"The movement of the plasma in the stellarator device is a complex system problem in physics. Please, Brother Lu!" Although this problem may not touch the edge of quantum mechanics and can be summarized by Maxwell's equations, the number of particles involved is an astronomical number, and it is a difficult problem that is no less difficult than the famous problems in the current mathematics community!
The physics section is Lu Xiao's strong point. Wu Tong is grateful to Lu Xiao for taking over the task on his own initiative and feels that she can entrust him with the task without any worries. This is also an important reason why she invited Lu Xiao.
Although there's no specific comparison, Lu Xiao's physics skills are almost unmatched in the domestic physics community, excluding the elderly person at the top. Having worked together many times, Wu Tong is well aware of Lu Xiao's physics foundation. For such a large project, Wu Tong naturally chose to use the experienced rather than the new, entrusting it to a reliable candidate.
It's not that she couldn't tackle all of them herself, but it would require considerable energy and time, which she could have better used to tackle problems in other areas of her expertise. Every profession has its own specializations, and she couldn't possibly solve every problem alone. Since there were already enough outstanding and top-notch talent in this field, why would she bother to tackle it herself? She wasn't crazy; she had to show off her skills!
Wu Tong never thought that she was stupid, nor was she the type to show off her ability, so she always believed in leaving professional matters to professionals, making the best use of everything and everyone.
"No problem, let's work together, and maybe we can break the curse that controlled nuclear fusion is still fifty years away. Mr. Wu, I have great confidence in you!" As the call was about to end, Lu Xiao encouraged with a smile before hanging up.
Back then, he was still studying Zhou's conjecture and had not yet enrolled in Peking University as a senior high school student. Now, in just three years, he has become an indispensable pillar of the domestic scientific research community, a national treasure scientist, and a synonym for miracle. He is truly full of confidence in Wu Tong!
Before, even though Lu Xiao was quite confident in himself, he did not have much confidence in the major project of plasma confinement, because plasma motion is like the turbulence phenomenon in fluid mechanics. Even with the basic equation of NS, it has always been an insurmountable mountain that the physics community is still trying to explore and climb.
Fortunately, thanks to Wu Tong, he not only solved the proof of the NS equations but also found a general solution. This will be of great help to his future research on plasma motion. He now has a solid foundation and principles to build models and predict plasma behavior, thus assisting in studying the motion patterns of plasma within stellarators.
Everything in the world has its own laws to follow. If they can figure out certain laws, it will definitely be of great help in controlling the plasma of the stellarator.
"Thank you Brother Lu for your trust. I must go all out!" She has always been serious and persistent in every project, and pursuing the truest and best results has always been her principle.
"When I was working abroad, I once saw Lyman Pitzer's stellarator manuscript. Wait for me to find the records from that year and send them to you for reference!" Lu Xiao gave Wu Tong a surprise. When he saw the design from fifty or sixty years ago, he was still shocked by the imaginative and advanced design. This was one of the reasons why he paid attention to the stellarator device.
"Brother Lu, do you have that gentleman's manuscript?" Wu Tong was genuinely surprised. While her lack of overseas study experience hadn't significantly impacted her research, it did leave her somewhat lacking in knowledge and experience.
Wu Tong had originally planned to start the research on the stellarator device from scratch, feeling his way forward step by step, and proceed with the development and research step by step. Although there were many difficulties, with the help of the deduction space, Wu Tong was still optimistic and confident in himself.
However, Lu Xiao's words at this moment gave her a great surprise. If she had the manuscript of the amazing man who proposed the star-simulating device, she could have saved herself a lot of trouble in the early stages of research and could have laid a good foundation.
"I was fortunate enough to read it at the Flint Library in Princeton. On a whim, I took notes of what I read. There's definitely no word-for-word original copy, so I just made a brief note for reference!" Lu Xiao, relying on his good memory, wrote it down in case it came in handy in the future.
At this moment, he was quite grateful for his foresight. Wasn't it really useful?
"Thank you, Brother Lu. That's enough. It's already very good!" Wu Tong thanked him deeply. Compared to starting from scratch, relying on just a few words about the concept of the star simulator to deduce step by step, it can save a lot of energy and time. She is not greedy. This is enough! The brief record that Lu Xiao can remember is just a humble expression. There must be a core thread.
For her, as long as she has some essential threads and puts in a little effort, she can deduce all the contents by herself. It is not a big task!
After hanging up the phone with a smile, Wu Tong received the information sent by Lu Xiao shortly afterwards. As soon as she saw it, she knew she had guessed right. Lu Xiao's so-called brief record was truly modest! This was a fairly detailed manuscript record. It wasn't a one-to-one copy, but the key points described in the manuscript were all presented in this manuscript.
There was even that gentleman's advanced vision of the stellarator device, his considerations based on the unique perspective of astrophysics, and his rough and sloppy design sketches... as well as Lu Xiao's analytical understanding based on the perspective of physics... For Wu Tong, this manuscript was almost like a blessing, truly giving her a medium to deeply understand the concept, principles and design of the stellarator device!
A stellarator is an experimental device with an external spiral winding that uses magnetic fields to confine high-temperature plasma, ensuring stable and safe operation. It mimics the nuclear fusion reactions within stars to generate continuous energy. Currently, Wu Tong has chosen this device for preliminary design and research, as it holds the greatest potential for achieving controllable and clean nuclear fusion energy.
In fact, Germany had already started research on stellarators several years ago. There must be similar research on the other side of the sea. Even other developed countries may have made some attempts in this area. However, based on the technology, there may not be any major breakthroughs yet.
At present, the most likely rumor internationally is that Germany is expected to complete the final assembly of the stellarator device WEGA within 1314, and is expected to conduct experiments before 17 years!
Before this, there had been no research on stellarators in China, so this area was a blank. However, with this manuscript, Wu Tong was confident that she could fill this gap as soon as possible!
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