Chapter 492: Finding a Fragile Topology (1/3, Votes Requested)
New day,
Xu Mang took a pile of books and went to his laboratory.
The road from his Fuda apartment to the laboratory is very long, and it is the rush hour for work, Xu Mang was successfully blocked on the elevated road, and the traffic jam is something that happens every day in this city, Xu Mang has long been accustomed to it.
About half an hour later,
Xu Mang finally got off the elevated shelf and went all the way to the laboratory.
"Huh?"
"Am I the earliest?"
Xu Mang found that he was the earliest one today, and when he usually came here, everyone had already started working, and he glanced at the time... It was only half past seven, and Xu Mang fell into a state of confusion at this time.
I...
Mistimed.
Helpless, Xu Mang could only come to the office silently, took out a physics book, put it directly on his face and began to sleep.
+5 Physical Skill
+5 Physical Skill
presently
The gravitational wave detection work is stuck, and the solution is to find a mathematical tool to accurately calculate gravitational waves, but unfortunately this mathematical tool, Xu Mang does not know, and the exchange value of the system is very large...
Mathematics, Physics, and Astronomy skills are required to reach mastery, and millions of skills are consumed.
fortunately
Since the intelligence reached the fourth level, the acquisition value has directly increased by five times, which means that in the future, I will be able to master the skills faster, and improve its related level, so it seems that this system is very good, and I used to treat it as a big pit of the white cat...
blunder
What a pure mistake!
Long
A young woman came to the office, it was Wang Ai, the daughter of Professor Wang Jiafu, who came to the office as usual and woke up the sleeping Xu Mang.
"Xu... Xu Mang!"
In the bottom of the private,
Wang Ai's name is Xu Mang, usually called his full name, although every cell in his body worships Xu Mang, but the soul is rejecting him, but Wang Ai is very polite, and when there are many people, she will still respectfully call Professor Xu.
"Huh?"
"How... What's wrong?" Xu Mang took off the data covering his face, looked at her with a confused expression, and asked curiously, "Don't go to work... What are you looking for me to do?"
“...”
"There's nothing left to do now. Wang Ai said with a dark face: "Have you solved the mathematical tools for calculating gravitational waves?"
"No. ”
"Is there a problem?" asked Xu Mang.
I...
This...
Since it didn't solve the problem, how did he sleep so soundly?
Hearing Xu Mang's words, Wang Ai almost didn't collapse, what kind of person did he meet, don't you know what the situation is now? Don't you know how far behind others is? Don't you know how many difficulties the laboratory is facing?
"You..."
"Forget it!" Wang Ai said angrily: "Anyway, it has nothing to do with me, you can do whatever you like." ”
"Hey, hey..."
"Don't panic!" Xu Mang said with a grin: "Gravitational waves have passed since Einstein proposed the general theory of relativity in 1915 to the time when we are talking, and many people have been looking for gravitational waves in these one hundred and four years, but nothing has been found. ”
"Do you know what it means?" asked Xu Mang with a smile.
Wang Ai frowned and replied seriously: "It is extremely difficult to explain. ”
"Wrong!"
This shows that one hundred and four years have passed, and it doesn't matter if there is another year. Xu Mang said, "Understood?"
Wang Ai: @#¥%...!*
What is this theory?
Salted Fish Theory?
"If you do this again, I'm going to call Sister Xiaoman to complain!" Wang Ai was desperate and could only seek Yang Xiaoman's help.
Not to mention,
This trick was particularly effective, and Xu Mang instantly sobered up.
"Don't!"
"If you have something to say, can you not involve that tigress. Xu Mang said helplessly: "About the mathematical tools for calculating gravitational waves... At the moment I really don't have a clue, you think... Xu Mang, a world-famous scientist, doesn't know about this problem, aren't others talking nonsense?"
"You said it earlier!"
"At present, Science has passed our quantum probability paper, and you are the corresponding author. Wang Ai said, "There is nothing to do now." ”
"There's nothing to do... Find something to do. ”
"Can a living person be suffocated by urine?" Xu Mang said indifferently: "Now that our research funds are sufficient, you can do whatever you like, don't have any scruples... To tell you a rough number, we have at least two hundred million!"
Billion?
Cut!
It's not for use in the lab.
Wang Ai knew that a research institute was being built next door, and estimated that two billion yuan was the funding of the research institute next door.
"Huh?"
"Speaking of the current scientific community, are there any latest discoveries?" Xu Mang sat on his chair and asked curiously: "Since we still can't solve the mathematical tools for calculating gravitational waves, it is better to turn our attention to other fields again for the time being and see if we can make some breakthroughs." ”
"Now..."
"The world's most popular research is graphene and topological states. Wang Ai said: "Based on your discovery, many research institutions around the world are looking for new superconductivity, and the topological state is also because of your graphene superconductivity, which has become one of the hottest research in physics." ”
What the?
Topological state?
Xu Mang was stunned for a moment, he had learned before that the topological state was a very unpopular concept due to the strange nature of the kinked quantum state of the electron, why did it suddenly become popular? It is also related to graphene superconductivity?
"Be specific. Xu Mang said.
"It's just..."
"The team at the University of Oxford has discovered a topology that occurs in almost all solid-state crystals, and this structure is known as fragile topology. "According to the Oxford research team, almost all materials have some kind of topological state. ”
"At present, there is only indirect evidence for this fragile topology, and there is no direct evidence," Wang Ai continued, "and now the whole world is looking for this evidence." ”
Xu Mang nodded, and said with a confused face: "What does that have to do with graphene?"
"The Oxford team discovered this topology from your bilayer of magic-horned graphene, and some of the electronic states contained in the twisted graphene exhibit a suspiciously fragile topology. Wang Ai said seriously: "This is calculated by pure mathematics. ”
I...
Nima!
Why didn't I find out in the first place?
Hearing Wang Ai's words, Xu Mang was almost not angry, and every cell in his body was very unhappy.
Why did the double-layer graphene discovered by buddies find this topology by Oxford University? Shouldn't all buddies be buddies?
"Are you?"
"It's useless to be angry... Who didn't let you find out in the first place? Wang Ai said with a grin.
"What the hell..."
[Trigger Task: Fragile Topology]
[Description: Find evidence of this kind of material that can obtain strange properties]
【Reward: Upgrade Card*20】
Halfway through his speech, Xu Mang saw that the system had issued a brand new task, and he actually asked himself to find evidence of fragile topology.
"You go back and talk to the others, have a little meeting. Xu Mang said.
Wang Ai: ???
soon
Conference room.
Xu Mang announced the next research direction, since there is no mathematical tool to calculate gravitational waves, the temporary research direction is now changed to find evidence of fragile topology, but this decision has been opposed by many people.
"Professor Xu!"
"The fragile topology is a very radical academic bottomless pit, and whoever gets into it is stuck in a quagmire and can't get out. Dong Yu said seriously: "I think we should change it, Brother Chuan Xiaoge proposed yesterday to explore the product of the first chemical reaction in the universe, helium hydrogen ions." ”
"Huh?"
"You've got it..."
suddenly
Xu Mang was interrupted by the system again.
【Triggered Mission: Origin】
[Description: Exploring the starting point of stars, planets and the birth of life - helium hydrogen ions]
【Reward: Upgrade Card*10】
I...
it!
What's going on?
In the past, it was once a thousand years, but now there is one at every turn.
It's embarrassing,
How do you choose?
In fact, Xu Mang really wanted to choose the task of 'origin', after all, it is facing the sea of stars, helium hydrogen ions are a mysterious ion, because the existence of helium hydrogen ions cannot be observed, and for human beings, they are invisible in the universe.
And not only helium hydronium ions, many of the first generation of molecules in the universe are in an invisible state, and these invisible molecules constitute a very important period in the universe, which is called the Dark Ages, which is also known as the origin.
"So be it. ”
"We formed two groups, the fragile topology group and the helium hydronium ion group. Xu Mang smiled and said, "Is there anyone willing to study fragile topology with me?"
Words fall,
There was silence.
"What about the helium hydronium ion group?" Xu Mang asked, "This is an interesting research project. ”
"Me, me, me!"
"Add me one!"
"Me too!"
Everyone joined Brother Chuanxiao's group.
Xu Mang: Embarrassed
This group of people...
It's so bad, isn't it?
But don't say it yet... I want to study helium hydronium ions.
"Xu Mang!"
"Let's study the helium hydronium ions. Brother Chuan Xiao said: "We can only be competitive with you, and the difficulty of the fragile topology is too high, and it may not be rewarding." ”
"Actually..."
"I also want to study the product of the first chemical reaction in the universe and see it for what it really is. Xu Mang sighed: "But... Anyway, the situation is complicated, and I can only choose fragile topology, and by the way, look for mathematical tools to calculate gravitational waves. ”
The truth is that the task of fragile topology has more rewards than the helium hydrogen ion task.
ultimately
Xu Mang studied the boring fragile topology alone, while Brother Chuan Xiao led the whole team to study the product of the first chemical reaction in the universe that was very interesting.
Suddenly,
Xu Mang felt that he was particularly lonely.
...
midday
Back to school,
Xu Mang first went to the cafeteria to eat a little, and then stayed alone in the apartment, and began to look for information about fragile topology, which was very little due to the new field of physics research.
In desperation,
In fact, topology is only a branch of mathematics, which studies the continuous deformation of objects, and cannot cut or cut objects.
Almost an hour passed, and nothing was gained.
"Wrong direction..."
"Ugh..."
Xu Mang sighed, this thing is really not ordinary boring.
soon
Xiao Man returned to the apartment, and when he glanced at her with a smile at this time, he knew that this fierce peasant woman had another bumper harvest today.
"Honey!"
"I earned you a Ferrari today!" Yang Xiaoman hugged Xu Mang from behind and said with a smile: "Is your wife amazing?"
"Huh?"
Yang Xiaoman looked at the computer screen and asked in surprise, "Why are you also studying fragile topology?"
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