From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

Chapter 383 Unifying strong force and electromagnetic force?

In the quiet reception room, the atmosphere seemed to have calmed down a bit.

Everyone present looked at each other in blank dismay.

In any case, the question Lin Xiao asked was like throwing cold water on them, just like when they usually apply for funding, the reviewers question whether their projects are meaningful.

Of course, in the face of reviewers, researchers like them can still come up with an argumentative paper of more than 100 pages to evade it, but facing Lin Xiao, the people present don't think they can evade it.

So they are also a little annoyed in their hearts, it is not good to ask other questions, why ask this question?

How does this make them answer?

Fortunately, the reception room is full of high-level executives from the Institute of Plasma, otherwise, there will be news that Academician Lin maintains a pessimistic attitude towards controllable nuclear fusion.

Then they may have to cut the funding.

And Li Gang was also slightly taken aback. He didn't expect Lin Xiao to ask such a question directly, but then he smiled, and when others thought he would deny it, he nodded.

"Academician Lin deserves to be Academician Lin, right on point."

Song Tao next to him probably didn't expect Li Gang to admit it so straightforwardly, so he couldn't help saying: "Academician Li..."

But Li Gang just stretched out his hand to stop Song Tao from continuing.

"Director Song, I invited Academician Lin to come here to solve the problem. If we don't even tell Academician Lin about our problem, how can we solve the problem? Besides, Academician Lin is also the director. I believe he understands us. I won’t say it out, it will affect our funding.”

Hearing that Li Gang said the same thing, Song Tao had no choice but to nod and said no more.

Lin Xiao nodded with a smile, showing his appreciation. This is the case in the academic world. The funds are basically controlled by people who are not engaged in academia. In order to apply for funding, the researchers in the academic world are also deliberate in order to obtain funds. From a certain point of view, it can be regarded as restricting the normal development of the academic world, but now Li Gang obviously puts the matter of funding behind him, and wants to open up the skylight with him.

But well...

Although he is the director of a research institute, he really doesn't know what it's like to be short of funds.

In other words, um... he still couldn't understand it.

Of course, there is no need to say this sentence, so as not to hurt the peace.

So he smiled and said, "So, Academician Li, can we talk now?"

Li Gang nodded, then sighed again, and said, "It's indeed the same question you asked, Academician Lin. Alloys, or tantalum alloys, will eventually become pitted in the face of the terrible temperatures of nuclear fusion."

"Even I have heard people say many times that we always emphasize the problem that the plasma flow is difficult to control, and say that the neutron problem is not the most important problem, in fact, it is only because the former is a problem that can be controlled in theory, but the latter It’s a problem that theoretically we simply can’t solve.”

"That is to say, our previous achievements are basically to deceive... Well, to be more euphemistic, it is just to ensure that the funding can be applied for."

"After all, we have to support so many people in our plasma institute, so we will continue to persevere."

"However, I have been thinking about what kind of method is needed to solve this material problem. Unfortunately, I haven't figured it out until now. The material problem has always been a big problem. "

Li Gang sighed, with a look of helplessness on his face.

Now their research is basically approaching the issue of how to control the plasma flow. As for the issue of neutron irradiation, no one dares to touch it now. It is to face neutrons, which are not controlled by any means.

So everyone doesn't like centrists, even for researchers like them. Neutron is the centrist that they all hate. It is neither positively charged nor negatively charged, and there is no way to control it. They cause trouble.

Lin Xiao nodded, "Well, that's true."

"I did a simple calculation a few days ago. If neutrons below 1.5 million K bombard chemical bonds, even the strongest chemical bonds can hardly withstand this kind of bombardment, let alone transmutation."

"Materials must face radiation damage of at least 100dpa. If we can't withstand this level of radiation damage, we basically don't have to think about achieving nuclear fusion."

"So, I have now come to a conclusion that our ordinary materials connected by the electromagnetic interaction force between atoms must not be able to achieve controllable nuclear fusion. Therefore, we must change the way of thinking about material design."

Lin Xiao's decisive words directly made everyone present feel dizzy.

Lin Xiao's question before was only to reject ordinary materials. As for what non-ordinary materials refer to, then the coverage is wider.

However, Lin Xiao now directly denies the materials formed based on electromagnetic interaction force, which immediately makes them all feel at a loss.

Although they have anticipated this possibility in the process of research, they can't just stop researching like this. What should be researched still has to be researched. Maybe one day, they will find such materials. ?

However, what Lin Xiao said now undoubtedly tore away the fig leaf, making them have to face the truth at this moment.

And Li Gang looked into Lin Xiao's gaze, and after a moment of silence, asked: "Then... Academician Lin, do you have any thoughts?"

Lin Xiao said: "The electromagnetic interaction force cannot resist neutrons, which represent the strong interaction force, so why don't we try to use materials with strong interaction force?"

"Strong interaction material?"

Everyone was stunned.

Li Gang couldn't help laughing: "Academician Lin, you don't want to talk about that science fiction novel, do you?"

"Although the strong interaction force material is indeed a material that is indeed possible in the distant future, it may be more difficult to realize than our controllable nuclear fusion, right?"

Lin Xiao nodded and said with a smile, "That's true, it may be more difficult."

"However, what if it is realized from other aspects?"

"In other ways?"

Li Gang, as well as the people around him, couldn't help being puzzled.

The person who invented the room temperature superconductor, does he have any other fantastic ideas now?
However, Lin Xiao did not answer directly, but raised his head, looked around, and finally asked, "Excuse me, do you have any draft paper and pen?"

Song Tao next to him immediately said: "There are some, there is an office next door, you can get them anywhere."

Then he motioned to the person next to him, and the person quickly left the reception room, went to the next door to get a draft paper and a pen, and placed them in front of Lin Xiao.

Then, everyone turned their attention to Lin Xiao, wanting to see what this big guy was going to show them.

After Lin Xiao took the pen, he began to write.

During the Chinese New Year, he didn't stay idle all the time, but also devoted part of his time to how to solve this problem. He already had some preliminary ideas. Direction, and direction, is obviously the most important thing.

So soon, everyone saw that Lin Xiao first drew a picture on the draft paper.

Looking at this diagram, Li Gang frowned: "This is... the diagram of the nucleus-external electrons-nucleus, academician Lin, what do you want to express?"

But Lin Xiao didn't speak, but just wrote a mathematical formula next to the picture.

Looking at these mathematical formulas, the people present were even more puzzled.

"Is this the relationship between the electromagnetic interaction force and the weak interaction force?"

"This seems to be... the statement of the mass gap problem of the Yang-Mills equation?"

"And this is... the strong force and the electromagnetic force... huh? Is this an attempt to unify the strong force and the electromagnetic force?"

Everyone was surprised.

Now Lin Xiao actually wants to unify the electromagnetic interaction force and the strong interaction force?

Grand unified theory?
So far, human beings have only unified the weak interaction force and the electromagnetic interaction force, but they are still at a loss for the strong interaction force, let alone the illusory gravity.

In the end, Lin Xiao wanted to challenge the problem in this direction?
After writing here, Lin Xiao finally put down the pen in his hand.

I clapped my hands and said: "Probably that's it. Now, I have a feeling that as long as the electromagnetic interaction force and the strong interaction force are unified, we can use the electromagnetic interaction force as a relay to realize the anti-strong interaction force." took advantage of it."

Hearing Lin Xiao's words, everyone present was stunned.

Unify the electromagnetic and strong interactions, and then solve the material problems they now face?
This is really...

An extremely crazy move!

But looking at Lin Xiao's expression of not worrying about difficulties at all, on the contrary, he looked relaxed, they finally realized that the young man in front of them seemed to have created many miracles.
(End of this chapter)