Planet Escape

Academician Yao manipulated the device, and soon Xiang Gan saw a mass of ionized air in a plasma state appearing inside the glass.

"Is it necessary to be in a plasma state to make a fourth-grade material?" Xiang Gan asked curiously when he saw the cloud of ionized gas inside the glass.

"That's not true, it's just that under such circumstances, it is more intuitive to observe the reaction of atoms when they aggregate. After all, in the plasma state, electrons will be 'thrown' off by atoms, and atoms will become Only positively charged ions. At this time, these ions are forced to aggregate together to form new solid substances, which are quaternary materials.

If the four states defined by humans in the past are liquid, solid, gas, and plasma. Then the quaternary material does not belong to any of these forms, and the basic Pauli exclusion principle forces the atomic nucleus to form a new structure, that is, the degenerate state material. "Academician Yao said while operating.

The Pauli Exclusion Principle knows that, in simple terms, some particles (such as electrons, neutrons, protons, etc.) are exclusive, and they cannot occupy the same position in space, just like a group of naughty children, If you want them to get close together, they will always push and bump, and drive the children next to them away. The closer you want them to be, the greater the force you need to use. This kind of mutual repulsion between particles, is called the degeneracy pressure.

But Xiang Gan didn't understand how to produce degenerate matter under the current conditions. It is important to know that degenerate matter basically exists on white dwarfs and neutron stars. The matter on these two extreme celestial bodies are electronic degenerate matter and neutron degenerate matter respectively.

However, the production of these two substances is entirely dependent on the super-strong gravitational force of extreme celestial bodies, and the current technology cannot evolve that extreme environment at all. So Xiang Gan watched Academician Yao operate the equipment with deep doubts.

With the operation of Academician Yao, the ionized air mass inside the glass container began to shrink, and began to change a little bit like a material form.

At this time, Xiang Gan saw that there seemed to be an invisible hand around the ionized air mass, constantly squeezing the ionized air mass. At the same time, he also saw bursts of flashes erupting inside the ionized air mass, and the dots of flashes made the ionized air mass look like a galaxy flowing.

"Huh..." As the ionized air mass shrinks, the neck stem suddenly makes a soft sound.

"Hehe. Do you feel that this picture is a bit like the scene when the planet was formed." Old man Li said with a smile when he heard Xiang Qian's surprise.

"En. It's a bit similar." Xiang Gan nodded.

The ionized air mass shrinks, and the spherical substance formed inside the air mass can gradually be seen, and the internal flashes become more and more intense, and can already catch up with the luminosity of a 100-watt light bulb.

"That's how I felt when I first saw it. But it's not the same as the reason why stars are formed. When stars form, nuclear fusion reactions occur in the core, and then quickly absorb the surrounding materials, and finally the stars are formed due to gravity. But in this way, if there is a nuclear fusion reaction, it means that the experiment has failed. Although the method of changing the nucleus in this way will cause high-energy reactions to occur inside the nucleus, there will never be a thermonuclear reaction." Old man Li pointed at Xiang Gan Said.

Xianggan nodded and continued to observe the changes inside the glass container.

Over time, the ionized air mass has disappeared. Instead, it was a large sphere with a diameter of one centimeter.

At this time, the sphere is still shining continuously, some from the inside and some from the outside. Until five minutes later. Academician Yao stopped operating when the sphere remained silent.

"This is the fourth-level technological material. It does not belong to any element in the periodic table, but is a material composed of new elements." Yao Element said excitedly, and when he said it, he also showed the structure of the atomic nucleus inside the sphere picture.

Xiang Qian saw that around the nucleus, the electrons were still there. The neutrons are also there, and there are many particles left that he doesn't recognize. are revolving around the nucleus.

"No, why didn't I see that this nucleus is like the nucleus of a neutron state substance." Xiang Gan asked strangely.

Asked by Xiang Gan, Academician Yao showed an embarrassing expression again, and said with a wry smile: "This is also a degenerate substance, but it is not the degenerate substance of the neutron state. The degenerate state of the neutron state State matter is the development direction of quaternary materials.

With our current technology, we can only overcome the Coulomb force and nuclear force at most. If we want to form neutron degenerate matter, unless we can increase the gravitational force inside the nucleus to the strength that crushes the nucleus, otherwise... But although this material is not It is a degenerate matter in the neutron state, but its properties have definitely reached the level of the scientific and technological materials of the fourth-level civilization, which is absolutely no problem. "

"Oh...that's right. After overcoming the fourth-level material problem, many of our technical problems can be supplemented by the material performance. In this way, our technical level will definitely have a qualitative leap." Xiang Gan suddenly realized that he wanted to wrong.

He wondered just now, if he could create neutron matter now, would he be able to create a neutron star right away for fun? At that time, it is absolutely unreasonable to install an engine on the neutron star, see who is not pleasing to the eye, and directly pretend to hit someone. But now it seems that I am thinking too much. If neutron matter can be produced now, it will not be against the sky.

Being able to produce neutron matter means that human beings can already create a neutron star by means of technology, which is too heaven-defying. Let alone making a neutron star now, even if a human battleship approaches a neutron star, it will immediately kneel down.

But this is also reasonable. How can the technology of the fourth-level civilization produce neutron matter? Even if the gap between the third-level civilization and the fourth-level civilization is very large, it will not be so successful.

"Yes, we are now preparing to study new materials. Various research centers have reported materials that limit the performance of science and technology. We plan to upgrade these materials starting tomorrow." Academician Yao said.

"Well, tell Xingkong directly what materials you need, as long as it is for the research of new materials, you can use all resources." Xiang Gan nodded and said.

Then Xianggan stayed for a while and then left. But just as he was about to leave the Academy of Sciences, he was stopped by old man Li.

"Teacher, what's the matter?"

"Well, there is something I want to discuss with you." Old man Li said a little embarrassed.

"It's okay, tell me, teacher."

"I want to use the star-level gravity engine."

After hearing this, Xiang Gan was confused, using the planet-level gravity engine is really a big deal, no wonder he had to file a report for approval, but he went directly to him and said it directly. Because of this nonsensical report, even if old man Li had a close relationship with him, he would be directly rejected in the first trial, and he would not be able to send it to him at all.

"Teacher, what are you using the star-level gravity engine for?" Xiang Qian asked seriously.

"I want to verify the general theory of relativity. The graviton has been discovered, and the gravitational field has been proved. Then the judgment of the celestial system in the general theory of relativity is not formed by the attraction of gravity, but formed by the distortion of space-time by gravity. It is wrong. But my recent research found that this theory seems to be correct, so now I am confused and want to verify the general theory of relativity.

But the gravitational fluctuations produced by the gravitational generating device are not enough for me to prove whether the general theory of relativity is wrong, so I can only use the super-strong gravitational fluctuations of the planetary gravitational engine to verify. At the same time, the relationship between gravity and time can also be proved in this experiment. "Old man Li also said seriously.

"Teacher, you can carry out this research, but you can't do it in the near future. At least wait until the fourth-level scientific and technological materials are popularized, and all scientific equipment is replaced with fourth-level materials, and then proceed after the accuracy increases. This will allow more accurate monitoring As a result, the second is that the star-level gravitational engine will be used after a while.

In this way, there is no need to waste energy reserves, and theoretical verification can be completed. Otherwise, start the gravitational engine now, and the wasted energy reserve will be an astronomical figure. "Xiang Gan thought for a while and said.

"Okay, then I'll go back and prepare." Old man Li nodded and said after hearing this. He also knew the disadvantages of the star-level gravity engine, so he didn't say much. (to be continued)