In the committee member's office.
Marcus picked up the journal of Nature that had fallen on his desk again and read Dieppe's paper carefully from beginning to end.
This time, he was more focused and energetic than he was during the review, so much so that he gently tapped his desk with his black gloves after most of the day: "If electrons are regarded as analogous waves, then the problem of electron levels and orbits in the new alchemy has a direction to explain, no wonder His Excellency Lucian Evans values Dieppe's hypothesis so much."
This is the inner thought, not afraid of being known by others, so Marcus, who instinctively hates the quantum theory of light, is reluctant to call Lucian Your Excellency, but when he thinks of this name, he will think of the important role of relativity in explaining electromagnetic phenomena in motion systems, and the description of the nature of gravity that makes people have to admire and worship, so he subconsciously added another Excellency.
"In any case, this hypothesis is still too bold and must be confirmed by experiments." Marcus put down the journal "Nature", left the committee office, and was about to return to his magic tower, joking to himself, "The authority and pillar of particle theory has to rely on something incredible like electron is a wave to correct energy levels and orbits, and perfect new alchemy.
Therefore, although Lucian is a notorious great arcanist with absolute authority that has been correctly shaped again and again, Marcus will not easily agree with his views, and everything is subject to experimental phenomena or data.
Lucian's editor's note had the only effect of giving him the highest attention to this paper, which is the closest way and path to the reality of the microcosm.
If you really design and complete this experiment and verify the volatility of electrons, you will get unimaginable rewards, and you are likely to share real-world feedback and the Evans Arcane Prize with Dieppe!
Strength, reputation, future, and status will be greatly improved!
In the Magic Tower.
Yana looked at "Nature" in front of him with laughter and tears: "This is really unexpected, is Your Excellency Evans giving such a high evaluation, is he encouraging everyone to open their minds?"
"Electrons are waves, this is really an era full of fantasy, twenty or thirty years ago, whoever dared to say that atoms are waves, he had to endure the ridicule of every arcanist, even those who are energy essentialists are no exception, and now, tsk ......"
He did not mean to mock, but expressed his inner shock with such words, and then his eyes diverged, falling into deep thought, seeking the direction of design experimentation.
Even the electromagnetic faction magicians who were delighted with Diep's hypothesis had such an attitude, let alone other unacceptable arcanists.
Elemental Will Headquarters.
Larry, K and Gaston also looked at this issue of "Nature" and fell into a state of confusion, and after a while, Larry smiled bitterly and said: "Am I too conservative? Or is the world changing so fast that we can't keep up with it?"
"I don't think anyone in the entire council can keep up with this pace." Gaston shook his head, "Lucian should have seen the dawn of solving the new alchemy electron distribution model from this hypothesis, which gave him a very high evaluation, but he himself said that it must rely on experimental results and phenomena, and now all this is still blank, whether electrons are waves or unknowns."
When this sentence echoed in the room, both Gaston who was speaking and Larry and K listening felt an indescribable strangeness, when "is an electron a wave" and something that was difficult to connect with the subject and object quietly mixed.
It's like someone is saying "Are humans made of waves?"
K nodded and scratched the back of his head: "If we change our views just because of a hypothesis and Lucian's affirmation, then our point of view is not a point of view, and all current experiments have fully verified the particle nature of electrons, without any doubts."
"This is the arcane attitude we should have." Gaston recognized the authenticity, and at the same time frowned slightly, if electrons were regarded as wave energy to solve various problems in the new alchemy, it could be regarded as indirectly verifying the truth.
Although starting from this hypothesis, it is not something that can produce results in a short period of time to build a theory to improve new alchemy, and the wavelength experiment of electrons is also showing signs of indefinite improvement due to wavelength problems, Gaston still can't help but worry, which of the two basic theories will he give up on the elemental and material fields when the time comes? Particle theory, or new alchemy?
"This is really an era of so many changes and weirdness that it is difficult to adapt." Sighing secretly, Gaston decided that everything was based on experiments, and he could only grasp the pulse of the times in this way, ready to admit the errors of the current model of particle theory and new alchemy, but in this way, before he found a way again, his strength might stagnate.
Larry also sighed: "If it is really verified that electrons are waves, I can't understand this world, what exactly is wave-particle duality, why is there wave-particle duality, alas, it's not that I'm too stupid, but that world is too crazy."
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Inside the Atomic Research Institute.
Lazar, Heidi, Annick and others all held the journal "Nature" in a daze, and it was rare that they did not enter the working state.
At this time, Lucian, who came in from outside the door, woke them up and surrounded them all, and asked eagerly by Heidi, who had always been bold: "Teacher, do you agree with Mr. Dieppe's electron wave hypothesis?"
"If we admit that light has wave-particle duality, then why can't it be generalized to microscopic particles, and this can turn the quantization imposed in the new alchemy into an internal property of electrons." Lucian, who didn't have time to take off his black top hat, thought for a while and decided to clearly state the things that were not obvious in Dieppe's paper, "You disperse first, and I'll explain it slowly."
Arcanists who are good at electromagnetism and waves can directly think about how to deal with the orbital model if an electron is a wave, and whether it will naturally derive quantized energy levels and orbits.
With doubts, Heidi, Ophelia and the others slowly dispersed, following Lucian into the conference room.
"First of all, this is an unconfirmed hypothesis, and we must be highly skeptical. I am relieved that you refuse to blindly believe my comments." Lucian first affirmed the attitudes of Annick, Lovi and others, which eased their impatience a lot.
Lucian put his top hat on the conference table: "But that doesn't mean we can't try to apply this hypothesis to solve some problems virtually to broaden our thinking, if this hypothesis can answer some current contradictions well, then we have to go back and pay attention to this hypothesis and give it more attention, and I made this comment based on this."
「…… If electrons are regarded as standing waves, they bound around the nucleus must have orbitals that are integer times their wavelength to exist, so that the quantized orbit is no longer imposed on the electron, but its own internal properties......"
Listening to Lucian's lecture, Splinter and other arcanists who participated in the new alchemy debate and perfected it nodded slightly, the problem of imposing quantization accused by Hathaway has always been something they cannot avoid, and now there seems to be a dawn of solution, even Blake, Ophelia and other assistants who are less involved and mainly read and study papers also have similar feelings, but in this direction, why at the expense of particle theory?
"Teacher, all the experiments we have completed have undoubtedly confirmed the particleiness of electrons." Annick expressed his opinion tactfully but firmly.
Lucian smiled and nodded: "I have never denied the particle nature of electrons."
"Then how can it show volatility?" Driven by Annick, Sprint and Katrina questioned at the same time.
Lucian smiled and said: "Why can light not only show particles, but also get classic diffraction and interference patterns?"
"It is likely that there are other reasons that cause particles to exhibit volatility in some form of organization, such as vibration of position, or it may be that many special waves are gathered together to form nodes, thus exhibiting particles." Annick is not shy or withdrawn from arcane discussions.
Lucian shook his head: "This may be possible, but I want to correct a misunderstanding, waves and particles are the definitions we impose on electrons and light, they have never shouted that they are particles or waves, we can completely change a new term to call electrons, such as 'I can't imagine the form of existence of things'."
"Names are just symbols that a person artificially identifies them, but what can we really grasp? They are the results of experiments, what we really observe, that is, the properties they exhibit."
"Waves and particles are defined as summarized from previous experiences and may not be applicable to the microscopic world, and if we want to explore a new field, we must learn not to be bound by old experiences and thinking patterns."
Seeing that the students and assistants were silent, Lucian smiled: "I'm here to attend the Supreme Council meeting, let's talk about this first, you can try to design experiments to verify or overturn this hypothesis, it is still a hypothesis after all."
"Electron-wavelength ......" Lazar said with a headache.
Lucian pointed to the books on the bookshelf of the institute: "You look at the crystal content, Jerome, you should know very well that more than a year ago, His Excellency Morris accidentally irradiated a crystal with X-rays during an alchemical experiment and discovered its diffraction, and the wavelength of X-rays is very short, we can start from this."
"The electronic one is shorter than it." Roque muttered to himself to get the book, and the others were also looking for information on crystal diffraction.
Lucian looked at their backs and shook his head, unless there was really the favor of Lady Luck, it would be difficult for them to discover the phenomenon of electron diffraction, because the current magic council's research on crystals is deformed, very deformed, and this source lies in the lag and utilitarianism of the development of the mathematical field.
The study of crystals must be supported by group theory, which is based on the development of various mathematical fields, such as number theory, while the Magic Council's research on "groups" and "number theory" is still in a relatively low state, and Lucian did not deliberately guide them to develop in this direction, so the study of crystals only comes from some reverse analysis and accidental discoveries from magic, and there is no systematic theoretical support.
Fortunately, after the establishment of Levsky geometry and the release of "Nature", Douglas, Fernando, Hathaway, Prophets, Astrologers, Mina, Nesica, Samantha and other tower or non-tower arcanists have all exerted their talents in the field of pure mathematics, and have made varying degrees of progress in number theory, groups and other things.
Due to the delay in the research institute, Lucian entered the conference room of the Supreme Council almost countdown, and first saw the teacher's terrifying eyes containing a storm.
"Oh no, the teacher won't suspect that I've completed the experiment, right?" Lucian felt that it was very likely that in the teacher's mind, he was always the one who was prepared to give comments.
"There has been no experiment to prove the volatility of electrons......" Hathaway suddenly spoke, looking at Lucian with indifferent but serious eyes, and all the members, including Helen and Vicente, looked at Lucian together.
Lucian exhaled softly, is it necessary to have an "exchange" on Diep's thesis before the meeting?
This is really the "normal type" of the Supreme Council meeting......
(End of this chapter)