ILHCRC headquarters.
As the holy land in the minds of physicists around the world, this scientific research institution located in the Yangtze River Delta City Group gathered the world's best brains, and the fields of research covered almost all the branches of contemporary physics.
Whether it was the popular hyperspace theory or the relatively unpopular antimatter theory.
It was precisely because of this that a well-known Lu Zhou Science Award winner evaluated this place as a place that could satisfy all the imaginations of a physicist.
Of course, dreams were always expensive, and the opportunity to embrace dreams was even more so.
As the holy land of global physics, this place was not as easy to enter as the general physics center. Not only did it require extraordinary efforts, but it also required a little bit of luck.
As a tenured researcher at the ILHCRC, Bruno Wu was undoubtedly such a lucky person in the eyes of his peers.
He, who had just turned 40 years old, not only received a nomination for the Lu Zhou Science Award, but he also received a permanent residence in the Pan-Asian Cooperation because of his outstanding achievements in the field of antimatter theory.
Especially the latter, in the eyes of his hometown people, he had undoubtedly become a great man.
Of course, Bruno didn't have the pride of being above others, and he wasn't interested in those unimportant things either.
The only thing that could arouse his interest besides Academician Lu's paper was probably the antimatter research he was engaged in.
Early one morning, he walked into the office with a sandwich as usual.
After asking the robot assistant to bring in a cup of coffee, he enjoyed his breakfast while browsing the academic developments on the LSPM website.
An anonymous paper with a high topic suddenly caught his attention.
With curiosity, he clicked into the post and downloaded the paper.
However, before he could read the paper carefully, he was stunned when he saw the title of the paper. He didn't even notice the bacon in his sandwich falling on the table.
"Research on the generation and containment of antimatter technology?"
He read it in a low voice. When he finished reading, his tone involuntarily raised a hint of doubt.
There was no other reason.
That was because it sounded too unbelievable.
Of course, it wasn't just the title that was weird. When he saw the abstract of the paper, his eyebrows twitched.
"Is this an April Fool's joke?"
It would be an exaggeration to say that it was bullsh * t, but looking at the abstract alone, he really couldn't find a more appropriate comment.
To be honest, what surprised him was not the concept of antimatter. After all, people had been studying this thing as early as the last century, and even his research direction was in this direction.
What really surprised him was that someone was actually trying to use it in the field of energy, to use it as an intermediate material to store energy?
This was a bit too much.
When Bruno looked at the main body of the thesis, his attitude was obviously perfunctory. He quickly skimmed through the thesis and read it to the end.
"Oh, interesting … The idea of designing the experiment is quite novel, but I don't know if the author of this paper has thought of how he intends to preserve the extremely unstable antimatter for a long time? There is also the problem of energy utilization … The energy released by the annihilation of matter and antimatter is not the kind of nuclear energy that can be used gently. Everything around it will be engulfed by the annihilation energy. "
Bruno shook his head. He swiped his index finger in the air and dragged the freshly downloaded paper into the recycle bin.
In his opinion, it was a waste of time to spend energy on this kind of thing …
Bruno spent the whole morning busy. After finishing his work, he leaned back in his office chair and stretched. He then sat up with his hands on the table.
It was already lunchtime.
He didn't want to finish his meal in a hurry, so he left the office and went to the cafeteria cafeteria.
Coincidentally, as soon as he entered the cafeteria, he ran into his old friend, Professor Sun Qiguang.
As a big name in the research of hyperspace theory, Professor Sun was also an influential figure among the young scholars of the ILHCRC.
The two first met because of an exchange at a seminar. Later, they found that they got along well, so they became friends.
After they met, the two greeted each other, picked a quiet place in the cafeteria, and sat down.
Bruno was about to ask if there was any interesting news about the recently popular hyperspace theory, but his old friend couldn't wait to speak to him.
"Have you read that paper?"
Upon hearing this, Bruno subconsciously froze.
"Which one?"
"What else could it be? Other than the anonymous paper on antimatter, is there any more exciting topic this morning? Don't tell me you haven't read it yet. "
"I did read it … but did you call it a thesis?" Bruno looked at his old friend in surprise. He said in an incredulous tone, "God … In my opinion, that is a bold and imaginative essay. You don't think you can find the antimatter that has been hiding with us for two centuries just by relying on the ideas in the paper, right? "
Professor Sun: "Can't I?"
"It's very difficult." Bruno shook his head and said, "From the astronomical field, there is no antimatter celestial body within 30 million light-years. You should know what this means. It means that even under extreme conditions, it is difficult for antimatter to exist on a large scale. "
"That's true … But I don't think it's that pessimistic." Professor Sun took a sip of coffee and said, "Also, I heard a rumor, I don't know if you're interested."
Bruno: "What rumor …"
"Apparently, some time ago, Star Sky Technology spent 1 billion credits to build an antimatter laboratory in Tiangong City. They also designed a small space laboratory for antimatter experiments through East Asia Heavy Industries … You should have heard that Star Sky Technology is a company founded by Academician Lu."
Bruno felt like something was wrong. He frowned and spoke hesitantly.
"So …"
"This paper was published from Mars. You should know that the Martian physics community has never been interested in antimatter. They are only interested in applied research …" Professor Sun shrugged and continued, "So there has been a rumor that this paper was released by Academician Lu."
The moment Bruno heard this, his expression suddenly became awkward.
"Academician Lu?! This … How is this possible … "
Halfway through his sentence, he suddenly lost his confidence.
Even though what he had learned in his heart told him that solving this problem that had plagued human civilization for two centuries was almost tantamount to a fool's dream.
But …
The person who challenged this proposition was the man who could create miracles.
Bruno couldn't even remember how many things that seemed absolutely impossible in the eyes of others had been accomplished.
He suddenly didn't have so much confidence in the "common sense" that he believed in …
Professor Sun looked at his old friend, who suddenly stuttered. He gave him a comforting smile.
"I know how you feel now … People like us who do hyperspace theory probably felt the same as you a few months ago. Even now, we haven't fully understood the technology of the warp drive, and the stargate has been open for more than a month. The feeling of being left behind by the times is really uncomfortable. "
A reluctant smile appeared on Bruno's face. He didn't know how to answer this question.
Professor Sun looked at his old friend who didn't say a word. He sighed and continued with a hint of fascination in his tone.
"Let's not discuss the author of the paper and the existing academic problems for the time being. In fact, what interests me is what kind of impact it will have on our physics if the ideas he put forward in the paper are finally realized."
"To be honest, I don't know." Bruno stared at the plate with a complicated expression. He was silent for a while and continued, "That paper alone has exceeded my imagination of physics …"
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