Chapter 160: Capture, Merkin’s application When many onlookers thought the auction was about to end, another bidding call refreshed their views. "600,000 energy coins!" Everyone in the audience took a deep breath of air. Some less experienced explorers in physics are already asking what exotic matter is. Someone who understands begins to explain: "The strangeness of strange matter is not the strangeness of strange matter, but the strangeness of strange quarks. It should be easy for you to understand." "Our ordinary matter is called atomic matter, which usually contains up quarks and down quarks, and after adding strange quarks, it becomes strange matter." "Usually, strange substances in nature are thought to be only born in the core of neutron stars. Because of the high pressure, they are very dense and are a kind of condensed matter. As for the real application of strange substances, there are actually different opinions. After all, this is the first time I have seen real of strange substances.” "There is a hypothesis in the Federation that quark matter is the ground state of all matter, and all matter we can see is metastable. All matter will eventually become strange matter even under normal pressure. This hypothesis can also be called a hypothesis , comes from the human being Bodmer Witten, whose existence is said to be quite ancient.” "There is also a hypothesis that strange matter can assimilate any matter that comes into contact with it, and it has the power to destroy the world. Of course, this is all conjecture based on insufficient knowledge of strange matter. According to current research, strange matter is in According to my opinion, the real value of quark matter that is fused with strange quarks under high pressure is not its superconducting application, but that the strange matter itself is dense, which may provide some help for atomic fusion.”
Explorers usually don’t have physics idiots. In the Federation, unless you are really strong individually, the first requirement to join an explorer team is that you have at least a university degree in physics, astronomy, chemistry, biology, etc. Educational qualifications, followed by others. Of course everyone knows the importance of atomic fusion. There are usually theories that the strong force can arrange atoms more closely together, because the strong force is the strongest force among the four fundamental forces, but the strong force only works inside the nucleus, and its range of action is 10^-15m. The size of the atom can There are 10^-10m, and the force is hundreds of times different from the atoms. What's more, if the atoms are arranged closely, it cannot create a normal dense structure. It can only create a giant atom or only an atomic nucleus. A dense structure without electrons. There is only one thing that can create a dense structure. Strong pressure squeezes all the atoms together. Strange matter is born under strong pressure. Only when the density of matter under high pressure is higher than the critical density will strange quarks and the other three types of six-flavor quarks (charm quark, top quark and top quark) that are heavier than strange quarks be born. bottom quark). Strange matter is very small, the smallest can reach the femtometer level (10^-15m), which provides the possibility for the strong interaction force to affect it, and also means that strange matter may form a dense structure. The value of this alone exceeds the 600,000 energy coins. At this time, Yan Xia once again shouted an unimaginable high price. "One million energy coins!" As expected of a federal star, he could easily spend millions, which is unimaginable. " million energy coins!" " million energy coins!" However, other consortiums are already bidding and seem unwilling to withdraw. Bodo was dumbfounded. 1 million energy coins was an unimaginable high price. It was more than enough to buy 100 of them. "Yan Xia, even if it is a strange substance, there is no guarantee that it will have such a high value." Yan Xia smiled at it. "The physical properties of Merkin have been passed on to the top federal officials through some channels, which is why so many consortiums participated in the bidding." "Hado, you don't understand the value of strange substances." "Its research value is far higher than its application value. Don't forget, we are a level 2 civilization that has mastered the four basic forces. As long as we have the template, we can create it."
"The substances we can create now are still essentially atoms, not elementary particles. This makes our materials have limitations. This is a key to connecting elementary particle materials science." Of course, exotic matter has not yet explored the field of true elementary particle production. But it is much more advanced than current atomic materials. Before Bodo could react, he heard Yan Xia call out a final number. "Two million energy coins!" A sense of suffocation filled the auction room. Those financial groups also shut their mouths. Even they can't hit such a big number in one go. You must know that exotic substances cannot be used immediately. Ten times or even dozens or hundreds of times of research costs will need to be invested in them in the future, but what is obtained is actually only first-hand applications. After the product is released, it will be controlled by other companies within 100 years. Therefore, weighing the pros and cons, 2 million energy coins are already somewhat beyond their limit. "Two million energy coins!" "Is there any higher price than this!" "Two million energy coins at a time!" "Two million energy coins twice!" "This is something that is rare to find. This is the only strange substance in the Federation. Is there anything else..." "Two million energy coins... three times! Deal!" Yan Xia used his money power to win Merkin. He asked Bodo to carry the machine to accept it. Under Yan Xia's arrangement, Bodo put the box obtained from the auction into their box, and then the nanorobot inside decomposed the box. "What a crude storage device." Strange matter needs to be under high pressure to remain stable. It is not even as stable as ordinary matter under normal pressure, so special equipment is needed. Bodo reacted after the strange matter was put in. "This is why ordinary matter cannot become a dense structure." "Even if it is under high pressure, if ordinary matter is not converted into this strange matter, the size of the atom itself cannot allow strong force to work, but why didn't the Federation create strange matter before, but was taken a step ahead by an unknown scholar?" Bodo was very curious about this. Yan Xia replied: "The Federation has actually been trying to create exotic matter, but the high pressure required to create exotic matter is too strong. Even if it is created, it is only a small piece. So what is the use of a group of exotic matter that is not even the size of an atom?" "Only things that can be mass-produced are good things." "As for why it was taken by a scholar who is not even a ranked scholar, it is not a matter of luck, but because he madly placed his research site inside a white dwarf, which allows it to obtain greater pressure with less energy."
The real madness is not this, but the boldness of Wo Mingxi Limo. If you want to create research inside a white dwarf, you must have equipment that can withstand the pressure inside the white dwarf, which is very expensive. Wo Mingxi Limo does not have it. He is betting with his life. Each experiment lasts for a maximum of 1 minute, and then again and again. This is also the reason why Wo Mingxi Limo will leave the Federation. Because if he is in the Federation, his pitiful life span will not be able to support him to complete his research. The time span of the entire research is as long as 729 years, and only real scholars can persist in this way. Although the Federation studies exotic matter, it generally conducts exploration under the condition of ensuring the safety of researchers and does not take extreme measures, which slows down the progress of the Federation. Moreover, the Federation has many directions to explore, and exotic matter is only one of tens of thousands of studies. It will not receive special treatment, especially before it has the possibility of mass production. And Merkin is a mass-produced exotic matter, which is one of the important factors why it is so expensive. The auction of Merkin is over, so many chaebols will naturally not be interested in things worth dozens of energy coins. Some chaebols gathered together to hold a banquet, and naturally invited Yan Xia, the winner. Yan Xia did not refuse. Under the time span of the universe, he does not lack this day. It will take more than 300 years to return to the Water Commission from here. At the banquet, Yan Xia is undoubtedly the protagonist, not only in terms of identity, but also in terms of age. It can be said that among all the lives on the entire Death Star, no one is older than Yan Xia, not to mention his real age, but also his age that is known to the public. That is the so-called high moral character and prestige. There were also some women at the banquet who were very fond of Yan Xia and wanted to throw themselves into his arms, but they were all rejected by Yan Xia. As for the bloody plot, it didn't happen. Everyone was very smart. The warships parked outside were not for display. Only the military in the Federation had warships. The power represented by Yan Xia was self-evident. In fact, the guys who stopped Yan Xia after he got off the warship were not idiots. As his subordinates, those guys had to stop Yan Xia, the uninvited guest. When you meet a strong person, just let him go. This is not a problem in individuals, but in an organization, the boss does not need such subordinates. After eating and drinking, Yan Xia also returned to the warship. Ella reported: "We found traces of Wormingxilimo on the Death Star. Do you want to capture him?" Strictly speaking, except for the explorers with identity certificates, the rest of the guys on the Death Star are enemies of the Federation and can be executed directly on the spot. So Ella used the word "capture" here, but it does not mean conviction, but the need to keep such scholars who can create exotic substances in the Federation. "No, the Federation's system will only trap such scholars, it belongs here." "Specific environments breed specific life, the Federation should accept this, after all, the universe has asymmetry and symmetry." Yan Xia did not intend to recruit Wo Mingxilimo. In addition to the reasons he said, it was also because Wo Mingxilimo's own professional level was not high, which determined its upper limit. "Give it a pass to Mozi Academy, set the period for 50 years." "If it really wants to go further, then it will definitely go."
The professionalism of Mozi Academy is undoubtedly the top of the Federation now. In Yan Xia's opinion, Wo Mingxilimo's further study in it can at least improve it by more than 1 times on the current basis. If it has talent, it may be able to touch the ranking. "Okay!" Ella directly sent a message to Wo Mingxilimo in the Death Star. Wo Mingxilimo, who originally thought he was hiding very secretly, was shocked after seeing the message, and then became extremely excited. Studying at Mozi Academy for 50 years is not something that can be bought with money. For it, it may even be more valuable than the 2 million energy coins. And Yan Xia soon forgot the existence of Wo Mingxi Limo. He began to be obsessed with studying Merkin. Merkin is not a solid metal in the traditional sense, but a fluid-like substance, like mercury. The difference is that Merkin can still maintain a fluid state in ultra-low temperature and ultra-high pressure environments. Yan Xia does not have a related professional to conduct in-depth research on Merkin. What he is doing now is actually just an experiment. The smallest exotic matter is only femtometers, and the largest can reach more than a kilometer level. This kind of group must have high pressure and strong force involved at the same time. Yan Xia wants to analyze whether Merkin can be used to create a spacecraft with strong defense. This kind of defense does not mean defense against attacks, but defense against high-pressure environments. In the past, if a warship resisted high pressure, it would definitely directly produce deformation at the surface or even atomic level, and exotic matter itself was generated in a high-pressure environment, so it can be used to make some high-pressure resistant machines, which can be used to study high pressure or work in a high-pressure environment. The environment of the strange metal is already extremely close to the black hole. Yan Xia's expectation is to be able to reach the horizon of the black hole with the strange metal and study the black hole at a very close distance. As for the other values Yan Xia mentioned before, those require more professional and in-depth research, and what he is doing now can actually be said to be the application of strange matter. And because it is in a fluid state, Yan Xia plans to give it memory first. In other words, the strange matter becomes plastic, just like liquid metal. On the way back, Yan Xia's plan was to hibernate, but because of his research on Merkin, he gave up hibernation and chose to use 318 years to create a stable strange matter spaceship. This is not easy to do. The shell can be easily solved, so what about the internal parts? Even if the parts are made of strange matter, what about the core computing module? If the computing module is also made of strange matter, what about the energy supply for the spacecraft? These are all closely linked. You should know that under the pressure environment of the exotic matter itself, a mountain with a density of 100 million can be directly compressed to the size of a fingernail. This is the terrifying power of a neutron star. More than 300 years is not enough for Yan Xia to complete this task, but fortunately he is not alone, and there is Ella's help. And Ella's body in the Water Committee also sent a message, saying that Merkin can not only be used as a material for exploring spacecraft, but also the key to transforming Kunlun. Merkin can allow the Federation to enter the era of real giant ships.