Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 484: Experiment Begins

Cross looked at the message for a long time.

Finally, exit the message interface and click on the email prompt.

His eyes were a little moist.

Perhaps only those who have experienced this kind of transition from joy to sorrow and then back to joy can understand Cross's feelings at this moment.

On the phone, the mobile email app has been opened.

Just as Cross was about to click on the email attachment to take a look at the research results that had been lingering on his mind, the door of Chen Zhou's dormitory opened.

Cross was stunned for a moment, and when he looked up, he saw Chen Zhou opening the door.

Chen Zhou's face was full of fatigue, his eye sockets were sunken, and his dark circles were even more exaggerated than those of a giant panda.

However, Chen Zhou's overall spirit is still very good.

Chen Zhou himself didn't feel very tired.

When he saw Cross, he smiled and teased, "Professor Cross, are you here to be my chauffeur so early in the morning? But I don't have anywhere to go."

Cross ignored Chen Zhou's teasing. He put away his phone and asked with concern: "Are you okay? You look a little..."

Chen Zhou waved his hand: "It's okay, at least I'm in good spirits, I just didn't sleep for two nights..."

After a pause, Chen Zhou said, "I have already completed the entire research route of the strange quantum number glueball. I have also sent the paper to Professor Friedman and you. You can prepare the final experimental plan on time."

Cross looked at Chen Zhou and nodded solemnly: "Okay, leave it to us next."

"Yeah." Chen Zhou replied calmly, and then said, "Let's go have breakfast?"

Having said that, Chen Zhou walked around Cross and headed towards the SLAC cafeteria.

I have to quickly finish my breakfast while my mental state can still be maintained for a while.

As soon as he finished his meal, Chen Zhou went back to his room, took a shower, and went to bed.

No, it should be catching up on sleep.

That night, after seeing the Dove Point Lighthouse, I drove all the way from the Bay Area beach back to the dormitory.

Chen Zhou sat at his desk from beginning to end, concentrating on the study of the strange quantum number glue ball and launching a general attack on a series of problems such as "color confinement".

Just as Cross guessed, Chen Zhou, who was fully committed to his work, never slept at all.

I have been working so hard for two nights until now.

Moreover, during this period , Chen Zhou did not eat any food except drinking a few sips of water.

He was afraid that eating would affect his thinking and he would lose this rare inspiration.

Even when drinking water, he would subconsciously reach out to his mouth and take a sip.

I have to say that the research mode Chen Zhou has started in the past two days is really more ascetic than that of an ascetic monk.

This is also the first time in all these years that Chen Zhou has maintained such a high-intensity and long-term research mode.

Even though I was working very hard on research before, at least I had irregular meals and short sleep to support myself.

But this time, there was nothing.

Chen Zhou only has a pen in his hand, a piece of paper in front of him, and a collection of wrong questions to record his mistakes and guide him in the right direction.

And the key inspiration that is like a beam of light in the mind, illuminating problems such as "color confinement".

Having said that, when Chen Zhou was truly immersed in this research state, he did not feel tired at all.

On the contrary, his spirit was extremely excited.

Even after surviving two nights, Chen Zhou did not feel that his thinking was lagging behind.

He is still the quick-thinking student that Qiu Chengtong mentioned.

However, Chen Zhou, who was lying on the bed at this time, was completely relaxed and had let go of the determination to fight to the end.

He was instantly completely overwhelmed by the feeling of extreme fatigue.

Less than a minute later, Chen Zhou's light snoring sounded in the room.

At this time, Cross had just found Friedman.

As soon as Friedman saw Cross, he said excitedly: "Chen Zhou succeeded!"

Cross nodded vigorously and said, "Professor, I already know. I came here to discuss the final experimental plan with you."

Friedman said: "Now that Chen Zhou has solved the theoretical problems in the experimental route, we can safely proceed with the final experimental plan according to the original plan."

After a pause, Friedman praised Cross and said, "Even though we encountered a difficult problem like 'Color Confinement', the progress of your cooperation was still one day ahead of schedule, which also bought us one more day. Everyone will remember your performance!"

Hearing Friedman's words, Cross immediately said: "Professor Friedman, if you really want to praise someone, you should wait until Chen Zhou comes. Don't say such things in front of me. I am really ashamed..."

Friedman smiled softly when he heard this: "Cross, don't underestimate yourself . This is what Chen Zhou said. Your contribution is also great."

Cross was slightly stunned, raised his head in confusion and looked at Friedman.

Friedman met Cross's slightly confused look and explained, "When Chen Zhou sent me the results of the paper, he praised you a lot in the email. He said that your efficiency in organizing the literature was originally enough to speed up the research progress by two days. But he was stuck on issues such as 'color confinement', which resulted in your time being occupied now."

Hearing Friedman's words, Cross chuckled and shook his head.

No matter how efficient he is in organizing the literature, no matter whether he arrives two days or three days ahead of time.

If Chen Zhou hadn't solved the "sexual confinement" and other problems, his two days of advance time would have been completely meaningless.

And he himself was completely unable to do anything during these two days.

Therefore, Cross was really moved by Chen Zhou's praise for the "tricky angle".

"Professor, please stop teasing me. We all know that if it weren't for Chen Zhou, it would be useless even if it took twenty days, not to mention two days..."

Friedman smiled at Cross and said in a relaxed tone, "I'm not trying to compliment you. I'm just relaying the hatred value to you."

After that, Friedman asked softly, "Where's Chen Zhou? Why didn't he come with you?"

Cross thought of Chen Zhoulin's appearance before he returned to the room, and said with admiration: "He has been up for two nights in a row, coming back from the Pigeon Point Lighthouse, and hasn't rested until now. Only just now did he finish his meal and go back to the dormitory to catch up on his sleep."

Friedman nodded slightly after hearing this: "His mission has been completed. It's time for him to take a good rest. Leave the rest to us..."

Immediately, Friedman picked up the phone on the table and started making calls, calling people to come to the meeting.

He was about to start arranging the tasks for the final experimental plan.

We also have to sprint for this last moment.

As Friedman methodically arranged the experiments one by one, the researchers who had been silent and even waiting in despair came back to life.

The entire SLAC collider laboratory is surrounded by an absolute momentum.

These researchers also know about Chen Zhou's deeds.

Although it had been slightly polished by Friedman, the essence of Chen Zhou's work, which involved staying up late to clear the theoretical content for them and guide the experiments, remained unchanged.

Chen Zhou's actions also inspire respect from all researchers.

Regardless of Chen Zhou's identity, he is more of a student of Friedman.

Just this attitude towards scientific research is enough to inspire respect in all researchers.

When encountering difficulties, never give up easily.

Instead, we try every possible means to solve the problems encountered in research.

Just for the final result.

This also made them let go of the prejudice they had when Friedman chose Chen Zhou instead of them.

After assigning the tasks, Friedman asked all the researchers to prepare for their own tasks.

When Cross was about to leave, he was stopped by Friedman.

Cross turned around in confusion: "Professor, what's wrong?"

Friedman said softly: "When you feel bored, go to the seaside to enjoy the breeze. Whether it is the starry ship in the darkness in the distance or the rotating lighthouse, it always represents light."

Cross nodded half-comprehendingly.

Friedman didn't explain much and urged Cross to leave quickly.

In the dormitory, Chen Zhou didn't know how long he had slept.

After waking up, he just felt dizzy.

It was totally different from the extremely excited mental state when he had just solved those problems of "color confinement".

Reaching out for his phone, turning on the screen, Chen Zhou checked the time.

【1:25】

After seeing clearly, Chen Zhou muttered: "Is it only one in the afternoon now? I only slept for less than five hours?"

Shaking his head slightly, Chen Zhou got out of bed and turned on the light.

Then he rubbed his head and walked towards the bathroom.

"I don't know what Professor Cross is doing. Professor Friedman should have arranged all the experimental tasks..."

As Chen Zhou thought about these things, his mind gradually became clear.

Chen Zhou sat down on the bed again, thought for a moment, and decided to have lunch first and then go find Friedman.

He didn't intend to miss the last twenty days of the experimental plan.

After putting on his clothes, Chen Zhou walked to the window and reached out to open the curtains.

Chen Zhou only opened the curtains a little, and his expression suddenly became strange.

Letting go of the curtains, Chen Zhou took out his cell phone from his trouser pocket and looked at the time again.

I was suddenly speechless.

Wow, he put on his clothes neatly and folded his quilt.

Only then did I realize that this [1:25] was not 1:25 in the afternoon, but 1:25 in the middle of the night...

Chen Zhou shook his head gently, feeling a bit amused and helpless.

"I'm really dizzy from staying up all night..."

Chen Zhou pulled the curtains again and sat back on the bed.

After thinking about it, he got up and made a bucket of instant noodles, then brought the noodles to the desk.

He put the instant noodles on the desk, picked up the collection of wrong answers beside him, and the last piece of draft paper he wrote in the morning.

"Although the problems of 'color confinement' have been solved, it only provides a possible detection method for the experiment of strange quantum number glueballs in theory."

"If we want to truly and comprehensively solve the theoretical content, we need to start from the theory of elementary particles and thoroughly improve the theoretical content of elementary particles..."

"And the strong interaction is far more than just the problem of 'color confinement'. Its connection with the other three fundamental interactions is even more fascinating..."

"In addition, there is the detector used in the glue ball experiment. Although it can meet the requirements of this experiment, the selection and breakthrough of the detector material is also something that needs to be carefully considered..."

Retracting his thoughts, Chen Zhou slowly put down the draft paper and turned his attention to the contents of the wrong question collection.

The collection of wrong questions contains the unsolved content that remains when studying the "Color Confinement" problem, or after solving the "Color Confinement" problem.

If the problem that has been solved and the colloid ball experiment that is being prepared are the results that Chen Zhou knew he would get from the beginning.

So the unsolved content that still remains in the collection of wrong questions is an unexpected treasure.

"Unify the four fundamental forces?"

Chen Zhou shook his head. He knew his own worth very well.

If you really count, he has only been studying physics and researching physics topics for two or three years.

It can solve difficult problems like "color confinement", figure out its origin and mechanism, and successfully address its impact in the jellyball experiment.

Chen Zhou already felt that he was very awesome.

Regarding the topic of "unifying the four fundamental forces", which has attracted countless great physicists, Chen Zhou feels that he is still lacking some knowledge.

Perhaps after further research on the jellyball experiment, he will be able to take on this responsibility.

But definitely not now.

Moreover, even if SLAC's final experimental plan can discover glue balls, it will only be a discovery.

It is simply impossible and powerless to do more research and analysis on the rubber ball.

So Chen Zhou still has to plan for the future.

At least, judging from the unexpected treasures he obtained from the collection of wrong questions, in the short term, his research in the field of physics will be inseparable from the rubber ball.

Of course, it is unknown whether Chen Zhou will "get excited" and move to other fields of high-energy physics during the research process.

"More content about glueballs, more problems in particle physics and high-energy physics, and materials for detectors in glueball experiments. That keeps me busy..."

Gently closing the collection of wrong answers and putting it back on the table, Chen Zhou picked up the instant noodles and walked towards the bed while eating.

"Hurry up and have a midnight snack, then go to bed. We'll go to the collider tomorrow..."

Thinking of this, Chen Zhou slurped the delicious instant noodles.

How should I put it? I just woke up after sleeping for such a long time, so everything I eat now tastes delicious.

As usual, Chen Zhou got up early and resumed his morning jog.

After his morning run and breakfast, he went straight to the PEP laboratory at SLAC.

That is, the Electron-Positron Collider Laboratory.

This is also where the final experimental plan in the minds of Friedman and a group of researchers will be implemented.

After the final experimental plan, the PEP laboratory will officially "retire".

When the researchers here saw Chen Zhou coming, they were all very enthusiastic, and their enthusiasm was mixed with a kind of respect.

Chen Zhou naturally felt it as well.

With just a simple thought, Chen Zhou understood why.

Of course, if others are polite, Chen Zhou will also be polite.