Dawn Star, City One, Headquarters of the Academy of Sciences.

Inside the First Laboratory of the People's Federation.

As in the past, most of the top executives of the Academy of Sciences gathered in the First Laboratory.

A giant holographic projection in front of the laboratory displays various parameters of the orbital satellite particle accelerator.

Unlike other starships or large experimental facilities.

The Star Guardian Planet Fortress is uninhabited.

Every part of it is remotely controlled by zero through a long-range communication device.

On the one hand, doing so can save a lot of space.

Whether it's a starship or other large facility, human survival supplies often take up a lot of space.

As a "fixed turret" that is right next to the Dawn Star face, Lü Yongchang simply designed it to be in "remote control" mode.

on the other hand.

The energy gathered within the orbital satellite particle accelerator is terrifying, and it is specifically designed for the study of antimatter.

If an operational error occurs, causing the collected antimatter to come into contact with matter and annihilate, the energy released is no joke.

After all, once matter and antimatter begin to come into contact and annihilate, they will convert all of their mass into energy.

E\u003dmc2

This energy will be far greater than that of nuclear fusion.

Therefore, for safety reasons, no personnel will be stationed inside the [Lightsatellite Planet Fortress], which serves as the carrier of the orbital satellite particle accelerator.

"Prepare to begin the first experiment." Lü Yongchang's voice came from the center of the laboratory.

"Now we will begin preparing anti-electrons."

In the holographic projection, on the distant satellite 1, thousands of miles away, instruments began to operate under the control of Zero.

Antielectrons, as the basis of antimatter, are actually very common in the universe.

A very small number of positrons will continuously fall onto the planet's surface in the form of cosmic rays and high-energy particles.

Even in Earth's time, a small amount of antimatter existed around humanity.

For example, a banana releases an antielectron every 75 minutes.

The potassium-40 it contains will produce anti-electrons during its decay process.

Therefore, in a sense, bananas are an "antimatter weapon" mastered by humankind.

Of course, the human body containing potassium-40 also produces anti-electrons.

As for the preparation method of anti-electrons...

It's not complicated.

A large number of antielectrons can be obtained by irradiating a piece of gold the size of a pusher tip and with a thickness on the order of millimeters with a short-pulse laser.

The principle is also very simple.

By using short-pulse lasers to ionize and accelerate electrons, they are forced to pass through millimeter-thick metal gold, where they interact with the gold nuclei.

Electrons lose energy.

This energy will be converted into matter and antimatter.

As a result, a large number of positrons appeared.

In a sense, this is the simplest way for energy and matter to be converted into each other.

In the holographic image, short-pulse lasers continuously irradiate the experimental sample in a high-purity vacuum environment.

"drop!"

"An electron detected!"

Zero electronic synthesized sound came from the speaker.

The next moment, the magnetic field generating device waiting on the side immediately started working, capturing all the escaping antielectrons in the ethereal cage!

"Anti-electron capture successful."

"Magnetic field confinement has been completed."

Lu Yongchang breathed a sigh of relief.

Preparing antielectrons is the simplest step in the entire experiment.

"Next... we will begin preparing antiprotons."

Unlike positrons, the production of antiprotons is relatively complicated.

To build it, we would need to use the newly completed large particle accelerator facility around the satellite.

...

Guangwei.

The long-range communication device received a command from Dawn Star.

With a humming sound, the fusion reactors began to operate.

An immense amount of energy was channeled through thick pipes to a particle accelerator located at the equator.

Under Zero's control, the particle accelerator was activated.

A large number of protons are accelerated to near the speed of light by the energy provided by the magnetic field.

Under the control of the particle accelerator, these protons collided.

The large amount of kinetic energy carried by the protons was converted into matter.

Antiprotons have appeared.

...

"The satellite-encircling particle accelerator is operating successfully!"

"Antiprotons detected!"

"Antiprotons have been successfully separated."

The unchanging electronic synthesized voice rang out in the quiet laboratory, stirring up ripples in everyone's hearts!

A glint flashed in Lü Yongchang's eyes as he calmly issued his second instruction.

"Begin to slow down."

Currently, high-energy antiprotons in particle accelerators are traveling at near the speed of light under the influence of magnetic fields.

To capture it, you must first slow it down.

This requires a special device—an antiproton decelerator.

With the help of this deceleration device, the speed of the antiproton will be greatly reduced and it will be confined by the magnetic field cage.

Lu Yongchang silently watched the data flash across the holographic projection.

Suddenly, his eyes flickered, and the solemn expression on his face eased somewhat.

Standing next to him, Fang Xu noticed the change in Lü Yongchang's expression and subconsciously asked, "Did you succeed?"

Before the words had even finished, the synthesized electronic voice sounded again.

"Slowdown successful."

"Executing capture procedure..."

"Capture successful!"

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