338 The Constan (1/2)

Chapter 338: The Constant

Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion

”So… you can't find the law from the data collected?” Lucien asked carefully. He had found the way to talk to Fernando. Lucien had to purposefully make some mistakes to hide the fact that sometimes he actually knew more than his teacher.

Fernando walked back and forth impatiently in the study, ”No. Based on the Equipartition Theorem, I've worked out a formula. Although it works perfectly with long waves, it just produced a stupid error with short waves. Can you imagine what the formula told me? It told me that the shorter the wave is, the greater the energy that can be produced. If that is true, the pope would be kneeling on the ground and kissing the tip of my shoe right now!”

Anything, such as the sun and the fire, that was above absolute zero could produce thermal radiation. It was a common belief in the Congress that the nature of the thermal radiation was the electromagnetic waves of different wavelengths. Meanwhile, as the temperature rose, more short waves of different frequencies would emerge. Within the spectrum, the visible light could have different colors. For example, the pure flame had colors including dark red, crimson, tangerine, orange-yellow, bluish-white and so on, which was in line with the change of the wavelength.

Hearing Fernando's growling and feeling his bad temper, the name, Ultraviolet Catastrophe, suddenly came to Lucien in his mind. He did not expect that Fernando first figured out this formula.

”Can I… Can I take a look at the formula?” Lucien asked very cautiously.

Fernando yelled, ”I've been staring at it for the whole night! I didn't leave anything out!”

However, Fernando did not stop him. Lucien picked up the piece of paper curiously and saw the formula Fernando scrawled. The formula was exactly the same as the one in Lucien's memory!

Seeing that Lucien was just holding the paper there but did not say anything, Fernando thought that he was verifying the formula. He waved his hand very impatiently and said, ”Forget about it! This is so stupid.”

When Fernando was pissed, he was also very tough with himself.

Lucien did verify the formula. What Fernando said was true.

After a while, Fernando released a long sigh, ”Read the letters for me first. We'll do another round of experiment again later.”

”Yes.” Lucien nodded. Then, he picked up the first letter. It was from Douglas, the Emperor of Arcana.

”…Based on the experimental data you gave me, I figured out an empirical formula from my perspective. I still believe that the nature of the thermal radiation is not the electromagnetic waves, but molecular emission from heating…”

Fernando cut in, ”When it comes to thermal radiation, he's still talking about his Particle Theory.”

”Maybe we can change our perspective…” Lucien tried to be euphemistic.

Fernando curled his lip and said, ”Maybe he's the only one who can say these things without being affected. Go ahead. Let's see what the formula is.”

Lucien was a bit nervous. If the formula was again the same as what Lucien learned in the world that he originally came from, a world-shaking finding would be approaching them.

”…This is my formula. But it only works with short waves. As for the calculation of long waves, it has failed…” Lucien was totally shocked. The formula was the same!

Maybe the data collected was not accurate? Lucien could not help wondering. The closer they were to the answer, the more nervous and suspicious Lucien felt.

”It works… with short waves…? So, Particle Theory can lead to a formula that works with short waves…” murmuring, Fernando was confused.

Lucien stayed focused and started to verify the two formulas in his mind using the two theories. Meanwhile, his heart beat faster and faster. He felt that a corner of the world's truth was going to be revealed.

Was the constant going to be the same?

According to Lucien's understanding, if there was a big difference between the two worlds, the physical constants should be different as well, which was possibly the reason why magic existed in this world. However, if the physical constants were the same, Lucien should be still in the same universe, unless there was something else that he did not understand!

After a while, when Lucien just finished verifying the formula using Particle Theory, Fernando finally calmed down a bit, ”Write back to Douglas and attach my formula in the letter. See what he says. Also, copy the letter to Brook, Hathaway, Oliver, Hellen, and Vicente. Give them both of the formulas.”

Lucien stopped thinking and tried to slow down his heartbeat. He pointed at the other letter on the table and said, ”Mr. Brook also sent a letter here.”

”Open it,” said Fernando briefly.

Lucien read the letter at a moderate speed, ”…Based on your data, I've worked out an empirical formula from the Equipartition Theorem. But the formula is ridiculous. It only works with calculating long waves, but it's like a disaster when it comes to short waves…”

The letter was basically the same as what Fernando just said, and so was the formula Brook provided.

Fernando remained silent for quite a while. And then he said in a low voice, ”Write the letters as I said. I need some time to think.”

Then, he closed his eyes and leaned back against the chair.

After Lucien finished writing the letters and gave them to the Adamantium Golem, he also started working on verifying the other formula.

Time passed by. The other formula, after being verified, still remained exactly the same as Fernando's and Brook's answer.