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There is nothing more satisfying and satisfying for scientists than the success of the experiment.

Zhou Chen and the members of the Science and Technology Committee present were also deeply affected, and kept coming forward to shake hands with the staff and congratulate each other.

"Congratulations!" Zhou Chen looked at Zhuang Xiaohe with a faint smile.

Zhuang Xiaohe nodded, looking excited.

Judging from the final data of the experiment, this particle collision experiment perfectly proved the correctness of the particle model, and Zhou Chen and others found all 61 elementary particles predicted by the model from the collision process after repeated many times.

At the same time, it is confirmed that the Higgs boson is not a particle, but a class of particles with subtle differences. They are both Higgs bosons, both of which have been hailed by scientists as "God particles", and although they both give mass to matter through the Higgs mechanism, they also have subtle differences.

The importance of the discovery of the Higgs boson is self-evident, and it can be said that it is a landmark discovery in the history of human physical development.

Human intelligence is so great that people have theorized the processes by which nature gives quality to matter before they actually "see" it. This process is known as the Higgs mechanism, and it is the Higgs mechanism that gives mass (or inertial mass) to all things, that is, an essential property that keeps objects in their original state.

And how to prove the correctness of the Higgs mechanism? According to the theory, there is no real vacuum in our nature, and even if we think of it as a "vacuum", it is actually filled with this kind of quantum potential energy field called the "Sea of Higgs".

This potential energy field undergoes a symmetry break when passing through or penetrating the matter, thus giving the matter mass, or mass is a directly detectable property of matter when it interacts with the Higgs field, and the by-product of this process is the Higgs boson.

According to this theory, the discovery of the Higgs boson means that the correctness of the Higgs mechanism is proven.

Figuratively speaking, the process of producing mass is equivalent to a swimmer swimming in a pool called "Higgs Sea", when the athlete swims faster, the greater the "resistance" he receives when he pushes the splash, and this "resistance" is the mass given by the Higgs mechanism, and the "splash" that is set aside is the Higgs boson, and seeing the splash means that someone is swimming in the "Higgs Sea"!

It's just that the "resistance" here is not expressed as mechanical resistance, but as a property that keeps matter in its original state, that is, inertial mass!

Generally speaking, all the mass related to the state of motion refers to the inertial mass generated by the Higgs mechanism, and the formulas involved, such as the momentum theorem, the kinetic energy theorem, power, work, etc., all use inertial mass.

This is very different from describing the weight of an object, or the gravitational mass that causes a gravitational pull to arise spontaneously between two objects. (Not mentioned here)

Let's get back to Zhou Chen's particle collision experiment.

Although the collision experiment proves the correctness of the Standard Model, it is a pity that the supersymmetry of various particles is not observed, which is a bit of a fly in the ointment.

Of course, if you think about it carefully, it is understandable, after all, the overall mass profit and loss of this collision experiment is only 0.05 more than the original one, and according to the assumption of supersymmetric partners, these supersymmetric partners are at least 1,000 times the mass of the proton, that is, the mass profit and loss will increase by at least 1,000 times! This is a terrifying amplification, and in order to make them manifest, I am afraid that a larger particle collider will be needed to conduct particle collision experiments!

However, even if no supersymmetrical partner was found in this collision experiment, Zhou Chen was very satisfied with the results of this experiment.

In particular, in the process, they also observed the increase of mass profit and loss, the formation and annihilation of transient black holes, and the appearance and annihilation of positive and antimatter, which made them deeply feel the wonder of nature.

At the end of the experiment, the massive amount of data collected will be analyzed, and of course, the on-site staff will hold a summary meeting before that.

At the conference, statistical physicist Gustav based on this collision experiment, divergent thinking, put forward a very tempting idea: "Maybe we can modify the super-large particle collider to separate the positive and antimatter so that they will not be annihilated, so that we can continuously preserve the antimatter!" ”

Antimatter is a substance with opposite properties relative to positive matter.

The matter we see in real life is positive matter, which is composed of a positively charged nucleus and negatively charged extranuclear electrons, while antimatter, on the contrary, is composed of a negatively charged nucleus and positively charged extranuclear electrons.

Since the electrical properties are opposite, once the positive matter and the antimatter come into contact, the two will be immediately neutralized, and the material form will completely change from the energy form!

In other words, one part of the mass of positive matter, plus one part of the mass of antimatter, will burst out with two parts of pure energy!

This is a much more efficient way to obtain energy than nuclear fusion!

But since positive matter and antimatter will be annihilated, why is there positive matter in our universe? In fact, the reason why this is so is because the physical rules of the universe we live in stipulate that it is easier to preserve positive matter, while antimatter has long been annihilated with the same amount of positive matter.

"Is there a way to do it?"

Zhou Chen couldn't help but cast his gaze of concern.

If antimatter can be successfully extracted, then the development of the antimatter engine would be a huge step forward for the fleet's power system.

When on Earth, scientists obtained antimatter from nature by centrifugation by means of particle acceleration, but the amount of antimatter obtained by this means is extremely small, I am afraid that the number of experiments is not enough, let alone for practice, and the storage time of antimatter is also very short, and the longest can only last for more than ten minutes.

"To solve the problem of the utilization of antimatter, there are three main problems."

Gustav said.

"First, it's the generation of antimatter! This is where it all comes from, and of course, with the Very Large Particle Collider, we can generate a finite amount of antimatter. By improving, we may be able to get enough antimatter. ”

"Second, it's the storage of antimatter! Since antimatter can't come into contact with positive matter, we have to figure out a way to store it! ”

"Thirdly, the development of the antimatter engine! Just as controlled nuclear fusion requires control of fusion power, the antimatter engine needs to control its power! Otherwise, the engine may be burned through the ......" (To be continued.) )