latelenovela Chapter 427 - 217: The Upcoming New Dungeon
Chapter 427 - 217: The Upcoming New Dungeon
Though it remains unclear what exactly happened to that special particle, it somehow interacted with the Λ hyperon in an extremely brief phenomenon.
But in a sense.
It is precisely due to this interaction that an ultra-high energy burst in a short period, allowing Academician Pan and others to easily pinpoint the impact marks.
At this moment.
Academician Pan is at the console, analyzing the reports with Zhao Zhengguo:
"The decay parameter measurement result is 0.633±0.002, which is higher in precision than the initial Λ hyperon."
"However, the observation magnitude is 140Mev, which is characteristic of a neutral meson..."
"A neutral meson?"
Zhao Zhengguo was slightly stunned, then blurted out:
"How is this possible?"
"Not to mention that it has already undergone an interaction reaction with a pi meson internally, just from the integral data of the differential width of the whole process, its spin is a half-odd number, which absolutely cannot be a meson."
Academician Pan also nodded solemnly.
Considering that many students have limited knowledge of particles and cannot distinguish between baryons and leptons.
Therefore, we will now systematically educate everyone on the concept of particles. (This should be unprecedented popular science, if you’re confused, it’s suggested to take note)
First of all, one thing must be made clear.
That is, macroscopic substances are ultimately composed of microscopic particles.
Microscopic particles, from large to small, are molecules, atoms, protons and neutrons (atomic nucleus), and finally basic particles.
And basic particles.
Are currently the indivisible smallest materials in the microscopic world.
Here, indivisible means they have no volume or model image, and their internal structure cannot be detected.
This means they can be treated as point particles... similar to the concept of point mass.
And basic particles, mainly consist of four categories:
Quarks, leptons, gauge bosons, and Higgs particles.
These four categories are further divided into 61 types of particles.
Among them, quarks and leptons, also known as fermions — they form the earliest observable structures of matter.
There are six types of quarks, called six flavors of quarks, they are up, down, top, bottom, strange, and charm. (Yesterday I mistook it for ’je’ stretch my head)
At the same time.
Each flavor of quark has three internal degrees of freedom, called colors, hence 3X6=18.
And these 18 kinds of quarks have their own antiparticles, so there are a total of 36 kinds of quarks.
This number corresponds to the aforementioned 61, that is, among the 61 types of particles, there are 36 kinds of quarks.
Leptons come in 12 types, including the previously mentioned neutrino, etc.
Thus, there are a total of 12+36=48 types of fermions.
As for gauge bosons and Higgs particles, they are collectively referred to as bosons, which are particles characterized by integer spins.
Among them, gauge bosons convey the fundamental interactions between particles.
The Higgs particle and its Higgs field are responsible for generating rest mass.
So the Higgs particle is singled out, forming a unique type, nicknamed the God Particle.
In the case of gauge bosons.
Only one boson mediates electromagnetic interaction, and that is the photon.
For weak interactions, there are three bosons.
Specifically, W+, W-, and Z bosons.
The particles transmitting strong interactions are called gluons, of which there are eight types.
Consequently, the total number of bosons is 1+1+3+8=13.
Adding 13 to 48 yields 61, constituting the fundamental 61 types of micro particles in the world.
Apart from these.
There is also a gravitational particle, unverified by experiments; thus, these 61 (62) types of particles form the particle physics standard model.
Of course.
In cutting-edge theories, many believe that the standard model is merely a low-energy approximation of a larger model. It’s enough to have a basic understanding of this; there is no need to delve too deeply.
With these 61 fundamental particles, the microscopic world begins to assemble building blocks, introducing a new concept:
Composite particles.
For example, protons and neutrons are composite particles made up of three quarks and gluons, classified as one type of baryon.
Hyperons, as the name suggests.
Refer to baryons whose mass exceeds that of protons and neutrons and that contain at least one strange quark.
Atom=Proton (quarks + gluon) + Neutron (quarks + gluon) + outer-electron.
And atoms are also known as "elements," with 118 known elements. Elements form molecular compounds, which then lead to chemical concepts. (Isn’t this worth a monthly pass?)
As for the mesons mentioned by Academician Pan... they are also a type of composite particle.
Their spin is an integer, categorizing them as fermions.
Baryons, on the other hand, have a spin of half-odd, and unless you’re a galactic player, there’s no way you’d mistake one for the other.
It is as if you have a piece of meat in front of you; you might not be able to tell if it’s beef, pork, or donkey meat.
But in any case, you can’t mistake it for a potato.
Academician Pan then turned a page in the document and said slowly:
"Particles with different properties yet exhibiting remarkably similar observational magnitudes, this is just too peculiar..."
"It’s like a fat man and a thin man running a thousand meters; for the same distance, the energy consumed by the fat man must be greater."
At this point.
Academician Pan’s hand suddenly paused, uttering a slight "hmm" and came to a stop entirely.
Upon seeing this.
Next to him, Zhao Zhengguo couldn’t help but ask:
"Xiaopan, have you thought of something?"
Academician Pan nodded upon hearing this. He picked up paper and pen from the table and drew a simple diagram:
"Look, if a fat person and a skinny person both run a thousand meters using their legs, the energy consumed will inevitably be different."
"But if the fat person flies over or is even teleported, could their energy consumption fall into the same range?"
"The trajectory Xiaoxu calculated is the track. We know that particles will move along this trajectory and that it might trigger quantum tunneling—this is also why I came."
"But we don’t know how it will reach that ’end point.’ We subconsciously think it’s ’running,’ don’t we?"
Upon hearing Academician Pan’s words,
Zhao Zhengguo was first slightly stunned, then heavily pressed his hands on the operations desk, leaned forward, and stared intensely at the report on the table, exclaiming:
"Xiaopan, are you saying...the particle’s trajectory isn’t a jump, but a...flicker?"
Academician Pan ruffled his slightly sparse hair, exhaled deeply, and affirmed:
"Exactly."
This was mentioned earlier.
Academician Pan is currently a leading figure in the domestic field of quantum encryption. On May 6th, his team just used the "Mozi" quantum science experimental satellite to complete a quantum state transmission between two ground stations 1200 kilometers apart. (Do you remember that content from the Chapters? Now it can be talked about, hehe.)
The core technology of long-distance quantum state transmission is quantum teleportation, which is the prototype of a teleportation array.
It’s like using the atmosphere as a channel to instantly teleport a photon from 1200 kilometers away right in front of you.
However, with current technology, only about a dozen photons can be teleported, leaving a trillion-fold gap to teleport a human body, akin to the long-awaited finale of Conan.
Thus, quantum encryption’s main application is in encrypted communications, that is, in cybersecurity applications, which is the most realistic direction.
But now...
A new variable seems to have emerged.
If the operating mode of this special particle truly is flickering, it implies that it inherently possesses quantum state properties!
It must be noted.
It was once mentioned.
A photon is the only boson that has electromagnetic interaction, so all current experiments only use photons as the entangled light source.
However, if a particle similar to a superparticle has such a property now, it might mean performing reversible quantum logic operations from another perspective of different degrees of freedom!
It’s like researching weapons, originally only having black powder, which means developing and perfecting weapons through the most primitive means.
But one day you wake up and discover a bag of Octon is placed beside your bed...
That indeed can be described with the phrase ’terrifying beyond imagination...’
To put it bluntly.
On its own, this particle might not win a Nobel Prize, as throughout history, only the proposer of the Higgs Particle, Higgs, received that honor due to a new particle, and the new particle’s characteristics are still very far from the "God Particle."
But on the other hand.
If breakthroughs can be achieved in some technical barriers by relying on this particle, then this achievement has a high probability of earning a Nobel Prize!
After thinking for a moment, Zhao Zhengguo asked:
"Xiaopan, since this particle is discovered by you and Xiaoxu, why don’t you give it a name?"
"A name, huh..."
At these words, a complex emotion arose in Academician Pan’s heart.
It was a sense of inexplicable solitude, like a ghost wandering in loneliness.
After a silent pause, he said:
"Let’s call it the Isolated Particle."
........
At the same time.
Hundreds of kilometers away in Yong City.
Not long ago, after reaching a cooperative intention with Zhou Shan, Xu Yun bid farewell with Lin Zhenhua and returned to the Hanhua Group.
Because the entire transition metal production line was still being poured and some processes might require Xu Yun and others’ assistance, they still needed to stay in Yong City for a couple of days.
So after returning to the park.
In a few days of traveling back and forth, Xu Yun became somewhat exhausted, so he quickly parted with Lin Zhenhua, said a few words to Tang Li not to disturb him, and returned to his room in the guesthouse.
He then took a relaxing bath in the bathroom, preparing to go to bed and see if Tifa had any new videos.
Unfortunately,
it seemed as if the subtitle group had been slacking lately, and Xu Yun couldn’t find anything new, forcing him to abandon his idea regrettably.
However, as he sat down with a sigh, gently rubbing his hand, Xu Yun suddenly felt a slight movement in his heart, sensing something.
Then he quickly got out of bed, pressed down the door stopper, and closed the curtains tightly.
Returning to bed, he softly chanted the ’spell’:
"༒༶༄༅."
A moment later.
The surroundings suddenly darkened.
When the light brightened again, Xu Yun found himself in that mysterious space.
At this moment,
The second door, which had disappeared as a space-time album, still hadn’t been filled, nor was there any anomaly with the first door that had shown Little Niu’s letter.
However...
The third door, originally with knowledge points at 73/100, now startlingly displayed...
100/100.
In other words.
The third dungeon is now ready to be unlocked.
.......