After asking about the approximate waiting time, Chen Mengchuan watched for a while before leaving the No. 1 remote control center at the edge of the star.

The exploration of Europa, while a significant event, was not an important event in his concept.

If life can be discovered, it is naturally good, and more scientists can devote themselves to it and carry out further scientific research at the same time, and this process will accumulate a lot of experience in the formation of life, which is naturally good.

But if no life is found, Chen Mengchuan will not be discouraged.

He knows how precious the origin of life is.

There is not necessarily one in the billions of stars, there is no doubt about this ratio.

After cleaning up his mood, Chen Mengchuan traveled from space to the main control room and coordinated.

Marshall sent him news that was not quite good news.

Through the Martian Extradimensional Gate System, Chen Mengchuan came to the Antimatter Beam Weapons Research Center, at this time, the number of people in the research center was not too large, only less than 100 people, and most of them were mainly scholars.

Chen Mengchuan found Marshall in the crowd.

"Boss Chen, you're here." Marshall stepped forward and hugged Chen Mengchuan.

"Marshall, I hope you can bring me some good news." Chen Mengchuan said with a smile.

"Haha, BOSS Chen, if it's compared to Europa, then I don't have any good news here, we just talked about Europa, and everyone still thinks that Europa can find life under the sea."

"Yes, then I should borrow your good words, I also hope to find life, after all, I have found oxygen and water." Chen Mengchuan smiled.

After a few more conversations, Marshall began to get down to business.

"Antiproton?" Chen Mengchuan asked suspiciously.

He knew some of the concepts of antimatter, but his knowledge of the more specific and in-depth knowledge was limited.

Marshall nodded excitedly: "Yes, Boss Chen." An antiproton is an antiparticle of a proton, which has the same mass and spin as a proton, but has the opposite charge and magnetic moment to a proton, with the same negative charge as an electron. ”

"Paul Dirac, who mentioned the existence of antiprotons in the 40s of the last century, and later physicists Emilio Segre and Owen Chamberlain of the University of California, Berkeley, discovered and confirmed antiparticles with particle accelerators, and the two of them later won the Nobel Prize in Physics."

"There's really Paul Dirac everywhere, and sure enough, he can't avoid quantum mechanics." Chen Mengchuan smiled.

"Of course, there is no doubt about it, but we are not talking about Paul Dirac, but about antiprotons, you listen to me."

Chen Mengchuan spread his hands and said that he was listening.

"Where did you just go? Oh yes, the antiproton is the antiparticle of the proton, the mass and spin are the same as the proton, and the lifetime is about the same as the proton, but its charge and magnetic moment are the opposite of the proton, and it has a negative charge of the same amount as the electron. These properties are consistent with the predictions of CPT symmetry theory, which is the basis of quantum field theory. ”

"The trial and error that we have been doing over this period of time has confirmed something interesting, that an antiproton is composed of two upper antiquarks and one lower antiquark, that is, two you and one d. Of course, antiprotons are inherently stable, but because antiprotons collide with protons to annihilate and this process is converted into energy, antiparticles can only exist in a laboratory environment. ”

"And then?" Chen Mengchuan nodded.

Marshall's voice unconsciously became a little higher-pitched: "Because these particles will annihilate each other and be converted into energy when they collide with protons, the lifetime of these particles in nature is also very short, so short that it is negligible. But during this time, through nuclear organization experiments, using a high-end synchrotron to accelerate protons to a level of 33 GeV, and then continuously impacting with metal iridium rods, we have generated enough antiprotons with the energy we directed, and among these particles and antiparticles, we have successfully isolated the antiparticles in a vacuum with a high magnetic layer field! ”

"What did you say?" Chen Mengchuan was taken aback, and then overjoyed.

"Don't get excited, don't get excited, Boss Chen, we just captured the antiparticles, and it's not commendable. Hahaha. Marshall's exaggerated smile made him look a little pompous.

"Marshall, I have to say, you guys did a great job." Chen Mengchuan laughed.

"Boss Chen, on Mars, many of our experiments have caused antiprotons to be scattered in the cosmic environment, and these antiprotons are bound by the interstellar magnetic field of fire. Because of this, we were able to catch these little guys in a good and orderly manner. ”

Chen Mengchuan clenched his fists and couldn't help but raise his hand and wave.

I didn't expect this guy Marshall to surprise himself, but he suddenly gave a surprise after making a draft in advance.

The high magnetic layer field can indeed isolate the antiparticle in a vacuum, and Chen Mengchuan has also seen the relevant experimental test data, but he did not expect that this time Marshall actually obtained the channel of the effective antiparticle.

Chen Mengchuan has almost seen his anti-matter weapon!

It's wonderful!

Now it seems that the distance is not too far.

"Boss Chen, we already have a preliminary idea of the antimatter beam weapon you need. But it will take some time for us. Marshall said with a smile.

When he saw Chen Mengchuan's appearance, he was also a little proud and happy in his heart. After all, the conceptual thing of antimatter beam weapons seems extremely distant, but I didn't expect that I and others would really touch the threshold one day.

Now that the channel for obtaining antiparticles is opened, they have a steady stream of testing bases, and under these continuous tests, they will soon get more experimental data and design parameters.

As short as half a year, as long as 1 year, he is sure enough to develop the first generation of antimatter beam weapons, although this first generation of antimatter beams is not the same as how powerful, but the first step in the development of things is the most difficult, after having the beginning, the subsequent strengthening is only a matter of time.

Chen Mengchuan described to him the power of antimatter beam weapons.

In Chen Mengchuan's description, the antimatter beam weapon should be a large-area grid-like spray column, which binds this large-area grid-like spray column in a certain band, and then hits the target through space travel in an instant, and the huge antimatter energy generated in an instant is like a black hole, and it can cause a devastating blow on the material level in an instant. Such devastating blows are almost impossible to defend against.

In short, to a certain extent, this weapon is almost invincible, and a nuclear bomb or something in front of an antimatter beam weapon is a pediatric general.