Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 66 15 Cosmic Atoms
"This..." Chen Muwu originally thought that he would be able to leave with just a few polite words when he came to visit this time. Unexpectedly, as soon as they met, Eddington dragged him to discuss physics issues, "Sir, what should I say?" , I get this old universe, which can only appear when the cosmological constant Λ is a negative number. However, according to Dr. Einstein, the cosmological constant should be greater than zero, so as to prevent the collapse of the universe.

"To be honest, we haven't figured out the nature of the cosmological constant yet, so there's no need to worry too much about a solution that exists only under ideal conditions."

Chen Muwu wanted to get rid of this problem as soon as possible.

Because not to mention him, even experts in this field 100 years later have not figured out how to reconcile the contradictions.

Chen Muwu's words obviously did not alleviate Eddington's worries.

But when it comes to the cosmological constant, another new idea arises in Chen Muwu's mind.

If you want to prove that the universe is not static as Einstein imagined, but is constantly expanding, you need to observe the redshift.

If you want to observe the redshift, you must first calculate the distance of several nebulae, including the Andromeda Nebula, from the center of the Milky Way.

Nowadays, people do not even get the exact result of this distance, and mistakenly think that Andromeda is included in the Milky Way, so they are called "nebulae" (the ones outside the Milky Way are called galaxies) .

And in front of him, there happened to be an astronomer.

Eddington helped him so much before, so can he reciprocate, tell Eddington the method of finding distance, and then let him reveal the biggest mistake his good friend Einstein made in his life?
Just thinking about it makes me feel a little interesting.

Eddington didn't know what Chen Muwu was thinking, but seeing that Chen Muwu didn't intend to continue, he started another topic: "Chen, now that you have arrived in Cambridge, what are you going to do next? Is to continue to study you gamma-ray scattering, or should we throw ourselves into the arms of relativity?"

"Sir, I plan to design an experiment to study the scattering of light. As for the theory of relativity, I don't have any new ideas yet."

Seeing that Eddington was visibly disappointed with the naked eye, Chen Muwu then added: "However, when I was sailing on the sea on a ship, I had some new ideas about astronomy. I think it won't be long before I may I come here frequently and ask you for advice, sir."

"I look forward to your arrival at any time. However, the last ten days and a half months may not be convenient. I will go to London to attend the Duke of York's wedding ceremony."

Two days ago, Zhu Zhaoxin had already told Chen Muwu the news, and today, he heard it again from Eddington.

It seems that these British people really love their monarch and their royal family from the bottom of their hearts.

It's not like the little old lady Prime Minister who hasn't survived a cabbage during her tenure, as she did in her youth.

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Coming out of the observatory, Chen Muwu came to the Cavendish Laboratory with another gift in his hand, and knocked on the door of the office of his teacher and immediate boss for the next few years.

Unlike Eddington, a well-mannered gentleman, Rutherford looked nothing like an intellectual.

His burly figure makes him more like a blue-collar worker, or an old farmer who has worked hard in the fields all his life.

Rutherford is 52 years old this year, with piercing blue eyes and a walrus-like mustache.

The first time he shook hands with Chen Muwu, the latter felt a strong hand from it.

"Young man, welcome to the Cavendish Laboratory!" Rutherford's voice was loud and full of air, which made Chen Muwu inexplicably have a sense of sight of the bald Bob in the tavern battle chess, "I can't wait I really want to see what kind of new surprises Ni's arrival will bring us!"

After finishing speaking, Rutherford filled the pipe he carried with him with dry shredded tobacco, and put a lit match on it, and the pipe burned like a volcano erupting.

"Sir, this is me..."

"Hey, I don't like to hear this address in the laboratory. You can call me the director, you can call me the teacher, or you can just call me by my name, Ernest." Rutherford said with a smile.

"Director, this is a little gift I brought from my hometown." Chen Muwu put the same thing as Eddington's on the desk in front of him, and took out the one he bought when he was mooring in Colombo from his suit pocket. "I heard that you like to smoke. This is an ivory cigarette holder I bought locally when I was passing through Ceylon."

In the current empire where the sun never sets, there is no such thing as animal protection.

Under the gray sky in London, it is absolutely impossible to see a Swedish Joan of Arc frowning and shouting "oyster sauce" with a big face.

Rutherford accepted the gift unceremoniously, and thanked him: "Thank you, Chen, this is the most thoughtful gift I have ever received. Look at the delicate material and exquisite carving, it is really a gift. A good baby that people can't bear to put down when they pick it up.

"Since we have come to the laboratory, we are a family. You don't have to be restrained if you have any ideas. You can ask me or James. As long as it is not that damn universe, Cavendish Laboratory will provide you with the greatest support.

"Chen, I hope you can let go of the energy you put into the theory of relativity and the universe, don't do those unrealistic theoretical research, and explore the atom with us down-to-earth, as well as the microscopic and wonderful microcosm inside him. "

James is Rutherford's assistant and the second in command of the entire laboratory, Chadwick.

And the so-called small universe is not the burning thing in Saint Seiya, but refers to the atomic solar system model proposed by Rutherford himself.

Before Eddington asked him to give up the atom and concentrate on studying the theory of relativity; but now Rutherford asked him to give up the theory of relativity and focus on the atom.

When did he, Chen Muwu, become so popular?

And, why only choose one of the two?

Of course I want it all!
Chen Muwu thought for a while, and then said: "Director, thank you for your love. I did have a new idea on the way to England by boat. But it's not about atoms and radioactivity, but about visible light. "

"Visible light (visible light)..." Rutherford repeated these two words, "I see, you must want to know whether electromagnetic waves in the visible light band can also produce the same scattering as gamma rays, yes wrong?

"Well, in this laboratory, besides atoms and radioactivity, it's time to do some other research. I think the third Baron Rayleigh in heaven will be very happy to hear about your project."

Rayleigh III was the second director of the Cavendish Laboratory before the old Thomson, and he was a full-blown scientist.

In chemistry, he discovered the noble gas, the element argon, and in physics, he proposed the Rayleigh scattering formula for visible light scattering.

Chen Muwu didn't expect Rutherford to hit the right button, and guessed what he wanted to do in the next experiment.

"After I return from London after attending the Duke of York's wedding, I'll ask James to arrange the experimental equipment for you, how about it?"

Well, another person who is going to attend the wedding of the little prince.

Knowing this was the case, Chen Muwu felt that he should also stay in London and stay in the embassy for a few more days to see this rare diorama.

(End of this chapter)