Chapter 568 Quantum tunneling effect and cold nuclear fusion

However, despite this, Xu You did not immediately completely deny the possibility of cold nuclear fusion.

After all, over the years, many technologies that seemed impossible before have finally become a reality.

Xu You thought about it and decided to first try to simulate experiments related to cold nuclear fusion that had been done by previous people to verify the feasibility.

As early as 1989, Sam and British scientists claimed that they used palladium as the cathode to electrolyze heavy water and achieved "cold fusion" at normal temperatures and pressures.

However, since then, more than a thousand laboratories around the world have tried to replicate this experiment, but have failed to replicate the same experimental results.

Therefore, this achievement was eventually denied and considered to be a hype in the scientific community.

"Let's try to simulate it first to see if we can replicate the experimental results."

Thinking of this, Xu You turned on the brain simulation state and replicated this experiment.

After experiencing the improvement of his brain power, Xu You became more proficient in using brain simulation skills, and was able to accurately perform various simulations on the quantum scale.

"Sure enough, it is indeed impossible to produce the same experimental results."

After some accurate simulations, Xu You confirmed that this so-called achievement was indeed a scientific research hype.

In academia, such things are not uncommon. Even many research results have been difficult to prove whether they are true or false until now.

Next, Xu You began to simulate another experiment.

This is a result announced by Japanese scientists in 2008, claiming that they can turn deuterium gas into helium under normal temperature conditions.

The scientist claimed that after he pressed deuterium gas into palladium-zirconium oxide, the temperature of the reaction vessel rose to 70 degrees Celsius and remained well above room temperature for 50 hours.

However, this experiment has not been successfully replicated by other scientists and is considered an academic fraud.

After Xu You conducted some accurate simulations, he also did not achieve similar results.

In this way, Xu You continued to repeat some previous experiments on cold nuclear fusion, but in the end, none of the experiments could really achieve cold nuclear fusion.

"Can it be said that these experiments on cold nuclear fusion are just gimmicks and scams?"

Xu You looked through the scientists who claimed to have successfully completed cold nuclear fusion experiments, and there were many scientists with fairly good academic reputations among them.

If these scientists are really just trying to make money with the gimmick of cold nuclear fusion, that would really be something Xu You feels regretful about.

At this time, Xu You noticed another record.

A physicist from the Soviet Union claimed that he once successfully completed supercold nuclear fusion in an experiment, but after countless repetitions, similar experimental phenomena were not seen again.

Even the scientist himself believed that this might be an experimental error, so it was not released as an experimental result.

This physicist from the Soviet Union was the former Nobel Prize winner in physics, Ajinov, who had had face-to-face communication with Xu You before.

"If it were Ajinov, he would definitely not commit academic fraud."

Xu You had great trust in Ajinov's academic character, and at the same time felt that Ajinov was not someone who was prone to experimental errors.

Since Ajinov has also achieved some results in the field of cold nuclear fusion that can prove its feasibility.

Xu You feels more and more that there may be some secrets in the field of cold nuclear fusion that humans have not yet solved.

Thinking of this, Xu You turned on the deep learning state and used all his brainpower to think about cold nuclear fusion.

"Um?"

At this time, Xu You thought of a theory.

Quantum tunneling effect.

The so-called quantum tunneling effect refers to the quantum behavior that although the height of the potential barrier is greater than the total energy of the particles, microscopic particles such as electrons can still penetrate or cross the potential barrier.

In classical mechanics, this is impossible, but in the quantum world, such a situation can happen.

It's like if a person wants to climb a mountain, he must consume enough energy.

Without enough energy, it is absolutely impossible to successfully climb this mountain.

In the field of quantum physics, even if there is insufficient energy, there is still a certain probability that one can pass directly through the mountain from the "middle of the mountain".

"I understand! It's not that cold nuclear fusion is absolutely impossible to achieve, it's just that the probability is very small. Only in a large number of experiments can cold nuclear fusion be achieved!"

Suddenly, Xu You seemed to have his whole mind opened up and solved the mystery that had troubled him for many days.

Screen out most of the cold nuclear fusion experiments that are academically fraudulent. There may indeed be a very small number of experiments that have indeed completed cold nuclear fusion.

However, because the probability of the quantum tunneling effect occurring is not high enough, it makes it difficult for scientists to replicate the experiment even if they achieve experimental results.

Although this theory makes sense, further experiments are needed to prove whether the theory is really true.

Thinking of this, Xu You decided to connect with a quantum computer to complete a large number of experimental simulations.

Even after millions of repetitions of the previous experiments, no one has successfully achieved cold nuclear fusion.

Xu You simply stopped repeating these experiments and directly began to simulate Ajinov's experiment.

"Um?"

Soon, after a million simulations, Xu You discovered that three of the experiments had actually successfully achieved cold nuclear fusion.

After getting this result, Xu You's excitement was beyond words.

"Sure enough! Cold fusion is not impossible, it's just that the probability of realizing it is very small!"

This is why, even if some scientists successfully complete cold nuclear fusion, they are unable to repeat the experiment.

When the probability is extremely small, only a large number of repeated experiments can produce successful experimental results.

But in the laboratory, no one has the conditions to repeat experiments in large numbers. Dozens or hundreds of times is already considered the limit.

And if an experiment is occasionally successful, it is difficult to be considered a success, and it is more likely to be considered as an error in the experiment.

After a large number of repeated simulations, Xu You did find that a very small number of the experiments did have a small probability of happening.

This also preliminarily proves that cold nuclear fusion is not completely impossible, but only an extremely unlikely event.

But soon, Xu You realized another problem.

According to the occurrence probability of cold nuclear fusion, it is difficult to become a stable energy supply.
Chapter completed!