Chapter 359: The Signal in the Void (Part 1)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The srizing scene before him captivated Tang Rui.
Regrettably, it was just a fleeting mont before the image vanished.
The experint failed.
The specific reason was that, during the mont of dinsional reduction, annihilation occurred.
The annihilation of positrons and electrons led to a quantum leap in the energy level of the photon.
Not only did the experint fail, but the equipnt was also damaged.
It might have been just two electrons, but such lab equipnt is exceptionally precise.
The energy released by the annihilation of matter and antimatter directly destroyed the sensors and the magneto-optical trap equipnt.
“Red Lotus, display the previous image of the photon’s dinsional reduction again,” Tang Rui instructed, unconcerned about the damaged equipnt and eager to revisit the astonishing scene.
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“Of course, Master,” replied Red Lotus.
With a swish, the big screen displayed the image of the photon transforming into a light wave, and the 2.5-dinsional form of the positron and electron reappeared before him.
Even upon viewing it a second ti, the scene still left Tang Rui in awe.
The microscopic world is indeed fascinating.
“Red Lotus, print this photo and copy the experintal data from before,” Tang Rui ordered.
“Understood, Master.”
Taking these items, Tang Rui left the room and had Red Lotus inform all the scientists about a report eting he wanted to convene.
Upon learning of Tang Rui’s planned report eting, the scientists at the experintal base abandoned their research and hurried to the multifunctional hall where the eting was to be held.
After all, Tang Rui’s reputation was not just that of Crimson Corporation’s CEO or a weapon developnt expert.
In the scientific community, he was a prominent figure, especially renowned for his achievents in electromagnetics, unmatched by any contemporary physicist.
Not to ntion his role in averting the black dwarf star disaster, where he single-handedly saved human civilization.
His reluctance to appear in public and his disdain for hassle were the only reasons he wasn’t more visible.
Otherwise, his influence in the scientific world would undoubtedly be unrivaled.
When he announced a report eting, everyone who could attend rushed over.
This was no exaggeration.
Half an hour later, Tang Rui arrived at the multifunctional hall and projected the 2.5-dinsional photo onto the big screen.
“This is a photograph of the structure of a photon and its internal positron and electron when its speed is infinitely close to zero, transitioning from three dinsions to two dinsions,” he began, imdiately captivating the audience with this revelation.
Dinsional reduction! The term stunned everyone.
As they looked at the photo on the projection screen, their eyes lit up with excitent.
To the layperson, it was rely an extraordinary photo.
But to these physicists, it represented a gateway to the microscopic world, a crucial piece of knowledge for their research.
Based on this photo, they could verify nurous theories and propose many hypotheses.
“Professor Tang, may I ask if the photon has a rest mass when it becos two-dinsional?” a trembling physicist inquired.
This question was of paramount importance.
If the photon’s rest mass were not zero, many existing scientific theories would have to be overturned.
“Firstly, it is only infinitely close to being at rest, but not actually at rest. According to the experintal data, even when the photon becos two-dinsional, it is not stationary. Furthermore, when complete dinsional reduction occurs, the positron and electron will annihilate each other, so the photon’s rest mass essentially does not exist,” Tang Rui answered without minding the interruption to his report, aware of the critical nature of the question.
“Thank you very much for your answer, and I apologize for interrupting your presentation.”
“It’s alright. The issue of the photon’s rest mass is actually the main reason for the failure of this experint. Since the photon’s rest mass is zero, the mont it cos to a rest, it completely annihilates. So, this experint only achieved a quasi-2.5~dinsional state, not a true two-dinsional reduction of the photon,” Tang Rui explained, elaborating on his previous experintal steps and the changes in various physical quantities based on the data.
More valuable than the results of the experint were these data, as they recorded the physical changes in the photon’s energy level during its transition from three dinsions to two dinsions.
The physicists listened intently, enraptured.
Many experienced revelations, as previously incomprehensible issues beca clear upon seeing these data.
Of course, these data also raised many more questions.
After Tang presented the entire experintal data, he opened the floor for questions.
“Professor Tang, I would like to ask, does the photoelectric effect still exist when the photon becos two-dinsional?” another scientist inquired.
This question also took Tang Rui by surprise.
Frankly, it was a crucial question, as it touched upon fundantal issues of wave-particle duality and the photoelectric effect.
A two-dinsional photon is a light wave, so the issue of the particle nature of light, as demonstrated by the photoelectric effect, becos a significant problem.
“Sorry, I cannot answer that question, as this experint did not truly achieve a two-dinsional state. Similarly, under the conditions at the ti, it was impossible to conduct an experint to test the photoelectric effect of photons in a quasi-2.5-dinsional state. If the photoelectric effect occurred, the photon’s energy level would increase, ending its two-dinsional state. That is, unless we can now make photons two-dinsional and verify the photoelectric effect in that state..”
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