After asking about the approximate waiting time, Chen Mengchuan watched for a while before leaving the Edge of Sui Star No. 1 remote control center.
Although Europa's exploration is a significant matter, it is not an important matter in his concept.
If life can be discovered, it is naturally good. More scientists can devote themselves to it and conduct further scientific research. This process will accumulate a lot of experience in the formation of life, which is naturally good.
But if life is not discovered, Chen Mengchuan will not be discouraged.
He knows how precious the origin of life is.
There may not even be one among billions of stars. There is no doubt about this ratio.
After calming down, Chen Mengchuan headed to the Antimatter Beam Weapon Research Center from the main control room of Space-time Traversal.
Marshall sent him a piece of news that was not even good news.
Through the Mars Interdimensional Gate System, Chen Mengchuan came to the Antimatter Beam Weapon Research Center. At this time, the number of people in the research center was not too large, with less than a hundred people, and most of them were scholars.
Chen Mengchuan found Marshall in the crowd.
"Boss Chen, you're here." Marshall stepped forward and hugged Chen Mengchuan.
"Marshall, I hope you can bring me some good news." Chen Mengchuan said with a smile.
"Haha, Boss Chen, if compared with Europa, then I can't say that there is any good news here. We just talked about Europa, and everyone still thinks that the existence of life can be found under the seabed of Europa."
"Really, I should borrow your good words. I also hope to find life. After all, I have found oxygen and water." Chen Mengchuan smiled.
After several people chatted for a few more words, Marshall started to talk about the topic.
"Antiproton?" Chen Mengchuan asked doubtfully.
He knows some concepts of antimatter, but what he knows about more specific and in-depth knowledge is actually limited.
Marshall nodded excitedly. "Yes, Boss Chen. The antiproton is the antiparticle of the proton. Its mass and spin are the same as the proton, but its charge and magnetic moment are opposite to those of the proton, and it has the same negative charge as the electron."
"Paul Dirac mentioned the existence of antiprotons in the 1940s. Later, University of California, Berkeley, America physicists Emilio Segre and Owen Chamberlain discovered and confirmed antiparticles using particle accelerators. The two of them later won Nobel Prize in Physics for this."
"Paul Dirac is everywhere. Sure enough, he is unavoidable in quantum mechanics." Chen Mengchuan smiled.
"Of course, there is no doubt about it, but what we are talking about now is not Paul Dirac, but antiprotons, listen to me."
Chen Mengchuan spread his hands to show that he was listening.
"What did you just say? Oh, more. The antiproton is the antiparticle of the proton. It has the same mass and spin as the proton, and its lifespan is similar to that of the proton. However, its charge and magnetic moment are opposite to those of the proton, and it has the same negative charge as the electron. These properties are consistent with the predictions of CPT symmetry theory, the basis of quantum field theory."
"Our repeated experiments during this period have confirmed some interesting things. An antiproton is composed of two up antiquarks and one down antiquark, that is, two u and one d. Of course, the antiproton itself is stable, but since the collision of antiprotons and protons will cause annihilation, and this process will be converted into energy, antiparticles can only exist in a laboratory environment."
"Then what?" Chen Mengchuan nodded.
Marshall's voice unknowingly became louder. "Because these particles will annihilate each other when they collide with protons and convert into energy, the lifespan of these particles in nature is also very short, so short that it can be ignored. But during this period of time, through In the Nucleon Organization experiment, we used a high-end synchrotron to accelerate protons to a level of 33 GeV, and then continuously collided with the metal iridium rod. The energy we directed produced enough antiprotons, and among these particles and antiparticles, we have successfully isolated the antiparticles in the vacuum with a high magnetosphere field!"
"What did you say?" Chen Mengchuan was surprised, then overjoyed.
"Don't be excited, don't be excited, Boss Chen, we just captured anti-particles, it's not worthy of praise. Hahaha." Marshall's exaggerated smile made him look a bit exaggerated.
"Marshall, I have to say, you did a great job." Chen Mengchuan laughed.
"Boss Chen, on Mars, many of our experiments dispersed antiprotons in the cosmic environment, and these antiprotons were bound by the interstellar magnetic field of Mars. Because of this, we were able to capture these little guys well and orderly."
Chen Mengchuan clenched his fist and couldn't help but raise his hand and wave it.
I didn't expect Marshall to surprise me. It was a sudden surprise after making a draft in advance.
The high magnetic field can indeed isolate antiparticles in the vacuum. This Chen Mengchuan has also seen relevant experimental test data, but he did not expect that this time Marshall would actually obtain an effective antiparticle channel.
Chen Mengchuan has almost seen his own anti-matter weapon!
This is so wonderful!
Now it seems that the distance is not too far.
"Boss Chen, we already have a preliminary idea for the anti-matter beam weapon you need. But it will take some time to give it to us." Marshall said with a smile.
When he saw Chen Mengchuan's appearance, he felt a little proud and happy in his heart. After all, conceptual things like anti-matter beam weapons seemed extremely far away. I didn't expect that one day I and others would actually touch the threshold.
Now that the channel for obtaining antiparticles has been opened, they have a continuous basis for testing. Under these continuous tests, they will soon obtain more experimental data and design parameters.
In as short as half a year or as long as one year, he was confident enough to develop the first-generation anti-matter beam weapon. Although this first-generation anti-matter beam was not always powerful, the first step in developing it was the most difficult. After the beginning, subsequent enhancements were only a matter of time.
Chen Mengchuan described to him the power of anti-matter beam weapons.
In the description of Chen Mengchuan, the antimatter beam weapon should be a large-area grid-shaped spray column. This large-area grid-shaped spray column is bound to a certain wave band, and then used by Space-time Traversal to hit the target instantly. The huge antimatter energy generated in an instant is as powerful as a black hole, and it can cause a devastating blow on the material level in an instant. It is almost difficult to effectively defend against such a devastating blow.
In short, to a certain extent, this kind of weapon is almost invincible. Nuclear bombs and other weapons are nothing compared to anti-matter beam weapons.