Chapter 306 Another Nobel Prize-Winning Achievement

The news that the core fusion reactor JT-60SA of the QST Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research Institute had a major accident during the experiment could not be concealed at all.

Soon, relevant information was spread through the media and the Internet.

In China, after the relevant news was reprinted by the media, it quickly became a hot search topic.

[Holy shit, the controllable nuclear fusion reactor in my childhood exploded? 】

[The explosion is good, the explosion is wonderful, but the power is a little weak. It would be nice if it could cover the entire Edo city. 】

[Really exploded? Beautiful! 】

【I hope someone is okay! 】

[The price paid for breakthroughs in cutting-edge technology should be respected by everyone, not ridiculed! 】

[Yo yo yo, the guest in question is here? 】

[Is the little devil’s technological breakthrough good for you? Are you a traitor and a traitor talking to a little devil like this? 】

[Don’t say that. After all, I’m not from China. It’s a Sakura dog. Isn’t it normal for a dog to speak to its owner? 】

On the Internet, netizens are discussing it enthusiastically.

For the Chinese people, most of them are applauding. After all, for some reasons, both sides want each other to die and sink into the mainland. It doesn't matter. This is a feud.

Of course, there are always some clowns or right-wingers who try to prove that they are different. After all, the forest is so big that there are all kinds of birds, and there are 1.4 billion people, so it is normal for some weirdos and other things to happen.

It's just that these people are fine in other fields, but when it comes to hostile countries with feuds, they are immediately sprayed by many netizens.

NTU, in the supercomputing center, Xu Chuan came to the control room wearing anti-static clothing.

It has been almost a week since he started checking, and he is still checking the mathematical model of plasma turbulence in his hand.

NTU's supercomputing performance is average, less than petaflops. It will take a certain amount of time to analyze and calculate eddy current units of tens of billions and hundreds of billions.

What's more, various simulation numerical insertions such as deuterium and tritium raw material injection, heating antenna interference, and first wall cooling cycle need to be simulated, which makes the calculation amount even greater.

Fortunately, the first round of calculations is almost completed and should be completed today.

After getting the test data, he can further optimize the model, which can reduce a lot of the performance requirements for supercomputers.

In the control center, some staff were chatting. After all, the operation of supercomputer does not require high attention at all times. You only need to pay attention to the feedback code during operation.

"I heard that Xiaobenzi's controllable nuclear polymer reactor exploded?"

"Well, what happened yesterday was terrible. The superconducting magnetron system lost control, causing turbulent expansion of plasma. Almost the entire reactor was destroyed."

"Tsk, tsk, I'm rather curious about how much it would cost to build this fusion experiment reactor."

"It's worth tens of billions of RMB at least. What was blown up this time was the JT-60SA fusion reactor. The largest one has been in operation for 20 to 30 years and has been upgraded many times."

"Is there such a big danger in a controllable nuclear fusion reactor? Doesn't it mean that there is no danger in a fusion reactor? Even if an accident occurs, the destructive power will not be very great?"

"Who knows, my friend said it's pretty miserable anyway."

"Do you think there is something wrong with the mathematical control model? The magnetic control system suddenly lost control. Doesn't it have something to do with the mathematical model?"

"Isn't our Professor Xu testing this? Is there any problem?"

In the control room, Xu Chuan listened to the chat of these staff members and asked curiously: "You just said that the JT-60SA controllable nuclear fusion test reactor in Sakura Country exploded? Was there an accident?"

"Professor Xu."

"Professor Xu, you are here."

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Hearing his voice, the staff turned around quickly in shock and greeted him one after another, with embarrassed looks on their faces. Just now, they were discussing whether there would be problems with this mathematical model, and then they met the real owner. .

Xu Chuan waved his hand, not paying attention to this, and then asked: "There was an accident in the nuclear fusion experiment on the island country?"

Hearing this, a staff member quickly nodded and replied: "Yes, yesterday, a major safety accident occurred in the core fusion reactor JT-60SA of the QST Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research Institute. I heard that the magnetic control system suddenly failed, causing the reactor to A turbulent burst of ultra-high temperature plasma in the chamber damaged the entire fusion reactor."

Xu Chuan touched his chin and replied with a smile: "Thank you, you guys can go do your business first."

As he spoke, he walked towards his temporary office location and took out his mobile phone to search for relevant information.

Looking at the news reports on his mobile phone, Xu Chuan had a smile in his eyes: "Interesting, it seems that people from the small island country took those manuscripts from my office, and this time they made a big mistake."

He knew about the core fusion reactor JT-60SA of the QST Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research Institute.

This is the largest fusion experimental reactor in the small island country. It entered service in 1985. After many modifications, tens of billions of RMB have been invested in it.

Now it explodes. Although I don’t know the specific situation, at least several billion are definitely gone.

It's even possible that the entire core area is scrapped. After all, things like controllable nuclear fusion reactors are quite sophisticated.

If the core area is gone, it will really be a heavy loss.

Two months is enough time for the other party to understand the manuscript and complete the mathematical model in a targeted manner.

But modeling plasma turbulence in a controllable fusion reactor is never that easy.

Not to mention you, a stolen imitator, he is the genuine product, and he is still testing the phenomenological model, and we don’t know how long it will take to apply it to a controllable nuclear fusion experimental reactor for actual testing. .

Before applying it to a controllable nuclear fusion reactor, he must further test and optimize the mathematical model.

After that, we have to find a way to obtain detailed operating data of the plasma turbulence in the fusion reactor, which is also a big trouble.

After all, current observations of plasma turbulence in controllable nuclear fusion reactors are almost all general and phenomenological, and there is no precise observation data.

After obtaining accurate observation data, the model needs to be optimized, and then verified through supercomputing before the fusion reactor can actually be built.

There are still four or five steps to go in the middle, but Sakura Kingdom skipped these directly. At most, he used a supercomputer to conduct a calculation. Coupled with the holes he dug on the previous manuscript paper, who will die if you don't die?

JT-60SA, the largest fusion experiment reactor, exploded. It can be said that the losses this time were heavy.

But in this regard, Xu Chuan just wanted to say: "You deserve it! You don't learn well and steal other people's things!"

After getting the test data he needed at the supercomputing center, Xu Chuan returned to NTU.

The preliminary verification is completed, and what remains is to use these test data to optimize the mathematical model of plasma turbulence.

However, this is a big job, and he can't finish it by himself. He can only deal with it after Peng Hongxi recruits enough personnel and the project base of the controllable nuclear fusion project is finalized.

As for now, it was time for him to do another thing.

Writing a Dalitz diagram for sterile neutrinos!

With the joint support of the two physics teams of NTU and Jiaotong University, the data analysis of sterile neutrinos has been completed long ago. He just said that he has been busy modeling plasma turbulence and has no time to do this.

Now that the numerical control model of plasma turbulence has come to an end, it is also time for him to finish the data analysis of sterile neutrinos.

After all, these are particles involving dark matter and dark energy. If their true existence is completely confirmed, it will undoubtedly be a sensation in the world.

In his office at NTU, Xu Chuan turned on his computer, took out the analysis data sent by Chen Zhengping, and began to draw a Dalitz diagram for sterile neutrinos.

As soon as the drawing tool was opened, his eyes fell on Amelia who was studying in the office.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Amelia, I remember that you studied mathematics and physics before."

Amelia, who was studying the question, turned around when she heard the voice: "Well, what's the matter, Professor?"

Xu Chuan: "Come here, you can draw the Dalitz diagram of sterile neutrinos for me. In the process, I will teach you some methods on how to use mathematics to calculate the properties of physical particles. In the future, you can follow me to learn some aspects of mathematical physics. s things."

"As for how much you can learn, it's up to you."

Hearing this, Amelia's eyes lit up, she quickly stood up and walked over: "I will work hard, Professor!"

Xu Chuan nodded. To be honest, for the two students Amelia and Gu Bing, he had only fulfilled the responsibilities of an ordinary tutor.

Although he can usually teach them some knowledge and concepts in mathematics, these two students have not actually been exposed to and learned his true core.

For example, he uses mathematics to study physics and uses mathematical methods to calculate the performance and parameter information of physical particles. This is something he researched while doing experiments at CERN.

This is the method he used to solve the mystery of the proton radius and to find the phenomenon of Yukawa coupling between Higgs and third-generation heavy quarks.

For the high-energy physics community, this method is undoubtedly very important.

But so far, very few people understand this method.

Even if he used this method to exchange for the support of the CERN Council a few years ago when he was at Cern, and in exchange for China to join CERN as a member state, not many people still understand this set of theories and concepts.

On the one hand, without the personal guidance of him as the creator, even if there are some papers left, it is impossible to get started quickly.

After all, having a tutor to guide you and studying without a tutor are two completely different concepts.

On the other hand, this calculation method requires deep knowledge of mathematics and physics. There are really not many scholars in the mathematics and physics circles today who have this ability.

So after thinking about it, Xu Chuan felt that he could teach this mathematical method to Amelia. After all, when a teacher and a student interact, they always have to teach something.

And Amelia is indeed suitable for this. Her talents in mathematics and physics are very good, and she may be able to find her own path on this road in the future.

On the other side, Gu Bing looked at his mentor eagerly, he wanted it too!

Noticing the gaze of another student, Xu Chuan smiled and shook his head, saying: "This path is not suitable for you, you should continue on in mathematics."

After thinking about it, he added: "When I have time, I will think about it again and see if there is anything suitable for you."

After all, they are the same students. They need a bowl of water to be balanced. They cannot be thicker or thinner than each other.

Although Gu Bing's talent is not as good as Amelia's, he still has the opportunity to solve some difficult problems if he furthers his studies in mathematics.

Hearing this, Gu Bing nodded vigorously, looking forward to it.

Although he regretted not being able to learn mathematics and physics from Xu Chuan, he also knew clearly that his talent was far inferior to Amelia's.

It was already very difficult for him to learn [Algebraic Varieties and Group Mapping Tools] from Xu Chuan, but Amelia found it easy.

Including the two working together on the mathematical problem 'Bloch's conjecture' used as their graduation thesis, Amelia also contributed more.

In the office, Xu Chuan guided Amelia in drawing the Dalitz diagram while incorporating some knowledge in the fields of high-energy physics and particle physics to teach her in the process.

Learning mathematics and physics from him is not something that can be accomplished in a short period of time. It cannot be completed within at least three to five years.

Nearly a week passed like this day by day. Under the guidance of Xu Chuan, Amelia successfully completed the second drawing of the Dalitz diagram of the sterile neutrinos, which was regarded as a formal transition from the previous pure neutrinos. The path of mathematics crossed over to the path of mathematical physics.

Xu Chuan checked the complete Dalitz diagram and saved it after confirming that there were no problems.

The Dalitz diagram of sterile neutrinos is drawn for the second time. Some verification points with different details are enough to greatly increase the confidence of sterile neutrinos.

He calculated that with another data analysis, he could almost increase the confidence level of sterile neutrinos to 5sigma.

According to CERN's plan, the second full-scale collision experiment is scheduled for September. Calculating the time, it should be almost completed by now. After all, it will be mid-to-late September.

At the end of September, data from the second collision experiment with sterile neutrino observations was delivered from CERN.

This time, Xu Chuan had time to conduct original data analysis with the team from NTU Jiaotong University.

With his joining, the efficiency of data analysis has been greatly improved.

"Senior Brother Qi, have you finished it over there?"

Late at night, in the Physics Building of NTU, a certain floor was brightly lit. Lin Feng, who had returned to China in 18 years, put down the mouse in his hand, stretched, and then shouted to the other side of the office.

"Just give me about ten minutes and I should be able to do it."

On the other side, Qi Xishao replied without raising his head and continued to type on the keyboard and mouse in his hand.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Qi Xishao stood up, breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at Lin Feng who was playing with his mobile phone on the other side and asked: "Finally done, want to go out for a supper?"

Lin Feng shook his head, with a tired look on his face, and said: "No, I'd better go back to sleep. After that junior brother came over, I haven't had a good sleep in a while. Now that I'm done, I have to catch up on my sleep." , otherwise you will die suddenly sooner or later.”

Qi Xishao chuckled and said, "Indeed, I was never this tired when I was at CERN. When he came, he was all over the place."

"It starts at eight in the morning and ends at ten in the evening. We work twelve or three hours a day. It's still a mental job like data analysis. Even a real robot can't handle it."

Lin Feng shook his head, feeling groggy. During this period, he was risking his life in order to analyze the data assigned to him in a hurry.

That little junior brother was really not a human being, relying on his youth to torment these group of thirty-year-old comrades.

Alas, when you reach thirty, you can’t help but soak wolfberries in a thermos cup.

Fortunately, the data analysis work has been completed. With the efficiency of that junior brother, it is expected that the discovery of sterile neutrinos will be announced soon.

When it comes to particles of dark matter and dark energy, there is no doubt that this is a Nobel Prize-level discovery.

I just don’t know how the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will choose this time. After all, in history, there are no scientists who have won the Nobel Prize twice.

Marie Curie, Professor Linus Pauling, Professor John Bardeen, etc. have all won the Nobel Prize twice, but none as young as their junior brother.

But what if there will be an exception for the Nobel Prize? It's not impossible.

PS: I’m not feeling well today and my condition is not very good, so I’ll just update it. Go to bed early and I’ll update it tomorrow.