Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 465 Give Me Two Days
"Professor Friedman, Professor Cross, Happy New Year! Are you here to wish us a happy new year?"
Recovering his thoughts, Chen Zhou greeted them warmly and stepped aside to let them into the house.
Friedman also smiled and replied, "Happy New Year, Chen Zhou. Is New Year's greetings a Chinese saying?"
Chen Zhou smiled and nodded: "Yes, speaking of New Year's greetings, it should be the students who wish you a happy New Year."
Friedman waved his hand: "That's not necessary. We don't have that saying here."
Friedman said, walking into the room.
Following Friedman, Cross also planned to enter the house.
But Chen Zhou stopped him: "Professor Cross, you are several days late? I have been waiting for you for three days, right?"
"Three days? I think?" Cross obviously couldn't do what Friedman did. His expression showed unconcealable frustration.
Chen Zhou keenly noticed the change in Cross's expression and felt a little strange.
We have just entered 2017 after New Year's Day, why is Professor Cross having such a bad start to the year?
Even though he couldn't figure it out, Cross walked past Chen Zhou and into the house.
Yang Yiyi had already noticed Friedman and Cross, and had already poured the water.
Chen Zhou called Friedman and Cross and sat down at the second-hand dining table.
After greeting politely, Yang Yiyi tactfully left.
There is no doubt that Friedman and Cross came for Chen Zhou's paper on the glueball project , which was from the SLAC laboratory, but she herself is a researcher at LIGO.
Such an identity seems a bit embarrassing.
Therefore, in order to avoid suspicion and for the confidentiality of this project, Yang Yiyi took the initiative to choose to recuse herself.
Chen Zhou's dormitory.
Friedman, Cross, and Chen Zhou sat around the dining table.
"Chen Zhou, your ideas that seem to come out of nowhere are simply amazing!" Cross exclaimed sincerely when he thought of the contents of Chen Zhou's first draft of the paper.
Chen Zhou smiled and said, "That didn't come from the sky. I verified it step by step."
Cross was stunned for a moment, then chuckled and said, "That can only mean that your idea is like something from outer space, haha..."
Friedman also praised: "The ability to innovate both theoretical content and experimental technology at the same time is a courage that not only ordinary physicists can have, but also wisdom!"
Faced with the praise from the two people, especially one of them, who is a Nobel Prize winner.
Chen Zhou was still a little excited, but he said modestly: "Professor, you are too kind. I just followed my own ideas and slowly made it. It's nothing special."
Hearing Chen Zhou's words, Cross immediately said: "Don't be so naive. How many people have followed their ideas but gained nothing? Few people can achieve such outstanding results like you!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhou turned and asked, "Professor Cross, do you mean that you and Professor Friedman both think that the conclusions in my paper are correct?"
Cross didn't say anything, but from his expression it could be seen that he couldn't find any problem.
Friedman said aloud: "In my calculations, whether it is the theoretical innovation of the strange quantum number glueball, or the experimental detection method, and the innovation of the particle detector, they are all very feasible!"
Friedman's words are much more useful than his previous praise for Chen Zhou.
This means that the Nobel Prize winner has recognized Chen Zhou's research results.
Chen Zhou suddenly showed a smile, but he hadn't said anything yet.
Friedman then continued: "However, to obtain the final verification, a collider is still needed, and a collider..."
Chen Zhou subconsciously asked: "What happened to the collider?"
Friedman shook his head slightly: "Not very good."
Chen Zhou frowned and asked, "Is the collider broken?"
"Uh...no..." Friedman looked a little embarrassed.
Chen Zhou was even more puzzled: "What is that?"
This time it was not Friedman who answered him, but Cross.
Cross didn't play any tricks on Chen Zhou.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he aroused all the emotions of frustration and helplessness.
From beginning to end, he recounted in detail what happened at SLAC.
However, he did not say what the final plan he and Friedman discussed was.
Because of this matter, it is better for Friedman to say it.
They also need Chen Zhou to make the final decision.
After listening to Cross's words, Chen Zhou couldn't help but sigh.
The brilliant achievements made by SLAC will never be ignored by the entire physics community, especially the particle physics community.
However, even SLAC, which has achieved these achievements, cannot avoid the fate of being eliminated by history.
Although SLAC will continue to exist in another form, when it accepts its fate, it will never be the SLAC that discovered the charm quark and the tau lepton.
However, this is the wheel of history, an indispensable process in its forward progress.
Just like any instrument.
Since it has a lifespan, it will inevitably die one day.
SLAC should have anticipated its fate when CERN emerged.
And this day is finally coming.
Chen Zhou slowly raised his head and glanced at Friedman. When he opened the door and saw the old man, he really didn't notice anything unusual about the old man.
But when Cross finished speaking, Chen Zhou looked at the old man again.
But he didn't know why, he always felt that there was an extra layer of heaviness about this old man.
Friedman was also looking at Chen Zhou.
When their eyes met, Friedman whispered, "The last day at SLAC is at the end of March. Before that, I want to ask you for a favor."
Chen Zhou was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but then he guessed what Friedman was thinking.
"You mean, prepare another experiment with the rubber ball?"
Friedman nodded solemnly: "I would like to use this as SLAC's final farewell gift."
Chen Zhou asked uncertainly: "In terms of time, will it be in time?"
Friedman explained: "It is early January now, and we must start the experimental device in early March, or mid-March at the latest. In other words, we have two months to prepare."
"During this period, I will go to SLAC in person to take charge of the preparations for the final experimental plan. Cross will also go with me."
At this point, Friedman stared at Chen Zhou, and there was a hint of request in his tone.
"However, our preparations are all based on your thesis. We must digest your innovations in experimental technology before we can accurately apply them to actual experiments. So..."
As Friedman spoke, he handed the slightly sloppy printout in his hand to Chen Zhou.
Chen Zhou needs to digest and improve the above content in his own paper.
"So, you must hurry up and finish the final version of your paper!"
After Chen Zhou took the printed manuscript, he felt quite complicated.
He didn't expect things to develop to this point today.
He also didn't expect that his research paper would become the swan song of the SLAC particle accelerator.
He would never have imagined that a Nobel Prize-winning physicist like Professor Friedman would eventually place all his hopes on him.
If all goes well, the discovery of the gumballs could give SLAC a decent "retirement" ceremony.
If things don't go well, or if nothing is gained again.
The comment left to the outside world might be that the Nobel Prize winner believed the students' words, and finally had a crazy idea and used the students' papers to try to find the rubber ball that had been unsuccessful for many years!
Of course, if it is the latter, Friedman might really become a joke.
In any case, SLAC does not belong to Friedman alone.
The jellyball experiment was not just Friedman's work.
But the final choice was not the experimental result obtained by most people in the experiment of this topic.
Rather, it is the thesis of Chen Zhou, a new graduate student.
This actually requires great courage.
Because Friedman needed to be responsible for everyone involved in the jellyball experiment.
Chen Zhou was naturally very clear about this.
So he still admired Friedman for his courage to make such a decision.
Seeing that Chen Zhou had not spoken, Cross said first: "Chen Zhou, how is it? Do you have any difficulties here? How long will it take to complete the final version of the paper?"
After Cross finished speaking, Chen Zhou said, "It should not be a big problem..."
Cross immediately said anxiously: "What do you mean it shouldn't be a big problem? If there is a problem, then there is a problem. We understand. After all, this is..."
Before Cross finished speaking, Friedman interrupted him and said, "Cross, don't be impatient. Let Chen Zhou finish what he has to say."
Chen Zhou chuckled and said, "If there is nothing subversive, then the modification can be completed quickly."
Friedman and Cross looked at each other and said at the same time, “I don’t find any subversive questions.”
Seeing this, Chen Zhou said, "That's no problem."
Cross asked again, "How long will it take you?"
Chen Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Give me two days."
Cross was immediately surprised and asked: "Two days?"
Chen Zhou thought that the other party thought that two days was too long, so he hesitated and said, "One day is fine. I was planning to submit an algebraic geometry paper together with this one..."
"Since you are in a hurry, I will send this paper to you after I finish it."
"No, no, no!" Cross said "no" three times in a row.
He was surprised that Chen Zhou only needed two days.
Originally, he and Friedman were still discussing this paper on their way to see Chen Zhou. It would take Chen Zhou about four to five days to completely revise it.
The plan the two discussed also started five days later.
But I didn't expect that it would take two days for Chen Zhou to speak.
The key point is that during these two days, he also had the time to complete his algebraic geometry paper in mathematics!
This kid is really incredible!
Cross could not imagine what kind of research efficiency this was.
At least, he himself could not complete the final draft of two papers in two days.
Moreover, the reason why Cross and Friedman needed four to five days to discuss was also speculated based on Chen Zhou's previous research progress.
It's not just imaginary.
They felt that it took Chen Zhou such a long time to process the experimental data and get the first draft of this paper.
If it is modified, it should take a lot of time.
Of course, they also knew that Chen Zhou's thesis must have been based on a lot of literature.
However, none of them could have imagined how many documents Chen Zhou had checked.
"No what?" Chen Zhou showed a bitter expression , "No way, not even one day? Do you want me to change it now?"
Chen Zhou's words made Cross a little at a loss.
Only Friedman, who was standing aside, said in a slightly cheerful mood: "No, Professor Cross meant that since you want two days, I will give you two days. Well, three days is also fine."
"Three days?" Chen Zhou repeated, and then said, "Three days is not necessary. That would be too time-consuming."
Chen Zhou didn't know that his words were another serious blow to Cross.
Cross suddenly had an epiphany and he actually figured out something.
That is why Chen Zhou didn't bring him along to complete the research on the colloid ball experiment.
He must think he is too slow!
But can you procrastinate?
Cross fell into self-doubt.
Neither Chen Zhou nor Friedman obviously expected that Cross would think so much.
The two of them chatted among themselves, then stood up and walked towards Chen Zhou's desk.
Friedman walked to Chen Zhou's desk and looked around, only to find that there were far more draft papers piled here than what he saw at first.
Moreover, the draft papers piled in the corner also began to show their potential.
"What's all this?" Friedman pointed at the corner and then at the desk in confusion.
Chen Zhou pointed to the draft papers piled up in the corner and explained, "Those over there have nothing to do with the topic of this rubber ball experiment. They are all about mathematical research."
Then, Chen Zhou pointed to the desk and said, "Here are the research materials for the rubber ball experiment and the algebraic geometry project."
Friedman nodded slightly, reached out and picked up a stack of draft paper and began to read.
Chen Zhou didn't stop him.
The collection of wrong questions is not here, so he has no secrets that he is afraid of being exposed.
But what Chen Zhou didn't expect was that Friedman's expression changed immediately after reading it.
He asked in surprise, "These are the research materials you started after you returned from SLAC?"
Chen Zhou nodded in confusion: "Yes."
Friedman said with emotion: "There are dozens of literatures for the rubber ball experiment alone. Not to mention that you have to sort out every literature like you did."
"The time and energy required to complete this is far from being completed in a short period of time! In addition, you still have math projects to do, which will take up another part of your time."
"Even if I calculate it in half, I still find it hard to imagine what your research efficiency is..."
Friedman suddenly remembered the terrifying research efficiency that Chen Zhou had demonstrated on the plane when he and Chen Zhou were flying back from SLAC.
But the facts before him told him once again that Chen Zhou's efficiency was far more terrifying than what he showed on the plane last time!
No wonder this kid dared to give him two days, no, one day!
Cross, who heard their conversation, also came over.
However, he had just taken the draft paper from Friedman's hand and had not had time to take a closer look.
Friedman's words almost made me autistic.
He no longer doubted whether he was procrastinating.
He felt like he was just a turtle...
But he was very puzzled.
Why does Chen Zhou not only have such high research efficiency, but also have the ability to produce such amazing research results in a flash of inspiration?
Is this the difference between people?
Looking at Chen Zhou's young face, Cross felt old for the first time.
Chen Zhou naturally didn't know what Cross was thinking.
Facing Friedman's sigh, Chen Zhou secretly added in his heart: "Professor, you are too conservative, aren't you? Theory plus experiment, how can there be at least 200 papers?"
In fact, this is true. Chen Zhouguang downloaded nearly two hundred documents.
But Chen Zhou said modestly: "I am just used to this method of sorting out literature, so it seems a little faster. It is mainly because I was able to grasp the inspiration needed for this topic, which led to the subsequent innovation..."
