It took about three days for the researchers of the STAR Stellarum Research Institute to complete the collation of the experimental data.

At the same time, Lu Zhou, who was responsible for summarizing these data, also completed the writing of the relevant paper, and finally submitted the paper, which had more than 30 signatures, to the editorial office of the journal Science.

Just as he finished posting his manuscript, his mobile phone rang.

picked up the mobile phone and looked at it, only to see that it was Academician Pan calling, so Lu Zhou pressed the connect button.

And almost as soon as the phone was connected, Lao Pan's smiling voice came from the other end of the phone.

"You guy, you can, you can be regarded as hurting Lao Zhou's face this time. Just swallow back the spit that he is having a headache at the moment, how to spit it out. ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhou leaned back in his office chair and made a helpless expression.

I put my face together, can I blame him?

But even if he says it's a mistake, probably no one will believe it.

After a pause, Academician Pan changed his serious tone and continued: "To be honest, I was surprised enough to hear that you set the goal of the second experiment at thirty minutes. Now I didn't expect that I still underestimated your ability, but even the Germans themselves didn't expect that their EGA devices could be used to such an extent. ”

Although the time has only doubled, the difficulty is not as simple as one plus one equals two.

It is no exaggeration to say that with this achievement alone, their research in the field of controlled nuclear fusion has left the world behind.

"What's next? What are you going to do next? ”

Hearing this question, Lu Zhou smiled faintly and said his plan: "Next time, I plan to play for real." ”

Hearing this, Academician Pan's expression was slightly moved, and he confirmed in a tone of disbelief.

"Demonstration pile?"

Lu Zhou, who was holding his phone, nodded.

"That's right."

Hearing a positive answer from Lu Zhou, Academician Pan on the other end of the phone gasped, and the shock in his heart was incomprehensible.

In terms of pronunciation, the experimental pile and the demonstration pile seem to be pronounced very similarly, but they are completely different things.

The former is only an experimental device that can meet the most basic experimental needs of plasma experiments, while the latter is a demonstration reaction device that requires a series of links from plasma confinement to fusion reaction to electrical energy output.

Not surprisingly, for a long time, this demonstration reactor will become a model project for controlled nuclear fusion reactors in China and even around the world.

It is no exaggeration to say that compared to the latter, the former can only be regarded as a toy.

Although experiments on controlled fusion research have been carried out for half a century, and various experimental reactors have been developed one after another, neither the Princeton Institute for Plasma Physics nor the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Research has been able to complete a demonstration reactor for controlled nuclear fusion.

And the plan for the demonstration reactor will always be stuck in the timetable of the major research institutions.

In an unconvinced tone, Academician Pan asked, "Is it too early to start building a demonstration reactor now?" ”

Although the one-hour high-density plasma magnetic confinement experiment is worth celebrating, no matter how you say it, it is too big a step to start working on this demonstration reactor now.

At least as far as he was concerned, there were still a lot of critical issues that remained unresolved.

Hearing that Lu Zhou on the other end of the phone was so confident, he was even a little worried now about whether this guy was inflated.

In response to Academician Pan's inquiry, Lu Zhou just smiled faintly.

"It's not too early, there's a lot to work on as you go, you don't have to wait until everything is ready. What's more, the most critical superconducting magnets and control schemes have already been solved, and I believe it is only a matter of time before the first wall of anti-radiation materials is available. As long as conditions permit, I am more than 80% sure that I can build this demonstration pile. ”

First of all, find a way to build the reactor's plasma running track, field coil, water-cooled deflector, etc., such as the first wall cladding material These problems that cannot be solved for the time being can be solved for the time being, and then make and install them after they are solved.

However, the specifications of this demonstration reactor and the experimental reactor are completely different, and the cost of the two is not at all in the same order of magnitude.

And the funds in his hands are almost spent.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhou's eyes couldn't help but drift to the pen on the corner of the table.

Looks like I'll have to write a letter again.

……

For others, it is not easy to submit articles in world-class top journals such as Nature and Science, but for Lu Zhou, it is not so difficult.

Even without considering his Nobel Prize-winning aura and good academic reputation, as well as his past relationship with the editorial board of Science, the weight behind the word controlled nuclear fusion alone is enough for the editorial board of Science to take seriously.

There was nothing wrong with the data itself, and the paper did not wait too long, and the paper was quickly approved and successfully published in the latest issue of Science.

And with the publication of that paper, almost the entire plasma physics community was boiling when people learned about the miracle that happened on the STAR device.

What is the concept of an hour?

Just a year ago, the research of tokamak projects in various countries was still competing for breakthroughs in seconds.

However, with the publication of this paper, it directly threw off a large part of the research results of research institutions in various countries.

Although it is possible to avoid such a long confinement time if the power generation method of pulse ignition is adopted, the shock brought by this hour still shocked all the scholars who paid attention to this device.

In addition to the academic community, the success of the STAR device has also attracted widespread attention from the general public, and it has sparked heated discussions on the Internet.

Some people like it and think it's a big step into the future.

Others have expressed concern that humanity is going further and further down the road to death.

There are also people who are indifferent, after all, it is not the first time that the news of controlled fusion has been seen. Twenty years ago, it was said that controlled fusion power generation could be achieved in 20 years at the latest, but until now no one has fulfilled that promise.

But in any case, for this major scientific breakthrough, CTV stands on a political plane and pays the greatest attention.

In the latest issue of the news broadcast, CCTV used a special time to make a comprehensive report on this matter.

"A few days ago, the STAR Stellarum Research Institute in Jinling, Huaguo, published a paper in Science, revealing the details of their latest controlled fusion experiment."

"In the experiment, the research team led by Professor Lu Zhou, a well-known scholar and Nobel laureate in China, successfully completed a one-hour plasma confinement time."

"According to industry insiders, the breakthrough of this technology is expected to open a new chapter for the research of controlled nuclear fusion......

In the news, the central media quoted an interview with a foreign media as usual.

Sitting in front of the camera was Burton Richter, a 1976 Nobel laureate, consultant to Three Alpha and a professor at Stanford University, who used the word "unbelievable" three times in a row to express his shock when asked by a reporter from CBDR about his opinion of the STAR installation.

“…… When a colleague of mine told me that someone had done more than an hour of magnetic confinement time for plasma, my first reaction was that it was a funny joke. That is, until he found the paper in the latest issue of Science and put it in front of me. ”

"Even now, my heart is full of surprise. Especially when I learned that this unit was a modification of the EGA unit, I was shocked beyond words. ”

"There's absolutely no way for the EGA to do this, not even with the upgraded Spiral Stone 7-X."

"I think China is ahead of the world in the research of controlled nuclear fusion. If the most critical problems of superconducting materials and plasma control schemes have been effectively solved, they only need to solve the damage effect of plasma irradiation on the first wall material, and it may not take too long to complete the fusion reactor in the true sense. After all, converting heat energy into electricity is not a difficult task in itself. ”

Speaking of which, Professor Burton Richter's expression was a little complicated.

"We've led the way in controlled fusion research for half a century, but we have a good chance of losing in the last few seconds. I'm not kidding, the DOE should take it seriously......"

Regardless of whether the U.S. Department of Energy attaches great importance to it or not, the results achieved by the STAR device have attracted the attention of the top level in China.

At the same time, just as the paper published in Science successfully pushed the term controlled nuclear fusion to the forefront of global media attention, a letter written by Lu Zhou himself also appeared on the desk of the Elders' House.

It is also this letter that has touched the sensitive nerves of countless people......

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