The location of high-energy particle physics experiments is not on the earth, but in space.
There is the largest particle collider in mankind. It is located in the original orbit of Mercury and surrounds the sun. Its entire circumference reaches an astonishing 350 million kilometers. Every time it is started, the huge energy will cause violent gravitational and electromagnetic changes in space. .
This is the largest single creation of mankind besides the Dyson Sphere, and it is also a holy place in the physical field.
Attached to the particle collider are tens of thousands of laboratories of various sizes and hundreds of thousands of affiliated experimental factories, with more than ten million residents, forming a huge space city.
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At this time in the High Energy Particle Physics Laboratory.
A piece of material the size of a fingernail is lying quietly in an explosion-proof and radiation-proof isolation room.
But such a small amount of matter has a mass of ten tons
Even the most advanced optical equipment cannot see its own color. It emits high-intensity radiation throughout its body. The entire isolation room is dazzling with dazzling lights, auroras are flying, and the interference is extremely serious.
After Luo Shengwei understood the great significance of this breakthrough to mankind, he immediately canceled all trips, took a special spaceship, and hurried to the laboratory.
"By delivering high energy to the atom, the electrons gain energy and become discrete, and then the electron cloud in the atom is blown away to obtain a naked nucleus." A laboratory leader introduced Luo Shengwei dryly, but his tone was quite exciting. "On this basis, we strengthened the strong interaction between atomic nuclei, and finally obtained this incredible substance, whose shape is consistent with the theoretical white dwarf star."
This is not only a huge breakthrough, but also an important verification of the unified field theory.
All physical phenomena in the universe can be explained by the four basic forces: gravity, electromagnetism, strong interaction and weak interaction.
The first two are long-range forces, and the latter two are short-range forces. Physicists have always been diligently pursuing the attempt to unify all phenomena of nature. They are like the Holy Grail, the Supreme Throne, and the Ultimate in the field of physics. Answer.
However, limitations in cognitive and observation methods have kept this theory in a state of controversy and confusion.
Until a hundred years ago, as various disciplines began to develop rapidly, science and technology exploded.
As experimental instruments became more advanced and observation methods became more sophisticated, this theory finally came to light. Even so, it still took decades before a relatively complete unified field theory truly emerged.
Unified field theory can also be called unified string theory.
When matter is subdivided to the end, it is composed of the lowest level of strings. It is a kind of probability wave that follows quantum theory. It looms and shuttles through the four dimensions from time to time, whether it is electromagnetic force, gravity, or the strong and weak interactions within the atom. Power comes from the various expressions of these strings. All power is one body and two sides, harmoniously unified.
However, a theory is still a theory. No matter how rigorous and seamless the logic is, as long as it is not verified for a day, it is just a hypothesis, not the truth.
It can be said that the significance of this verification is no less than that of the theory, and it even further improves the theory.
"Before you came, we had already conducted destructive experiments on it, but due to insufficient preparation, it has not reached its upper limit so far. It seems impossible to destroy it."
Luo Shengwei felt a little excited. After watching it for a while, he saw that it had been radiating strong pulses, and he suddenly discovered a problem:
"This piece of white dwarf star material seems to be in a state of exothermic energy. How long can it be stable?"
"You are right. It is indeed not stable for a long time. After all, energy is balanced and it is impossible to release energy endlessly. Its shape is incompatible with the environment here. It is like a foreign object in this universe. I instinctively want to take it away. Destroyed. According to calculations, it can only exist for about twelve hours. Once the strong interaction weakens to a certain level, it will completely disintegrate. However, the isolation chamber is made of high-strength critical metals and is very safe. Even if it is a hundred thousand Even if a nuclear bomb with the equivalent power is detonated inside, it cannot be destroyed.”
"Since white dwarf matter can be produced, there should be a way to maintain long-term stability!" Luo Shengwei asked immediately. The current situation of mankind is tense and war is clouded. If this material can produce warships, the balance of power will be completely rewritten. .
"Of course it does, but it requires a huge amount of energy to be transported every moment!" the person in charge of the laboratory said hesitantly.
Luo Shengwei's eyes lit up and he quickly asked: "How big is it?"
"The average energy consumed per year is about ten times the mass of antimatter!"
Luo Shengwei did a quick mental calculation and almost lost his breath. According to this calculation, just this piece of white dwarf material the size of a fingernail consumes one hundred tons of antimatter every year to maintain it.
How much antimatter does humankind produce every year
Barely 100 billion tons. If all of it is used to maintain the white dwarf star material, it will only maintain a quadrillion tons. One quadrillion tons may seem like a lot, but in terms of the ultra-high density of the white dwarf star material, it is actually It’s only 100 million cubic meters.
Even if it is just a one millimeter thick film of white dwarf star material on the surface, it can only cover an area of 100 billion square meters at most.
What can one hundred billion square meters be used for
The current standard curvature warship of mankind has a surface area of 2.5 billion square meters. Humanity has exhausted all its energy and can only manage forty ships. This is still just maintenance, not manufacturing. Although the other party has not mentioned it, but I think there will be less energy.
To make or not
Luo Shengwei just thought about it for a while, then gritted his teeth and made up his mind!
Must be made! Even if we sell iron or donate sperm or blood, we still have to make it!
This is an absolute force that makes the final decision. The material of the white dwarf star is dense, and the atomic nuclei are completely squeezed together. Compared with it, no matter how hard the critical metal is, it is like a crispy biscuit. It cannot be damaged even if it is placed inside the star.
Even if the battleship is coated with such a layer of white dwarf material, it will be indestructible. Except for antimatter, it is impossible to destroy it with the current power of mankind.
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Half a month later, after passing technical verification, a shipbuilding plan code-named "Pangu" was officially established and construction began soon.
In fact, except for the fact that white dwarf matter cannot be industrially produced and the antimatter critical compression storage needs time to be solved, most of them are off-the-shelf technologies, including biospace capsules that increase the antimatter fuel storage space of the spacecraft hundreds of times and the most important curvature engine. .
It is expected that its weight will be hundreds of times that of a conventional curvature spacecraft, close to that of a planetary fortress, and its volume will be only two-thirds of its size, but the curvature engine will not require much change.
Unlike conventional flight, the size of the mass does not affect the speed of curvature flight. It is only related to the size of the material space. Even if the mass is hundreds or thousands of times larger, it will not affect the curvature speed at all.