Chapter 1666 Antimatter?

IMCRC headquarters.

As a sacred place in the minds of physicists around the world, this scientific research institution located in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration gathers the best brains in the world, and the research fields cover almost all branches of contemporary physics.

Whether it is the popular hyperspace theory or the relatively unpopular antimatter.

It is precisely because of this that a well-known winner of the Lu Zhou Science Award will evaluate this place as a place that can satisfy all the imagination of a physicist about physics.

Of course, dreams are always expensive, and even more so is the opportunity to embrace them.

As a holy place of physics in the world, it is not as easy to enter as a general physics center. This not only requires extraordinary efforts, but also a little bit of luck.

As a lifelong researcher at IMCRC, Bruno Wu is undoubtedly the lucky one in the eyes of such a colleague.

He just turned 40 years old, not only was nominated for the Lu Zhou Science Award, but also obtained the permanent residency of Pan-Asian cooperation because of his outstanding achievements in the field of antimatter theory.

Especially the latter, in the eyes of people in his hometown, he has undoubtedly become a master.

Of course, Bruno himself didn't have that much pride in being a master, and he wasn't interested in those insignificant things.

Apart from academician Lu's thesis, the only thing that can arouse his interest is probably his own antimatter research.

One morning, I walked into the office with a sandwich as usual.

After ordering the bionic assistant to help bring a cup of coffee in, he enjoyed his breakfast while scrolling through the academic updates on the LSPM website.

At this moment, an anonymous paper with a high topicality suddenly caught his attention.

With curiosity, he clicked into the post to download the paper.

However, before he read the paper carefully, he just saw the title of the paper, and he was so stunned that the bacon in the sandwich fell on the table without paying attention.

"...Research on the generation and containment technology of antimatter?"

He whispered in his mouth, and at the end of the reading, his tone involuntarily raised a hint of doubt.

There is no other reason.

Because it sounds so unbelievable.

Of course, it wasn't just the title that was unbelievable. When he saw the abstract of the paper, his brows twitched suddenly.

"...Is this an April Fool's Day joke?"

It's an exaggeration to say that it's nonsense, but just looking at the summary, he really couldn't find a more appropriate evaluation word except for a rich imagination.

To be honest, it wasn't the concept of antimatter that surprised him. After all, people have been studying this thing as early as the last century, and even his research direction is also in this direction.

What really surprised him was that someone actually tried to use it in the energy field as an intermediate substance for energy storage?

This span is too big.

Looking at the main text, Bruno's attitude became obviously perfunctory, and after a quick glance, he read the paper to the end.

"Heh, interesting... The idea of ​​designing the experiment is quite novel, but I don't know if the author of this paper has thought about how he plans to preserve the extremely unstable antimatter for a long time? There is also the issue of energy utilization... Antimatter The energy released by annihilation is not the kind of nuclear energy that can be used gently, and everything around it will be swallowed up by the annihilation energy it releases."

Shaking his head, Bruno swiped his index finger in the air and dragged the newly downloaded paper into the recycle bin.

In his opinion, spending energy on such things is simply a waste of time...

After spending the whole morning in a busy state, Bruno, who finished his work, leaned on the office chair and stretched, and then sat up with his hands on the table.

It's already lunch time.

Unwilling to deal with a meal in a hurry, he left the office humming a brisk ditty and came to the cafeteria in the cafeteria.

Coincidentally, as soon as he entered the restaurant, he ran into his old friend Professor Sun Qiguang.

As a master in the study of hyperspace theory, this Professor Sun is also a famous figure among young IMCRC scholars.

The two first met because of an exchange at a symposium, and later found that they chatted by accident, so they became friends in life.

After meeting, the two greeted each other, and sat down in a secluded place in the cafeteria with their plates in hand.

Bruno was about to ask him if there was any interesting news about his recently popular hyperspace theory, when he saw this old friend eagerly speaking to him.

"Have you read that paper?"

Hearing this sentence, Bruno was subconsciously stunned.

"Which one?"

"Which one could it be? Apart from that anonymous paper on antimatter, is there any hotter topic this morning? Don't tell me you haven't read it yet."

"I've seen it... But you call that a paper?" Bruno looked at his old friend in surprise, and said in an unbelievable tone, "God... In my opinion, that is an unconstrained style. Don’t you think that the anti-matter that has been hiding with us for two centuries can be captured just by relying on the assumptions in the article?”

Professor Sun: "Is it not possible?"

"It's very difficult," Bruno shook his head. "From the astronomical field, we have learned that there is no antimatter celestial body within 30 million light-years. You should know what this means. It means that even under extreme conditions, this kind of matter It is also difficult to exist on a large scale.”

"Although that's what I said... But I don't think you need to be so pessimistic." With a helpless expression, Professor Sun took a sip of coffee and continued, "Also, I heard a rumor, I don't know if you feel it or not interest."

Bruno: "What rumors..."

"It is said that some time ago, Xingkong Technology spent 1 billion credits to build an antimatter laboratory in Tiangong City, and also designed a small space laboratory for antimatter experiments through Dongya Heavy Industry... You should have heard of it, Xingkong Technology is a company founded by Academician Lu."

Faintly feeling something was wrong, Bruno frowned and questioned.

"so what……"

"This paper was published from Mars, and you should know that the Mars physics community has never been interested in antimatter, they are only interested in research in the applied field..." Professor Sun shrugged and continued, "So now There have been rumors that this paper was released from Academician Lu."

The moment he heard this sentence, Bruno's expression suddenly became awkward.

"Academician Lu?! This...how is this possible..."

When he was halfway through speaking, he suddenly lost his confidence.

Although what he had learned in his mind told him that trying to solve this problem that has plagued human civilization for two centuries with only those simple assumptions is almost tantamount to nonsense.

but……

The person who challenges this proposition is the man who can create miracles.

Bruno couldn't even remember how many things that person had accomplished that seemed absolutely impossible in the eyes of others.

For the "common sense" he firmly believed in, he suddenly felt a little less confident...

Looking at the old friend who suddenly hesitated, Professor Sun gave him a comforting smile.

"I understand your mood now... Those of us who are engaged in hyperspace theory probably felt the same as you a few months ago. Even until now, we have not fully understood the technology of the warp drive, and the star gate It has been open for more than a month. The feeling of being left behind by the times is really uncomfortable."

Bruno forced a forced smile on his face, not knowing how to answer this question.

Looking at the silent old friend, Professor Sun sighed and continued with a hint of fascination in his tone.

"Leaving aside the discussion of the author of the paper and the existing academic problems, what interests me is what will happen to our physics if the ideas he put forward in the paper are finally realized. Influence."

"To be honest, I don't know," Bruno stared at the dinner plate with a complicated expression. After a moment of silence, he continued, "That paper alone is beyond my imagination about physics..."