The High-Energy Particle Physics Experiment was not located on Earth, but in space.
The largest particle collider of mankind was located there. It was located in the orbit of Mercury and circled around the sun. The entire circumference was an astonishing 350 million kilometers. Every time it was activated, the huge amount of energy would cause the gravitational and electromagnetic forces in space to fluctuate violently.
Other than the Dyson Sphere, this was mankind's largest single creation. It was also the Holy Land of physics.
Tens of thousands of laboratories of various sizes and hundreds of thousands of subsidiary experimental factories were gathered around the particle collider. There were more than ten million people living there, and it had become a huge space city.
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At this time, in the High-Energy Particle Physics Laboratory.
A fingernail-sized material was lying quietly in the anti-explosion and anti-radiation isolation room.
However, this small amount of material had a mass of ten tons.
Even the most advanced optical equipment could not see its color. Its entire body emitted high-intensity radiation, and the entire isolation room was dazzling. Auroras danced in the air, and the interference was extremely severe.
After Luo Shengwei understood the great significance of this breakthrough to mankind, he immediately canceled all his travel plans and rushed to this laboratory in a special spaceship.
"By delivering high energy to atoms, the energy obtained by the electrons becomes dispersed. Then, the electron cloud in the atoms is blown away, and the naked nucleus is obtained," a person in charge of the laboratory explained to Luo Shengwei dryly, but his tone was quite excited. "On this basis, we strengthened the strong interaction force between the atomic nuclei, and finally obtained this incredible material. Its form is identical to the theoretical white dwarf."
This was not only a huge breakthrough, but it was also an important verification of the unified field theory.
All physical phenomena in the universe could be explained by the four fundamental forces of gravity, electromagnetic force, strong interaction force, and weak interaction force.
The former two were long-range forces, while the latter two were short-range forces. All along, physicists had been diligently pursuing an attempt to unify all natural phenomena. They were like the Holy Grail of physics, the supreme throne, and the ultimate answer.
However, the limitations of cognition and observation methods had caused this theory to always be in a state of controversy and confusion.
Until a hundred years ago, when various disciplines began to develop rapidly, technology exploded.
The experimental equipment became more advanced, and the observation methods became more detailed. Only then did this theory have a glimmer of light. Even so, it took decades before a relatively complete unified field theory appeared.
The unified field theory was also known as the unified string theory.
At the end of the subdivision of matter, there was a string at the bottom. It was a kind of probability wave that followed the quantum theory. It was faintly discernible, shuttling through the fourth dimension from time to time. Be it the electromagnetic force, gravity, or the strong and weak interaction forces in atoms, they all came from the various manifestations of these strings. All forces were two sides of the same coin, harmonious and unified.
However, a theory was still a theory. No matter how rigorous and flawless the logic was, as long as it was not verified, it was just a hypothesis and not the truth.
It could be said that the significance of the verification this time was no less than the proposal of the theory. In fact, it had even improved the theory.
"Before you came, we had already conducted destructive experiments on it. However, due to insufficient preparations, we have yet to reach its upper limit. It seems impossible to destroy it."
Luo Shengwei was slightly excited. After watching it for a while, he saw that it was radiating a strong pulse. Suddenly, he keenly discovered a problem.
"This piece of white dwarf matter seems to be constantly releasing energy. How long can it be stable?"
"You're right. It can't be stable for long. After all, energy is balanced, and it can't release energy endlessly. Its form is incompatible with the environment here. It's like a foreign object in this universe that instinctively wants to destroy it. According to calculations, it can only exist for about twelve hours. Once the strong interaction forces weaken to a certain extent, it will completely disintegrate. However, the isolation chamber is made of high-strength critical metal and is very safe. Even if a nuclear bomb with a yield of 100,000 were to explode inside, it would not be able to destroy it."
"Since it can create white dwarf matter, there should be a way to maintain long-term stability!" Luo Shengwei immediately asked. The current situation of mankind was tense, and the clouds of war were gathering. If this matter could be used to create battleships, the balance of power would be completely changed.
"Of course there is, but it requires a huge amount of energy to be delivered at all times!" the person in charge of the laboratory said hesitantly.
Luo Shengwei's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "How huge?"
"On average, the amount of energy required for a year is about ten times the mass of antimatter!"
Luo Shengwei quickly calculated in his mind and almost choked on his breath. According to this calculation, just the white dwarf matter that was the size of a fingernail would require a hundred tons of antimatter to maintain every year.
How much antimatter was produced by mankind every year?
It was barely a hundred billion tons. If all of it was used to maintain the white dwarf matter, it would only be able to maintain a thousand trillion tons. A thousand trillion tons might seem like a lot, but with the high density of the white dwarf matter, it was actually only a hundred million cubic meters.
Even if the surface was coated with a layer of white dwarf matter that was one millimeter thick, it could only cover a hundred billion square meters.
What could a hundred billion square meters do?
The current standard Reactionless Drive battleship of mankind had a surface area of 2.5 billion square meters. Even if mankind exhausted all of its energy, it could only barely maintain forty battleships. And this was only for maintenance, not production. Although the other party did not mention it, the amount of energy required would still be very little.
To build or not to build?
Luo Shengwei pondered for a moment before gritting his teeth and making up his mind!
He had to build it! Even if he had to sell everything he had, even if he had to donate his essence and blood, he had to build it!
This was an absolute force that could decide everything. The white dwarf matter was extremely dense, and the atomic nucleus was completely squeezed together. Even the toughest critical metal was like a crisp biscuit compared to the white dwarf matter. It could not be damaged even if it was placed inside a star.
Even if the battleship was coated with a layer of white dwarf matter, it would still be indestructible. Other than antimatter, with mankind's current strength, it was impossible to destroy it.
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Half a month later, after passing the technical verification, a project codenamed "Pangu" was officially established and construction began very quickly.
In fact, other than the fact that the white dwarf matter could not be industrialized and the critical compression and storage of antimatter, which still needed time to be solved, most of the technology was ready-made, including the biological space capsule that could increase the antimatter fuel storage space of the battleship by a few hundred times and the most important curvature engine.
It was estimated that its weight would be a hundred times that of a regular Reactionless Drive battleship, which was close to a planetary fortress. Its volume was only two-thirds that of a regular Reactionless Drive battleship, but the curvature engine did not require much change.
Unlike regular flight, the mass of the battleship did not affect the speed of the Reactionless Drive battleship. It was only related to the size of the material space. Even if the mass was hundreds or thousands of times larger, it would not affect the speed of the Reactionless Drive battleship.
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