Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 462 Thesis
"All particle detectors have their own principles, and I am the one who is strictly selected now..."
"In that case, I know what I want..."
Chen Zhou was flipping through the pile of deconstructed draft papers, carefully selecting the content he needed.
At the same time, put your ideas into practice on a new draft paper.
Yang Yiyi, who originally noticed that Chen Zhou stopped writing, thought that this guy was finally going out to find food.
Unexpectedly, within a minute, Chen Zhou immersed himself in his own world again.
Shaking her head helplessly , Yang Yiyi had to get up and prepare today's lunch for this man who never left the house.
However, as time approached the end of December, coupled with Chen Zhou's high-intensity closed-door research.
Yang Yiyi was very curious about Chen Zhou's research progress and what kind of results he could achieve.
At present, Yang Yiyi only knew that Chen Zhou was conducting research on the rubber ball experiment project, and did not disturb him to ask about the research progress.
When Yang Yiyi quietly went out, Chen Zhou just stopped writing and muttered to himself.
It’s not that he discovered Yang Yiyi going out.
But the refill in my pen has run out, so I need to change it for a new one.
And what Chen Zhou was muttering was nothing else but: "Fuck, it's delaying things, delaying things..."
He quickly replaced the pen refill with a full one, twisted the pen cap, and wrote on the draft paper again.
In fact, to detect glue balls, on the one hand, we need to have a more in-depth theoretical study of their properties to avoid blindly searching for a needle in a haystack in experiments.
On the other hand, there is a need for innovation in experimental methods and means.
In comparison, the theoretical content has actually been developing quite well.
Chen Zhou had already completed the theoretical content of the colloid ball experiment.
This is different from the conventional quantum number glueballs that were more often chosen in the past for experiments and detections.
Chen Zhou chose the content of the strange quantum number glue ball.
Through in-depth theoretical research, Chen Zhou discovered that the peculiar quantum number glueball is very likely to be the key to opening the "glueball door".
Therefore, in the process of theoretical research, we should be guided by the direction of the wrong question collection.
In the shortest possible time, Chen Zhou figured out the theoretical mass, creation and decay properties of the peculiar quantum number glueballs.
As for the theoretical research content of this strange quantum number glue ball, it is absolutely accurate.
But the experimental content is not necessarily the case.
The most intuitive manifestation of this is gravitational waves.
Gravitational waves were predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916 based on his theory of general relativity.
But Einstein once thought that it was unlikely to detect gravitational waves.
Facts have also proved that it was not until nearly a hundred years later, with the continuous development of experimental technology, that LIGO finally detected the existence of gravitational waves.
So, from this perspective, the experimental content in the jelly ball experiment should be more accurately called the experimental technique.
There must be some innovation.
This is also directly reflected in the particle detector.
This is the last step that Chen Zhou is now completing.
Because theoretical research has intuitively shown that existing collider technology is fully capable of reaching the energy level at which glue balls can be produced.
It’s just that the existing experimental detection technology cannot accurately detect the glue balls.
This is also the reason why Chen Zhou believes that this is the biggest difficulty in the colloid ball experiment.
However, the purpose of identifying the difficulties is to solve them.
Coupled with the unintentional words of Yang Yiyi, an outsider, Chen Zhou had a hint of inspiration.
This makes it possible to resolve this difficulty.
As the pen and ink flow, time flies rapidly between fingers.
In the blink of an eye, 2016 has come to the last hour of the last day.
Chen Zhou was still sitting at his desk, writing furiously.
In the day and a half after the particle detector was deconstructed.
There were a lot more filled draft papers on Chen Zhou's desk.
During this day and a half, he finally caught the inspiration that was only a possibility a few days ago.
He is also about to turn that possibility into a certainty!
In order to explore the secrets inside the atomic nucleus, scientists always want to open the nucleus to see what's inside.
So they tried to accelerate some charged particles and use these accelerated high-speed particles to bombard a stationary "target".
Then study the momentum, direction, charge, number, and so on of the secondary particles produced.
This device is an accelerator.
If you want to pull out an electron from the outermost layer of an atom, generally just a few electron volts of energy is enough.
If you want to split the nucleus, you need energy of more than several million electron volts.
If you want to study the structure and internal laws of protons and neutrons, you will need energy of billions or tens of billions of electron volts.
At such high energies, the number of particles produced in the collider is of terrifying magnitude.
Here, how to detect the glue balls is the job of the particle detector.
That is the affirmation that Chen Zhou is about to get!
The time finally stopped at 11:57:58 on the evening of December 31, 2016.
Chen Zhou slowly put down the pen in his hand.
Looking at the contents on the draft paper in front of him, he revealed a smug look.
Just say you won’t be bringing this thing to New Year’s Eve, right?
Doesn’t it take a while until 2017?
Chen Zhou stretched comfortably and closed the collection of wrong questions in front of him, which became thinner and thicker.
This artifact can now take a break.
Afterwards, Chen Zhou took a comfortable bath, lay down on the bed, and had a sound sleep.
Once the problem with the particle detector was solved, all the problems in the entire colloid experiment were solved.
As for converting the final research results into a paper, there is no need to be as anxious as before.
This sleep was the longest and most peaceful one Chen Zhou had had in all these days.
It’s unlike the past few days, when I slept less and felt uneasy.
On the first day of New Year's Day 2017, Chen Zhou woke up as usual.
That’s right, Chen Zhou, who originally thought that he would sleep until at least noon, was looking at the “6:41” displayed on his mobile phone in surprise.
Chen Zhou turned off the screen of his mobile phone, lay back on the bed, and prepared to take a second nap.
But I was even more surprised to find that I couldn't fall asleep at all.
I muttered to myself, "The glue ball problem has been solved? I'm not very excited. Why can't I sleep?"
Inadvertently, Chen Zhou glanced at the draft paper on the desk and subconsciously revealed a smug smile.
After thinking about it, since I can’t sleep, I might as well get up.
I haven’t had a morning run in a few days, so after washing up, I went to call Yiyi for a morning run.
Chen Zhou made up his mind and got out of bed.
While getting dressed, he walked to the desk.
He was happily getting dressed and looking at the draft paper on the desk.
I thought that if I spent some time today, I could finish the first draft of the paper.
It can also give a surprise to Professor Cross, who always complains about me, and Professor Friedman, who always gives me a laissez-faire teaching style.
After tidying himself up, Chen Zhou hummed a song softly and came to the door of Yang Yiyi's dormitory.
He reached out and knocked rhythmically on the dormitory door.
Hearing the knock on the door, Yang Yiyi opened the door and was obviously stunned for a moment.
Then, she realized something, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on her face: "Happy, you... you finished the project?"
Chen Zhou smiled and nodded: "Almost done, the results are out."
Yang Yiyi asked again: "Then your research results are..."
Although Yang Yiyi didn't finish her words, Chen Zhou understood what she meant.
He immediately said proudly: "If nothing unexpected happens, there shouldn't be much of a problem."
Yang Yiyi looked at Chen Zhou's arrogant look and laughed even more happily.
She saw with her own eyes how much effort Chen Zhou put into this project over the past few days.
And now, Chen Zhou finally got the research results he wanted.
Nothing makes me happier than working so hard to achieve results.
Seeing Yang Yiyi still standing there, Chen Zhou looked her up and down again and said with a smile: "Why are you still standing there? Go for a run!"
"Oh..." Yang Yiyi reacted and immediately said, "Okay!"
On the playground.
Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi ran side by side.
However, an unexpected figure appeared on the playground.
As if she had anticipated this, Yang Yiyi deliberately said, "Go ahead. After Christmas, this senior has been coming here for a morning run, just to wait for you..."
Hearing Yang Yiyi's jealous voice, Chen Zhou immediately laughed and said, "Yiyi, I'm not familiar with her."
However, before Chen Zhou could finish his words, Nott had already walked towards them.
"Good morning, Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi!"
Facing this proactive greeting, Chen Zhou slowly responded, "Good morning!" after Yang Yiyi said "Good morning".
Then, he and Yang Yiyi prepared to run away from Nott.
Unexpectedly, Nott seemed to respond to Yang Yiyi's words "Just to wait for you" and followed Chen Zhou directly.
Chen Zhou frowned slightly. Isn’t this bad?
When my partner is not around, you can follow me all you want, but I will just ignore you.
But my partner is right here, and you are still doing this, isn't that just looking for trouble?
However, before Chen Zhou could speak, Noether took the initiative to ask: "Chen Zhou, I heard that you have been studying physics these days?"
Chen Zhou was stunned for a moment and subconsciously glanced at Yang Yiyi.
Yang Yiyi also glanced at him.
Chen Zhou retracted his gaze and turned to Noether and said, "I'm studying a physics topic. What's wrong?"
Nott frowned slightly when he heard this.
The look in his eyes when he looked at Chen Zhou also became strange.
After all, human energy is limited, and the time period when people think most agilely is even more limited.
What we should strive to do in life is to use our limited energy to make outstanding and world-renowned achievements in the field we are familiar with, or in the field of our talents.
How can you waste your time on areas that you are not familiar with or have not even shown any talent for?
Noether didn't understand why Chen Zhou was so passionate about researching physics topics?
Why would I temporarily give up even the morning jog that I have always insisted on?
Just to study physics without leaving home?
Although her great-grandmother, the queen of algebra, Emil Noether.
Not only in the field of mathematics, he has made outstanding achievements.
In the field of physics, he also made remarkable achievements.
The "Noether theorem" she proposed is one of the central results in theoretical physics.
On this basis, basic theorems such as linear conservation of energy and conservation of energy were born.
To this day, her research results are still used in the study of black holes.
Moreover, she provided a rigorous, purely mathematical method for Einstein's general theory of relativity.
But all of this is based on mathematical formulas.
Her great-grandmother never felt that she had set foot in the field of physics. She believed that she had only been doing mathematical research.
In other words, even a great mathematician like her great-grandmother would only focus on research in areas that she was familiar with.
The achievements in the field of physics were nothing more than unintentional.
And Chen Zhou?
She didn't think Chen Zhou was a genius who could master both mathematics and physics.
In order to bring Chen Zhou back to the "right path" and for the sake of his own mathematical glory, Noether looked at Chen Zhou and said, " Can I take up two minutes of your time?"
Chen Zhou looked at the senior schoolmate in front of him in confusion, then turned his head to look at Yang Yiyi beside him.
Yang Yiyi gave him an affirmative look, then took the initiative to speed up and distance themselves.
After thinking about it, Chen Zhou slowly stopped and changed from running to walking.
Seeing this, Nott took the initiative to say, "Thank you for giving me two minutes."
Chen Zhou frowned slightly: "What do you want to say?"
Upon hearing this, Noether asked directly: "Have you achieved any research results on the topic of 'Linear representation of Artin's L-function of the Galois group'?"
Chen Zhou shook his head: "Not yet."
Noether said to himself, "As expected," and then said to Chen Zhou, "Why did you switch to studying physics instead of continuing to study Professor Artin's sub-topic? And you haven't studied your Goldbach conjecture..."
Chen Zhou looked at this senior student strangely. How come she knew him so well?
Then he thought of something and guessed it was because of Yang Yiyi.
However, what I am researching doesn’t seem to have much to do with this senior sister, right?
Chen Zhou tried to reply politely: "The physics topic is an experimental topic that I conducted with my mentor Professor Friedman. It was not a sudden change of research."
"As for the topic you mentioned, 'Linear representation of Artin's L-function of the Galois group,' there will be research results soon."
"I have never stopped studying the Goldbach conjecture you mentioned."
After saying that, Chen Zhou prepared to leave.
He thought the other party was in trouble, but this is what happened?
Nott obviously didn't give up so easily: "But you have to know that human energy is limited. During the time when your thinking is most active, you should try to grasp the field you are familiar with and strive to create brilliant achievements..."
"And I believe that your research in physics is definitely not as good as your research in mathematics. After all, the fields of mathematics and physics..."
Nott said a lot, and he said it very sincerely.
Chen Zhou even felt a little embarrassed.
However, faced with the other party's well-intentioned advice, Chen Zhou could only choose to tactfully express that he understood.
As for the final approach...
That is of course impossible to change.
His path was already predetermined.
It was destined from the moment he changed himself.
At the same time, Chen Zhou probably knew why Nott said so much.
From her talk about her insistence on morning jogging, from her accusation of herself for canceling her morning jogging, from her talk about the brilliance of mathematics...
Chen Zhou felt helpless after hearing this.
This senior schoolmate actually placed her hopes on him.
But he had no reason to help her.
"I canceled my morning run because of my study habits, nothing else." Chen Zhou thought about it and explained.
After explaining, he paused for a moment and then said, "You should focus on mathematical research instead of paying attention to me. Besides, to me, physics and mathematics are actually the same."
Nott asked in confusion: "Same?"
Chen Zhou explained: "The reason why I started running again in the morning today is because I have completed this physics project."
"What? Done?" Nott said in a lost voice.
Chen Zhou nodded: "Yes."
After saying this, Chen Zhou did not stop and returned to the runway, following Yang Yiyi's footsteps.
Only Nott, who was in a daze, was left there.
Even though she had never conducted research in physics, she had heard of the name of the rubber ball.
What does Chen Zhou mean by “finished”?
Did he find the gumball?
How is this possible!
This is a Nobel Prize-winning discovery in physics!
This is the glue ball that physics communities all over the world are looking for!
This is a particle that so many physics experts have not found!
Nott really couldn't believe what Chen Zhou said.
She didn't think that this mathematical genius also had such amazing talent in physics.
If that is the case, then what about her mathematical glory?
Nott hesitantly returned to the rhythm of his morning run.
She planned to go back and check the topic of the rubber ball experiment immediately after her morning run to see how difficult it was...
Chen Zhou, who was unaware of Nott's change of heart, quickly caught up with Yang Yiyi.
After taking a look at Yang Yiyi who was running with her head down, Chen Zhou poured out the entire conversation he had just had with Nott like pouring beans out of a bamboo slip.
Seeing this, Yang Yiyi smiled slightly and said, "Why tell me? I don't want to know..."
Chen Zhou stole a glance at the smiling Yang Yiyi and thought to himself, "Humph, you still call this not wanting to know?"
After the morning run, Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi finished their breakfast and went straight back to the dormitory.
After the retreat, Chen Zhou sat at his desk again, looking at the cheerful research results, and felt that everything was worth it.
After organizing the draft paper, Chen Zhou began editing the first draft of the paper.
Although Yang Yiyi had previously suggested to Chen Zhou that he should write down his research content in a notebook, which would be convenient for organization and not easily messed up.
Moreover, she thought that Chen Zhou's collection of wrong questions was very good, and she planned to buy a few more collections of wrong questions for Chen Zhou.
But Chen Zhou said decisively that he was used to A4 draft paper, and this draft paper could bring him inspiration.
Yang Yiyi didn't know what to say.
After a busy day, Chen Zhou completed the first draft of his paper on the rubber ball experiment.
Subsequently, the first draft of the paper was sent to Professor Cross and Professor Friedman.
Very conveniently, Chen Zhou also sent the first draft to the preprint website e-Print arXiv.
Although some of the experimental data here are based on the collider in the SLAC laboratory .
However, the content of this research paper actually has little to do with the SLAC laboratory.
That's why Chen Zhou took the initiative to upload the preprint directly.
He believed that even if Professor Friedman knew about it, he would not say anything and would be even more eager to arrange the next rubber ball experiment.
Cross, for his part, had just spent a pleasant evening with his family and was about to go to bed.
But I unexpectedly saw a notification that there was a new email in my mailbox.
He turned on his computer puzzled and logged into his email.
I was wondering who would email me so late at night, and whether there was something going on at SLAC.
He saw the name of the sender of the email.
After a three-second pause, Cross quickly clicked on the attachment in the email and started downloading the file.
The file was not large and downloaded quickly.
This was beyond Cross's expectations.
He originally thought that Chen Zhou, who had not spoken to him for such a long time, now took the initiative to email him, must be in need of help.
Since it's a help, there must be a lot of information.
I didn't expect that the file would be so small?
With doubts, Cross opened the file sent by Chen Zhou.
After just one look, his mouth opened wide in surprise.
