Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 188 Super Weapon Technology? Times More Powerful Than an Atomic Bomb!
Li Liu Shuangyue appears to be very lively and looks very simple, but she is actually very smart.

She knew that Zhang Shuo must be worried about something, and it was most likely related to his research.

But she didn't ask any more questions directly, she just said a few words of comfort.

This also made Zhang Shuo feel much better.

Zhang Shuo also changed the topic and showed concern for Li Liushuangyue's academic performance. Li Liushuangyue's grades were very good, but it was not easy to get a PhD in mathematics.

Li Liu Shuangyue also encountered the same problem - direction and thesis.

"I have decided on a direction, but I am not sure about the main content. Maybe I will work with Professor Luo." Li Liu Shuangyue said with a smile, "Professor Luo has joined your research group, so I will also study incompressible fluids and NS equations in the future, and then expand it to partial differential equations."

Zhang Shuo nodded and commented, "This field is indeed good and easy to write papers on, but to go deeper, you need a lot of accumulation."

Li Liu Shuangyue shook her braids, combed her temples, and said with a smile, "I have time to read papers and partial differential equation theory recently. My short-term goal is to be able to understand your paper."

She said this with adoration in her eyes.

Li Liushuangyue’s idea is very simple. She believes that it is impossible to catch up with Zhang Shuo in the academic field, but she also hopes that she can understand the papers written by Zhang Shuo.

This is the most basic requirement.

Being looked at with admiration by a cute school girl, Zhang Shuo couldn't help but feel a small sense of accomplishment. He smiled and said, "If it's just mathematics, it should be okay, right? Theoretical physics is very difficult."

"Don't underestimate people."

Li Liu Shuangyue raised her head high and said with a little pride, "I am studying physics on my own and plan to get a master's degree in physics. I have already decided on the direction, which is quantum physics."

"After I get my master's degree, I will pursue a doctorate. By then, I will have two doctoral degrees."

"Great!"

After hearing this, Zhang Shuo immediately gave a thumbs up.

It is already difficult to complete a PhD in mathematics. Then spending time on self-studying physics courses to obtain a master's degree in physics, and then wanting to get a PhD in physics, sounds extremely impressive.

Li Liu Shuangyue was so delighted by the compliment that dimples appeared on her face again.

Zhang Shuo chatted with Li Liu Shuangyue for a while, then went out for a walk after dinner.

After walking out of the high school building, his expression became complicated again. The complicated expression represented a complicated mood, and the reason was indeed related to research.

"Theoretical Study of Strong Splitting" is completed.

This research is a mathematical description of strong force splitting, which is purely theoretical and is also within the framework of the basic force relationship model.

However, by linking the research content with experiments in previous lives, many conclusions can be inferred.

First, based on the research content and the experimental data from previous lives, we can know that the research itself can be transformed into technology, and technology can produce powerful nuclear bombs.

In addition, he also determined the cause of the explosion in the previous life experiment. As originally expected, strong splitting under specific conditions would cause an exponential chain reaction. And because after strong splitting, the scattered particles would undergo a series of reactions that would release very high levels of energy. Even just a beam of neutrons could cause a strong explosion within a certain range.

If the number of particles is larger, or even if the experiment is conducted directly with real-life materials that meet the requirements, the magnitude of the explosion caused will be unimaginable.

Of course, it is very difficult to achieve this in terms of technical application.

First, the activity of the particle (proton or neutron) reaches a limit.

An external strong magnetic environment is needed to constrain the particles, and the intensity also needs to be limited to a specific range.

When particles enter the ionic state, individual particles will "disintegrate", which will cause a series of chain reactions, and the reaction speed and released energy will increase exponentially.

“The transformation from theory to technology is difficult, but the possibility of realization is very high.”

"If we really want to apply technology, many problems can be solved."

Zhang Shuo took a tour around the school and made a decision. After returning to the office, he sorted out the information and submitted a special confidential paper to the Science and Technology Department.

He felt that his research might not be taken seriously, for one reason being that the theory of the basic force relationship model, also known as the source point theory, had little influence.

Most scholars do not accept the source theory, and naturally do not pay attention to its subsequent research.

Secondly, technology transformation is very difficult. Even just conducting experiments is not easy and requires very high investment.

……

After Zhang Shuo submitted his paper, he didn’t pay much attention to it. He thought the research might be converted into an internal paper and then sealed.

Internal papers, that is, confidential research.

For example, some technical confidential information, data on major engineering projects or experiments, and military technology, etc., are all confidential research and will be submitted internally. Only people with sufficient authority or making special applications can view them.

When a paper submitted for a project is marked as confidential, it will quickly attract attention.

Du Yuansheng from the Science and Technology Department was directly responsible for Zhang Shuo's project. He was the first to see the submitted paper. Because the paper was marked as "major confidential", Du Yuansheng asked his superiors for instructions and then simply transferred it directly to the Science, Technology and Industry Bureau.

The Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry is responsible for scientific and technological engineering research related to national defense and military industry.

After the paper was transferred to the Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry, it was immediately handed to Teacher Li. After seeing the title of the paper, Teacher Li was very confused.

He flipped through it casually and gave up immediately.

Although there are general descriptions in the paper, including strong splitting instructions, energy release reaction processes, and energy levels...

But the question is, what are all those mathematical symbols?
Teacher Li still attached great importance to it because the paper was submitted by Zhang Shuo.

If someone else submitted a theoretical paper like this, he might not care at all and would directly approve it for publication.

Now we all need to understand the specific content and the impact of the research.

He quickly found several physics experts, including two senior academicians of engineering.

Several experts got together to study the paper, but after only half an hour, they decided that they couldn't understand it at all. "This is the research content of theoretical physics, and none of us do theoretical physics!"

They are all doing applied engineering research, and it is really difficult for them to understand complex theoretical physics papers.

Changing fields is like crossing a mountain, let alone theoretical physics, which is at the top of the academic pyramid.

After Teacher Li realized that they couldn't understand, he wanted to ask Zhang Shuo directly, but the content of the thesis was so confidential that it definitely couldn't be discussed over the phone.

In addition, there is also the issue of face to consider.

In the Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry, there is actually no one who can understand a paper?
This is too embarrassing!

Teacher Li contacted experts from the Institute of Nuclear Physics, and Academician Tong Zhiguo brought three people to the Science, Technology and Industry Bureau. It took them a whole day to finally understand the content roughly.

“It’s a theoretical physics paper that studies the chain reactions caused by the splitting of protons or neutrons.”

"The research itself is a description of strong force splitting, and it also continues the theoretical framework of the basic force relationship model." Tong Zhiguo was worried that Professor Li would not understand, so he added, "The basic force relationship model is Zhang Shuo's theoretical research."

Teacher Li and others listened and nodded.

Tong Zhiguo continued, "The first part is the mathematical description of the splitting of the strong force, while the latter part is the weak connection with the electromagnetic force, which explains the relationship between the strong force and the electromagnetic force as a whole."

“We don’t understand it all, but the argument certainly revolves around the areas of commonality between the two fundamental forces.”

"I have studied Zhang Shuo's basic force relationship model, and the current content is to fill in the model content..."

"Ula Ula~~~"

Tong Zhiguo said a lot of things in a row, which made Teacher Li dizzy.

Teacher Li endured it again and again, but finally couldn't help interrupting and said, "Academician Tong, don't talk about the content or anything like that. Just tell us what the specific purpose is and why Professor Zhang Shuo marked it as confidential."

“Isn’t it written very clearly?” Tong Zhiguo asked back in confusion. Noticing the dissatisfied looks of several leaders, he continued to explain, “It was said at the beginning that a strong split would release a large amount of energy and cause an exponential chain reaction.”

"To put it bluntly, if the research is correct, it could lead to a very powerful weapon."

"Weapons technology?"

Teacher Li immediately grasped the key point, "How powerful is it?"

"In theory, it can be more than 100,000 times more powerful than an atomic bomb."

A group of people were stunned.

Tong Zhiguo continued, "Of course, the premise is that the theory is correct."

"In addition, the technical requirements are very high. If we want to make a high-energy nuclear bomb with this, we need very comprehensive research. Strong electromagnetic, ionized environment, high pressure, etc. are all very difficult to manufacture and control."

He then talked about some technical obstacles, but also specifically reminded that the theory is not necessarily correct.

If the theory is wrong, then there is no point in doing the research.

Teacher Li began to think seriously.

What he knew was that the theory Zhang Shuo was researching was not widely accepted by the physics community, and few scholars conducted research along the theoretical direction.

So is the theory correct?
Should the technology described in the paper submitted by Zhang Shuo be verified?
Teacher Li suddenly looked up and asked, "Can your nuclear physics department do a verification experiment?"

Tong Zhiguo was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that even though he repeatedly emphasized the issue of the theory's authenticity, Teacher Li still considered verifying it.

But, if you think about it carefully, it's normal.

This is a brand-new, extremely powerful weapon technology, and the Science, Technology and Industry Bureau will certainly attach great importance to it.

Zhang Shuo’s theory has not yet been widely recognized by the international physics community, but what if it is right?

Tong Zhiguo thought about it carefully and said, "If it is just for verification, the Institute of Nuclear Research does have the conditions."

"Oh?"

Teacher Li immediately became interested.

Tong Zhiguo said, "More than a decade ago, the institute had a nuclear fusion research project and built the first tokamak magnetic confinement device in China."

"This device was only used a few times after it was built, and then it was left idle, but it should still be able to be started."

"There is a strong magnetic confinement device outside the device, and it can also create an active field in the ion state inside. It may meet the requirements with just a little modification, but we still need to talk to Professor Zhang Shuo to confirm it."

Teacher Li nodded in thought and continued to ask, "How much money will it cost to refit it?"

"It's hard to say, maybe tens of millions?" Tong Zhiguo shook his head.

Teacher Li said, "Then find a chance to ask Professor Zhang Shuo, but the content must be kept absolutely confidential."

He looked at the others and said, "Whether the theory is correct or not, and whether we will conduct experimental verification, the confidentiality level of this research is set to the highest level."

……

Zhang Shuo didn't know what happened in the Science, Technology and Industry Bureau.

After submitting the paper, he continued his research on the "electromagnetic force and gravity correlation model".

This research is about the solution set of mathematical models. Because the mathematical model is too complex, the research must first split the model and conduct some small experiments with data for exploration.

He visited several laboratories in the School of Physics and discussed some small experimental collaborations.

Although it was only a small experimental collaboration, the cost of conducting the experiment was not low. Millions of dollars were quickly spent, which could barely support two or three months of research.

If the research can make certain progress, then larger-scale experiments will have to be carried out in the future, which will require more funds.

Further on...

Zhang Shuo couldn't think that far for the time being, because future experiments would require special equipment. It would be best to build a completely new laboratory, introduce new equipment and carry out modifications to complete it.

That was just like the experiment to verify the origin theory in the previous life. The equipment they used was not purchased, but modified from various equipment.

On this day, there was good news from Soochow University.

A provincial leadership group and an expert group from the Academy of Sciences came to our school for an inspection, mainly visiting the School of Mathematics. It is said that the main content was to demonstrate the construction of a new mathematics research center.

Zhang Shuo was surprised to hear the news, but he did not strongly oppose it. After all, they hoped to build a mathematics center around him.

He just wanted to build a theoretical physics research center, or even a large-scale project research team.

It would be great if the funds for building the mathematics center could be used to conduct theoretical verification experiments. He thought he should talk to the leadership team about this.

Before the leadership team arrived, Tan Youming said to Zhang Shuo, "Zhang Shuo, I know you want to build a theoretical physics center, but you don't have to strongly oppose it. When the time comes, you can put forward your own ideas and have a good talk with people from the province and the Academy of Sciences."

"The leadership team is here just to conduct an inspection. Things cannot be finalized in a short period of time."

"It takes at least one to two years for a mathematics center to go from demonstration to project establishment..."

One or two years is still not enough.

The demonstration process at the Donggang Mathematics Center took five years.

Tan Youming said "one or two years" because Zhang Shuo's influence is different. He is the first Fields winner in China and also set the age record for Fields winners. His future prospects are limitless.

No scholar in the country can say anything about building a mathematics center around him.

Leaders at all levels, academies of science, universities, and relevant departments and institutions will vote in favor.

(End of this chapter)