Chapter 462 The Most Important Thing Is that I Am Here!

It is difficult to solve the problem of multi-orbital correlation effect and superconductivity in strongly correlated electron systems.

Of course, Xu Chuan never thought that this problem could be solved in a short time.

But at least he already had some idea of ​​the strong diamagnetic mechanism discovered in KL-66 material.

I have to say that the two old gentlemen gave him quite good inspiration from different perspectives.

Whether it is Mr. Yang's starting from the electron dynamics behavior of the strongly correlated system in the non-equilibrium state, or Mr. Qiu's thinking of free electrons in the strongly correlated state as an electronic liquid or electronic solid mode, both are based on theoretically feasible points. proposed.

The former is suitable for KL-66 materials, while the latter may spread to the entire strongly correlated electronic system.

So after communicating with the two old gentlemen, he locked himself in a room at the Beihai Hotel and studied with concentration.

The days passed like this, and in the blink of an eye, New Year's Day had passed, and it was time for the meeting for the leaders of science and technology to lead the construction of the Large Strong Particle Collider.

At Zheng Hai's reminder, Xu Chuan came to Fuxing Road.

The headquarters building of the Science and Technology Institute is here, and the meeting will also be held here.

Compared with the manned space and moon landing project exchange meeting held last week, this meeting is just a small meeting in terms of scale.

However, in terms of the importance of the participants, the financial planning of the project, etc., it is not weaker than the former at all, or even better.

After all, the total funding for the manned space mission to the moon, even after the increase, is now only tens of billions.

The budget for the construction of the Large Strong Particle Collider in the early years was almost 200 billion.

Of course, the technology related to the collider has become relatively mature now, including superconducting materials, detectors, etc., and the demand for funds has been reduced a lot, because the construction budget will also be reduced a lot.

However, even if the technology is mature and the budget is reduced, it is still a large project worth more than 100 billion yuan.

The one-time allocation of funds is much larger than that of manned spaceflight.

There is no way, this kind of basic large-scale scientific research equipment, no matter what it is, costs a lot of money.

For example, the International Space Station is the largest space facility for mankind in low-Earth orbit. It is a joint research and development project of 16 countries including the United States, Tsarist Russia and the European Space Agency.

The preliminary construction cost of this project has reached a full 160 billion meters of gold, which is still 160 billion meters of gold 20 years ago.

Or the "Future Circular Collider" (FCC), which was originally planned to be built in Europe but has now been basically put on hold, is expected to cost about 21 billion euros.

It can be seen that, except for a very few top powers who are capable of completing this type of basic scientific research equipment themselves, most of them are jointly developed by dozens of countries.

The meeting was held at the headquarters building of the Science and Technology Institute, and the number of people was not very large.

When Xu Chuan walked into the building, a staff member immediately came forward. After verifying his identity, he was led all the way to the conference hall.

In the conference hall, many people had already arrived.

After seeing Xu Chuan, they all came forward to say hello and communicate with him.

In today's meeting, this is the real boss, and his ideas can almost determine the fate of the future collider.

Xu Chuan smiled and greeted these scholars and government officials one by one, found his seat and sat down.

The person who presided over this meeting was naturally Qin Anguo, a man of science and technology.

According to the meeting procedure, Chief Qin first gave a brief report on the entire meeting, and then said: "This meeting is actually mainly about discussing the construction and use of the Large Strong Particle Collider. and questions.”

"The specific situation is in the information in front of you, and it has been sent to you before. Let's take a look at it, and then we will discuss and exchange. You can tell us whatever you think. The country needs your ideas and help."

Hearing this, everyone in the conference hall lowered their heads and started reading.

Whether to build a large strong particle collider is beyond the scope of this meeting.

Under Xu Chuan's suggestion, the construction of the Large Strong Particle Collider has become a foregone conclusion.

Today’s discussion is about how to build it, scale, budget, whether it is necessary to introduce other countries and technologies, etc.

Of course, basically everyone already has their own answers to some of the questions and content discussed today.

After waiting for a while, Qin Anguo continued: "If there are no other questions, we will officially start. Regarding the arrangement of the materials in front of you, if you have ideas and suggestions, you can raise your hands to discuss."

Hearing this, someone immediately raised their hands in the conference hall.

"I have an idea about the construction of the Large Strong Particle Collider."

Qin Anguo looked over and saw that the person who raised his hand was Director Tai Xuewen, the director representative of Hua at CERN.

After China became a member of CERN a few years ago, Director Tai has been responsible for the communication between China and CERN.

"Director Tai, please speak." Qin Anguo nodded and motioned for the other party to continue.

Tai Xuewen cleared his throat and continued: "As for the construction of the Large Strong Particle Collider, I think we can learn from the CERN model and expand it into an international cooperation project."

"On the one hand, through multi-country cooperation, we can save a lot of money on our own. After all, according to the preliminary plan, the budget of 150 billion is not a small number."

"If we can introduce funds from other countries, we can greatly reduce our own expenditure."

"On the other hand, through multinational cooperation, we can absorb the excellent materials, equipment, technology, talents, etc. of other countries in the field of large particle colliders."

"Especially CERN. In this regard, CERN's experience can be learned. Whether it is the construction of the collider or scholars in the field of basic physics, introducing these will be of great help to our construction of the collider."

Hearing this, the conference hall immediately started to discuss, and many people nodded in approval, thinking that this method is feasible.

"I think this suggestion is feasible. Whether it is budget or technology, if we adopt cooperation, it can indeed reduce a lot of pressure. CERN has perfect experience in building colliders. If we introduce it, it can indeed help us save a lot of time."

"It is feasible, but how can we ensure our country's control over the collider? You know, every time CERN launches a collider research project, there are endless debates."

"We can adopt a membership system. We do need other countries' research and technology on colliders. It is enough to use the membership system to ensure that our own scientific research projects account for a certain proportion."

"I don't think it's appropriate. We have already reserved the technology to build a collider. Introducing other countries will not help much, and there is also the risk of losing control of the collider. If we want to do it, we might as well do it ourselves. The 150 billion budget is not unaffordable for us now."

In the conference hall, some people agreed and some opposed.

This kind of problem involves many aspects, and it is impossible for everyone to stand on the same point of view.

Suddenly, Mr. Yang Zhenning, who was sitting opposite Xu Chuan, looked at Xu Chuan and brought the topic to him directly: "I wonder what Academician Xu thinks about this issue?"

Hearing this, the conference room suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked over.

Being stared at by others, Xu Chuan coughed lightly and said: "Regarding whether it is necessary to introduce technology from CERN or other countries, I think it is still necessary."

Hearing this, Mr. Yang looked at him in surprise. Based on his understanding, he should be against it.

Xu Chuan ignored the gazes of others and continued, "In the construction of the Large Intense Particle Collider, although we already have the corresponding technology, it is undeniable that CERN has been researching this area for much longer than us, and the relevant technologies it has in reserve are more complete."

"So it is necessary to introduce CERN."

After a slight pause, he continued, "But I think it is also necessary for us to have control over the collider we funded and built."

"The purpose of building a collider is, on the one hand, to explore physics, and on the other hand, to train physics talents for ourselves."

"If we lose control and are controlled by others, some basic things will need to be discussed over and over again, which is very important for us. It would be meaningless. "

"So the control of the built collider must be in our own hands no matter what."

Hearing this, Director Tai Xuewen frowned slightly and asked: "If so, how can we introduce the collider technology from CERN and other countries?"

Xu Chuan smiled and said: "It's very simple."

"My suggestion is that the funds for building the collider should be completed by ourselves, but we can communicate with CERN and other countries. If they are willing to provide us with technical and talent support in the process of building the collider, we can reserve a member country seat for them after the collider is completed."

"Just like our current status as a member of CERN, we provide corresponding funds every year. of scientific research funds, and obtain corresponding jobs, research tasks, technological achievements and other things. "

"In this case, if someone makes trouble, we can easily kick them out."

"Of course, under normal circumstances, I believe we will not do such a thing. After all, basic scientific research is beneficial to the whole world, and we are not some robbers."

Hearing this, Director Tai Xuewen frowned and asked, "What if they don't agree with this approach?"

Xu Chuan said calmly: "Then don't want them."

"According to the plan, the super-large hadron collider we built this time is built to the standard of trillion electron volts, or even higher quadrillion electron volts. "

"This will be the world's first A large collider with a trillion electron volt energy level. It is not only us who need the collider, but also the European Union and other countries. "

"The current situation is that although we need CERN's technical support, we do not necessarily need it completely. And collision experiments are needed by all countries."

"The current situation is that we give them opportunities, instead of begging them to join, let alone give up the control of the collider and turn it into a meeting system."

"If they think it is not possible, then let them build it themselves."

Hearing this, Mr. Yang, who was sitting opposite Xu Chuan, had a hint of interest in his turbid eyes. This is the character of this young scholar. In some places, he is quite domineering.

Across the way, Director Tai Xuewen frowned and said: "If CERN and other countries choose to refuse, we may be extremely short of manpower for the experiments after the collider is completed. "

"After all, it is impossible for us alone to support a large-scale basic scientific research project such as the collider, and we will be under great pressure in terms of future funding expenditures."

Although there are many physicists in China, it is impossible to devote all of them to the Large Strong Particle Collider.

After all, there are many other areas to develop.

The mission of basic scientific research equipment such as collider is to advance human understanding of the natural world and provide basic scientific knowledge to solve real-world problems.

This type of operation is difficult to achieve by relying on the power of one country.

It is beneficial to all mankind, but it is a great burden to the countries that build and use it.

Not to mention the huge amount of money spent during construction, every start-up, maintenance, etc. will cost a huge amount of money.

More importantly, its results are difficult to transform into applied technology and benefits in a short period of time.

Just like the verification of the Higgs particle and the study of the Standard Model, this theoretical achievement only complements mankind's understanding of the universe and the physical world.

In fact, I don’t know how many years it will take for the promotion of technological development to happen.

Hearing this question, Xu Chuan smiled and said, "There will be no shortage of people."

"Even if the United States, the European Union and other countries refuse to join us, they have no ability to prevent physicists from coming to us to do research. Unless they can provide a collider with the same strength as ours."

"But it can be said to be a difficult thing for the United States and the European Union."

"First of all, they are too busy investing in research on controllable nuclear fusion. It is difficult to allocate scientific research funds to invest in the field of collider."

"After all, in addition to the huge amount of money required to build the Large Strong Particle Collider, starting the collision experiment every year requires a large budget."

"The current budget of CERN alone has caused dissatisfaction among many member states. If you ask them to invest huge amounts of money in it, IMHO, this is almost impossible."

After a pause, he continued: "Secondly, even if the worst happens, the United States and the European Union will follow up on investment in this field, and the collider they build will be difficult to surpass us in terms of energy level."

"Don't forget that the core of the collider lies in superconducting materials and detectors."

"The ability of the critical magnetic field of a superconducting material to constrain particles determines the intensity of the collision energy level. In this regard, the critical magnetic field of the high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting material I developed is the highest among current superconductors."

"Without top-level superconducting materials, it will be difficult for them to compete with us in the collision energy level. I believe that CERN's cancellation of the order for high-temperature copper-carbon-silver superconducting materials under pressure from the United States is the thing they regret most. "

"And scientists are realistic. If we welcome and accept other scientists to come in, there will never be a shortage of personnel."

"As for funding, it is undeniable that every time the collider is started, it consumes a lot of electricity, which is why it consumes a lot of money every time it is started."

"But don't forget that for us, electricity is the most indispensable thing in the future. A small-scale controllable nuclear fusion reactor is enough to provide energy for a large collider."

"Except for electric energy, the funds consumed in other aspects can only account for half at most."

As he spoke, he looked at Director Tai Xuewen and continued: "Finally, and more importantly, I am right here!"

"I can confidently say that no one but me will be able to find a particle that truly exceeds the Standard Model within ten years."