Earth Era

This black hole has existed in this base for more than ten years. Researchers here, including Li Yunfan, have also been studying this black hole for more than ten years. So it is obvious that there must be very complete experimental and observation equipment here.

Rodriguez led Zhao Lan to an observation room nearby. On the way, Rodriguez said to Zhao Lan in a slightly proud tone: "Miss Zhao Lan, now you know why among the people in our base Has no waste ever been thrown away? Not even the waste from hollowing out mountains and digging underground tunnels... Yes, we have thrown them all into the black hole. No matter how difficult the waste is, even Is it the most dangerous radioactive waste or a super poison that can kill hundreds of thousands of people with just one drop... They are all just food for black holes."

Zhao Lan was still in a state of shock at this moment. It is a black hole, but it is also a miracle, a miracle that only gods can master. But now it appeared in front of Zhao Lan like this, how could Zhao Lan not be shocked.

Rodriguez continued: "In the early days of the establishment of our base, the boss even signed waste treatment contracts with certain scientific research departments of the government. You have to know that all the waste produced by those scientific research departments is Extremely dangerous things, in the past, they usually launched them to the moon and stored them, because there is no space on earth to store such dangerous waste."

Zhao Lan knew this. The more advanced the science and technology of human civilization is, the greater the power it has and the higher the danger. There was even an accident in the past few decades. All marine life within a radius of hundreds of thousands of kilometers in a certain sea area suffered from a strange disease, causing a large number of marine life to die. After investigation, it was discovered that the cause was located here. A slight leak of waste in a deep-sea landfill led to the tragedy. After this incident, human civilization enacted laws stipulating that all hazardous waste of S level and above must be launched to the moon and is strictly prohibited from being stored anywhere on the earth.

"The boss claimed that he had mastered a new type of waste treatment technology. After applying for a patent, he disclosed the technical details of the technology to the government. As a result, after the technology passed the evaluation, the boss won all the government scientific research department waste treatment projects. orders. Well. This technology is indeed real, but the profit margin is very low if waste is processed through this technology. The boss is not interested in manufacturing this equipment. The boss only set up a company using this equipment on the surface. waste disposal company, and then secretly transported all the dangerous waste here, and then put it into the black hole - safe, efficient, fast and low-cost. In the early days, the boss used this method to obtain from the government With a lot of wealth, he gradually expanded the base, added a lot of equipment, and established many branches..."

There was always a faint sense of pride in Rodriguez's words, but Zhao Lan felt dumbfounded when he heard these words, which by the way diluted the previous shock a lot.

"This Li Yunfan is really a talent... He actually treats something like a black hole as a garbage disposal plant... But this kind of thing is completely feasible from a technical level. No matter how dangerous something is, when it encounters a black hole, it can only Take off all your "hair" except the three physical quantities of mass, angular momentum, and charge. Obediently become a part of the black hole."

"Even now the contract between the boss and the government is continuing. The boss has even received at least five honorary awards from the government. You have to know that dealing with these hazardous wastes is very troublesome for the government. It was a matter of fact, and the boss completely solved the problem at a price that seemed very cheap to the government. Although the boss made a lot of wealth from this contract, it cannot be denied that it also brought a lot of benefits to the government. What?" Rodriguez said.

"Okay." Zhao Lan nodded speechlessly. "In some ways ... it's really a win-win thing."

Rodriguez's words reminded Zhao Lan of someone. That man was the person in charge of a certain garbage disposal company. Indeed, as Rodriguez said, he had received several awards from the government. Zhao Lan had even seen an exclusive interview with him in the media. In an exclusive interview, that person once said something pious, such as, "Hazardous waste disposal is very dangerous and has low profit margins, but as an entrepreneur, I must bear certain social responsibilities." Responsibility, it is what I should do to contribute to our civilization." "To be honest. This hazardous waste treatment plant is not profitable at all, and it relies entirely on blood transfusions from other industries under my name to support it. But I am willing to do this. Do it. I don’t want to see our scientific and technological R\u0026D institutions waste the money that could be used for R\u0026D on waste treatment. As long as my factory can save even one ten thousandth of the resources for our scientific progress. I also "That's enough" and other high-sounding words. Zhao Lan once admired this person very much and thought that he was a responsible entrepreneur in the new era. However, he did not expect that that person was just one of Li Yunfan's many identities. Moreover... Li Yunfan relied on this kind of behavior to accumulate a lot of wealth in the early stage.

"I wonder what those government officials would think if they knew the truth..." Zhao Lan thought in his heart.

Under the leadership of Rodriguez, Zhao Lan finally came to a control room. This is a very spacious control room. There are at least a dozen staff in white coats working in it. There are as many as twenty display screens placed on the walls and on the table. Among those display screens A large number of dizzying numbers are constantly shaking on the screen. Obviously, these numbers describe the state of the black hole and the instruments that bind it.

Rodriguez took Zhao Lan to a display screen and said, "This is the real-time status of the black hole."

But the display screen was completely dark and nothing could be seen. Rodriguez made a few adjustments on the console next to him, and Zhao Lan saw a faint red dot appear in the center of the pitch-black display screen. It's just a small red dot, nothing else.

“This is not visible light,” Rodriguez said. “This is Hawking radiation, which is the evaporation of black holes. The evaporation of micro black holes is very violent, so we can observe these processes and label it in the form of color. "

The concept of Hawking radiation was proposed by a great scientist named Hawking long before the solar crisis. Specifically, it means that the vacuum is not actually empty, and a "virtual particle pair" will appear completely randomly in the vacuum. , these virtual particles have negative mass for one of them and positive mass for the other. The moment after they appear, both the positive particles and the negative particles will be annihilated and return to nothingness. Therefore, matter in the macroscopic world will exhibit the phenomenon of mass conservation. If a pair of virtual particles happens to appear next to a black hole, something very interesting will happen, because particles with negative mass may fall into the black hole to reduce the mass of the black hole, while particles with positive mass may escape. It looks like radiation emitted from a black hole. This theory takes into account the second law of thermodynamics and the rule that objects cannot escape from the inside of a black hole, so it once attracted the attention of many scientists. However, scientists have never been able to truly verify Hawking radiation and cannot observe its true existence. Even now, hundreds of years later, people have not yet truly verified the authenticity of Hawking radiation. However, because there is more and more theoretical and data support, Hawking radiation has basically been recognized.

An important reason why Hawking radiation cannot be observed is that the more massive a black hole is, the lower its radiation rate is. What people usually look for are supermassive black holes. For such a black hole, the calculated radiation rate is so low that it is almost negligible, so it is naturally extremely difficult for people to observe Hawking radiation. But small black holes are different. Their radiation rate can be so high that it can be called terrifying, so it is naturally much easier to observe.

Just like Rodriguez said, they have a black hole, and they have truly observed evidence of the existence of Hawking radiation.

"If these observation data are released, it will definitely make all scientists crazy." Zhao Lan murmured.

Rodriguez smiled slightly and was noncommittal.

"Let's take a look at what a black hole looks like in a visible light environment..." Rodriguez said, reaching out and pressing a button. So the display screen in front of Zhao Lan immediately turned white. Zhao Lan didn't see anything except something that seemed to be distorted in the center of the screen.

Zhao Lan is also a scientist. Although he does not specialize in studying black holes, he still knows some basic knowledge about black holes. Zhao Lan made a quick calculation in his mind, and then shook his head helplessly: "This small black hole... is impossible to see. Forget it, you should give me some of your research materials for me to take a look at. "

"I have a way to show you," Rodriguez said with a smile. (To be continued ~^~)