lake...