Throne of Magical Arcana

In the first month (January), the weather in the northern Kingdom of Holm is still cold, with snowflakes flying, and a knife-like cool wind howling.

Inside the magic tower of the Allinge Branch of the "Song of the Silver Moon Alliance", it is as warm as spring, making every magician who walks in feel comfortable from the bottom of his heart—although they have the ability to "endure elemental damage" and "resist "Cold" and other magical effects are protected, but the cold wind blowing on the body is still very uncomfortable.

"Hi, Julie, happy new year, is "Arcane" coming today?" At the beginning of the new year, this is the only thing that can make arcanists come to the magic tower of the branch against the cold wind.

Julie, the female apprentice who was in charge of the reception, didn't know whether it was because of the temperature difference between the inside and outside, or other reasons.

After finishing speaking, her eyes were bright, and her voice was lowered: "Gentlemen, have you heard about the Cosmic Observatory?"

"What cosmic observatory?" These arcanists answered blankly. Are they out of date just after the new year?

Julie's voice became louder, and she said excitedly: "Two days ago, there was news from the Atomic Research Institute that His Excellency Evans has established a cosmic observatory in the starry sky, so that arcanists who do not have enough magic power can also study cosmic rays and vast space. All kinds of unknown mysteries in the starry sky."

"What?" A mid-level arcanist couldn't control his emotions, and his voice echoed in the hall as if blessed with sonic spells.

"Is it really possible to go to the starry sky to study?" Another arcanist's tone was full of doubt and disbelief.

Julie nodded vigorously: "Ms. Heidi and others have already gone up!"

The arcanist with a loud voice believed that Julie would not lie to himself about this kind of thing, so he raised his head and stared at the ceiling in a daze, as if he could see the vast starry sky through it and the layers of magic towers.

"The starry sky..." His tone was like a sigh, because most arcanists are full of awe and yearning for the starry sky of the universe, but they are unlikely to have the opportunity in their entire lives. Who knows, there is such a thing now, The great development of arcane art has brought miracles one after another!

Another arcanist asked nervously and urgently: "Can we apply to use the 'Cosmic Observatory'? Or are only arcanists from the Atomic Research Institute eligible?"

Before Julie could answer, a clear and steady male voice sounded from the entrance of the Magic Tower: "Of course, Your Excellency Evans clearly answered the Magic Research Committee that every opening of the 'Cosmic Observatory' can give the arcanists of the Non-atomic Research Institute two However, you must submit your own experimental plan in advance and pass a strict review, and you cannot let the kind of arcanists who simply go up to experience the starry sky waste the resources of the council."

The arcanists in the hall turned around one after another, some asked excitedly: "Really, Mr. Urisian?" Some saluted honestly: "Happy New Year, Mr. Urisian."

The one who walked into the magic tower was Jurisian who already had seven rings.

"If you don't believe me, you can ask the Magic Research Committee yourself." Urisian smiled humorously.

At this time, the arcanists had come to their senses, and someone asked worriedly: "Our experimental plans are all closely related to our own arcane research, will leaking them out like this inspire others?"

He said it very euphemistically, but the actual meaning was very clear. He was worried that people would see the direction and basis of his own research from the submitted experimental plan, so as to complete similar experiments ahead of time and snatch the results.

"Don't worry, all experimental plans are backed up like papers, and they are reviewed by members of the Magic Research Committee, so you don't have to worry about being stolen." Urisan replied with a smile. He is the most well-connected person in the "Silver Moon Song Alliance". One of the good high-level magicians, has a strong ability to handle affairs, so he joined the affairs committee.

Huh, several arcanists breathed a sigh of relief and let go of their worries. Some of them began to think about what kind of experimental plan to submit to impress the review committee. Do you have any idea of ​​building a 'cosmic observatory'?"

Jurisian smiled and said: "I don't know, this kind of thing is not decided so quickly, but what is certain is that some legendary magicians and archmages think that the 'Cosmic Observatory' is unnecessary, and they are not It cannot be researched, and some think it is not appropriate to build too many at once, which will put great pressure on the "resource reserve" of the council, and cannot be blindly promoted until the "Universal Observatory" of Lord Evans shows its own value."

"So, although there are legendary magicians such as Your Excellency the Speaker, Your Excellency the Ruler of the Elements, and Your Excellency the Storm Master supporting the 'Cosmic Observatory', it is estimated that the tower will build another one in a short time."

"The concerns of the other lords are very reasonable. After all, no one knows whether the 'Cosmic Observatory' is useful. Reckless and reckless is not the style of the council." An arcanist nodded in agreement.

Just as they were about to say goodbye to Yourisian, a beep sounded suddenly on the reception desk in front of Julie.

"Hello?" Julie answered the wired phone, "Ah, "Arcane" and "Magic" have been delivered?"

The arcanists who were about to leave stopped one after another, waited patiently for ten minutes, and then bought the "Arcane" and "Magic" journals from Julie.

"This issue of "Arcane" is really thick." An arcanist said to his companion with a little doubt.

Jurisian didn't go to his office to get his share, but looked at the unsold periodicals on the reception desk.

"Quantum field theory? A series of papers by Lord Brooke, Lord Stormmaster, and Lord Evans?" Some arcanists quickly browsed through the catalog and found the key word "quantum field theory".

Upon hearing his words, other arcanists were even more surprised and puzzled. Quantum knew it, and field theory knew it, but what did they mean together? Is it what I guessed in my mind?

Quantum field theory papers are complicated and difficult, full of dizzying formulas. These arcanists once again experienced the confusion when encountering general relativity and matrix mechanics, and some simply skipped the intermediate derivation process and searched for the conclusion .

"Essence of electromagnetic force?" An arcanist blurted out in astonishment, his voice filled with deep astonishment and shock. As one of the two most studied of the four fundamental forces, electromagnetic force is one of the most studied among the silver moons. The heart of the magicians of the Song League has always been the basic composition of the world, and the "things" closest to the "real". When can they give the essence of electromagnetic force? Is this going straight from not being able to walk to running?

——Among the four fundamental forces currently proposed, although the strong interaction force (currently refers to the nuclear force) is clear, it lacks further research, and even the basic characteristics have not been grasped, let alone a formed theory. The interaction force is only a conjecture put forward by Fernando, and it has not been confirmed by other experiments. It is not known when it will be clarified. symbolic meaning.

For a long time, arcanists who are good at electromagnetism have conjectured a lot about the nature of electromagnetic force, but there has never been a complete and formed theory. Today, a series of papers in "Arcane" seems to indicate a certain kind of brain-congesting possible!

Jurisian was slowly reading the thesis. The basics in the front are the parts he is good at, so there is no difficulty, but after hearing this exclamation, he also turned to the back and looked at the part about the nature of electromagnetic force.

"Electromagnetic force is an interaction realized through a series of reactions of exchanging photons between charged objects? Virtual photons..." There was silence in the hall, and I don't know how long it took before Urisian said to himself, this conclusion has Complete theoretical support, with a mathematical description of these simple or complex processes, whether correct or not, this is one of the breakthroughs since the discovery of electromagnetic force, second only to Brook's equation.

The other arcanists looked at it in a daze, and could barely understand the conclusion, but even so, their eyes were full of shock and joy: "Is this the electromagnetic force?"

If you can really understand the electromagnetic force thoroughly, then you and other magicians who are good at electromagnetism will get unimaginable benefits!

"Well, the three gentlemen raised the problem of quantum field theory. How to solve the infinity caused by divergence?" An arcanist turned to the back. It turned out that quantum field theory is not perfect yet, and there are still many problems to be solved.

For some reason, this fact made him heave a sigh of relief. Although he was ecstatic and excited to figure out the nature of the electromagnetic force, he always felt unreliable, like a dream, and now it is more acceptable.

The same mentality appeared in the minds of all the arcanists present. It was enough for the general theory of relativity, a fantasy theory that transcended the times, to appear. If there was another one, it would really be unreal.

They let out a sigh of relief and laughed one after another: "If you can solve the infinite problem, you will definitely get the Evans Arcane Award and the Silver Moon Medal."

Although they didn't have much hope for this, it's not surprising that mid-level and high-ranking arcanists solved the problems that grand arcanists couldn't solve. Similar things happened occasionally in the past hundreds of years. After all, grand arcanists mastered If you have too much knowledge and accumulated too much, you will be bound by past experience instead, and ordinary mid-to-high-level arcanists may not be greatly affected.

"Huh? "A Hypothesis on Protons and Neutrons Based on the Results of Scattering Experiments", Yalolan Hathaway Hofenberg..." An arcanist turned to a later paper.

The scattering experiments mentioned in the title, they are very clear, since the discovery of neutrons, the scattering experiments of protons and protons, and the scattering experiments of neutrons and protons, have been continuously carried out, and a lot of data have been accumulated. A few months ago, Lavender and Lord Morris discovered that in similar scattering experiments, no matter whether charged protons or uncharged neutrons are used, the nuclear force (the current strong interaction force) will not change and has nothing to do with the charge. Contrary to the common understanding, in order to explain this phenomenon, many arcanists have put forward hypotheses.

"...maybe we can treat protons and neutrons as the same particle, which I call nucleons, just as some electrons spin to the left and some electrons spin to the right, some nucleons are charged and some are not , they cannot be regarded as different particles because of this..." The arcanist read out one of the sentences, and his tone was deeply shaken.

In the paper, Hathaway introduced a new quantum number to represent this state.

"What? Are protons and neutrons the same particle?" All the arcanists and magic apprentices present, including Yurisian, said in shock.

It's not that they can't understand, but it's incredible and worshiping the essence of the world. Is it easier to go deeper?

"So, there are only three kinds of elementary particles, nucleons, electrons, and photons, and the interaction between charged particles and photons is expressed as electromagnetic force?"

"Sure enough, the most essential and basic things must not have such complicated classifications!"

"Is this the reality of the world?"

Sometimes, it's not that the more complicated the more shocking, the more simple to the extreme can make people feel a thrilling beauty. Therefore, although the arcanists haven't read the thesis yet, they have already leaned towards Hathaway's guess.

The second change is asking for a monthly ticket.