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Nuclear energy is the most powerful energy known to mankind. Nuclear energy is divided into two types: nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. At present, the nuclear energy we use is a nuclear fission. Maybe in the coming decades, we will get the energy we need from nuclear fusion.
But the above assertion may need to be revised, and scientists have found 'quark fusion' and are eight times more energetic than nuclear fusion.
According to a report by China Times, this discovery is a joint study by Tel Aviv University of Israel and the University of Chicago and published in Nature.
The so-called quark is one of the smallest known elementary particles known as sub-atomic particles. Up to now, quark has been known as six, quark, , Charm (c), bottom (b) and top (t), while protons and neutrons consist of different combinations of two upper and lower quarks.
Scientists use the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to study quarks where protons and neutrons are smashed enough to break them apart into quarks. And analysis.
Long ago, scientists speculated: Since high-energy can break down the protons and neutrons in the quark, which in turn can be combined again if the quark? If the proton and neutron collision light quark and heavier quark Combined, can produce a quark fusion effect, and release incredible energy.
According to the researchers' calculation, the energy of the fusion of quarks is eight times the energy of the fusion of hydrogen nuclei, which means that it may be the energy source of the next generation -
But if we know how to do it, there are still many challenges to overcome, which are some of the math principles now on the board and need to be observed experimentally. Researchers say the LHC can now test quark fusion, However, prior to the experiment, it is also necessary to perform various possible related predictions in advance and to construct a comprehensive theoretical model.
