stonecrandall Chapter 367
Chapter 367
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“President, is what you just said true?”
In Berlin University, several top scientists of Hans were concentrating on looking at their president, and were very interested in the idea he just proposed.
“Of course, Rutherford had already obtained protons by bombarding the nucleus with rays six years ago, thus confirming the existence of positively charged protons in the structure of the nucleus.
However, the density of the nucleus is extremely high.
If the structure of the nucleus only has protons, the positive charges carried by each other will not be able to combine due to the existence of repulsion.
Therefore, there must be other things that have not been discovered inside the nucleus.
I assume it to be neutrons!
“In this era, due to the level of technology, scientists know very little about microscopic structures such as the nucleus.
They can only use the limited conditions at hand to conduct various experiments while making inferences based on the results observed in the experiments.
But Mainz does not need to do this, because what he knows is the knowledge proven by scientists in later generations, which is far beyond the cognition of everyone in this era!
He only needs to take these things out to greatly promote the progress of science and technology in his country!
“Neutron, a neutral particle?”
Einstein was stunned and shocked by Mainz’s hypothesis!
“Well, neutrons should be uncharged, otherwise the electrons inside the atom would run away by themselves, and the nucleus can be formed because of the existence of neutrons. They combine with protons to form an extremely dense nucleus!”
Mainz’s words caused many scientists present to think.
“I can testify that what the President said is true!”
Max Born stood up and said.
His disciple Enrique Fermi also stood up and nodded quickly.
In fact, after getting the president’s advice, the master and disciple began to use charged accelerated particles to bombard the nucleus. After countless bombardments, they roughly estimated the size of the nucleus!
In the entire atom, the nucleus only accounts for a few hundred billionths of the volume, but they occupy 99.96% of the mass!
This shows that the density of the nucleus is very, very high, so high that it is unimaginable!
“The density of the nucleus has not been measured yet, but it is estimated to be about 10 to the seventeenth power. With such a high density, the energy it contains must be extremely terrifying. In order for protons and neutrons to combine into such a high density in such a small volume, there must be a huge attraction between the protons and neutrons that make up the nucleus!”
This bold hypothesis and inference made everyone feel enlightened. The problem that had troubled them for decades was solved in this instant!
Many physicists began to nod frequently, obviously approving President Mainz’s inference.
“I was thinking, since Rutherford could use alpha rays to blast apart atomic nuclei, then when protons or neutrons separated from each other after being bombarded, did the energy between them leak out?”
“If a leak really happened, how huge would the energy be? Maybe the splitting of one or two protons and neutrons would not be noticeable, but if dozens or hundreds of neutrons and protons split, and then the neutrons formed high-speed particles to bombard other atomic nuclei, thus producing a chain reaction of fission, what would happen?”Everyone present was a master in the world at the moment. After hearing Mainz’s idea, everyone’s face suddenly changed!
“Mr. President, have you ever verified what you said?
Audili scientist Erwin Schrödinger asked with concern, suppressing his inner excitement.
There are many hypotheses in physics, but not many are really useful and can form theories. Experiments involving atomic nuclei are quite dangerous. Radiation has been proven to be harmful to the human body. According to Mainz’s hypothesis, if they want to verify the truth, they may have to conduct a lot of experiments. If they cannot determine the reliability of the other party’s hypothesis, this risk is not worth it!
After all, the life of a scientist is very precious!
“I think there should be no problem in theory!”
Planck, the winner of the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics, said in a deep voice. He had a high level of attainment in physics and was the founder of quantum mechanics. His views made everyone pay attention!
“Ladies and gentlemen, since the President has put forward such a hypothesis, I suggest that we focus our next research direction on this area!”
As the originator of the theory of relativity, Albert Einstein, winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics, made a concluding speech.
“I agree!”
Planck also stood up and expressed his opinion!
These two are the leading figures in the physics world today. They are known as the two greatest physicists of the 20th century. Since they have both stood up and expressed their opinions, others naturally have no objections!
Soon, Schrödinger, Fermi, Born, Dirac and others also expressed their support for this decision.
“However, we don’t have enough people. If we can get support from the Royal University of Copengen in the fairy tale country, then our research will be more successful!”
Einstein held his chin, thought for a while, and then looked at the young Heisenberg.
Heisenberg had a debate with him about quantum mechanics last year. Although this guy was several decades younger than him, he did not oppress the other party with his seniority, but had a very pleasant discussion with the other party. Although
Heisenberg was young, in Einstein’s view, this young man, like Fermi and Dirac, was the hope of the future physics community!
“Heisenberg, I heard that Bohr is your master, can you replace me?���Go to the fairy tale kingdom and ask him to come out and help us with the research?”
Heisenberg nodded:”Don’t worry, I think Professor Bohr will not miss such a research related to the future of physics!”
“Very good, then I will go and persuade Rutherford myself. This guy did the experiment the earliest and should have the most experience. If we can get his help, it will be very helpful for our research!”
Mainz watched this scene with a smile on his face. When this group of scientists started discussing serious matters, they forgot about him, the president, and didn’t even notice that he was left aside.
“Oh, I almost forgot the most important thing!”
Einstein remembered Mainz’s existence at the last moment:”President, studying this kind of cutting-edge physics requires a lot of money to build laboratories and conduct experiments. If we rely solely on the research grants in the university, I’m afraid it will be insufficient. So can you please use the government’s financial grants to allocate a special amount of funds for us?”
Mainz nodded:”Of course there is no problem. Not only can I provide you with help in terms of funds, but I can also provide you with personnel!”
Personnel?
Everyone looked at each other curiously, and they didn’t know what Mainz meant by personnel.
Is there any physicist in the world who is more knowledgeable than these people present?
Schrödinger suddenly slapped his head and suddenly realized:”Yes, we almost forgot about His Excellency the President. Since this kind of physics was proposed by the President, then the President must be very knowledgeable in this field!”
This was originally a flattering remark, but when it came from the mouth of a top physicist, it didn’t sound like flattery anyway.
Everyone thought about it carefully and nodded.
Just based on what President Mainz said before, it was enough to prove that he had profound knowledge, and in the field of nuclear physics, his insights were even ahead of everyone present!
At least, no one dared to boldly confirm the existence of neutrons, nor could they come up with theories such as the release of energy after nuclear fission.