After preliminarily finalizing a set from different plans, Peng Hongxi and Gao Hongming left for the time being to make preparations.
As for Xu Chuan, he turned on the computer and clicked on the mailbox.
With his fingers tapping lightly on the keyboard, he wrote an email and sent it.
The recipient is Professor Tillmann Lundt of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics.
Professor Tillmann Lent is a German physicist who currently serves as the director of the Planck Institute of Plasma Physics. The two met several times at CERN 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 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. Energy Registry decided to stop its operation due to economic and budget pressures.
Starting in 2012, C-Mod has been discontinued for seven years. Coupled with the fact that the U.S. economy is now declining further, plans and arrangements for restarting it can be said to be far off.
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.
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 sent him an email back and made an appointment for a video call.
Today, Professor Tillman Lunt is interested in high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials, so there is talk of purchasing the old ASDEX device.
After making an appointment for a video call, Xu Chuan returned to the laboratory. Just as he was about to enter the laboratory to speed up the optimization of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials, CERN called him.
The person who called him was Professor David Gross, Chairman of the Board of Governors of CERN.
"Xu, long time no see. Congratulations on your election as an academician of the two academies."
Gross smiled and congratulated him. In fact, he is also 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 is CERN these days?"
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? Want to do a deal with CERN?"
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 CERN 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." Exploration of dark energy, so even if I personally prefer the better materials in your hands, they may not 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 use this material. ”
"So the council should be more inclined to use more stable materials."
"What's more, the materials in your hands currently only exist in the laboratory and have not yet been mass-produced."
"It also takes a long time from laboratory to mass production, and CERN cannot bet on this. After all, CERN is not mine. Although the supervisors of the member states do not manage things on a daily basis, our funds come from them. .”
"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 statement is somewhat suspected of cutting off orders for superconducting materials, 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 the most in-depth research on sterile neutrinos and dark matter and dark energy, if the young man on the other side of the phone said he was second, I am 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, let alone CERN, must be seriously considered 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 also at least among 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 CERN's 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 the collision energy level. It’s not enough, but our observation methods are relatively backward, so even if it appears, we can’t see it.”
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 CERN, 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. ”
"It's just that I'm busy with some other projects now, and there are really not many physicists in China, 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 ahead of CERN. .”
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, it will probably complete the upgrade of the LHC earlier than CERN if it goes all out.
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.
The reason why CERN can so smoothly obtain funds from various countries for upgrading is that on the one hand, the discovery and improvement of the Higgs particle provides value, and on the other hand, the discovery of sterile neutrinos provides prospects.
Dark matter and dark energy are a brand new goal and a direction beyond the standard model.
Without the emergence of this direction, CERN may not be able to obtain upgrade funds so smoothly.
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 that China is building a large strong particle collider, this will definitely be a blow to CERN, and it may be more difficult to ask for funds in the future.
After thinking for a while, David Gross said: "If CERN purchases 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 CERN will purchase."
"In fact, for CERN, it is definitely not a loss-making business. Believe me, the performance of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials will satisfy you."
"And I can guarantee its performance and stability. 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 declining politely.
As he said in the exchange, from a practical point of view, the CERN board of directors prefers the stabilized BI high-temperature superconducting materials for the upgrade of the LHC Large Strong Particle Collider. Even if its superconducting properties are not as good as copper-carbon-silver composite materials.
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 bother Master Gross."
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 CERN 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 did not trade with his own technology, but with CERN's own technology in later generations.
Of course, for CERN, this is actually not a loss.
On the one hand, it is time. He can bring the plan 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 start. He needs to retain some key technologies to make the domestic collider surpass CERN's 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. He needs more things to ensure that he can trade the reactor from the Germanic country or the United States.
Among them, high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials are 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 from CERN is undoubtedly a guarantee of quality.
As for the discovery of dark matter and dark energy, it doesn’t matter if we leave it to CERN.
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.
PS: Today’s blind date probably failed again. Wuwuwuwu┭┮﹏┭┮, to be honest, I quite like the woman, at least the appearance is my type, but unfortunately, she doesn’t seem to be too cold to me.
Is there any love expert out there who can give me some advice