Chapter 967: Maybe faster-than-light travel is not impossible
When the second issue of "Exploration·General Journal" began to be published to the world, almost all physicists were addicted to it.
Not only Discovery, but also other international academic journals, such as Nature and Science, have tracked it and arranged for their own editors to interview top physicists.
Even the Review of Modern Physics, which generally does not accept free submissions, invites physicists who have made outstanding achievements in various fields to write historical summaries, explanations of principles, analysis of current situations and predictions of trends in major hot issues in today's physics research.
They all arranged for the editor-in-chief to find Professor Roger Penrose, the mathematical physicist who never sets on the sun, the Nobel Prize winner in physics. While interviewing him, he hoped that he could write an article on the discovery of dark matter.
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Of course, it is not that "Modern Physics Reviews" has not considered inviting Professor Xu Chuan to write a review.
Especially when it comes to the acceptance report, there is now a prediction about faster-than-light travel. Even though several days have passed, discussions about this aspect are still a hot topic in major media.
But after careful consideration, the editor-in-chief of Reviews of Modern Physics temporarily gave up the idea.
After all, the current concerns about warp engines and space-time wormholes are just predictions and speculations. It would be too late to find Professor Xu in the future after he completes his thesis on this subject.
This rare opportunity should be reserved for more important things.
As for now, Professor Roger Penrose will suffice.
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When the editor-in-chief of Reviews of Modern Physics found this top physics expert, he was retiring in a small town near Oxford University.
The 94-year-old Nobel Prize winner has been mainly engaged in research in the fields of mathematical physics such as general relativity and quantum mechanics in the past.
Especially in the research on black hole singularities and space-time, it is widely known.
"In the distant past, the universe must have begun with an infinitesimal singularity" was the proof he and Hawking completed in collaboration, and applied it to cosmology to prove the ubiquity of the Big Bang singularity.
This is completely consistent with the observations of the universe by the physics community at that time. At the singularity, all known physical laws will collapse.
Editor-in-chief of "Modern Physics Review": "Hello, Professor Penrose, it is a great honor to interview you today."
Without wasting time, after saying hello, the editor-in-chief of "Modern Physics Review" went directly to the topic and asked.
"Not long ago, the CRHPC agency officially completed the verification of the dark matter particle 'Ct sterile neutrino particle', and successfully found the first dark matter particle in human history. What do you think of this?"
Without almost any thought, Roger Penrose smiled and said: "This is a great thing. They have opened up the boundaries of physics and also opened up the frontier world of human cognition."
"Under the leadership of Professor Xu Chuan, dark matter was confirmed from the microscopic world. This is a particle that exceeds the standard model. It and other types of dark matter particles form a new world and a new continent beyond our knowledge.
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"There is no doubt that this will be the greatest achievement of the early 21st century, bar none!"
Editor-in-Chief of "Modern Physics Review": "At the end of the report, Professor Xu personally added some bold predictions to the theory of void field and dark matter."
"For example, there may be more dark matter particles in the center of the sun than we imagine, there is a limit to the expansion speed of the universe, and the curvature engines and space-time wormholes that the public is most concerned about, etc."
"What do you think of these predictions and conjectures?"
After hearing this question, Professor Penrose thought for a while before slowly replying: "I'm afraid I can't give any answer to this question."
"After all, even if the CRHPC agency has confirmed the existence of dark matter particles, we still don't know much about their properties."
"Even the most detailed Ct sterile neutrino particle only knows part of its properties."
"but....."
After a pause, he continued: "But for some of these predictions, we can conduct observational verification."
"For example, whether there are more dark matter particles in the center of the sun and the expansion rate of the universe, these can be verified to a certain extent through astronomical observation equipment."
"This will be one of the most important areas of detection in the future for physics and astronomy."
"As for the curvature engines and space-time wormholes that the public is most concerned about, I think it is too early to give a yes or no answer to this question."
The editor-in-chief of "Reviews of Modern Physics" was keenly aware of the potential meaning and asked curiously: "You don't seem to be very optimistic about the concept of warp navigation proposed by Professor Xu?"
Professor Roger Penrose shook his head and said: "Although his idea is very novel, it is not enough to say that he is not optimistic about it."
"From a personal perspective, I hope he is right."
"Just from the perspective of scientific theory and research, it doesn't make much sense to discuss these at the moment."
"After all, these things are just speculations at the moment. I think... it would be more appropriate to at least wait until Professor Xu completes this part of the paper before discussing related theories."
Editor-in-chief of "Modern Physics Review": "If Professor Xu Chuan's prediction is correct, then when can we use these theories to carry out super-light warp navigation?"
After hearing this question, Roger Penrose thought for a while and replied: "I can't give an accurate time for this question."
"However, judging from the current level of science and technology, if you want to successfully control dark matter and use them to complete super-light warp navigation, it will probably take hundreds of years."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Maybe it will be a century later, maybe it will be two centuries later, or maybe it will be a more distant time."
After saying that, Professor Penrose added with some ridicule and some regret.
"But at least, I definitely can't see it."
Although warp sailing at faster than light speed is just a prediction and conjecture made by that person at the acceptance report meeting, the entire academic community is aware of this boss's habits.
He would never speak casually without being completely sure.
Especially in the area of academic research, given his character, he definitely made this judgment based on what he discovered about Ct sterile neutrino particles.
It is no exaggeration to say that once he publicly expresses an opinion, even if it is just a speculation, it will only be made public after countless thoughts and calculations to ensure that at least this opinion has no problems in logic and theory.
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The only thing Penrose regrets is that time waits for no one. He is already old, and at an age where a fall may take away the last part of his life. He cannot see the day when super-light curvature navigation is verified.
What he hopes now is that that person can perfect the theory related to super-light travel in his limited days, and let him take a look before leaving. This is enough.
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Coincidentally, except for Roger Penrose, a top figure in the field of mathematical physics, who has made a certain degree of public statements on dark matter particles and related theories.
Another top figure in the field of theoretical physics, Professor Sal Perlmutter, who discovered the accelerating expansion of the universe by observing remote supernovae and won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, also publicly commented on the research results of the CRHPC institution.
There was a response.
The scholar who wrote to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Prize Selection Committee as early as 2018 to recommend the expanded application of the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem said it publicly in front of reporters.
"...I don't understand what the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Prize selection committee are thinking. Last year's Physics Prize was awarded to achievements in the field of AI. It was a huge joke."
"Isn't the unified theory of strong electricity more worthy of a medal than the so-called artificial neural network for machine learning?"
"Of course, this year I have continued to write to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to recommend it. Whether it is the unified theory of strong electricity or the Ct sterile neutrino particle, they are worthy of a Nobel Medal."
"It is no exaggeration to say that it is not that Professor Xu needs a second Nobel Prize, but that the Nobel Prize must consider awarding him a second, third, or even more medals."
"If the scholars who unified the theory of strong electricity for the physics community and opened up the world of dark matter for mankind cannot win a second Nobel Prize, I think I will doubt the fairness of the Nobel Prize!"
"As for the predictions and speculations about super-light travel, I don't doubt that Professor Xu has made a major breakthrough in this regard, but the specific situation can only be determined after he releases the relevant papers."
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I have to say that compared to discussions outside academia, the physics community is indeed more calm.
Even though it was Xu Chuan who made predictions about faster-than-light travel, these top scholars in the physics community still maintain a rigorous attitude towards this theory.
Even though everyone expects this to be true, they are still waiting for the relevant papers to be officially released.
But even calmness is only related to faster-than-light travel.
When the dark matter particle Ct sterile neutrino was officially detected and confirmed, the entire physics community went completely crazy.
This is the first particle that truly exceeds the standard model. It is also a particle that constitutes the huge dark matter in the universe. It is also a particle that opens up a whole new world in the world of physics.
Not to mention Professor Sal Perlmutter, Professor Francois Engler, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013 for the discovery of the 'God particle' Higgs boson, also made it public.
Said that the discovery of Ct sterile neutrino particles is worthy of a Nobel Prize.
He hopes that this year's Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will seriously consider the relevant awards instead of awarding them to other achievements.
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At the same time, on the other side.
Star City, Taohualing.
In the CRHPC headquarters building and the chairman's office, Xu Chuan didn't pay much attention to outside discussions.
Even the Nobel Prize is actually just that to him now.
If you include his previous life, he has already won three Nobel Prizes, so this medal is not that attractive to him.
Of course, if the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards him an award, he will still be happy to accept it.
After all, although the number of scholars who have won two Nobel Prizes is very small, there are still some.
As for the future, he might consider establishing an award in his own name?
For example, the ‘Xuchuan Prize’ or the ‘Void Prize’?
But that is all for the future. Compared with these honorary things, what Xu Chuan cares about now is the theory related to faster-than-light navigation.
After the paper on Ct sterile neutrinos was officially completed, he has not been out much in the past week. He has been in his office and continued to improve the prediction theory he proposed at the 125Tev energy level acceptance report meeting.
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It is not just outside scholars and the public who are concerned about this aspect. Compared with others, Xu Chuan himself is undoubtedly the one who cares most about this theory.
The energy of fission of large-mass dark matter particles when the void is breached is used to distort the wrinkles in space-time, thereby enabling navigation close to the speed of light or beyond the speed of light.
This is undoubtedly impossible to achieve at the current technological level.
Because even the CRHPC institution can only use the Large Strong Particle Collider to detect dark matter particles almost 'randomly' and cannot effectively control them.
But what if we think differently?
In the void field and dark matter theory he constructed, the two core key points for traveling faster than light through dark matter are the void rupture effect and a large amount of energy.
Dark matter particles are not actually among them.
If a large amount of energy is released through fusion or fission of conventional matter, can it effectively replace massive dark matter particles?
Currently, they have no shortage of energy, and controllable nuclear fusion reactors can provide huge amounts of energy.
But the key is not energy, but whether energy can be effectively used to 'distort or straighten' space-time.
This is a question he has been thinking about these days.
If it can be done, perhaps within his lifetime, faster-than-light time and space travel may not necessarily be impossible.
But vaguely, Xu Chuan also speculated that perhaps dark matter may have an advantage over the energy released by conventional matter in pulling the curvature of space-time.