Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

On the day of the experiment, there was a thick black cloud over the high town of Princeton, as if a heavy rain was brewing.

Stepping on the PPPL lab, Lu Zhou walking in the hallway, suddenly felt that this road is somewhat strange.

It’s as if you are not in the lab, but on the way to the hospital’s delivery room. .

After thinking about it, Lu Zhou felt that there was nothing wrong with it.

For this project, or just for the possibility of such an illusory, the engineers and researchers of the entire “He-3” project team have struggled countless days and nights.

Including himself, I don’t know how much energy I put into this project.

It is no exaggeration to say that the “He-3 atom probe” technology is his child.

Along the corridor came to the door of the control room, Lu Zhou pushed the door and walked indoors.

The layout of the room was messy, the wires were tangled in confusion, and they were tied together with several plastic ropes, especially the computer used to control the electromagnetic field of the atomic gun. The main board and wires were exposed.

After all is something that has been put together.

The engineers here can only ensure that there are no faults and that there is no guarantee that the people who come here will be applauded.

Looking around at the people in the control room, Lu Zhou soon saw the Lazerson Professional.

However, in addition to the Lazerson Professor, he stood next to a strange man.

I noticed Lu Zhou coming to this side, the man extended the right hand expressionlessly.

“Hello, Lu Zhou mister.”

Also found Lu Zhou, Razerson Professor was very eye-catching to introduce his own boss.

“This is the director of the PPPL lab, Terry Broger Professor.”

Accidentally looking at the man, Lu Zhou shook his hand and shook it.

“Hello there.”

About this Terry Brogg, Lu Zhou has heard of it.

Probably last year, the former director of the PPPL, Stewart Prager, caused a loss of 4.38 billion dollars to the US Department of Energy because of the failure of the NSTX-U equipment. The initiative to resign was not done, and Terry Brogg was “in danger”. Responsible for the PPPL laboratory director, and the head of the fusion energy science (FES), set off the banner of future energy.

After taking over, the first thing he did was to clean up the mess thrown by his predecessor and strengthen the management of research funding.

Projects that seem impractical have been cut down decisively. If the “He-3” project team does not show enough potential, the knife may fall on them…

Thinking of this, Lu Zhou suddenly guessed that this guy came from why.

Looking at Lu Zhou, Broger Professor cleared his throat, expressionless said.

“First of all, congratulations on your success.”

Lu Zhou: “Thank you.”

“Don’t rush to thank me, I didn’t help, and what I’m going to say next is not a good thing,” paused for a moment, Bologne Professor expressionless continued, “If this experiment still fails, I hope to suspend the project. The PPPL researchers are not your private employees. We can’t waste time on projects without potential.”

Lu Zhou’s eyebrows slightly wrinkled: “Even if I am willing to bear the money?”

Staring at Lu Zhou, Broger Professor said unmoved: “Yes.”

Seeing the atmosphere between the two is a bit wrong.

The Razerson Professor, who noticed this, coughed up and quickly came up to play the round field and pulled Lu Zhou aside.

Looking at the Razerson Professor, Lu Zhou frowned and asked: “What does he mean?”

“Maybe…” Lazerson Professor hesitated, said in an uncertain tone, “He is eyeing the $4 million in the research account…”

Although I don’t want to speculate on my boss, it is obviously like this.

“Four million?” Lu Zhou squatted slightly, but the focus was somewhat different from that of the Lazerson Professor. “How are four million left unused?”

Hearing this sentence, Lazzarson Professor almost didn’t get a sigh of relief.

There are still four million left?

How can you listen to your tone and be a little dissatisfied?

“10 million is the price I quoted. In fact, Brookhaven National Laboratory has a good relationship with us. The old equipment that was eliminated can not find a more suitable buyer besides us. Count the original account. We spent more than seven million dollars on the money…”

Having said that, the eyes of the Lazerson Professor are somewhat dodging. “The problem is not here, but the remaining funds in our research account. You know, although our days seem to be very comfortable, but the controllable core Fusion, the technology of investing in the future, is hard to see the prospect of commercialization in the short term, and the budget committee of Congress has been looking for trouble…”

“What does this have to do with me.” Lu Zhou said with a headache.

The Lazerson Professor is a serious saying: “Of course, if you cut down our project, this money can be moved to a more potential project.”

Lu Zhou squatted a little, and couldn’t help but lie in his heart.

“Can it still be like this?”

“Whoever thinks that you are going to play money so fast,” Razerson Professor ducked and looked at one side and coughed. “If we signed an agreement at the time, clarifying the purpose of the donation, the situation might be We are more beneficial… but now it doesn’t make sense to say that, as long as we succeed.”

This funding is naturally not available on the research account of the “He-3” project team, but it is only necessary to cut down the project team itself. Although this is not moral, it is also part of procedural justice.

But as Lazerson’s Professor said, it doesn’t make sense to discuss this now.

If their project has not been able to produce results, even if there is no balance of the four million dollars in research funding, Broger Professor will find a way to cut the project.

After all, there are many more potential projects in the PPPL lab, and it is impossible to waste research resources on a project with no potential, even if it is not funded.

As the person in charge here, he must consider the issue from a global perspective.

So, for the “He-3” project team, they need a victory to prove themselves!

……

With the arrival of Lu Zhou, after a brief meeting, the Lazerson Professor announced the official start of the experiment.

Working in their respective positions, everyone held their breath.

I was afraid of disturbing the plasma in the vacuum chamber and the 3 particles that were about to be launched.

When everything was ready, the Lazerson Professor did not speak, just cast a sight on Lu Zhou.

Lu Zhou also did not speak, just silently erected his thumb.

Understood what he meant, the Lazerson Professor shouted took a deep breath and reached out and pressed the button.

All the work has been done.

leftover……

There is only prayer left.

The wire is gradually soaked through the liquid helium of the gate, and the conductor in the ultra-low temperature environment gradually approaches the critical temperature of the superconducting.

At the moment when the track temperature reaches the superconducting critical temperature, the current through the superconducting coil begins to rise sharply, which is the initial velocity of the 氦3 atom circulated in the orbit.

At the instant when the 1 signal light is on, the speed of the 3 atom is raised to the limit, and at the same time, the “Atom Gun” completes its filling.

Everything is like a bullet, it is crisp and neat.

Lazerson’s Professor cast a sight on Lu Zhou.

In silent communication, Lu Zhou nodded.

This time, it is up to him.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Zhou walked over to the computer and pressed the second button, which is also the last button.

Just like the trigger was pulled, the 3 atom moving outside the track suddenly broke away from the acceleration track and moved to the launch track tangent to the acceleration track.

There is no sound.

Nothing can be seen.

However, at the moment when the atomic gun fired 3, the 3 atom that was accelerated to the limit was like a bullet that carried a huge amount of energy and slammed into a hot plasma.

The electromagnetic wave signal collected on the detector has a layer of jittery ripple.

Everything happens only in a flash, but it is as long as a century.

At this moment, whether it was Lu Zhou, the Razerson Professor and other researchers in the lab, or the director of the PPPL lab, Broger Professor, the breath stayed for half a second without exception.

It is also at the same instant that the 氦3 nucleus that penetrates the plasma slams into the target material silently…

The faint fluctuations were quickly captured by the probe behind the target material, and the impact data was fed back to the lab computer screen.

Time seems to have solidified in this second.

In the next second, a burst of cheers broke out in the lab.

Razerson’s Professor threw his hat into the sky, cheering with his fists and excitement.

“We have succeeded! We have succeeded!”