Controlled nuclear fusion?!

That does sound like a pretty interesting topic.

Hearing Professor Clizing mention this matter, Lu Zhou immediately became interested.

"Can I go in and visit?"

Professor Cléching smiled and said happily, "If you're interested, of course that's fine. ”

Following in the footsteps of Professor Clixing, Lu Zhou stepped into the interior of the building.

Originally, he thought that this was some kind of place with a high level of secrecy, but Professor Clixing just swiped his work card on the access control, and then took him in very easily.

Noticing Lu Zhou's confused gaze, Professor Kleezing smiled and said, "There's nothing to keep secret, you can even search for papers about it in the database of the Flintstone Library." As for the access control, it is mainly to prevent the entry of miscellaneous people, and the security problem in Berlin has been serious recently. ”

Lu Zhou joked. "I thought it was some kind of secret land."

Professor Clixing laughed and said, "Confidential land? Don't worry, I can't get into that kind of place, let alone you. ”

Contrary to the conspiracy theories surrounding the description of nuclear fusion technology in most stall literature, although countries have engaged in private work in the field of controlled nuclear fusion, most of the research results obtained are basically public.

According to the ITER agreement signed in Paris in November 06, at each International Fusion Energy Congress, research teams from various countries will report on the latest research progress.

As for why we should collaborate on research, the rationale is simple.

Because the difficulty of this project far surpasses all the scientific research projects in history such as the Manhattan Project, the Human Genome Project, and the Apollo Program, and the final realization of controlled nuclear fusion technology is not at all something that can be completed by the scientific research capabilities of any one country.

Under such a premise, the benefits of working behind closed doors are far less beneficial than actively participating in and taking the lead in the ITER program.

For example, the fully superconducting tokamak (EAST), built by Huaguo, plays a pivotal role in the ITER project.

As for the distribution of benefits after the success of the project, that is another game. Now there is no shadow of a solution to the immediate problem, let alone the problems that follow.

In fact, whether it is the tokamak or the design of the stellar, there is no special secret in theory, and this is the reason why Professor Klitzing was able to bring Lu Zhou in to visit.

The only part that involves secrecy is, at best, the laser fusion used for "ignition".

Because one of the main functions of laser fusion is to simulate the explosion of a hydrogen bomb, the ITER program is also in principle played by countries outside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

However, this part of the research is obviously not visible here, and the confidential research is naturally carried out in a confidential place.

Following Professor Cléching all the way to the core area of the building, looking at the strangely shaped object in the center of the clearing, Lu Zhou couldn't help but sigh: "This thing is just like a twisted flower. ”

It may not be enough to use the twist flower as a metaphor, and this twist flower has to be twisted into a circle, which is seamlessly connected end to end.

From a geometric point of view, it is a Möbius ring that continuously transforms in three-dimensional space.

In this coil-wound annular orbit, the plasma can operate stably entirely under the constraints of the external field.

In contrast, tokamak devices, as opposed to stellarators, rely on the coupling of an external magnetic field with a magnetic field generated by a plasma current. If the plasma is disturbed or becomes unstable due to some unknown physical phenomenon, the entire system is at risk of collapsing.

Also, theoretically, the continuous ignition of the stellar simulator is easier to control than the pulse ignition of the tokamak.

However, although the stellarator has so many advantages, it has a fatal disadvantage, that is, the requirements for the processing technology are extremely harsh, and the engineering quantity of the whole set of equipment is extremely complex.

Even if the orbit in front of him is complicated enough for Lu Zhou, it is only one of the parts of the entire nuclear fusion device. In addition to Germany, there are only a handful of countries that can process this part.

And this is one of the reasons why Huaguo has put all its chips on the tokamak device in the choice of technical route.

Professor Cléching joked, "Really? I think it's more like a doughnut with a layer of cream. ”

Lu Zhou glanced at the old man unexpectedly, but he didn't expect him to understand the word "twist".

"This is the orbit of the plasma that has been replaced from the Spiral Stone 7-X," Professor Klitzing said, looking at the device in front of him, "As for the complete body of the Spiral Stone 7-X, it is in the eastern city of Greifswald. If you're interested, I'll take you to see it when the presentation is over, as there are similar experiments going on recently. ”

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Really? Then I'll remember that. ”

If that's the case, it's an opportunity not to be missed.

Controlled nuclear fusion, though outside of his field of study, is still interested in something that is usually only found in science fiction blockbusters.

However, no matter how interesting the research project is, it is not as important as the work at hand.

After a visit to the Max Planck laboratory in Berlin, Lu Zhou returned to the Bernitz Hotel and began to make final preparations for the upcoming presentation.

In this way, time passed day by day, and soon it was the day of the report meeting.

As originally planned, the presentation was held at Humboldt University.

In the early morning of Saturday, Lu Zhou deliberately got up early and came to the report meeting an hour early.

And when he arrived at the venue, the entire venue was almost full, densely packed with people.

In the spirit of academic openness, the Max Planck Society, which hosted the seminar, did not limit the qualifications of the participants, but only arranged seat numbers for those who were sure to attend the seminar, so not only those scholars who had been following the seminar for a long time, but also doctors and masters from major universities and research institutions in Berlin also came to join in the fun.

With less than half an hour to go, many people even sat down in the aisles of the corridor.

This report has been expected by the theoretical chemistry community for two months.

Is this a beautiful misunderstanding, or does it mean a new chemistry......

Everyone stared closely at the big screen behind the podium, waiting to witness this historic moment.

Standing next to the podium, President Straman glanced at the tight seats in the room and instructed the staff to go to the next conference room to bring some unused chairs and put them at the back of the room.

After doing this, he cast an inquiring glance at Lu Zhou, who was copying data to the multimedia lectern.

"How's the preparation going?"

Lu Zhou said in a relaxed tone: "Basically, OK." ”

"Come on," he gave Lu Zhou a thumbs up, and President Straman didn't say anything superfluous, but simply sent his blessings, "I hope that all of us can witness history today." ”

Smiling confidently, Lu Zhou gently adjusted the tie on his chest.

"That's for sure."