Chapter 229 Sudden Gravitational Waves

No matter what technology or transformation it is, as long as science and technology are still progressing, it is not the ultimate version.

Just like the overclocking mode, according to scientists from the Institute of Life Sciences, that is only the first version. If there is a breakthrough in the future, there will definitely be a second and third version.

As Yi Kai said, the future research direction of the overclocking mode is to solve the appearance problem. Perhaps the second version should be able to solve the situation where the overclocking mode becomes a scale man.

The reason why the first version of the overclocking mode appears to be covered with scales is entirely due to the gene sequence problem of the Kuntai people. As long as the relationship between the appearance expression sequence and the gene fragment that strengthens the comprehensive quality is found, and it is distinguished or cut and replaced with other sequences, it is entirely possible to be strengthened under the original appearance.

The same is true for bio-alloy skeletons, internal organ strengthening and other technologies. As long as humans are still running on the road of science, they will be updated.

And all individual enhancements can only keep up with the pace of civilization and technology, and that is long-term and development.

The new humans who have undergone physical enhancement understand this truth, so even if they are strong, they cannot do without human civilization, because once they leave, not to mention the problem of body maintenance, even after a hundred years, their now very strong bodies may become vulnerable.

Of course, the so-called physical enhancement is not studied for single-soldier combat, but its starting point is for high-G acceleration and deceleration of warships.

After all, no matter how humans are transformed, they cannot rely solely on their flesh to move on a planet without atmosphere and with a temperature difference of more than 200 degrees Celsius.

And the most common cosmic environment is this kind of planet.

So for single-soldier actions, just wear tactical armor. No matter how strong the human body transformation is, it is still bioenergy after all, and it is not as strong as the tactical armor directly powered by a nuclear fusion reactor.

Besides, the transformation that takes three minutes to enter the state in the overclocking mode is not suitable for fighting in emergencies.

Another point is that except for the acquired transformation of the biological alloy skeleton, other transformations based on gene cutting are all hereditary, just like the overclocking mode. However, the expression of the overclocking mode is based on implicit expression. After a newborn reaches a certain age, it needs to be registered and then go to the relevant department for gene activation before it can be used.

It is also based on this that the new government does not worry about any trouble caused by the overclocking mode in society. After all, the technology is in the hands of the new government.

Let's get back to the point. After leaving Aldebaran, the new human fleet sailed all the way in the sea of ​​stars.

Hibernation and rotation system allow the new human to cross one star system after another in their lifetime. Hundreds of years after hundreds of years, the new human goes from one star system to another, stops to replenish, and then continues to move forward.

After the speed increased from 15% of the speed of light to 30% of the speed of light, the pace of the new human fleet has also increased a lot. Counting the mid-way replenishment, the new human only took 350 years to cross a distance of 100 light years.

However, 100 light years is not enough. It still belongs to the dangerous star field mentioned in the broadcast, and humans must continue to sail.

In the 355th year after leaving Aldebaran, the new human completed the replenishment in a red dwarf star system and set foot on the star journey again.

After slowly leaving the red dwarf, the new human fleet quickly entered 30% of the speed of light and then sailed at a constant speed.

If it follows the normal procedure, the next step is to enter the rotation system hibernation as usual, but this time, the new humans discovered some unusual phenomena.

First, the gravitational wave detection array located on the fleet detected a trace of space-time ripples. At the beginning, scientists thought that it was a measurement error caused by the distance deviation between the warships carrying gravitational wave detectors, but after several verifications, they found that this was not the case.

In other words, the gravitational wave detection array in the fleet did detect gravitational waves. This discovery immediately made astronomers excited to work. They had to analyze the wavelength and source of gravitational waves in the fastest time to determine what caused the gravitational waves.

Well, it’s true, it’s the gravitational wave detection array, and it’s on the warship.

The new humans undoubtedly have the ability to detect gravitational waves. This technology has existed as early as the Earth era. And the gravitational wave detector sounds advanced, and it is indeed advanced, but it is not an instrument installed on a spacecraft or warship as people imagine.

The reason why it is called a detection array is that it is undoubtedly not the small gravitational wave detection antenna installed on the spacecraft in the novel. Such technology may exist, but it cannot be realized at the current technological level of the new humans.

So the new humans are now using the methods and technologies of the Earth era for gravitational wave detection.

And the gravitational wave detection technology of the Earth era can be divided into three main types.

One is the laser interferometer gravitational wave observatory. The method used for this gravitational wave detection is laser interferometry. In simple terms, this method is to emit a laser beam from the laser source, which is divided into two beams after passing through a prism. The two split laser beams enter two mutually perpendicular channel "arms" respectively.

Generally, the lengths of the two "arms" are different, about 4 kilometers. One of the laser beams is in the "arm". After being reflected by the mirror inside for about fifty times, its distance becomes 200 kilometers. Because the length of the other arm is different, the distances of the two laser beams will be different.

Finally, the two beams of light converge at one point for interference.

If a gravitational wave is transmitted, the two laser beams with different paths will have different optical path differences, so the interference pattern caused by the two beams will move.

Scientists will judge whether the gravitational wave signal is detected based on the interference pattern.

However, this type of gravitational wave detector is generally built on the planet. There are many such gravitational wave detectors on the earth in the 21st century.

The second type is actually laser interference. It's just that the equipment originally built on the ground was moved to the earth's orbit, so this type of gravitational wave detector was also called laser interference space antenna by people at that time.

The method of this gravitational wave detector is to place three detectors on the space surface of the earth facing away from the sun. These three detectors form an equilateral triangle with a side length of 5 million kilometers.

It is also the principle of laser interference.

If a gravitational wave is transmitted to the detector, the space-time distance of this equilateral triangle will change, causing the laser interferometer pattern to change.

The longer the arm length, the more sensitive it is to the gravitational wave signal, that is, it can detect gravitational wave sources with lower frequencies.