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Chapter 261 Chaos, confusion, and disorder! Zhang Shuo: If it were just us, it would be a long time before we could achieve our goal!

The explosion accident during the chaos force field research caused a large number of casualties and property losses, and became the largest experimental accident in the world in recent decades.

The investigation team set up for the accident consists of four departments, with two senior officials as the heads.

The investigation team's work first eliminated human factors.

The information building of the experimental base was not directly affected, and the information about the experiment was still in the computer. By checking the information, it can be found that the experiment was prepared very thoroughly and all parts were tested.

Detailed records are kept for each task.

In addition, human factors cannot cause such a strong explosion, and the investigation clearly showed that the initial explosion occurred inside the reactor.

So it is certain that the problem lies in the experiment itself. Just like the general view in the physics community, the experiment has touched upon some "unknown physical realm".

The investigation team found a lot of experts and scholars, and selected two of the most famous ones.

One is Professor Poole Barber, a theoretical physicist at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton; the other is Professor Jeon-jae Lee, a Korean-American physicist at California Institute of Technology.

Several outside experts, together with the elites of Zaink's experimental team, formed the academic team of the investigation group.

In fact, the scholars in Zaink's experimental team are much more professional than external experts, because they are engaged in experimental research on strong magnetic interference hyperon decay and have been exposed to chaotic force field problems.

Poole-Barberd and Li Quanzai are famous enough, but the former is an expert in string theory, and the latter is engaged in cosmology research. It was only in the past two years that he turned to the study of basic force relationship models. Supported by top mathematical levels, their research has achieved certain results, but they are not professional in the experiments and theories of chaos force fields.

Of course, professionalism is not important. The reason why other scholars were hired to participate in the investigation is that the investigation team does not trust the members of Zainke's team 100%.

The experimental explosion occurred during research and can be said to be an accident in scientific exploration. It may even become a scientific discovery, but it is a major accident after all and someone must be held accountable for it.

Zainke, as the head of the experimental team, naturally could not escape.

Now Zaink has become a member of the investigation team, but it is almost impossible for him to continue staying in the laboratory.

The academic investigation, that is, the analysis of the experimental situation, hopes to draw effective conclusions and find out the cause of the explosion.

However, continued investigations yielded no results.

A large group of scholars discussed this issue over and over again, but could not reach any convincing conclusion.

Finally, the investigation team decided to ask the first person who had the theory of the new physics direction--
Zhang Shuo.

If there is one person in the world who can give a theoretical explanation for the cause of the explosion, it would undoubtedly be Zhang Shuo, the founder of the source point theory.

In fact, the investigation itself has already reached a conclusion, which is that it has touched upon unknown physical phenomena related to the chaotic force field.

But no matter which department it is, they all hope to have more in-depth conclusions that can help them advance the direction of subsequent experiments.

Research is very important.

Both the Department of Energy and the military believe that the cause of the explosion may be related to the ion cannon, but they cannot be sure.

If academic discussions yield no results, ask "more professional people" and perhaps you will come up with a new judgment or direction.

The special team sent by the investigation team to the Source Theory Research Center consists of more than a dozen people, including experts and scholars in the team and two accompanying officials.

They came with sincerity, so Yu Fei and others returned home smoothly.

On the surface, the special mission group came to visit Zhang Shuo and the Origin Theory Research Center, that is, to have academic exchanges, but because it was agreed upon by superiors, it also had some official color.

The reception at the Source Point Theory Research Center was very grand.

Zhang Shuo, Yao Qiming and more than a dozen other people were waiting together at the main entrance of the research center. When they saw the special mission's car, they took the initiative to go over and shake hands and greet the people getting off the car.

Yu Fei was also among them.

He should have gone to the Institute of High Energy Physics immediately after returning to China, but considering the experimental research issues, he followed the special mission team to the Theoretical Center.

There wasn't much smile in everyone's greetings, especially when they saw Zaink.

"My condolences~~"

Zhang Shuo patted Zainke's shoulder and said a few words of comfort with emotion.

Zaink really couldn't laugh.

Although I escaped, I am still very scared when I think about it. The most important thing is that many of my colleagues died in experimental accidents.

He felt like he would never be able to get out of this situation.

In the future, whenever I think of this experimental accident, I will definitely feel very sad and heartbroken.

So he has decided to end his work when the investigation is completed.

Either find a university and work steadily in education, or simply find a community and do ordinary work.

Maybe being a cleaner would be a good idea, or opening a small shop would be fine, but in any case I would no longer be involved in experimental work.

The group walked into the research center.

Zhang Shuo, Li Quanzai and Poole-Barberd walked in front, talking about the experimental accident as they walked.

Li Quanzai talked about the conclusion of the investigation, "We are very sure that there was an unknown and uncontrollable phenomenon."

"This uncontrollable phenomenon even spread to the reactor pipes, causing a huge explosion."

"That sounds incredible, doesn't it?"

He looked at Zhang Shuo as he spoke.

The accompanying investigator also looked at Zhang Shuo at the same time, hoping to see how Zhang Shuo would react when he heard the conclusion.

What Li Quanzai said does sound incredible to ordinary people.

An unknown physical reaction spread to the outer layer of the reactor, and then an explosion occurred? The outer layer of the reactor is made of heat-insulating materials, alloys and other materials, so how could an explosion occur?

Zhang Shuo thought about it and nodded, "That's what I think too."

Li Quanzai and Poole-Barber's eyes lit up when they heard this.

Both the military and the Department of Energy speculated that some unknown physical phenomenon had been discovered in the country and that it had been used to create an ion cannon capable of attacking satellites.

Judging from the situation of the experimental accident, it is somewhat similar to an ion cannon attacking a satellite.

The experimental reactor was filled with rapidly decaying hyperons, and the energy produced by the hyperon equipment was not enough to produce such a large explosion.

This is like the ion clusters that were discovered, the energy released by them could not have caused such great damage to the satellite.

The group had already entered the theory center and arrived at a reception room.

Zhang Shuo sat down with Li Quanzai and Poole Barberd before continuing, "The chaos force field is a new direction. We have not conducted advanced research on the chaos force field. Yu Fei's team's research is at the forefront."

The others were somewhat disappointed to hear this.

Zhang Shuo continued, "So I just have some personal opinions about the chaotic process."

"You just said that the reactor pipe exploded. I think it is possible. This is consistent with one of my theoretical conclusions."

"I think there will be a directional shift in the chaos field."

Poole-Barberd immediately asked, "What is directional transformation?"

Zhang Shuo nodded slightly and explained, "I have always wanted to study the chaotic force field, the nature of the force field, and its state performance, but there has been no progress in the experimental direction."

"Until the last time, during the collaborative experiment between Yu Fei's team and Zainke's team, an accident occurred in which the reactor insulation layer was penetrated."

"My conclusion at the time was that there was a directional shift in the chaotic force field during the experiment, which resulted in a problem of penetration of the special force field."

"Later, I suggested that Yu Fei suspend the experiment..." He said and looked at Yu Fei.

The others also looked at Yu Fei, who nodded and said, "I've also told Garcia..."

Zaink nodded with a painful expression, "Yu Fei did say that, and I discussed it with him. At the time, I was thinking that everything has risks, especially research on new physics. We shouldn't worry about the risks."

Others also understood Zaink's idea. If it were them, they would not suspend their experimental research in the new physics direction just because of others' advice.

However, the results are completely different if an accident occurs or not.

Zhang Shuo changed the subject and continued, "Before, I always thought that the chaotic stance was a confusion of two forces."

"After getting more experimental data, I think the chaotic force field behaves like chaos."

He stood up and wrote two Chinese characters on the whiteboard next to him - Chaos.

At this time, everyone looked over.

Zhang Shuo explained, "This is a Chinese word, chaos, which can be understood as disorder or quantum state, but it is more chaotic than the quantum state itself because its manifestations cannot be listed one by one."

"The chaotic state causes its performance to be different every time. Even if the same experiment creates a chaotic force field in the same location, the results will be completely different."

"I personally believe that the chaos force field is a chaotic field force that is accompanied by changes. Under time or external interference, the chaotic field force may transform into a certain basic force."

“Gravity is a directional shift.”

"But at the same time, it may also transform into other forces, such as electromagnetic force, weak force, strong force..."

"You should know that my research on strong electrical signal transfer was measured through nuclear fusion reactions."

"That is also a result of directional transformation. The experimental accident may be the transformation of the chaotic force field into strong or weak force, which affected the reactor pipes and caused a huge explosion."

The reception room was silent.

Everyone was listening to Zhang Shuo's explanation and felt it was incredible.

One reason is that the explanation is to understand the chaotic force field as a chaotic force field, explaining the uncertainty of the performance and the existence of the characteristic of "directional transformation", which is definitely a new and eye-opening way of analysis.

If taken individually, it could be used to write a top-notch theoretical physics paper.

The second is that Zhang Shuo actually said all this so bluntly.

Many institutions and experimental groups are clinging to research in new physics directions.

This is mainly because the research may involve future applications or even technological expansion.

The theory of chaos force field may involve future research directions, and thus involve applications or technological transformation.

Zhang Shuo said it very bluntly, and his theoretical content was refreshing, which made many people feel complicated.

At the same time, I also lamented that Zhang Shuo is indeed the "first person to develop new physics theory."

His analysis of the chaotic force field has, to a certain extent, explained the cause of the experimental accident.

Everyone felt that they had gained a lot.

For example, Li Quanzai and Poole-Barberd both felt that research could be conducted in this direction and perhaps there would be some progress.

Yu Fei and other people engaged in experimental research are thinking about whether they can expand the content of the experiment in this way.

When thinking about the experiment, Yu Fei and other experimenters felt heartbroken.

Yu Fei's team's equipment was damaged and it would take several months to repair it.

The equipment of Zaink's team was simply scrapped, even the collider's accelerometer and pipelines were affected.

That's not just repairing it, it's even worse than rebuilding it.

The reconstruction of so many facilities took years.

After digesting the information about the chaos force field, the group of people continued to discuss the research issues, which was equivalent to chatting.

Poole-Barberd was very interested in Zhang Shuo's research. He asked Zhang Shuo about his latest research, "Is it the conversion of electrical signals in nuclear fusion?"

He said that the results just published were the detection of clear electrical signals during the nuclear fusion process, which means nuclear fusion is converted into electricity.

This new discovery of energy conversion, based on the basic force relationship, is theoretically a conversion relationship between strong force and electromagnetic force.

Zhang Shuo said, "I hope to continue research in this direction."

"If we can solve the problem of stable control of nuclear fusion, we can use it to directly generate electricity, and energy technology will have a breakthrough progress."

"In other words, the next step is to study controlled nuclear fusion," Li Quanzai asked immediately.

"You can say that."

Zhang Shuo nodded affirmatively. In fact, he was not researching tokamak-controlled nuclear fusion, but hoped to develop a new method.

Li Quanzai, Poole-Barberd and others did not understand it this way.

Over the past few decades until now, the most effective way to control nuclear fusion is the tokamak spiral magnetic field.

So when they wanted to study controlled nuclear fusion, they subconsciously thought of the tokamak device.

Then, it feels like realization is 'so far away'.

The progress of tokamak-controlled nuclear fusion can really be said to be hopeless. There are more than 100 related research teams, but the earliest plan to realize its application is 20 years later.

Who can say it well 20 years later?
Relevant scholars generally believe that in a few decades, perhaps a team will be able to achieve stable control of nuclear fusion, but the relevant technology will most likely not be applicable.

This is because the control conditions are harsh and the threshold for ensuring control is very low. If there is even a little bit of problem, control will end.

In other words, achieving control does not necessarily mean meeting application conditions.

Therefore, the application is still a long way off.

……

The special mission left.

Zhang Shuo, Yao Qiming and others watched the car leave.

Yao Qiming finally couldn't help asking, "Director Zhang, why did you tell them those theories? Aren't they very important?"

"It's ok."

Zhang Shuo shook his head and explained, "Didn't you notice? They have already found out that it was an explosion in the reactor pipeline."

"Even if I didn't tell them, they would know that it was the diffusion reaction of the chaotic force field. I just explained the principle."

"Moreover, the chaos field is a basic theoretical study and does not involve technological transformation."

“Perhaps many people think that relevant research has the possibility of application and transformation, but in fact, it does not exist.”

He said with certainty, "We have never studied the chaos force field, but we have also achieved technological transformation."

“That’s two directions.”

"The study of chaos force fields is the basis of theoretical and technical research. I hope that the whole world can participate in the research so that there will be more theoretical foundations."

"If it's just us...it's going to be a long time!"

(End of this chapter)