Chapter 113: CP is broken
"Synchrometer 1, first collision experiment, begin!"
With Chen Yue's order, a huge amount of current was continuously produced from the supporting fusion power station, and injected into the huge toroidal particle collider through the superconducting coil. The thousand scientists stationed in the device drew attention at the same time.
Under Chen Yue's precise manipulation, a beam of electrons with extremely high energy levels departed from the reactor and began to be accelerated extremely quickly through the energy infused through the accelerator channel.
Special magnets mounted on the channels restrain them and constantly change their path to ensure that they are always in the reaction chamber.
With a huge amount of energy equivalent to all the power consumption of a large city, electrons with extremely small masses are accelerated to extremely high speeds. When the velocity reaches its peak, another beam of positrons, i.e., electron antiparticles, is emitted from the reactor.
An extremely high-energy collision occurred in a particle accelerator.
At this moment, a large number of B mesons and anti-B mesons are generated. At the same time, various types of detection equipment equipped in the particle accelerator instantly capture and record their status with extremely sensitive detection accuracy.
In that instant, hundreds of terabytes of observations were generated.
The collision experiment was mainly used to study an extremely important scientific problem, that is, the CP breaking problem.
The simple question is that, according to the relevant theory, in the early days of the universe, the positive matter and antimatter should be equal. Under normal circumstances, positive matter of equal mass and antimatter of equal mass should be annihilated, and only photons should be left in the universe.
But it is clear that this is not the case, but that there is more positive matter than antimatter. Otherwise, how could there be a vast universe with thousands of stars?
So, why?
This is the problem of CP breaking. Scientists are trying to solve this mystery and try to answer the question of why "there was more positive matter than antimatter" in the early days of the universe.
The mystery of this problem is hidden in some microscopic phenomena of the collision of positrons and electrons. By studying their collisions, it will be possible to find the real answer to this question.
Solving this problem, or studying this problem more deeply, is of great significance for Chen Yue to understand the underlying laws of the universe.
After the first collision experiment, the relevant data generated was immediately incorporated into Chen Yue's analysis system and began to be preliminarily processed. After a short overhaul, the second collision experiment began again.
Collision only once, obviously not work. To truly solve the mysteries of the universe, we need to keep colliding, constantly collecting data, and trying repeatedly.
The reason why this is needed is a simple analogy. It's like a person who wants to learn origami airplanes, and he finds a master. This master can't speak, only demonstrate.
The master folded the paper airplane in front of this person, and the person understood a little, but he still didn't know how to fold it. So the master folded it again. Or won't? I'll fold it again.
By repeating this constantly, the person can slowly grasp all the points of the origami airplane by watching it, and eventually learn it.
What Chen Yue is doing now is to repeat a certain physical phenomenon continuously, keep observing it, as long as he has enough times, he can slowly increase his understanding of this physical phenomenon, and finally grasp the mystery hidden behind it.
This particle accelerator can produce about 10 trillion cases of decay of B mesons and anti-B mesons every year. Chen Yue tried to find evidence of the CP deficiency phenomenon from these cases.
In this way, the collider began to repeat and collide and produce scientific data.
In another part of the vastness of space, another particle accelerator is also in motion.
The main type of collision that this particle accelerator performs is proton to proton.
By accelerating the two clusters of protons, they will have an unprecedented level of energy levels, even reaching thousands of TEVs. In the midst of this unprecedented collision, many mysteries hidden within them will be revealed.
Through this particle collider, Chen Yue tried to find, or better understand, the answers to questions such as: Does the Higgs mechanism that gives mass to matter really exist? If so, what are the properties of the Higgs particle, and how many types are there?
Or, do there be corresponding supersymmetrical particles in nature?
And so on and so forth. These questions are crucial, and increasing the understanding of any one problem may bring Chen Yue a great leap forward in science and technology, and through layer by layer, it will eventually be extended to the level of applied physics.
For example, Chen Yue is now very clear that with the level of technology of a third-level civilization, he can increase the speed of the ion jet of the ion thruster to even tens of thousands of kilometers per second. This greatly increases the maneuverability and endurance of the third-level civilization ship.
This seems to be an engineering problem, i.e. it is at the level of applied physics. But if you dig deeper, in the final analysis, it is still a problem of fundamental physics, a problem of particle physics.
Another example is the problem of fusion in the field of nuclear fusion. It is well known that higher temperatures and pressures are required for the power of Odium fusion to reach the efficiency of Helium-3 and deuterium-tritium fusion. Higher temperatures and pressures require better materials and more advanced architecture models.
This seems to be a problem of materials science and engineering, but in the final analysis, it is still a problem of fundamental physics, involving Chen Yue's understanding of the microscopic world.
Only by understanding the microscopic world well enough and mastering enough physical laws can we have a targeted approach to the study of this material that meets the standards.
In addition to the particle collider, Chen Yue is also making full efforts in other fields. The latest research of the Array Radio Telescope is conducting the most detailed study of cosmic microwave background radiation, as well as the expansion of the universe, dark matter, dark energy, and other aspects.
On the base of Europa, among the newly built quantum-electronic dual computers, Chen Yue's computing power has almost reached the limit.
Every minute and every second, there is a huge amount of data that he has processed. He is like a huge metal smelting factory, and the data produced by the numerous research centers is like ore collected from the universe.
The "ore" is sent to the "metal smelting plant", and the final mineral, i.e. scientific data, is produced.