Quantum theory, one of the two cornerstones of modern physics, is known as the closest science to God.

Quantum theory predicts that there is a huge amount of background energy in the vacuum, which still exists at absolute zero. The energy in it, known as the vacuum zero point energy.

The idea of zero-point energy comes from a well-known concept of quantum mechanics: Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.

The principle states that it is not possible to know the position and momentum of a particle at the same time with a high degree of accuracy. Therefore, when the temperature drops to absolute zero, the particles must still be vibrating. Otherwise, if the particle comes to a complete stop, its momentum and position can be accurately measured at the same time, which is contrary to the uncertainty principle.

The energy of the vibration (zero-point vibration) of such a particle at absolute zero is the zero-point energy.

So, that's what Dr. Rimbaud said about vacuum zero-point energy. In fact, humans can also use this energy in small amounts, which is also known as the Casimir effect.

In 1948, Dutch physicist Hendrik Casimir proposed a scheme to detect the existence of this energy. Theoretically, vacuum energy appears in the form of particles and is constantly forming and disappearing on a tiny scale (known as quantum fluctuations).

Under normal conditions, a vacuum is filled with particles of almost every wavelength, and Casimir believed that if two uncharged metal disks were placed close together, the longer wavelengths would be excluded.

The other waves outside the metal disk then create a force that tends to bring them together and the closer the metal disk is, the stronger the attraction between the two.

In 1996, physicists first measured this so-called Casimir effect, confirming the existence of vacuum zero-point energy.

So, how big can a vacuum zero be? Scientist Wheeler estimated that the energy density of a vacuum can be as high as 10^95 g/cm^3. What is this concept? It's almost infinite...... In other words, it may be that the energy produced by the annihilation of matter in the entire universe is not as much as the zero point of a vacuum of 1 cubic centimeter!

This energy is so powerful, much more powerful than nuclear energy, that scientists can't help but wonder if people can extract vacuum zero-point energy on a large scale.

Unfortunately, so far, no, the Casimir force shrinks rapidly as the scale of the system increases, and the problem can be said to be almost unsolvable.

At the current level of human beings, there is no way to use the vacuum zero point energy, which involves many complex and esoteric fields, such as the Dirac Sea and so on.

This is a mystery that comes from the universe, and the vast majority of scientists are still quite ignorant of this mysterious energy field. All one can do is heat up the two metal plates that are close to each other, and that's it.

It is precisely because of this half-understanding that people know how difficult it is to implement...... But now, this spaceship seems to be using zero-point energy, giving humans energy.

Of course, what Rimbaud said was complete speculation, and there was no experimental basis.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have made an assumption here that our kinetic energy is converted from vacuum zero-point energy, and of course it may not be, some other energy source...... I think that kinetic energy is borrowed from zero energy or something, and the borrowed energy, I think, has to be repaid. Dr. Rimbaud was speechless.

"Our speed is strictly in line with the spacecraft, and when the ship takes off, we also have speed, that is, we borrow energy from the vacuum and become kinetic energy.

When the spacecraft lands, our velocity is zero, and the borrowed kinetic energy is quietly returned, thus keeping energy conserved throughout the process. ”

"In this process, energy acts directly on every quantum in our body, so it seems that we don't need to be subjected to force...... Of course, this is a guess on my part. ”

"We're sorry, but our science can't explain this mechanism at the moment...... This is just a conjecture on my part, but it is likely to be true. Rimbaud spread his hands and said helplessly.

Except for the people at Tesla Research, everyone is about to go down, what do you mean? Can the borrowed energy be returned?

For example, someone boils a pot of water with gas, and all of a sudden, he changes his mind and doesn't want the pot anymore, so he returns the heat energy from the boiling water to the gas, and the water instantly becomes colder, and the gas is generated again......

Sounds ridiculous......

However, if it is really forcibly explained by quantum theory, it may be really possible. Because according to quantum fluctuations, energy is generated for no reason, and then dissolves into nothingness in a very short period of time.

If there is a technique that can make the energy produced greater than the energy that turns into nothingness, and if at a certain moment, 100 parts of energy are quickly generated, and 99 parts of energy are quickly annihilated, then it can be said that one part of the energy can be said to have been extracted from the vacuum.

But this part of the energy still has to be returned, but it will be annihilated more slowly, and the entire energy generated by quantum fluctuations will eventually return to zero. That's probably what Rimbaud was trying to say.

"So, Dr. Rimbaud, what basis do you have to confirm your suspicions?"

"Absolutely." Rimbaud immediately said: "I observed that when the spacecraft took off, we had speed without being affected by force. So, what about when the ship slows down? ”

"These days, our ship has been slowing down, but we humans are still not being accelerated in the opposite direction. This shows that the kinetic energy we have is slowly decreasing without the action of force, so I guess that this kinetic energy is returned to the vacuum. ”

"So, I had a new idea: since our kinetic energy is given by vacuum zero-point energy or some other energy, what will happen if we don't return this part of the energy?"

Hearing this, many people have begun to fidget, Rimbaud's assumption is already very absurd, but it seems logical and sounds very grotesque. Someone suddenly asked, "Dr. Rimbaud, how can I not return this part of the energy?" ”

"It's easy, escape from this ship! If I go from the inside of the ship to the outside, this part of the kinetic energy will be carried out of the ship by me, and most likely, I will not need to return this part of the energy. ”

"To test this idea, I did some experiments and moved some massive objects outside the spaceship. But a new phenomenon has occurred, and the speed of the spaceship has been reduced by a little!

This shows that after I transferred the kinetic energy, the overall energy of the spacecraft decreased, that is, ...... The ship helped us return the energy! ”

The people were silent, digesting the message given by Rimbaud.

Yu Yifeng understood. What does that mean? In other words, the ship uses unknown technology to allow people to borrow energy from zero point to ensure that they have the same speed as the ship, and when the speed of the ship decreases, this part of the energy will be quietly returned. In this way, the energy does not increase or decrease, and the balance is maintained.

A vacuum is equivalent to a rich creditor who wants to borrow money, come to me, take whatever he wants, and pay no interest.

However, if the matter is transferred from the inside of the spaceship to the outside of the spaceship, the kinetic energy of the object is also transferred to the outside of the spaceship. It's equivalent to running away in debt, this vacuum is in a hurry, and the monk can't run away from the temple, since he can't find the debt, he can only ask for this part of the energy from the Noah spaceship itself.

Then, the speed of the ship is also reduced......

What a magical technology, such a strange phenomenon!

"To put it simply, how much kinetic energy we transfer from it, how much kinetic energy will decrease from the ship, and the following equation should be met...... Dr. Rimbaud began to present his report on the screen again, listing a long list of formulas.

"I'm sorry to ask, is there any practical use to your findings?" Yu Yifeng raised his hand and said.

"Hello Mr. Yu, we think that the spacecraft can be accelerated or decelerated according to this phenomenon."

"The mass of the spacecraft is constant at about 1.03 million tons, and if we eject an object three times the mass of the spacecraft, the spacecraft will return a lot of kinetic energy for the object, and it will immediately slow down to half the original velocity," Rimbaud said. ”

"If, eject an object with 8 times the mass of the spacecraft. The ship's speed will be reduced to one-third of its original speed! This deceleration process is almost instantaneous, everyone understands, this is a new way of deceleration in the universe! ”

"Under the macroscopic low speed condition, the deceleration formula satisfies v1 = √ (m0/m1) * v0. m0 is the original mass of the spacecraft, and m1 is the sum of the mass of the spacecraft and the mass of the projectile. ”

"According to this formula, we designed a scheme for the spacecraft to decelerate rapidly, as long as the massive objects are constantly ejected, the speed of the spacecraft will be quickly reduced."

"Instead, the massive and kinetic material is constantly being dropped into the spacecraft. The ship's speed will be increased...... The vacuum is the real big creditor, it will definitely not ask for your money, it will only superimpose this part of the energy on the ship. ”

Everyone was stunned, what does that mean? Throwing things out can slow down, throwing things in, you can also speed up, and there are such good things?

What a god-like technology......

However, after discussing it for a while, the scientists found that it was not possible to use this method to accelerate the spacecraft. The reason is simple: to drop a massive object into a spaceship, it must fly faster than the ship, which requires more advanced engines to do so.

If you have an engine that makes objects fly faster, you might as well mount the engine directly to the ship!

However, it is good to slow down, as long as you just throw the material out of the ship without stopping, the speed will be reduced. That's a good thing, but slowing down is a hassle in space.

"This deceleration scheme, we named it the Beyond Deceleration Scheme!"

As long as the material is thrown out of the spaceship without stopping, it can be slowed down, what a simple, what a practical solution, much more affordable than a rocket reverse jet!

At this moment, because of this discovery, because of this paper, the points of the Tesla Institute began to approach, even surpassing the Wolf Design Bureau!

(Happy Eleven, comrades!)

It doesn't matter if you don't understand it, as long as you know that pushing things from the inside to the outside of the spaceship will reduce the speed of the ship. We may need this later.

Note: Quantum theory is truly an amazing science, and there is almost nothing that is impossible.

There is a theory that the origin of the universe began with a quantum fluctuation.

Quantum fluctuations, in which energy is "borrowed" from a vacuum to produce particles (floats) and "returned" to the vacuum (falls) within the specified time specified to satisfy the energy-time uncertainty, is indeterminate and is generally considered to be very short. After a rise and drop, nothing happens, but in the course of a very short period of uncertain time, the conservation of energy is broken.

In 1998, the scientist Gus also published a popular book about the skyrocketing universe, and his favorite quote was: "The universe itself is a free lunch." It means that the universe came out of nothing, but when the time comes, it may return all its energy to the vacuum, and this time may be long, long.

My setting is based on this quantum fluctuation phenomenon, the kinetic energy in the spaceship is provided by the vacuum zero point energy, and it can be returned after borrowing, which is roughly the case, I don't know if you understand it. ）