From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

The president's order is lingering on the heads of the Secretary of State and others, but to prevent the other party from giving out controllable nuclear fusion?

No matter what they think, the Secretary of State and the others don't know what to do.

Technological breakthroughs are not something that foreign countries like them can intervene in. Otherwise, how could that country reach this point?

Unless they can restart the plan C that didn't succeed at the beginning, come up with plan D, and decapitate the Golden Crow plan, but obviously, for now, it is impossible for the other party to allow them to use this kind of plan that has already failed the second time.

Therefore, this most effective method can be completely ignored.

And thinking of Plan C, the Secretary of State had a headache again. At this time, he remembered the room temperature superconductor that was being negotiated again, which made him regret the original Plan C even more. It could be that the failure of Plan C has led to their current impasse.

Even if they want to buy another batch from other countries that have already bought it, or even increase the price to 1000 million US dollars for [-] meters, those countries will not sell it, because once they are discovered, they will not be able to buy it in the future.

"Ugh."

He sighed for a long time, now he can only pray, that Lin Xiao can have an accident when going out, such as other car accidents, or when the screen on the top is smashed down when he is giving a speech Getting hit on the head, or being struck by lightning, or something like that.

It doesn't matter if you don't want to lose your life, even if you are in a vegetative state - after all, vegetative people still have a chance to wake up, which is just very low.

But obviously, these ideas are just fantasies in the minds of the Secretary of State and others. They all know that these things are basically impossible to happen, and it is even harder than winning the lottery, so basically they can be ignored.

So the only way now is for them to develop controllable nuclear fusion themselves, so that they can be one step ahead of Lin Xiao and produce their own infinite energy. It's a big killer, and it's fine if it is mastered by others.

But the question is, where do they find scientists with this ability?

Controlled Fusion... Controlled Fusion...

Thinking about the reports of those experts he read, even he himself is pessimistic about the realization of this technology.

Those experts also told him that it will take at least 50 years for human beings to use energy from controlled nuclear fusion—strictly speaking, it will be 50 years forever.

Because whether it is 2010 or 2020, or now 2024, in the field of controllable nuclear fusion research, "There are still 50 years to realize commercial controllable nuclear fusion reactors" is a statement that has never changed.

As for whether Lin Xiao can realize it...

The Secretary of State was reluctant to believe it before, but after talking with the President just now, he doesn't know how to think about this issue now.

Finally, he sighed.

"It seems that some special means must be used."

As for the special means?
He tracked down the FBI director who had left the White House with him.

"Hey, Frank, I want to ask, have you planted some spies with sufficient identities over there..."

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China.

Jinmen City.

The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei circle also belongs to the developed regions in China and is generally called the capital economic circle.

Of course, as a developed region, the demand for electricity here is also very large, but as the capital region, it is at the core politically, so this economic circle's demand for stable electricity is also relatively important.

It is also for this reason that the Jinwu pile planned to be built in the Jinwu project is located here in Jinmen City.

"Jinmen is close to the sea, which is very helpful for us to build a factory to extract deuterium and tritium. In addition, before we find a better way to generate electricity, if we boil water, we can directly transport seawater there, which is also a more economical solution. "

The Golden Crow Project is located in Jinmen City's temporary office, and the Golden Crow Project working group is in their meeting.

It was not Lin Xiao who was talking, but another person, Song Tao, the director of the Plasma Institute.

Song Tao is now appointed by Lin Xiao as the head of the pre-planning team of their Golden Crow Project. Naturally, the pre-planning is mainly responsible for the preparatory work in the early stage, including but not limited to the engineering construction of the surrounding facilities of the reactor, and also includes specific selection. At the same time, it also undertakes the work of providing other researchers with the services required for specific research.

This work seems to be completely chores, but in fact, it is very important to the whole plan. After all, it is preparation work. As the saying goes, sharpening a knife is not a mistake in chopping firewood, so Song Tao's responsibilities are very crucial.

As for why Song Tao was appointed to take on this task, it was because of Li Gang.

After all, Li Gang agreed to free up the Dongfang Chaohuan for future experiments by Lin Xiao, and the Dongfang Chaohuan does not belong to Li Gang alone, but to the entire Plasma Institute, so in view of this, Lin Xiao Song Tao was invited to take up this important position.

Although Song Tao is the director of the Plasma Institute, this does not prevent him from coming to carry out this work, not to mention, the total investment of their country is as high as 500 billion for the Golden Crow Project!

Moreover, this is only the initial investment, and there will be continuous planned investment in the later stage. Being able to come to such an important project and take on such an important responsibility, if Song Tao wants to participate in the selection of academicians in the future, this is obviously a very rich reward. curriculum vitae.

So Song Tao was naturally very grateful for Lin Xiao's invitation.

Of course, it wasn't just Song Tao, many researchers from the Institute of Plasma were invited by Lin Xiao to become a member of the Golden Crow Project.

In this way, it is not only a good thing for the people in the plasma institute, but also a good thing for Lin Xiao.

Although the Golden Crow Project has been established, it is obviously impossible for him to study it on his own. If all aspects of a controllable nuclear fusion reactor technology are printed on A4 paper, it can hardly fit in a small room. It is obviously impossible for him to do it alone. Even if he does not think at all, and then shows a typing speed of [-] words per hour, without eating, sleeping, or drinking water, it will probably take at least half a year, or even a year. to complete.

Not to mention that he obviously still needs to eat, sleep, and think as well.

So at this time, it is very important to have a group of experienced researchers who can help him save a lot of time.

In the field of controllable nuclear fusion research in China, the most experienced is obviously the Institute of Plasma. There are many experienced researchers here, so being able to find them here almost saves a lot of things.

So this obviously has a great effect on Lin Xiao, at least, he won't become a polished commander, after all, Dingguang Research Institute does not have such talents.

In this way, not only does it mean that he went to Dongfang Chaohuan for free, but also gave all the people inside for free, which is simply a big profit.

Of course, it is also a good opportunity for the researchers of these plasma institutes.

After all, the previous research at the Plasma Institute had limited funds and limited venues, and the research on controllable nuclear fusion had no end in sight, so for many people, they probably thought about how to change careers.

And now that they have joined the Golden Crow Project, they can give full play to their talents again, especially this time they are led by Lin Xiao. Although most of them still don't know the most difficult material problem, how will Lin Xiao solve it? , but thinking that Lin Xiao even solved the problem of room-temperature superconductors, it still gave them a little hope.

What if Lin Xiao really solved it?
In that way, they will certainly be able to enjoy enough honor as members of the Golden Crow Project, and even brag to their friends in the future.

All in all, this is a win-win situation, both for Lin Xiao and for the Plasma Institute.

"Then, the best location for us to choose now is here."

Song Tao, who was speaking, pointed to a location on the map.

"It is along the Qinbin Expressway to the north of the wharf in the industrial zone. The transportation here is convenient, the terrain is flat, and it is on the coast, far away from the urban area."

"So this is the most suitable place for the establishment of our Golden Crow Heap!"

After Song Tao finished speaking, everyone present also started discussing.

After a long while, Lin Xiao said: "Okay, don't worry about it, after all, Jinmen City is a relatively developed city, even along the entire coast, there is basically no such a large area of ​​open space, so - everyone can directly Let’s vote with a show of hands, if more than two-thirds of the people raise their hands, then let’s pass it.”

After speaking, he raised his hand.

And the people present also smiled and raised their hands one after another. Indeed, as Lin Xiao said, the position Song Tao chose is the best position.

"Okay, then it seems that the vote was passed unanimously, so it's decided."

Seeing this, Lin Xiao nodded, "Let's inform the city government later, and let them prepare the relevant procedures as soon as possible."

"Then, let's move on to the next topic, the grouping of the research group..."

The meeting continued. For such a large project with an investment of more than tens of billions, the meeting will probably take a long time.

Of course, after all, Lin Xiao was the chief designer of the X-ray project. Although the names of chief designer and chief engineer are different, the nature of their work is quite similar, so Lin Xiao is quite familiar with it.

In this way, the meeting continued day by day. At the same time, after making preparations for the site selection, Song Tao's preparatory team began to make various arrangements.

As time passed, the first phase of the Golden Crow Project, that is, the construction of infrastructure, began.

Infrastructure includes dormitories, canteens, and research institutes.

The Jinwu pile they want to build is, strictly speaking, a prototype pile and a demonstration pile.

There are four stages of nuclear reactors, namely experimental reactors, prototype reactors, demonstration reactors and commercial reactors.

The experimental reactor is the experiment and verification of the theory, and the prototype reactor is a successful reactor that can be used as a prototype for improvement, while the demonstration reactor is a reactor that can be used as a template for mass construction, and the commercial reactor , Naturally, it is a reactor that can be used for commercial operation, and it can basically be understood as a reactor that can achieve "mass production" based on the construction of a demonstration reactor.

Whether it is fission or fusion, they can generally be divided according to these four stages. Of course, the dividing line in the middle is not so absolute.

Just like their Jinwu pile, it can be either a prototype pile or a demonstration pile.

Of course, in the eyes of most technicians, they are doing it for the first time after all, so it is considered a success if they can build a prototype reactor. Sex will do.

However, the final problem of this reactor still has to fall on Lin Xiao's head. Otherwise, the full name of their Dongfang Chaohuan would not be called a full superconducting tokamak nuclear fusion experimental device long ago, but would directly become It has become the Dongfang Super Ring Fusion Demonstration Reactor.

Of course, in Lin Xiao's eyes, what was built this time can only be a demonstration reactor, not a prototype reactor or an experimental reactor.

These poor grades are not in his consideration.

However, before trying to do these things, the key is to think about how to solve the material problem.

Therefore, after finishing all the meetings that should be held in Jinmen City, Lin Xiao returned to Shangjing, returned to the Dingguang Research Institute, and started his next research.

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"Strong interaction force, and electromagnetic interaction force...the emergence of virtual photons...if you want to connect these things, what steps are needed in the middle?"

Lin Xiao pondered, and the formulas listed on the draft paper were also things he had been studying for so long.

"Perhaps... In terms of mathematics, this problem is already difficult to think about?"

But is it necessary to experiment to give him inspiration?

However, what kind of experiment can allow him to find the truth that exists in it?

"Strong interaction force...electromagnetic interaction force...well, isn't that only the experiment in the particle collider?"

Lin Xiao frowned slightly.

"Let's go find the data at CERN."

CERN restarted the Large Hadron Collider this year and conducted a collision. Due to the replacement, the collision energy has been further improved, reaching the level of 15TeV.

Maybe it can also bring him a little inspiration.

Next, Lin Xiao found the experimental data from CERN.

These experimental data can be found on the Internet, so he can easily get this part of the content.

However, Lin Xiao fell into a difficult situation again when conducting the measurement and analysis of the experimental data.

Also, he still can't find some useful data, or some data that can help his research.

"No, the collision energy is still too small, and the strong interaction force is not easy to observe. No matter how you process the data, you can't find useful data at all."

Lin Xiao shook his head, not knowing what to do.

But at this moment, he suddenly remembered something.

He took out the truth recorder from his pocket.

If, when the particle collider is running, this truth recording pen is placed in the area where the protons collide for detection...

The collision of proton and proton is the confrontation with the strong force.

In the Atlas detector of the LHC Large Hadron Collider, protons collide at a speed only 3m/s lower than the speed of light. The strong interaction force that maintains the quark connection between protons is difficult to resist this huge impact energy. And then something different came out of it.

And Lin Xiao believes that in this process, the breach of the force from the strong interaction will become the noisiest "voice" in these reactions. The sound of force, right?
Although how to keep this thing in the proton collision area is a problem, but in his capacity, there is no big problem if he wants to perform this operation. Even if others have doubts, he only needs to express that he wants to make a small Small experiments will do.

"Well, it's very feasible, but where can I find the proton collision experiment I want?"

Lin Xiao shook his head in distress again.

Although there are quite a lot of particle accelerators in the world, those that study proton collisions are still very rare.

This is still because of the strong interaction force. If you want to break up the strong interaction force, you need a strong enough force, which brings about an increase in cost.

And there are obviously very few organizations or countries that can afford such costs.

Even the existing collider in Shangjing is just an electron-positron collider. Although it can also be used to collide protons, its collision energy is too small to meet Lin Xiao's requirements.

Because what he needs is a large number of "sounds" that break the strong interaction force, and the Shangjing electron-positron collider does not guarantee that the recorder can record the sound that Lin Xiao wants to hear.

However, at this moment, Lin Xiao's eyes suddenly brightened.

Although the existing electron-positron collider in Shanghai is not available, isn't there another collider under construction?

The full name of the CEPC collider is actually CEPC-SppC, that is, the circular electron-positron collider-super proton collider.

That is to say, it consists of two parts, one is the ring-shaped electron-positron collider in front, and the super proton collider in the latter is the most critical part.

And since they are all called "super proton colliders", it naturally means that this is a collider for proton collisions.

Moreover, the highest collision energy can reach more than 100TeV, which can easily help Lin Xiao realize his idea.

As for the collider, although it is still under construction, but Lin Xiao has heard that due to the convenience of room temperature superconductors, the construction period has been advanced. It may be planned to be built early next year and start its first operation?

Although there are still a few months until next year, Lin Xiao doesn't mind waiting until then. After all, their Golden Crow Project will take several months just for the first batch of infrastructure that needs to be built.

And just when he thought about it, the landline in the office suddenly rang.

Glancing at the caller, it was Li Xingqiang, the deputy director.

He answered the phone suspiciously, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Li Xingqiang's voice came from the phone: "Director, Wang Yi, the director of the Institute of High Energy Physics, has come to see you."

"Director Wang of the High Energy Institute?"

Lin Xiao was taken aback for a moment, why did this person come to see him?
At the beginning, because of some conflicts between some high-energy institutes and him, a deputy director of the high-energy institute was resigned. Although he had nothing to do with the director Wang, he also apologized to Lin Xiao on his own initiative. However, the relationship between the two parties There was still a delicate relationship, so there was never a connection after that either.

So, why did Wang Yi come to him this time?

Of course, although he was puzzled in his heart, he still smiled and said: "Then quickly invite Director Wang to come over."

"Okay... Director Wang, please..."

Li Xingqiang's greeting came from over there, and Lin Xiao hung up the phone directly.

It was quite a coincidence to say that he was talking about the super proton collider, but the director Wang came, and it happened that he could also talk to Wang Yi about what he wanted to do.

Soon, Wang Yi came to his office.

"Director Wang, long time no see."

Lin Xiao took the initiative to stand up and greeted him with a smile.

Wang Yi also nodded at him with a smile. Looking at this young man who has become a giant in science in the world, he couldn't help thinking about the past in a trance.

If their deputy director really used that method to make Lin Xiao unwilling to come back, how much would their loss be?
"Director Wang, drinking tea, what are you thinking about?"

The voice came to his ears, Wang Yi came back to his senses, and saw Lin Xiao handing him a cup of tea.

"Oh, thank you Director Lin."

He quickly took the teacup, took a sip, and then said with emotion: "Director Lin, when I saw you back home, the day you got off the plane seemed to be yesterday, and it has been so long in a flash. "

Lin Xiao smiled, "It's been so long, and your collider is about to be completed."

But when Wang Yi heard Lin Xiao talking about the collider, he suddenly sighed.

"Hey, this collider... oh~"

Lin Xiao was taken aback for a moment, then he sighed suddenly, why?

"What's wrong, Director Wang?"

Wang Yi said, "Director Lin, I'm actually here to ask you for one thing."

"The room-temperature superconductors that were originally planned for us are now reserved for you because of your Jinwu project."

"So, now our collider is going to be postponed."

Lin Xiao was stunned for a moment.

"And this thing?"