Chapter 5 Unlocking the Key to Controlled Nuclear Fusion

And the key to solving this problem,

It appeared on neutrinos.

Neutrinos are important products in the process of stellar fusion.

And this kind of quantum is full of mystery for the humans of Yang Meng's grandfather's time.

In the years before his grandfather,

Neutrinos are considered to be massless energy particles because of their strong penetrating power.

In contrast to nuclear fission radiation, which can be blocked by lead plates,

Neutrinos produced by the fusion reaction of the hydrogen bomb.

can easily penetrate the earth,

And such an exaggerated penetration,

But it is far from reaching the limit of neutrino penetration.

neutrinos produced by fusion of this level of the sun,

After the calculation of the mathematical model,

Even if you wrap the solar system with a solid shot put,

Neutrinos can also penetrate,

If you want to completely block such neutrinos,

To place a lead plate more than 4 light-years thick between the solar system and Proxima Centauri,

can barely block the neutrinos emitted by the sun.

It's this kind of data,

Let some researchers see neutrinos as the ideal method for future communications.

However, when the time came to the end of the 20th century,

After the first neutrino communication device was successfully built, researchers were surprised to find that

The information transmission distance of neutrino communication devices is very limited.

This situation was not expected by anyone.

Until 1998, through the verification of the neutrino oscillation experiment,

Only then did physicists discover that this kind of lepton, which has extremely terrifying penetrating power, actually has mass.

As a quantum with mass, even if the mass is extremely small,

There is a certain relationship between the transmittable distance and the energy provided by the signal transmitting device.

For humans who are unable to master controlled nuclear fusion technology,

Neutrino communication seems to be a bit of a frustration.

Therefore, neutrino communication, which is unrivaled for a while,

In that year,

With the birth of Yang Meng's grandfather, the popularity slowly subsided.

……

Many people no longer pay attention to neutrinos,

But physicists are still working on neutrinos.

Although knowing the mass of neutrinos,

What is the specific mass of a neutrino?

What mathematical model should be used for calculation?

Still no answer.

Therefore, in the youth of Yang Meng's grandfather,

neutrino quality problem,

It has always been a suspicious cloud floating in particle physics, and it is also the fruit of the Nobel Prize to be picked.

It is precisely the researchers who have not given up on this puzzle.

Humanity has finally found the key to controlled nuclear fusion.

At first, researchers believed.

To find and calculate the specific mass of neutrinos, it is necessary to use the Large Hadron Collider to perform particle collisions.

But breakthroughs in basic disciplines,

often emerges from another aspect that was never conceived,

With the activities of human beings in the solar system,

When some deep-space probes leave the Earth away from the Sun.

In the case of reduced interference from the solar particle stream,

Humans have captured, more neutrinos from other galaxies,

By detecting the oscillation data of these neutrinos,

Only then did mankind discover that

neutrinos produced by the fusion of stars of different ranks,

There seem to be some subtle differences in oscillation parameters.

Especially after receiving neutrinos from zero-age main-order stars (the initial stage of the star),

After years of comparative research by physicists and astronomers,

After several years of research and analysis, it has been found that

This delicate gap,

It is very likely that it is related to the pulse instability of the thermonuclear fusion combustion process (Ξ΅ mechanism for short),

The relationship between the critical mass and the chemical abundance of the Ξ΅ mechanism may affect the oscillation parameters of neutrinos.

In this way, through the change of neutrino oscillation parameters, the reverse extrapolation,

Some problems in the process of stellar nuclear fusion from accretion disk to burst fusion,

Although it has not been able to break through the controlled nuclear fusion technology,

But in this way, mankind has found another way to controlled nuclear fusion from neutrinos.

meanwhile

With the dawn of a breakthrough in controlled nuclear fusion,

Neutrino communication technology has once again been noticed by researchers.

Because there are slight differences in the oscillation parameters of the neutrinos ejected by each star,

And through such differences,

Each star has a unique "fingerprint" model.

When neutrinos are generated, three state transitions occur,

i.e., electron neutrinos, ΞΌ neutrinos, and Ο„on neutrinos.

The transformation of these three flavors is related to the relationship between time and space in the universe.

By determining the neutrino oscillation parameters for each type of star,

Then calculate the oscillation parameters of the three neutrino flavors in space and time,

You can create a coordinate system that can be used for star charts.

And the accuracy of this coordinate system,

You can almost catch up with the atomic clock,

It is precisely because of such accurate accuracy that

Even at a distance of 12.36 light-years from Rutan's star and the solar system.

The message he sends can also be accurately transmitted to the earth.

But now Xiao Yi told him that there was a problem with the parameters,

This is likely to lead to confusion in the entire coordinate system.

Even if the information can be sent, there will be a phenomenon of going in the opposite direction.

"But why is there a problem with parameters?"

"There is a certain uniqueness in the neutrino oscillation parameters of each star.

If so,

Doesn't that mean I'm not in the Rutan system right now? ”

……

Yang Meng still wants to be entangled in this issue,

His mission may not be completed, which makes him feel tormented in his heart,

But the next moment, the pain in the body,

interrupted his train of thought and forced him to return to a more realistic question:

"That's right! Xiao Yi, why did I survive? ”

"Based on your physical data records,

A liquid from your mouth, into your stomach,

Absorb a form of energy that is not recorded in the database, replenishing your body's energy loss! ”

"That's ......"

Hearing Xiao Yi's answer,

Yang Meng was silent for a moment,

Then, he looked at his lost legs.

……

At this moment, Yang Meng's environment is no longer dim,

Blinding light,

Through the small hanging window, shining directly on his face,

It reminded him that it was daylight on the planet.

And the light that penetrates the room looks no different from the sunlight on earth.

It was this light that allowed him to see his environment clearly.

He was in a stone chamber,

This stone chamber seems to be formed naturally, but there are certain traces of excavation.

From these unnatural traces, it can be simply judged that this is a prison cell.

"It stands to reason that an alien civilization should have a certain level of technology, how could such a humble room be built?"

"And that human-like creature just now, what is it?"

Many questions flashed through Yang Meng's mind.

And at this moment, Xiao Yi's voice sounded in his head:

"Warning!

Your microdynamic auxiliary component located in the leg is damaged,

The micronuclear power battery of the auxiliary device was detected and pierced by a sharp object.

The Radiation Emergency Response Plan is about to be launched! ”