Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

The interview was scheduled for a week later.

For some time now, the Ark has been basically busy with small-scale, controllable fusion projects.

To increase the peak temperature of bubbles in working liquids, several old professors at the Ark and Acoustics Institute also tried to improve the ultrasonic generator by removing the acoustic suspension stabilizer from the generator, increasing the energy loaded in the ultrasonic wave and increasing the maximum sound pressure acting on the bubbles from 15 to 30 times the atmospheric pressure.

Of course, it's not without cost.

If the acoustic suspension stabilizer is removed, the bubbles in the solution will not float steadily in the center of the container.

However, acoustic luminescence does not require bubbles to be stably floating somewhere in the container, so this side effect doesn't matter.

Immediately after updating the experimental equipment, the ark carried Sheng Xianfu and they repeated the experiment again, using two gases, xenon and deuterium mixture, respectively, observing the temperature of the bubbles and the critical neutron recovery rate.

The completed experimental report was handed to the Ark, with a mixed expression on the face of Sheng Xianfu, and he said.

“The situation is still not optimistic, with instantaneous temperatures peaking at about 10 million Kelvins, but only about half a million at the lowest. ”

Looking at the experimental report in his hand, the ark frowned.

“So much deviation? ”

"The temperature changes observed through black-body radiation are quite unstable, and we don't know if something is wrong with our means of observation or something else. ”

If each bubble collapses to a high temperature of 10 million Kelvins, it is possible to stabilize the fusion reaction in a pulse-ignition manner, taking into account factors such as volume contraction.

Unfortunately, however, it seems difficult to do so at this time.

The ark continued, “What about neutron proliferation? ”

Sheng Xianfu hesitated: "It has improved… but it is still far from stable controllable fusion. ”

The ark pondered for a while and asked, “How are the new experimental containers prepared? ”

Sheng Xianfu: “The nuclear industry group has been completed and will probably arrive tomorrow. ”

After hearing this, the expression on the face of the ark finally eased a bit.

He put the experiment report on the table and asked to come.

“That's all for today's experiment, check the equipment tomorrow. Wait for the day after tomorrow, apply the liquid lithium directly. ”

nodded solemnly.

“Yes!”

As expected by the calculation, when using a lighter density of liquid lithium as a working liquid, the vessel does outperform the concentrated sulfuric acid and aqueous solution in terms of acoustic luminescence. Especially when entering the deuterium mixture, the sound pressure acting on the bubble surface has increased significantly, reaching a maximum of 31.7 times atmospheric pressure.

However, liquid lithium working at 700 degrees Celsius is still too active, and experiments are several times more dangerous than when concentrated sulfuric acid was used.

Especially in the third experiment, the operator accidentally mixed traces of oxygen in the preparation of deuterium mixture gases by electrolyzing heavy and overweight water, causing a series of flames to burst inside the instantaneous container into which the gas was passed.

Fortunately, the oxygen mix was small, and several researchers in the lab responded in a timely fashion, bringing the lab back to safety. If it really melts through the work container, causing the high temperature liquid lithium in the container to come into direct contact with the air, don't say it's a laboratory by then, just afraid to blow down several load bearing walls are light...

Anyway, since then, the whole institute of higher education people have seen Sheng Xianfu in a different way...

The day went by and soon arrived at the day of the interview.

The Ark boat met with CTV's interview team in the offices of the Jinling University Academy.

It's quite a coincidence that the journalist who interviewed him only had an affair with him a year ago.

“Hello Professor Lu,” With a professional smile on his face, He Ying, dressed in a dark blue business suit, extended his right hand and the ark grabbed a gentle grip, with a nice voice Guan Dao, "we met again. ”

Release her hand and the ark nodded with a smile.

“Long time no see, Miss Ho... shall we begin now? ”

He Ying nodded with a smile: “Start now. ”

Knowing that the ship was busy with its usual research, she didn't waste her time on the cold and quickly brought the interview to the point.

After sitting on the couch, He Ying adjusted his posture to indicate that the photographer next to him was ready to begin, then continued to change his professional smile and looked at the canoe and said, “It is an honor to have this opportunity to interview you, and I would like to ask you a few questions on behalf of the audience in front of the TV before the interview begins. ”

The Ark laughed and said, "Ask, as long as I know and can say it, I will know nothing. ”

He Ying bent the corner of his mouth and said, "Don't worry, it's not a difficult problem. ”

She paused and continued to say: "We all know that the problem of the mass gap in the Young Mills equation is resolved and that the unification of strong interactions and electromagnetic effects will radically change the discipline of the physics community in the future. For most people, however, this abstract statement can only make one feel misty. What do you think about the future of physics? ”

The Ark laughed and said, "Is that such a difficult question to come up to? ”

He said with a smile: "It's hard for others, but shouldn't it be difficult for you? ”

“From the perspective of a scholar, about the future of theoretical physics… I really don't know how to answer that, after all, nobody knows if new physics will be born tomorrow.” Speaking of which, the Ark thought for a while and went on to say, "In the long run, what theoretical physicists have been looking for all their lives is naturally the theory of great unity. Nowadays, strong interaction and electromagnetic action have successfully built bridges, and the rest is gravity. Of course, we know very little about this part of gravity. It may take a century, and we can only understand a little bit of fur. ”

He Ying asked seriously: "Is there not a conclusive conclusion about the cause of gravity? ”

Ark: “Of course, gravity is probably one of the most mysterious areas of physics, and while we may feel more intuitively about it than the other three basics, we know it the opposite least. Even though string theory and circle quantum gravity theory explain why it was born in two diametrically opposite ways, it knows that no one can say for sure who is right today. ”

He Ying continued to ask: "What about more realistic goals? ”

Leaning on the sofa, the ark thought for a moment: “More realistic, or short- and medium-term goals, naturally validate and explore the standard model. While the standard model is great enough, theoretical research and experiments have always allowed us to discover something that exists outside the standard model. ”

Speaking of which, the ark paused for a moment and said in a joke: “Like the m-particle. Although I don't know what it looks like, mathematically, I can prove it does exist. If anyone can find it, we can add a new puzzle to the standard model building. ”

He Ying: “This sounds exciting. ”

The Ark laughed and said, "Of course, exploring the unknown is an exciting thing in itself. ”

He Ying: “Nevertheless, theoretical physics is still quite a distant existence for most of us. Could you please explain to us exactly how theoretical physics research can have a visible impact on our society and on our civilization? ”

The Ark has been thinking about this for a long time.

Just as He Ying began to wonder if he had asked any inconvenient questions and was about to let the photographer cut this off, the ark suddenly opened its mouth.

“It's an abstract proposition, and it's hard for me to tell you about a theoretical physical discovery that can make a difference that any average person can see. It's like the Higgs particles, the gravitational waves, everything that we've discovered or got from this universe over the years, they're mostly useless to the average person. ”

“Even the m particles that I said earlier, even if we build on the unified theory of strong electricity and the unified theory of weak electricity, we further unify the four fundamental forces, and the universe will not change anything because of us. Perhaps spending money on exploring theoretical physics to improve our lives can really fill more people's bellies over time and make our lives better. ”

Speaking of which, the ark paused for a moment and continued with a serious tone.

“However, if no one does what is considered useless, we will have no future. ”