Chapter 654: Second Neutron
Although the second impact experiment destroyed a 73-kilometer-long vacuum pipeline and some supporting facilities, the Mars Colonization Branch could still bear this loss.
Mars' ring system is shut down for maintenance again.
After discussions with several other departments, the Military Industry Division only planned to study the Proton Star Destroyer Cannon, but did not plan to mass-produce it. This was just a preparation for technical reserves.
Dr. Yuri and others continue to study the data from this collision experiment.
Although only 0.32 seconds of the collision was monitored in this collision, the value of this 0.32 seconds of collision data is enormous.
At least the intelligent civilization did not do this at the beginning.
It’s not that the intelligent mechanical civilization has no way to increase the energy level of the particle collider. After all, they use natural black holes as the energy core of the particle accelerator, so they can definitely accelerate it faster.
However, the acceleration is faster than that of the Martian ring system, but it does not mean that the intelligent civilization can collect effective data.
Because as sub-light-speed protons collide with each other , their destructive power also increases sharply as their energy levels gradually increase.
This situation brings about a fatal problem, that is, the damage caused by the collision is basically irreconcilable with the contradiction between the magnetic field binding radius.
Why is the radius of the vacuum tube in Mars' ring only 50 meters? Can't Sapiens build a larger vacuum tube?
Can be manufactured.
However, the cost-effectiveness is too low, and as the radius of the vacuum tube increases, not only are larger superconducting coils needed, but the radius of the magnetic field-confined vacuum region is also increasing, which causes the probability of particles running therein emitting collisions to drop sharply.
If the probability of particle collision in the vacuum pipe decreases, the energy during operation will be greatly wasted.
Therefore, a vacuum pipe radius of about 50 meters is a relatively suitable range.
This is also because the Homo Sapiens Company referred to the experience of the intelligent mechanical civilization and obtained this relatively appropriate range.
After all, the vacuum pipes of most particle colliders of intelligent civilizations are about 30 to 100 meters long.
This radius brings up another problem.
That is, as the speed of particle acceleration approaches the speed of light, the destructive force generated by their collision also increases sharply, which is a fatal threat to vacuum pipes.
The particle colliders of the intelligent civilization use lower energy levels in their collision experiments than the second impact experiment in the Mars ring system.
The reason for this situation is that if the energy level is exceeded, the vacuum pipes and supporting superconducting coils and precision instruments will be severely damaged.
This kind of damage will make it almost impossible to receive experimental data. If an experiment has no way to feedback experimental data, then the experiment will be worthless.
Therefore, the particle collision experiments of the intelligent civilization will never be able to obtain data similar to the second experiment on the Mars ring system.
The reason why Sapiens was able to obtain the data from the second impact experiment was thanks to the magnetic monopole crystal communicator owned by Sapiens.
By taking advantage of the almost non-delay feature of the magnetic monopole crystal communicator, the data from the impact experiment can be fed back to the data center instantly, preventing the explosion caused by the collision from destroying the monitoring equipment and causing data loss.
The information contained in this 0.32 seconds is not even mastered by the intelligent civilization.
Dr. Yuri and a group of researchers worked day and night to analyze the data.
8 days after the second impact experiment.
Dr. Ye Feifan, who was in charge of neutron data analysis, looked at three of the data and thought with a twinkling gaze: "Strange, is this neutron a coincidence? Or does it really exist?"
Ruan Zhixiong, a colleague on the side, heard him talking to himself, turned his head curiously and asked:
"Fei Fan, what did you find?"
"I found three special signals in the data."
"Special signal? What's so special about it? Let me see..." Ruan Zhixiong walked over and took a look. He immediately showed a hint of surprise on his face: "Huh? It's really a bit strange."
In the holographic projection page.
The results of analysis based on the computational model showed that the three special signals were three atomic nuclei.
If it was just an ordinary atomic nucleus, Ye Feifan and Ruan Zhixiong would not be so surprised.
Clearly these three nuclei are unusual.
All three atomic nuclei are composed of "two neutrons".
You read that right. The result of the supercomputer's computational model analysis is an "atomic nucleus" composed of two neutrons.
Obviously, this kind of "atomic nucleus" was the first time the two had encountered it. If there had not been three identical signals, Ye Feifan would have suspected that the monitoring system had made a mistake.
Ye Feifan frowned: "Logically speaking, neutrons cannot exist alone for a long time in nature, and there is no way for neutrons to form a separate nucleus."
“Could it be a short-term intermediate state?”
"It doesn't seem like it... During that 0.32 seconds, the three signals have been very stable. I doubt that this thing can maintain stability for a long time." Ye Feifan expressed his opinion.
The two of them talked with other colleagues for a while, but still couldn't figure out the true identity of this thing.
It was not until the personnel in charge of maintenance discovered a very strange atom during the maintenance process.
The reason why this strange atom can be found in a dense polymer of matter is that its magnetic field is very special, different from the elemental magnetic field recorded in the records.
Therefore, the maintenance personnel suspected that it was a special product of the experiment and conducted a very careful screening of the location where the special magnetic field was found.
After more than a week of screening, the "atom" that emitted the special magnetic field was found.
At this time, inside the nuclear physics laboratory of Zhurong City.
Including Dr. Yuri, Dr. Ye Feifan and others, they were all looking at this special "atomic nucleus" through the lens of a comprehensive microscopic microscope.
A nucleus consisting simply of two neutrons.
"Neutron degenerate matter?" Ye Feifan said in surprise and doubt.
Ruan Zhixiong was scratching his head at the unrealistic substance in front of him . "Something is wrong! Why can this double neutron nucleus exist stably?"
If it wasn't right in front of them, they wouldn't believe it.
But facts speak louder than words.
Ye Feifan muttered to himself as he thought: "Neutrons are extremely unstable in nature and will decay into protons, electrons, and antineutrinos."
"If we change the perspective, the neutron can actually be understood as a combination of proton + electron + antineutrino..."
"Naturally, neutrons are often combined with protons to form atomic nuclei. The fact that the two can be combined together means that neutrons can exist stably, but they require some kind of stabilizing mechanism..."
The more Ye Feifan spoke, the brighter the light in his eyes became.
