Chapter 583: Stellar Resource Development Mission (6)
Although the general scheme has been decided, the collectors have once again encountered a problem in the details, and the root of the problem is also the gravitational problem of the accelerated particle flow.
Gravitational attraction decreases with distance, in other words, the closer the distance, the stronger the gravitational pull will be, and in the ring, the gravitational force on the inner part of the electric field will be the strongest, just like some matter that can resist a black hole without relying on its rotation.
It is true that electromagnetic forces can be effective on small scales, but if they are used against strong gravitational forces at the level of black holes......
"We need to design the orbital module to be strong enough, not only because of the highly reflective rays that are brought by the accelerated particle flow, but also because of the gravitational pull that is used to counter the particle flow, and when this stream of particles around the star appears, its gravitational pull will gradually reach a level comparable to that of a black hole, so that it can attract stellar matter."
"The closest to the particle beam will undoubtedly experience the strongest gravitational pull, although on a large scale, there is no problem with the structure of the ring, but on a small scale, the orbital ring may not be able to rely on the force of the structure alone to resist the gravitational pull of the black hole, which is a force that can force even the nucleus to tear apart."
Collectors must consider this, otherwise the ring will be torn apart vertically due to the strong gravitational pull of the particle beams after accelerating to a certain level.
"That'...... Then let's have the orbital module rotate on its long axis, so that it can fight gravity. ”
Some instances attempted to propose their own ideas, but such ideas were quickly dismissed by other members of their kind.
"Nonsense! The ring is a whole, how to rotate? ”
"Yes, it's fine if the track is a straight line, but it's a curved ring, which inevitably causes the ring wall to be subjected to tensile forces on the outside and compressive forces on the inside."
The collectors began to discuss this issue in depth, and not all individuals believed that the ring would be unbearable, and these collectors were confident in the longitudinal capacity of the ring.
"There are electromagnetic forces on a small scale, which allows the structure to deform."
"It depends on what the situation is, the gravitational pull of the black hole is not the level of the gravitational force of the planet, the distance between the atoms will be shortened, and the volume of the orbital module on the macroscopic scale will be reduced, which will inevitably lead to the deformation of the entire ring structure, which will further lead to the electric field orbit can not be maintained in the ring state, so that the overall structure will collapse."
In order to make it clear to all individuals, a physical model of the ring was once again generated in the channel, this time in a cross-section of the ring, which was also a cross-section of the orbital module, in which gravity would form forces in all four directions and squeeze the cross-section.
Don't forget, the premise of this force analysis is that the force itself will not be destroyed by the force, and the pressure in the four directions will force the circular cross-section to compress, the nuclei will be squeezed together, the electrons will be squeezed out, and when the gravitational force reaches a certain level, it can even be squeezed into a neutron degenerate state.
Therefore, the collectors are distressed.
Eventually, an individual came up with his or her own idea.
"It's all the same, we just need to think about it according to the idea of fighting the pressure of the planet, we only need to use an extremely strong material to make the orbital module to fight the strong gravitational pull of the particle beam."
"What materials are used?" The other gatherers asked.
The proponents of the plan explain their own solutions to this problem.
"With proton lattice, using this material, we can even save the material for making a strong electric field, the proton lattice is a superconductor, the superconductor is different from the electrical properties of ordinary materials, the conductor loses its resistance, the current flows through the superconductor without heat loss, and the current can form a strong current in the wire without resistance, thus generating a super magnetic field."
"But superconductors have critical values, whether it's current, magnetic field, or temperature."
"The initial stage of particle beam acceleration is good, but the subsequent stage of particle beam is very close to the speed of light, because the strong inertia of the particle beam close to the speed of light requires extremely high electric field values to constrain and deflect the particle beam, and the superconductor may not be able to do the work of the orbital module."
Even superconductors have their own limitations, if the current exceeds a threshold, the superconductor will lose its superconductivity and become an ordinary conductor, not only the current, but also the magnetic field, temperature, etc., can make the superconductor lose its superconductivity.
Considering the very high amount of current required for the ring and the very high field strength required to deflect the electric field, collectors are not very optimistic about the application of superconductors in the design of the ring.
If you think about it carefully, you can understand that superconductors have different properties from ordinary conductors, there is no resistance, and they have strong diamagnetism, etc., after passing the critical current, the superconductor becomes an ordinary conductor again, and there is resistance, and the diamagnetism is not as good as before, and the physical properties directly become another look.
In mathematical calculations, even if you change the number to 100 billion decimal places, the result cannot be the original, so foolproof collectors do not consider the use of superconductors in the ring.
The proponent of the plan rejects this idea because he is well aware that his own people do not know enough about things to lead to miscalculations, and they do not think about things for a long time.
"No, superconductors can do the job, because the passing current will produce a magnetic field on the surface of the superconductor, when the current is larger, so that the surface magnetic field exceeds the superconducting critical magnetic field, the superconductor will be transformed into a normal conductor, and the fundamental reason is that the structural state of the superconductor is broken, so it reverts to an ordinary conductor, but we have the gravitational force provided by the particle beam, this strong gravitational force will give a strong pressure to the proton lattice, forcing the crystal structure composed of hydrogen nuclei not to be broken by the strong electric field, and the critical value of the superconductor can be increased in disguise. At the very least, it needs to be greater than the gravitational pressure of the proton to break the state of the superconductor. ”
The problem was solved, and the collectors began to design the more detailed parts of the orbital module, and just as the design of the orbital module was about to be completed, another instance shouted in the channel.
"That's not right! Wrong! No need to make proton lattices! ”
"What material is used for non-proton lattices?"
The other gatherers were all stunned for a moment.
"No, you misunderstood." The dissenting collector explained.
"I mean, we can make liquid metal hydrogen first, and then use the gravitational pull of the particle beam itself to finally compress the liquid metal hydrogen into a proton lattice, so that we can get a monolithic proton lattice ring, rather than relying on a patchwork of pieces, and you know, there is an error in the patchwork, and it is very difficult for us to be accurate to each particle, and as the number of patchwork increases, the error value will get bigger and bigger."