Antimatter engineering?

Liu Feng's answer was completely unexpected by everyone.

In fact, many scientists have already mentioned the shortcomings of basic science, but due to various reasons, they have not been implemented.

Now Liu Feng is also saying this, and the current international situation also allows China to increase investment in these aspects, so it is a matter of time before research investment in this area is made.

The few people present actually wanted to hear what big moves Liu Feng wanted to make.

It is precisely for this reason that the old man will invite Academician Zhu Qihe to the "academic translation" of this meeting, after all, this old gentleman, like Liu Feng, is a 'big Buddha' who is proficient in both high-energy physics and chemistry.

Of course, they also imagined that Liu Feng might come up with something like supermaterials engineering, a big project to study high-energy physics like the super collider, or simply a controlled nuclear fusion project or something like that.

However, what they never expected was that this guy would actually engage in antimatter?

And it seems that it's not a small one, but a big one!

Antimatter, something that can only be discovered, and even the most basic theories are not yet sound, can it move closer to systematic scientific research and engineering?

This kid, can't he be putting satellites!

There is no doubt that antimatter research has gone beyond the professional field of the two academicians, and even beyond the imagination of everyone present.

Even the Great Elder, a 'layman' who knew nothing about it, knew that if it could really be realized, it would be Zenith Technology!

Is this really possible?

Noticing the puzzled eyes of the old man looking at him, Old Academician Zhu hesitated, looked at Liu Feng very seriously and asked.

"Can you elaborate?"

Liu Feng nodded, and replied with the same serious face.

"From the perspective of technology, summing up the experience of several industrial revolutions, the key to liberating all productive forces and factors of production is, in the final analysis, energy. ”

Einstein's mass-energy equation has long explained to us the conversion relationship between energy and matter. ”

"Essentially, all sources of energy in the universe, whether they are chemical reactions, nuclear fission reactions, or nuclear fusion reactions in stars, are the transformation of mass and energy. ”

"In today's world, our human energy has developed to the stage of nuclear fission, and there is no positive answer to the next energy source, in which direction it will develop. ”

"However, as the most powerful energy source known to us human beings, the study of antimatter does not seem to have received much attention in China!"

"Needless to say, antimatter can release energy with 100 percent efficiency, while at the same time causing no pollution and no radiation, just one gram of antimatter is equivalent to the energy of a nuclear bomb with a yield of 43,000 tons - three times stronger than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima!"

"Compared to this complete release of energy, nuclear fission or nuclear fusion is as insignificant as striking a safety match. ”

"However, even controlled nuclear fusion can only be controlled for a few seconds so far! Therefore, many people even believe that controlled nuclear fusion is only a direction that cannot be reached, and it is the biggest scam of the new century!"

"I don't comment much on that. Maybe one day, we humans will indeed be able to solve the technology of artificial sun, but in my opinion, it is no simpler than antimatter technology!"

"Because the heavier the nucleus, the more difficult the conditions needed for fusion, and because of the complexity and violence of the fusion reaction, there is really little room for manoeuvre. ”

"Antimatter is different. ”

"We only need to control the speed of the combination of matter and antimatter, we can control their energy release process, and we can react spontaneously without additional control, which is the advantage that nuclear fusion cannot achieve at all!

"The problem is actually the production and storage of antimatter! Once we solve the technology that can make and store antimatter on a large scale, it will be more controllable than controlled nuclear fusion!"

"As for the large-scale manufacturing and storage of antimatter, in my mind, it is no more difficult than controlled nuclear fusion......"

As Liu Feng's explanation ended, the room was instantly quiet and could be heard.

The three old men were directly silent.

Liu Feng also quietly waited for their response.

He believes that the people who can sit here have already been tested for a long time, and they will definitely seriously consider and reflect on whether they are fooled or not.

But Liu Feng also believes in the weight of the completer of the grand unification theory, and the meaning of the word antimatter itself.

It's a much more efficient and cleaner energy source than nuclear fusion!

1g of deuterium can provide the equivalent of 10,000 liters of gasoline after complete combustion through nuclear fusion, but what about the complete annihilation of 1g of antimatter? It is equivalent to the energy of 43,000 tons of TNT explosion!

Firefly and Haoyue, the two are not opponents of an order of magnitude at all!

If antimatter technology is mastered, all the problems related to energy faced by modern industry will no longer be a problem!

And what does it mean once the energy problem is solved?

This means that as long as you want, even on the barren desert, you can build a series of reinforced concrete buildings, even in the dark ocean floor, you can spread out a vast farmland, and then planetary transformation is no longer a dream, human immigration to space, just around the corner!

Even making antimatter into a bomb, the kind of power far exceeding the power of a nuclear bomb, can completely rewrite the order of the strength and weakness of the entire world, and if you are not careful, even the destruction of mankind may be!

Of course, so far, only Liu Feng himself can see these things in the world, or only he believes that he can do them.

After all, what the superior needs to consider is more realistic than these unfulfilled fantasies.

For example, the most realistic problem is the cost of large-scale manufacturing of antimatter.

Leaving aside the question of how antimatter is stored, for now, the amount of antimatter produced is calculated in terms of the number of particles.

However, in '08, the M guys reduced the cost of producing 0.001mg of antimatter from $1 billion to $100 million, which made them ecstatic.

The cost is so huge and time-consuming, if the antimatter required to make an antimatter weapon is calculated in milligrams and grams by weight, it is conceivable that the cost of making an antimatter bomb will be astronomical!

Not to mention the investment in building high-tech instruments such as SSC or LHC!

You must know that country M alone has invested as much as 800 billion US dollars in the field of antimatter research, but it has not even studied a fart, so in addition to the superpowers in the world today, which other countries can afford such a heavy single research project?

After thinking for a long time, the two academicians exchanged glances with the old man, then looked at Liu Feng and said slowly.

"We know the value of antimatter and are even willing to invest more in it, but the key question is, how sure are you? and is it worth it. ”

Liu Feng nodded, he also knew his concerns in this regard.

The study of antimatter technology is basically starting from scratch for China, and if it invests 800 billion US dollars in it like Country M and there is no return, I am afraid that no one will dare to sign this letter of recognition.

What's more, with the current technology of the M country in this regard, even if another 800 billion is invested, it may not be able to develop an antimatter bomb!

Until it is actually made, no one knows how much money it will burn except for the visible funding black hole......

Sighing, he knew that he had to come up with a convincing reason, otherwise, it would be impossible to get unreserved support from above.

Therefore:

"What if, I mean if, I'm 100% sure?"