There was a deafening round of applause in the lecture hall.
Lu Zhou left the lecture hall amidst the applause and walked down the podium of the lecture hall.
At the entrance of the lecture hall, after he finished his interview, Principal Wu Zhuohua walked over to him with several school leaders and professors.
Principal Wu had a warm smile on his face as he said, "Thank you, Professor Lu, for bringing this lively speech to the students of Yuhua University!"
The students standing next to him heard this and suddenly felt their stomachs ache.
Other than the beginning and the end of the lecture, they didn't feel like the lecture was lively at all.
Lu Zhou smiled and said modestly, "It's not really lively, it's just my personal understanding of controllable nuclear fusion and some high-density plasma research. It might be a bit boring."
At this moment, a professor who didn't look very old smiled and said, "How can it be boring? After listening to your lecture, I learned a lot. "
Lu Zhou: "You're too kind, you are?"
Principal Wu said, "This is Professor Li Changxia from the Institute of Nuclear Physics at Yuhua University."
Lu Zhou reached out his hand and said, "Hello, Professor Li."
"Hello, hello." Professor Li Changxia shook Lu Zhou's hand and said with a smile, "I heard that Professor Lu is young and promising, I didn't expect you to be younger than I thought."
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Isn't Professor Li the same?"
"Even though my hair is black, I'm actually 35 or 36 years old," Professor Li joked.
"35 years old is very young." Lu Zhou paused for a second and said, "What about Professor Gong? I heard he's the head of the Institute of Nuclear Physics. "
Professor Li had a subtle expression on his face as he coughed and said, "Professor Gong … is no longer working at the institute."
Lu Zhou: "Did he retire?"
Professor Li smiled and said, "Not really, he's now the deputy mayor of Hengzhou and the chairman of the Jiu 3 Society's municipal committee. He's no longer involved in school affairs."
So he had gone into politics.
Lu Zhou nodded and continued to ask.
"Who's in charge of the Institute of Nuclear Physics now?"
Professor Lee nodded. "I'm in charge now."
When Lu Zhou heard these words, he looked at him with a little surprise.
It wasn't that Lu Zhou didn't believe in Professor Lee's abilities, but a research team led by a young professor in a university usually didn't have good conditions.
This was because the amount of resources a research team could obtain was often determined by the qualifications of the academic leaders themselves.
As if seeing the surprise on Lu Zhou's face, Principal Wu quickly said with a smile.
"Although our Professor Lee is a little young, his ability is quite reliable. The Stellarator project is the star project of our university. Because of Professor Lee's hard work, Yuhua University was able to cooperate with the Australian National University and sign the H1 Stellarator project. "
When Professor Lee heard Principal Wu praise him like this, he was a little embarrassed. He humbly said, "It's mainly because of Professor Gong."
"Please don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't believe in Professor Lee's ability, I'm just a little surprised." Lu Zhou looked at Professor Li Changxia and smiled. "If it's convenient, can you show me around the Institute of Nuclear Physics?"
Professor Lee immediately nodded and said, "Of course! I'll take you there now. "
The Institute of Nuclear Physics was located in a quiet corner of Yuhua University's campus.
It was worth mentioning that nuclear physics and nuclear engineering were two completely different directions. The latter was a strong major at Yuhua University, but the former wasn't strong at all.
Therefore, the entire research institute wasn't established for a long time, and the scale wasn't very large. It was mainly based on the school's Nuclear Physics Department and two university-level research teams, "Nuclear Fusion and Plasma Physics" and "Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics".
Originally, Principal Wu wanted to bring a team of university leaders with him. However, Lu Zhou used the excuse that he didn't want to disturb Yuhua University's daily work, so he politely declined Principal Wu's suggestion.
If there were too many amateurs following them, it wouldn't be convenient to talk about a lot of things.
Lu Zhou followed Professor Li Changxia to the Institute of Nuclear Physics. Lu Zhou walked around with Professor Li Changxia as they chatted about the domestic and international research in the field of controllable nuclear fusion.
When Professor Li Changxia talked about the progress of the ITER project, he had a look of fascination on his face.
"The international research on controllable nuclear fusion technology has entered the fast lane. According to the ITER project schedule, a commercial demonstration reactor is planned to be built in Paris in 2025. Our country also plans on building one, and it's also scheduled for 2025. If everything goes smoothly, controllable nuclear fusion technology will be the greatest technological breakthrough of the century. "
Lu Zhou: "But it seems like you guys aren't being taken seriously?"
Professor Li Changxia smiled awkwardly and said, "Even if it's 2025, that's in the future."
The two of them walked around the research institute and soon arrived at Professor Li's office.
Lu Zhou was a little tired, so he sat down on the sofa in the office.
Professor Li Changxia sat across from him and told his PhD student to pour two cups of tea.
"Speaking of which, I haven't had a chance to visit you. I have a few questions about plasma physics that I want to ask you. Do you have time?"
Lu Zhou took a sip of tea and smiled as he said, "No need to be so polite, go ahead."
Professor Li nodded and said in a serious manner, "When we were researching the ion cyclotron wave and plasma coupling process, we discovered that the ion cyclotron wave and plasma coupling process is difficult to carry out. Is there a good solution?"
After hearing this question, Lu Zhou thought for a moment and spoke.
"I've seen similar research when I was at the PPPL laboratory. The paper was published in Physics Letters. I don't remember the specific issue, but you should be able to find it.
"If I remember correctly, according to the content of the paper, increasing the density of the plasma in the center or the scraped layer and decreasing the density gradient in the parabola or exponential decay zone should allow the ion cyclotron wave to better couple with plasma. If you're not sure, you can try to use the plasma plate model to simulate the ion cyclotron wave and plasma coupling process. "
Professor Li nodded thoughtfully and wrote down Lu Zhou's words in his notebook.
Lu Zhou said in a relaxed manner, "Are there any other questions?"
"Yeah, there are some."
Professor Li Changxia seized this opportunity and asked Lu Zhou about the theoretical problems he encountered in his research.
Lu Zhou answered all of the questions that he could answer himself.
Time quickly passed by, and they sat in the office for almost an hour.
Professor Li closed his notebook and smiled embarrassedly. "Sorry for wasting so much of your time."
Lu Zhou smiled and said in a relaxed tone, "It's fine, through these discussions, I was able to gain some inspiration."
He paused for a second and said, "Speaking of which, what's the situation with the H1-Heliac? I walked around the research institute, but I didn't see it. "
When Professor Li Changxia heard Lu Zhou ask about the H1 stellarator, he couldn't help but say, "I'm afraid it's a bit difficult to see it now. The supporting facilities project bidding was completed last October, so it will probably land this year."
"That's too slow." Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "I remember this project started in 2017."
"Yeah." Professor Li sighed and smiled helplessly. He said, "But it can't be helped. Professor Gong suddenly withdrew from the project, and the school also had its own difficulties. Otherwise, we wouldn't have dragged it on for so long."
Lu Zhou looked around the office and nodded thoughtfully.
After a moment of silence, he finally spoke about the purpose of his visit.
"Speaking of which, the STAR Stellarator Research Institute in Jinling is about to be completed."
When Lu Zhou saw the envious look on Professor Li's face, he paused for a second and threw out an olive branch.
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