Chapter 526 He Really Wants to Create
"Everything you said makes sense, but I still say that with our current technology, we simply cannot build such a particle collider. Of course, I also hope that we can have such a collider, and that we can achieve great success. unified theory, but”
Yu Nanfeng spread his hands and looked helpless: "I went to the Academy of Materials Science before I came here. They said that our research in the micro and nano fields has hit a bottleneck. The same is true for the scientists from the Red Flame Civilization in the United Academy of Sciences. I think we can no longer make stronger materials from smaller structures."
Yu Nanfeng came earlier than Liu Miyan. He had told Yue Yuan these words before, but now he was just repeating them. Apparently he had already considered the matter of a more powerful particle collider before Liu Miyan came to tell Yue Yuan about it.
It's not a leak. After all, this matter is no longer a secret among scientists. As early as hundreds of years ago, everyone knew that the space multi-point particle collider could not satisfy the appetite of experimental physicists.
"Oh? What does this mean? Do they think there should be further progress in materials technology, or do they think they have reached the end before realizing a grand unified theory?" Liu Miyan touched his chin, as if thinking about what Yu Nanfeng said. look.
"It's both." Yu Nanfeng gave a surprising answer. He didn't have the habit of showing off, and went on to explain directly: "At the third-level civilization level, we have reached the microscopic end of what we can do. Certainly, from this perspective, our nanotechnology is already the pinnacle of the third-level civilization. Unless the grand unified theory is realized, there is no possibility of progress.
It can be said that there is no way to improve the basics, but there are other possibilities in terms of structure, such as our No. 1 alloy and No. 2 alloy, which should be familiar to you. "
"Of course." Liu Miyan said cooperatively.
Yu Nanfeng nodded, glanced at the faces of Yue Yuan and Liu Miyan, and then said: "I learned about it from the Academy of Materials Science. In fact, judging from our current technical level, we were able to produce these two alloys back then. , most of it is bullshit luck.
Although it seems to have been researched from the wreckage of the unknown civilization's spacecraft, Academician Xu actually told me that when they were doing research back then, they were actually a little confused. Let's put it this way, the emergence of Alloy No. 1 was actually their result in 100 million points. In the face of a probability of 1/1, he successfully mistook various parameters, which is simply unbelievable. As you later learned, they successfully replicated the manufacturing process of Alloy No. 1 based on that parameter.
In fact, before truly grasping the core of true nanotechnology, No. 1 and No. 2 alloys have always been a black technology for us humans. We know how to make it but don’t know why it is so powerful. Of course, later we went deeper into microscopic Later I found out that it was because the two alloys themselves were quantum materials. "
Liu Miyan is very clear about quantum materials, and even Yue Yuan knows it.
We are not talking about quantum effect materials, but that the manufacturing process of No. 1 and No. 2 alloys uses quantum technologies, such as condensed matter dialysis, quantum state coherence technology used in single defect impurity doping, trapped ion technology, and quantum simulation. Atomic array technology and so on.
Seeing that both of them seemed to understand, Yu Nanfeng continued: "So we still hope to create some magical materials by changing the composition and structure of matter at the level of existing nanotechnology."
As soon as these words came out, Liu Miyan heard something was wrong, and he immediately interrupted: "Wait a minute, what magical material? Don't think that because you are engaged in particle physics, you don't know anything about material technology. As far as I know, If we want to build a more powerful collider, our existing materials can be used, right?
To build a collider with a length of 6684.6 astronomical units, we only need to splice the modularly produced structures in space. What other magical materials should we use? "
Yu Nanfeng: "."
You really want to build a collider with such a length. If you want to study the theory of everything in the future, wouldn't you want to build a circular ion collider with a diameter of 100 billion light-years?
This is simply not realistic.
Yu Nanfeng felt that these particle physicists and experimental physicists were really going to be crazier than himself. Although he also pursued bigger, stronger, and powerful miracles in engineering design, he at least considered whether it was feasible in engineering. , these guys said while patting their heads.
I don’t even think about how many star systems would have to be hollowed out to build a 6684.6 AU collider. In terms of engineering difficulty, both it and the Dyson sphere have their own difficulties.
One is to consider the gravitational factor of the star, and the other is to consider various parameter issues caused by being too far away.
In fact, with current human technology, it is possible to create a Dyson sphere, but it will take a long, long time. Taking a star that is too far away and so large as an example, the materials required to create a Dyson sphere that is about a hundred meters thick and wrap it around it would not be enough for all the planets in the entire solar system combined. Not including the sun itself.
A rough calculation shows that mining all the planets and asteroids in the entire solar system except the sun is probably only about 17% of the material required for the Dyson sphere. Therefore, if we want to build a Dyson sphere, humans have to go to other star systems to mine. Based on a rough estimate of this ratio, it is probably enough to hollow out six star systems.
Why build a Dyson ball if you have this ability?
In comparison, if a particle collider with a radius of 50 meters is built with 6674.6 AU, the materials consumed will probably be less. However, such a long collider is not just made of materials. It also involves various instruments and equipment at each accelerator node, the energy supply system of each node accelerator, time delay allocation and other issues.
The capture and observation of large-energy collisions is also a big problem. Humans have only calculated it in theory and have not created the corresponding objects. No one is sure whether the original method can be used for observation. There are many technical details and problems to be overcome.
Even if all scientists in human civilization work hard, they don’t know when they can overcome all the problems and let such a huge project enter the so-called feasibility simulation verification stage.
In short, this is an extremely huge project.
If it really needs to be done, humans must be mentally prepared to hollow out all the planets in six star systems, and it may not be successful.
The worst part is that this thing cannot be built like other small projects to verify the feasibility of construction. It can only be demonstrated in simulation, and once it starts, it cannot be stopped, and it still cannot guarantee success.
Another point is that with the wandering nature of human civilization today, it is estimated that this collider must be required to be mobile. After all, if it is really built, it would be a pity if it cannot be taken away after use, and this requirement will inevitably increase the difficulty of the project.
"I say, Lao Liu, you don't really want to build this thing, do you?" Yu Nanfeng smacked his lips after struggling for a long time.
"Besides this, do we have any other choice?" Liu Miyan blinked and asked back.
Making this kind of thing has nothing to do with him, so he looks like he doesn't mind the big deal. Anyway, if he puts it forward first, maybe it will really work. Even if the grand unified theory cannot be studied after it is built, it will eliminate a wrong path for mankind to explore the grand unified theory, right?