Neutrino Communication
All right!
Yue Yuan remained silent for a moment, then asked, "Didn't we already establish Electroweak Unification Theory? What? We can't use it?"
The Electroweak Unification Theory, which unifies electromagnetic interaction and weak interaction, was completed by humankind in the 20th century.
"Our Electroweak Unification Theory is correct, but it cannot fully explain everything that happens at the Neutrino Communicator's signal transmitter."
The one who answered was not Zhao Youqin, but Liu Miyan, Particle Physics who entered the cabin with Yue Yuan.
The loud-voiced Particle Physics cleared his throat, stepped forward, and patted the casing of the Neutrino Communicator: "We can't completely solve the divergence problem that occurs in the process of applying Perturbation Theory to Quantum Field Theory calculations using the Renormalization Method. It's not that our Gauge Field Theory method is wrong, but it seems that it needs another method to supplement it."
We haven't found this method, but based on the interconnectedness of scientific development, we speculate that it's hidden within Quantum Electrodynamics, just that we haven't found it yet.
"Mathematicians have come up with a few formulas by haphazardly accumulating them, but they probably don't even know what those formulas mean."
Liu Miyan shook his head, clearly indicating that he had sought out mathematicians to collaborate with, but the result had been disappointing.
Because mathematical research always far surpasses real-world physics, physicists are accustomed to turning to mathematics when they cannot solve problems using physical methods, hoping to find a suitable formula by rummaging through the mathematical toolbox.
Physicists have actually used this method and found a solution for it.
It's true that scientists who work with mathematical formulas often come up with formulas that they themselves don't fully understand, just like "Schrödinger didn't understand the Schrödinger equation, Dirac didn't understand the negative solutions of the Dirac equation."
"After all, it's something from an advanced civilization. It's already quite impressive that we've been able to understand so much in such a short time." Yue Yuan first affirmed the scientists' efforts. He sat down at the head of the conference table in the cabin and continued, "There's plenty of time for research. Let's see what that 'Mining Area Patrol' is up to now."
Zhao Youqin turned on the computer screen on the conference table, then connected it to the Hope Data Center, allowing 'Tianhe Light' to access the device, and then looked at Yue Yuan.
"Everything is ready and we can start anytime. For security reasons, we will not establish a direct call with the other party, but will instead use text messages."
After seeing the scientists and scholars who had come with him sit down, Yue Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, let's begin."
Upon hearing Yue Yuan's words, Zhao Youqin looked at the computer screen hanging on the wall and said, "'Tianhe Light,' activate the Moke Star Language dialogue module and prepare to input information into the Neutrino Communicator."
"Mr. Ming, everything is ready. Now you can say what you want to send, and I will translate it into the Moke Star Language code and then transmit it to the Neutrino Communicator's storage module." A synthesized electronic voice, almost indistinguishable from a real person, rang out from the loudspeaker.
After Tianhe Light finished speaking, the cabin fell silent, and everyone looked at Yue Yuan. The meaning was clear: he should continue to speak.
Yue Yuan remained silent for a moment, then looked up at the screen.
"Hello, Mining Area Patrol from the Moke Star Civilization. We are an expedition team from Human Civilization. We received your communication signal and have successfully created Neutrino Communicator according to the method you provided. Now, may we discuss the matters between you and us in detail?"
"What kind of help are you talking about? Since you discovered our landing so early on, you must know our technological level. Why do you think that we, being so weak, are capable of helping you? Also, what happened to your civilization? Can you tell us what form your civilization takes?"
As Yue Yuan spoke, his words were simultaneously displayed on the computer screen. After saying this, Yue Yuan looked up from the screen and turned to Zhao Youqin: "That's all for now, send it out!"
Zhao Youqin nodded in response, then without getting up, he simply pushed off the floor slightly with his feet, causing himself to float backward along with the office chair.
Once the office chair came to a stop, he reached out and pressed a button on the Neutrino Communicator, sending the 'Tianhe Light' message, which had already been coded, to the Ross 154-4 Planet.
At this point in time, the Ross 154-4 Planet is about 1.8 Astronomical Unit away from the planet Ross 154-7, where we live, and is separated by the Giant Gas Planet Ross 154-5.
For general Electromagnetic Wave communication, the relative positions of these celestial bodies would require Relay Station.
Neutrino Communication, however, does not require this; signals carried by neutrinos can travel directly from Ross 154-5 to Ross 154-4.
From Observer's perspective, it takes light approximately 8.2 minutes to travel a distance of 1 Astronomical Unit, which is the reason why people say that sunlight takes eight minutes to reach Earth.
Neutrinos have mass, so they cannot reach the speed of light, but they are very close, about 0.9999999999999999995 times the speed of light. At distances on the Astronomical Unit scale, they are basically no different from the speed of light.
Therefore, from the moment Zhao Youqin pressed the send button, from a human perspective, it would take 14.97 minutes for the neutrino signal to reach the Ross 154-4 Planet.
If the Mining Area Patrol replies instantly, then humans will have to wait at least half an hour to receive a reply.
Imagine chatting with a friend and having to wait half an hour for a reply after each sentence, even if both parties reply instantly. This communication efficiency is indeed too unfriendly.
But there's not much that can be done; the universe is just too vast, so vast that sometimes it's hard to intuitively feel its breadth just by imagining it.
Just like a distance of 1.82 Astronomical Unit, it seems far at first glance, but it doesn't actually seem that far. After all, in science fiction movies, we often see scenes where two parties in different Star Sector can communicate in real time, which leads to the average person not really having a concept of the vastness of the starry sky.
The speed of light, the fastest speed in the universe, truly makes humanity feel the despair of the vastness of the starry sky.
Quantum Entanglement does indeed have a spooky action at a distance, but its use for Superluminal Communication has been proven infeasible. Without other means of communication, how slow would the pace of Cosmic Civilizations be!
According to the messages sent by the Mining Area Patrol the Moke Star Civilization's mining area, the people on the Hope now know that even Level 2 Civilization cannot master Hyperdistance Communication technology.
It's unknown whether the Moke Star Civilization has mastered Superluminal Communication, and what level of civilization they belong to.
"One more thing, ask them what level of civilization they belong to, and what level of civilization we belong to," Yue Yuan added, lost in thought.
Since that Mining Area Patrol had already seen the human landing transport ship, Yue Yuan should be able to judge the level of the humans.
Since the other party has something to ask, this is a good opportunity to ask more questions.