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Chapter 237 Genius is unfathomable!
Institute of Nuclear Physics, 121 Experimental Base.

Zhang Shuo brought Xue Baikun and Jiang Zhiyang to the experimental base to inspect the small tokamak device. The receptionists were Academician Tang Hua and Professor Zhang Bingqing.

Twenty years ago, there were many scholars at the Institute of Nuclear Physics who were engaged in nuclear fusion research, and the core team was headed by Academician Tang Hua.

Later, China joined the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor program, and the Nuclear Industry Group became the main partner, and many relevant scholars joined their institutions and teams.

The news research at the Institute of Nuclear Physics was gradually suspended.

However, the built nuclear fusion device has not been abandoned, but has been under maintenance. Experiments will be carried out when there is a need, but because the technology is backward, the number of experiments is very few.

Now they only have a small tokamak device left, and the last experiment was three years ago, which was just an ignition experiment.

Professor Tang Hua, Zhang Bingqing and others introduced the device together. "It is still operational and there is no problem with ignition, but the duration is very short."

"What about it?"

"Probably about three seconds." Tang Hua thought and estimated a number.

"Is it so short? There is only this one device and no other?" Zhang Shuo had some understanding of the situation, but he still felt helpless when he heard the duration.

Tang Hua said depressedly, "We used to have a larger device. Although it has not been used for a long time, if it is re-debugged, it can also ignite normally, and it can last for more than ten seconds."

"It's just that the device was taken away, and then..."

"Exploded!"

"Exploded?" Zhang Shuo was stunned for a moment, then suddenly thought of the strong splitting experiment and reacted immediately.

The device that Tong Zhiguo's team blew up was what Tang Hua mentioned, right?
A group of people walked into the electronic control room.

The tokamak device has been idle, and the electronic control room has also been idle, but because Zhang Shuo's team is coming to visit, some computers have been turned on and some content is displayed.

Tang Hua pointed to a large screen showing the internal structure of the tokamak device and said, "The technology of this device is not bad. We have also updated the internal equipment."

“In comparison, it can be considered a smaller version of the artificial sun team’s device.”

"The short duration is due to the limitations of materials and electronic control facilities. In addition, our ignition technology is also state-of-the-art, using radio frequency waves to heat the plasma."

Zhang Shuo listened patiently. He felt that there was no problem with the technique, except that it lasted too short.

The three seconds mentioned by Tang Hua are not counted from the time of radio frequency heating, but from the time when the internal level stimulation temperature reaches a certain level.

So three seconds can be understood as ending as soon as the critical temperature is reached.

However, the ignition technology is still feasible. After heating and confining the plasma, it is heated using radio frequency waves. Even if the requirements for nuclear fusion reaction are not met, Zhang Shuo does not want to measure the data of the continuous state of the nuclear fusion reaction, but the data of the internal reaction.

The difference between the two is that once the nuclear fusion reaction continues, it can use the heat generated by its own reaction to independently achieve sustained reaction.

The ignition process uses an external heat source to drive the nuclear fusion reaction.

This is like lighting a thick piece of wood. At first, you need to use an external heat source to ignite the wood. When the wood burns to a certain extent, it can continue to burn without an external heat source.

The reaction implementation process of the two is completely different, but the situation is similar.

Simply put, during the ignition process, a nuclear fusion reaction also occurs inside the body, but the intensity of the reaction is very low and does not reach the level of achieving a sustained reaction.

During this process, the 'strong environment' gradually increases, and even if the corresponding value is very low, something may be measured.

Zhang Shuo's goal is to use experiments to measure the numerical value of a strong force environment.

If we can complete the numerical measurement and then link it with the theoretically derived values, we can calculate the strong force value of the continuous nuclear fusion reaction process, and then we can start large-scale experiments to study the technology of converting strong force environment into electromagnetic force.

"But three seconds is still too little."

The time and intensity are so low that nothing can be measured, and then it ends.

Even if a signal is generated in the middle, it is difficult to capture it because the time is too short and the signal is very weak, so accurate data cannot be obtained.

Zhang Shuo stared at the internal structure diagram carefully and asked, "Can it be improved? For example, improve the internal structure to reduce the pressure on the pipeline material and increase the duration?"

"impossible."

Tang Hua said with a smile, "This design is already an internationally accepted standard. The artificial sun project team is also using the same design, but with better materials and a larger device."

“In terms of the interior design, our little unit is already perfect.”

“Whether it’s South Korea, Germany, or teams from other countries, they all use the same design.”

"High efficiency, stable control, and the magnetic field technology has been improved in recent years."

Zhang Bingqing also said, "Professor Zhang Shuo, if we want to increase the duration, I think the best way is to control the magnetic field. Our external magnetic field control is not precise and the intensity is not high."

"If we change to a magnetic field control device, the duration can be increased by one or two seconds... no problem."

Zhang Shuo thought about it and nodded, but that’s not what he thought.

One second, two seconds?
Time is still too short.

If you want to make accurate measurements, the duration must reach ten seconds, but now it can only last for three seconds. Increasing it by one or two seconds will not help.

But the problem is that the situation of the device is like this. The performance of the device of the artificial project team is sufficient, but the other party will definitely not modify the device for his research.

It would take too long to manufacture a single device and would require a huge amount of money, which is simply not necessary. So we still have to find a solution based on the equipment we have at hand.

Zhang Shuo simply tried to create a task——

【Task 3】

[Research project name: Research solutions for improving the efficiency of equipment modification (difficulty assessment: C).]

【Progress: 0.413%.】

(The task can be canceled. Currently, the number of scientific research coins required to cancel the task is 0.)
(The remaining progress requires 100 scientific research coins.)
"Success?"

"And the mission difficulty is only C-level?"

Zhang Shuo was a little bit surprised.

Tang Hua and Zhang Bingqing are both extremely certain that the internal design is already very complete and the equipment is still the most mainstream solution internationally. Most tokamak devices in the world use the same design.

He thought about it and asked, "Is this design borrowed from foreign technology?"

Tang Hua nodded and said, "Most of our technology was introduced from abroad. When we saw it later, we considered improving it, but there was no good plan, and it felt really perfect."

He said with a smile, "Professor Zhang Shuo, think about it, if there is a problem with the internal design, it would have been improved abroad long ago. After all, it's just a design, which is much easier to solve than requiring high-end materials."

"makes sense."

Zhang Shuo thought about it and nodded.

There is indeed nothing wrong with what Tang Hua said. Problems that can be solved by design are much easier than those by materials.

Perhaps it is because everyone has similar ideas, and there is really no problem with the internal structure design, so there has been no improvement in the design.

"Okay, I'll study it..."

He said.

Zhang Shuo said he wanted to do some research, but in fact, he decided to go and rest first.

The next day, he brought Xue Bokun and Jiang Zhiyang to a small office in the experimental base, and then announced that he would study "designing and improving the internal structure of the tokamak device." Zhang Shuo also invited Tang Hua, Zhang Bingqing and others to join him. Tang Hua said happily, "Professor Zhang Shuo, you guys can do the research. I'm old and about to retire. I can't study these things anymore."

Zhang Bingqing said that he was busy with work and assigned a few people to help Zhang Shuo.

Zhang Shuo brought two people over, and they were too busy to do the calculation work, so with the addition of a few people assigned by Zhang Bingqing, it was almost enough.

After determining the direction, he began to lead the team to conduct research on design and construction.

C-level task, 100 scientific research coins required.

Two days, is that enough?

On the other side, Tang Hua talked to Zhang Bingqing, "Zhang Shuo actually plans to modify the design from the internal structure?"

"Really? The angle is weird!"

"It's impossible. If the design could be changed, it would have been changed long ago."

Zhang Bingqing also nodded, "We have been doing relevant research. Is it necessary to wait until now to improve the design and structure?"

"But Professor Zhang Shuo is also quite amazing. He wanted to change the design so he directly formed a team to do research. Even if this kind of research is possible, it can't be completed in a short period of time, right?"

"I don't understand, I don't understand!" Tang Hua sighed, then laughed, "Professor Zhang Shuo is a genius, we may not be able to understand him."

at the same time.

The nuclear organization has already taken great action. After determining the new direction, they immediately organized a large number of mathematicians and physicists to begin research on the "theoretical model of electromagnetic force and gravity."

This is the determined direction.

Many scholars believe that the experimental research of Zhang Shuo's team is based on the "theoretical model of electromagnetic force and gravity". Simply put, it is to solve the model and then conduct experiments based on the solution.

Because it is a broad-based research, there are quite a lot of scholars involved, including several directors and team representatives.

At an internal meeting, Tien Fabiano also shouted a slogan, "This model is indeed complicated, but if they can do it, we can definitely do it too!"

He then said the key point, "My team has conducted research and found that solving the model requires the accumulation of a lot of basic experimental data to enrich the parameter content."

"At the same time, we believe that what Zhang Shuo's team discovered was only a gravitational signal, and the gravitational field signal may just be a coincidence."

"Why do you say that?" someone asked immediately.

"It's simple. The model is too complicated," Tien Fabiano said. "This theoretical model involves many parameters and requires a lot of basic experiments to enrich its content. They haven't been studying it for a long time, so it's impossible for them to do so many experiments."

"Even with a lot of basic experimental support, finding the solution is still a matter of luck."

“This is a definite conclusion.”

"So they may have found a rhythm and then detected a gravitational signal, and they may have detected multiple signals during the experiment, which is a gravitational field signal."

Blount Robinson frowned and said, "Tien, in other words, you think Zhang Shuo's team's experimental results are not high, but why do they keep the data confidential?"

He added, "Now there is news that they have made great progress and may even have developed a technology to create a gravitational field."

"That's simply impossible."

"Blount, can you believe this? Just look at the model and you will know it is impossible," said Fabiano.

The others listened and nodded.

Recently, they have been studying the correlation model between electromagnetism and gravity, which is so complicated that it is difficult to understand, let alone solve.

If we simply seek a set of approximate solutions, it is possible to do so. However, if we want to find a solution that can detect the gravitational field signal and even transform it into a technology for creating gravity...

It feels like a dream!
Tien Fabiano continued, "The reason they kept it secret is simple, you can guess, right? Because we are not cooperating."

"Forehead……"

Many people became silent, and they understood the meaning of sending other messages.

Zhang Shuo’s theoretical and experimental research has never been confidential, including the theoretical connection between electromagnetism and gravity, otherwise they would not have been able to conduct the research.

Later, the experiment discovered gravitational signals and the experimental results were also published to the public.

after that……

Many international institutions, universities, and nuclear organizations have announced that they do not accept the source point theory and have confirmed the direction of Mike Yoel's theory.

At the same time, many academic journals do not include research in the direction of source point theory.

The two sides' research runs counter to each other.

Since the international community does not accept it, naturally not all the experimental results will be published.

This makes perfect sense.

It’s just very embarrassing to think about it. They announced that they do not accept the origin theory, but are now conducting research in this direction.

After the meeting, Blount Robinson and Markri Joffe walked out together.

Robinson said about what happened at the meeting, "Dean is still capable."

"He was the one who advocated the denial of the origin theory before. Now that the direction has been determined, his team has come up with a lot of research results."

Makri-Jov asked, "Do you think his judgment is correct?"

"You mean the direction?"

"That's certainly no problem," said Markri-Jove. "We also believe that we need to do a lot of basic experiments to accumulate data. If we can find a corresponding solution..."

He paused as he spoke.

Robinson said, "Then we can start the experiment to measure the gravitational signal?"

"of course not."

Makri-Jove smiled bitterly and said, "The Nuclear Organization is not doing this. In fact, its main direction should be similar to that of the Institute of High Energy Physics, studying chaotic force fields."

“The reason why we can come together and study the same theory and the same model is mainly because of the uncertainty of the direction.”

"If the corresponding solution is really found, I believe the team will fall apart immediately, including me. I will go to a separate team, either led by myself or with others, and do experiments alone, just like Zhang Shuo's team."

"you're right."

Blount Robinson nodded in agreement. "This is indeed not what the Nuclear Organization should do. But what I asked just now is, do you think that Zhang Shuo's team's experiment just happened to detect the gravitational field signal?"

“Only they know this.”

Markli-Jov shook his head and said, "Tien made the judgment based on his team and his own level, but Zhang Shuo... who can know for sure?"

"He was able to solve so many big problems and complete so many studies, including models of electromagnetism and gravity, not just theoretical physics. Don't forget that he was the first person in computational mathematics!"

"So, we simply cannot judge the extent to which their model calculations can be achieved and the extent to which their experiments can be carried out."

Blount Robinson also lamented, "Looking back at the history of human scientific development, no matter which era, genius is unfathomable."

(End of this chapter)