After preliminarily finalizing a set of different plans, Peng Hongxi and Gao Hongming left for the time being to make preparations.
As for Xu Chuan, he turned on his computer and clicked on his mailbox.
With his fingers tapping lightly on the keyboard, he wrote an email and sent it.
The recipient is Professor Tillmann Lent of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics.
Professor Tillmann Lunt is a German physicist who currently serves as the director of the Planck Institute of Plasma Physics. The two have met several times and exchanged some academic views and contact information.
Through him, it should be possible to contact the Planck Institute of Plasma Physics and complete the purchase negotiations for the old ASDEX device.
Among the four controllable nuclear fusion reactors included in his purchase plan, he is more optimistic about the old ASDEX device of the Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics and the Alcatel C-Mod compact fusion reactor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
indivual.
The ASDEX equipment is very complete, and he is relatively familiar with the Planck Institute of Plasma Physics. He knows each other's situation and can negotiate terms.
As for the Alcatel C-Mod compact fusion reactor, the U.S. Department of Energy decided to stop its operation due to economic and budget pressures.
Starting in 2012, C-Mod has been suspended for seven years. Coupled with the fact that the U.S. economy is now declining, plans and arrangements for restarting it can be said to be far away.
So there is hope that it can be purchased, but in this regard, the state's help is needed.
As for which one to choose, it depends on which one can be negotiated and is more suitable.
And if neither the ASDEX device nor the C-Mod device can be negotiated, he will consider the other two.
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Professor Tillman Lunt's reply was much faster than Xu Chuan expected.
In the afternoon, Xu Chuan received a notification in his mailbox. Professor Tillman Lent responded to the email expressing curiosity and asking him why he purchased the ASDEX device.
Of course, Professor Tillman Lent is also very interested in high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials. If possible, he hopes that the two of them will have a video call to chat.
After receiving the email, Xu Chuan quickly replied to him by email and made an appointment for a video call.
Today, Professor Tillman Lent is interested in high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials, so the purchase of the old ASDEX device will be discussed.
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After making an appointment for a video call, Xu Chuan returned to the laboratory. He was just about to enter the laboratory to speed up the optimization progress of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials, when he was called over.
The caller was Professor David Gross, chairman of the Board of Governors.
"Xu, long time no see. Congratulations on your election as an academician of the two academies."
Gross smiled and congratulated him. He was actually an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2011, he was elected as a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Of course, foreign academicians are more of just a title and a lifetime honor. The biggest difference from local academicians is that they cannot mobilize the huge domestic resources like local academicians.
However, it is precisely because of the title of foreign academician that Gross knows how much energy and huge resources can be mobilized after being elected as an academician in China. This is far beyond the comparison of the title of national academician in the United States.
Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Thank you. How are you lately?"
Gross sighed and shook his head, saying: "Not very good. We have not made much progress in the exploration of dark matter and dark energy. What you said at the beginning was right. With the current performance of the LHC, we want to find dark matter and dark energy."
Energy is probably an impossible thing."
After a pause, he continued: "I heard from Witten that you have recently developed a new type of high-temperature superconducting material? Do you want to do a deal with us?"
Gross wasted no time and asked straight to the point.
Xu Chuan nodded and said: "Yes, high temperature copper carbon silver composite superconducting material, think about it?"
Gross: "Weiten has shown me the superconducting parameters and data related to this material. Judging from the data, it is undeniable that it is indeed excellent."
"But upgrading the LHC is not a trivial matter. Although the critical magnetic field superconducting performance of 20T is indeed very attractive, the board of directors may prefer more stable materials. Your research and development time is too short."
Xu Chuan smiled and said: "Short time does not mean anything. Excellent materials can further improve the performance of the LHC. I believe the council will consider it."
Hearing this, Gross nodded and did not deny: "It is true that excellent materials are more attractive, but it can be said that the LHC carries the mission of most of the theoretical physics world. This upgrade is even more related to the future research on dark matter and dark matter."
The exploration of dark energy, so even if I personally prefer the better materials in your hands, it may not be able to pass the council's deliberations."
Xu Chuan frowned slightly and said: "Compared with the superconducting materials provided by Sakura Country, the performance of the copper-carbon-silver composite material in my hand is obviously better. Can't you convince the council?"
Gross sighed and said: "If your material can be developed about half a year in advance, then this probably won't be a problem."
"The problem now is that the superconducting materials in your hands have appeared for too short a time, and the new materials have not been verified, which is very worrying. The BI materials in Sakura Country have been available for nearly a year, and currently there are
Many manufacturers have used this material."
"So the council will probably prefer more stable materials."
"What's more, the materials you have currently only exist in the laboratory and have not yet been mass-produced."
"It also takes a long time from laboratory to mass production, so we can't bet our hopes on it. After all, it's not mine. Although the supervisors of the member states don't manage things very much on a daily basis, our funds come from them."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "If the supervisors strongly object, the board of directors will also consider their opinions."
"Of course, I will try my best to fight for it on the board of directors."
Xu Chuan nodded and said: "Understood. This is normal. For a large collider like the LHC, stability must be considered when upgrading."
After a pause, he continued: "But I think that if we want to search for traces of dark matter and dark energy, just upgrading the collision energy level is not enough."
Hearing this, David Gross raised his eyebrows and asked: "What do you think should be done?"
Although this person is making this statement now, it is suspected that he is trying to cut off orders for superconducting materials, but he has to pay attention to the traces of dark matter and dark energy.
After all, in the entire high-energy physics community, when it comes to research on sterile neutrinos and dark matter and dark energy, which are the most in-depth, the young man on the other side of the phone said he was second. I’m afraid no one would dare to say he was first.
He discovered and produced sterile neutrinos and related theoretical data. In the field of connection between regular matter and dark matter, his opinions and statements must be seriously considered not only by the entire physics community, but also by the entire physics community.
Coupled with his research in mathematical physics and his ability to use mathematical methods to explore physical particles, in today's field of high-energy physics, his ability is not only ranked first, but at least in the top three.
In the second half of last year, wasn't it precisely because of his outstanding abilities that he, Witten and others personally went to China to invite him to participate in the follow-up exploration work?
Xu Chuan: "Compared with the collision energy level, I think the optimization of the detector may be more appropriate."
"Blindly increasing the collision energy level is not a solution to the problem, because sometimes, it may not be that the collision energy level is not enough, but that our observation methods are relatively backward, so even if it appears, we cannot see it.
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Gross thought for a moment and said, "If that's the case, in what direction do you think our detectors should be upgraded?"
Xu Chuan smiled and said: "This is not within the scope of free consultation."
"In fact, compared to upgrading, I think building a large strong particle collider in China may be more in line with my goals."
"And I have communicated with the national government before. China does have the idea of building a large strong particle collider. Especially after the discovery of sterile neutrinos, senior officials approached me and asked if they would build a collider.
Necessity.”
"It's just that I'm busy with some other projects now, and there are really not many physicists in China at the moment, so the plan to build a collider has been delayed."
"If our country builds a large strong particle collider, I believe that with China's infrastructure capabilities, the construction speed will be faster than upgrading the LHC, and with me here, I believe that the discovery of dark matter and dark energy will be at the forefront.
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On the other end of the phone, David Gross was silent for a moment.
To be honest, this is indeed true.
With China's capabilities, if it decides to build a large powerful collider now, and goes all out, it may be possible to complete the upgrade of the LHC earlier than before.
As for the person on the phone, I am afraid that he wanted to leave the glory of discovering dark matter and dark energy in China from the beginning.
On the one hand, the discovery and improvement of the Higgs particle provided value, and on the other hand, the discovery of sterile neutrinos provided prospects for being able to obtain funds from various countries for upgrading so smoothly.
Dark matter and dark energy are a brand new goal and a direction beyond the standard model.
Without the emergence of this direction, I am afraid that it would not be so smooth to obtain the upgrade funds.
Currently, there is only one large strong particle collider in the world, the LHC, and countries have no choice but to focus their funding in the high-energy field on this one.
But if there is news about the construction of a large strong particle collider in China, it will definitely be a blow to China, and it may be more difficult to ask for funds in the future.
After thinking for a while, David Gross said: "If I purchase the high-temperature superconducting materials you have, will you provide the direction and technology for upgrading the detector?"
Xu Chuan smiled and said, "It depends on how much you can purchase."
"In fact, it is definitely not a loss-making business for us. Believe me, the performance of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials will satisfy you."
"And in terms of its performance and stability, I can guarantee that these can be written into the contract at that time. If there are some problems caused by the superconducting material itself, I can be responsible or even compensate."
Gross was silent for a moment and said, "I will bring up the relevant matters at the next council meeting."
I have to say that this person's words really made him change his mind. Originally, he called this time with the intention of politely refusing.
As he said in the exchange, from a practical point of view, the Board of Directors of the LHC is more inclined to the stabilized BI high-temperature superconducting material for the upgrade of the LHC Large Strong Particle Collider. Even if its superconducting performance is not as good as
Copper carbon silver composite material.
But for such a large-scale project, the most important thing is that it can be completed stably and meet the forecast plan.
Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble Mr. Gross."
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After hanging up the phone, Xu Chuan looked at the phone with a black screen and smiled.
To be honest, he is actually a little bit evil this time.
Because he is very clear about the upgrade experience. In later generations, the first upgrade of the LHC failed to allow him to find traces of dark matter and dark energy in his previous life. The reason was not that the collision energy level was not enough, but that the performance of the detector was not enough.
Later, the LHC re-upgraded and optimized its detectors and adopted new technologies, and only then did it find traces and data of the existence of dark matter and dark energy.
And he is very clear about the upgrade route and technology of the LHC detector.
In other words, he is not trading with his own skills, but with his own skills in later generations.
Of course, for me, this is actually not a loss.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! On the one hand, it is time. He can bring the solution for optimizing the detector several years in advance. For science, racing against time is essential.
A few years in advance, it is possible to discover more results.
On the other hand, the performance of the high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting material in his hands is indeed better than the Bi superconducting material of the small island country.
Of course, he still left some other things at the Large Strong Particle Collider.
After all, after he completes the controllable nuclear fusion project, the Large Strong Particle Collider project will also be launched. He needs to retain some key technologies to make the domestic collider surpass the LHC in performance.
Only in this way can many physicists from all over the world be attracted to work for him and China.
As for the discovery of dark matter and dark energy, he did have the idea to stay in China at first.
But now the controllable nuclear fusion project has encountered some problems, and he needs more things to ensure that he can trade the reactor from the Germanic country or the United States.
Among them, the high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting material is the key. He needs to ensure the performance and status of the high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting material in order to successfully complete the purchase.
Procurement is undoubtedly the guarantee of quality.
As for the discovery of dark matter and dark energy, it doesn't matter if we give it up.
He will also have a more important graviton theory in the future.
Compared with dark matter and dark energy, if gravitons are discovered, this is what will truly change the development of mankind and allow mankind to move from planetary civilization to space civilization.
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PS: Today’s blind date probably failed again. Wow woo woo ┭┮﹏┭┮, to be honest, I quite like the woman, at least she looks like my type, but it’s a pity that she doesn’t seem to be too cold towards me.
Is there any love expert out there who can give me some advice?
