Chapter 762 [Scientific Research Breakthroughs in Quantitative Capital]
My Financial Technology Empire Text Volume Chapter 762 [Scientific Research Breakthroughs in Quantitative Capital] Latest website: Fang Hong left the Star Capital headquarters after making the strategic decision, and left the implementation of the strategy to Qiu Guangcheng and other core layers on the front line
Just manage and execute it.
In the next period of time, the most anticipated thing is to see whether Wall Street has entered the game, and Fang Hong is also waiting patiently.
However, two days later, a piece of news from the technology and academic circles caught Fang Hong’s attention because the news was related to quantitative capital. The media reported that a research team under Quantitative Capital announced that their research in the field of quantum computers had been successfully realized.
A time crystal.
Some media even described it as the "third type of perpetual motion machine." When Fang Hong saw these keywords, the word "civilian science" subconsciously popped into his mind.
However, this is indeed the latest research breakthrough announced by a team of physicists led by Chen Yu under Quantitative Capital. Although Quantitative Capital started as an investment management company, few of its core team came from so-called academic schools.
students majoring in finance.
His team is almost all a group of top mathematicians and physicists. In order to study intelligent quantitative trading models, Chen Yu's team was "forced" to study artificial intelligence. After studying artificial intelligence, they found that the computing power was not good enough.
Then it was discovered that the computing power of classical computers will definitely not be enough to support more powerful artificial intelligence in the future, but quantum computers can. For this reason, Chen Yu and his team were "forced" to study quantum computers.
From these we can also see where the biggest advantage of Chen Yu’s team is.
His team can transform into a scientific research team in a blink of an eye. If Chen Yu's team was just composed of a group of academically trained financial students, it would be impossible for them to study things like AI, quantum computers, and chips.
"This kid is indeed a genius..." Fang Hong, who was in the study at home, was bragging about Chen Yu while watching the news. After a while, he connected with Chen Yu via video call.
As soon as the video connection was connected, Fang Hong asked directly: "What on earth is that 'time crystal' you are working on? It can also be related to quantum computers. A group of media even described it as the so-called third category.
"Perpetual motion machine, the word perpetual motion machine has come out, what's going on?"
This matter really touches on some of Fang Hong’s knowledge blind spots. Although he is also very knowledgeable about computers and the Internet, he also understands computer programming, and his scientific literacy is better than most people, but after all, he was not a professional in his previous life.
Scientists engaged in scientific research.
After a while, Chen Yu in the video said with a smile: "The concept of 'time crystal' is not ours. It was first proposed by Wilczek, a theoretical physicist from the Magnesium Kingdom."
After hearing this, Fang Hong immediately said: "It turns out to be him. I know this scientist. He is one of the discoverers of 'asymptotic freedom' in quantum chromodynamics qcd."
Chen Yu nodded and replied: "Yes, Wilczek also won the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for his QCD."
Fang Hong immediately asked: "So, what exactly is this time crystal?"
Chen Yu explained methodically: "In layman's terms, it is an open system, which has the characteristics of broken time translation symmetry and cannot achieve thermal equilibrium with the surrounding environment. In other words, it shows periodicity in time and can have
It repeats its own state regularly, and secondly, the change of this state does not consume any energy. Wilczek first proposed this concept, and this time we successfully produced a time crystal."
"The reason why it is called a time crystal is that when the microscopic particles that constitute it, such as atoms and molecules, are arranged neatly in space according to a certain periodicity, they will show a regular geometric shape at the macro level, so it is similar to a crystal, and time
Crystals are just this thing and have similar properties at the time level.”
"If you observe a time crystal, you will find that this thing will show different results at different times, and will have a fixed periodicity over time. If you make two observations exactly in an integer period, you will get exactly the same result.
The two results. For time crystals, the time translation operation no longer has continuous symmetry but becomes a discrete symmetry like a crystal lattice,"
After hearing Chen Yu's description, Fang Hong immediately said: "That is, the space translation symmetry corresponds to the conservation of momentum in physics, and the time translation symmetry corresponds to the conservation of energy? Right?"
Hearing this, Chen Yu couldn't help but nodded repeatedly. It seemed that although the big boss was not professional, he also had scientific knowledge, so communication would not be too strenuous. He immediately said: "Yes, the time lattice does not consume any energy during the change process.
Any energy, this is because the movement itself is in a stable ground state with minimum energy. In other words, compared to letting it stop, it is more stable to keep moving."
Fang Hong couldn't help but asked curiously: "Why does this peculiar property exist?"
Chen Yu replied: "There is no conclusion yet, but it may be related to zero-point energy and the Casimir effect. However, the time crystal is not a so-called perpetual motion machine. The media is purely making up. The movement of the time crystal is not accompanied by energy transfer.
It's a completely spontaneous movement."
Fang Hong couldn't help but think thoughtfully: "The phenomenon of spontaneous motion is not uncommon in condensed matter physics. For example, under certain conditions, many superconductors will spontaneously produce closed circulation."
Chen Yu nodded and said: "Yes, for example, if you put a magnet close to the ring-shaped superconducting material, it can generate current in the ring. Even if the magnet is taken away at this time, the ring current will always exist because the superconducting ring at this time
It is in the steady state with the lowest energy, and if the current is stopped, additional energy injection intervention is required."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The big boss indeed has scientific knowledge, which indirectly shows that it is difficult to fool him.
Fang Hong asked again: "Is it possible that this kind of superconducting circulation can also change periodically? Can it also be regarded as a kind of time crystal?"
Chen Yu immediately shook his head and explained: "No, the time crystal we are referring to is a state that repeats itself regularly. The focus is on the 'self state'. In other words, superconducting circulation is just a phenomenon. The nature of the object itself
There has been no change, but the basic properties of the time crystal have changed, such as density, conductivity, etc."
Fang Hong couldn't help but suddenly realized: "So that's it."
Chen Yu continued: "This unique stability of time crystals is very suitable for use in quantum computers. You should also know that microscopic particles can easily decohere when interacting with macroscopic objects, causing them to lose their quantum properties. Therefore, quantum computers
It is actually very easy to make errors inside, and the stability of the time crystal can be used to avoid the occurrence of decoherence, so as to increase the lifetime of the quantum state and reduce the error rate."
At the end, Fang Hong couldn't help but laugh and said: "These media are really good at exaggerating. I was almost fooled. I thought you were about to build a quantum computer. However, this is also a very rare breakthrough, which is enough to prove
Your team’s research in the field of quantum computing has taken the lead in the world.”
When he saw the news report before, Fang Hong was slightly shocked.
No, I'll contact Chen Yu directly online to ask what's going on.
If quantum computers make revolutionary breakthroughs and this technology is illuminated, it will be huge, and it will trigger a series of technological innovations.
However, Fang Hong is not disappointed. If quantum computers are so easy to break through, then they are not cutting-edge technology. After all, we are only halfway through 2014, and Moore's Law has not yet come to an end.
If Chen Yu can develop a quantum computer at this point in time, it will be at the pace of black technology.
