Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 487: Two papers published, new paper submitted
The two pieces of news were released almost at the same time.
Without exception, everyone who saw these two pieces of news was confused.
What does this mean?
The PEP collider was shut down just after the discovery of glue balls?
This operation...isn't it too incomprehensible?
Since it is a collider that can discover glue balls, shouldn’t it continue to be used for research?
And we have just discovered the rubber balls. There are still many things worth exploring about the properties of the rubber balls themselves.
Or is there some inside story?
At the same time, there are also many people and research institutions that only pay attention to the news of the discovery of the rubber ball.
They await further news from SLAC.
Because, if the SLAC collider can discover glue balls, then the experimental conditions they have must also be able to discover glue balls.
At present, SLAC has only announced the discovery of the glue ball. As for the rest of the content of the glue ball, they still have a chance.
Although the remaining results are far less prominent than the discovery of the glue ball itself.
But for any research institution, the remaining research results are enough to make them excited.
After being shocked and stunned by these two sudden news announcements.
Soon, someone speculated about SLAC's current situation from these two pieces of news.
In this world, no one would choose to "retire" at the most glorious moment, and no collider laboratory would choose to shut down the collider that has just completed an experiment the second after discovering a new particle.
The reason for this situation is that it is basically certain that the decision to shut down the collider was already made by SLAC.
This news that shocked the world is most likely SLAC's last effort to this end.
Of course, outsiders have no way of knowing the details.
But judging from the results, SLAC started out brilliantly and ended brilliantly.
To bid farewell to one's past glory with a final farewell that shocked the world can be considered a successful retirement.
As these two pieces of news spread, media around the world rushed to report the news.
The most commonly used words are probably "be proud of" and "retire after achieving success".
Friedman's name also appeared almost exclusively in all the news reports.
Because everyone feels that the reason why SLAC was able to continue the collider experiment and finally discover the collider under such conditions and within the limited time when it had already made the plan to shut down the collider was because of this.
Friedman must have been the one who made the biggest difference.
There are even many people who believe that when Friedman retires, he can win another Nobel Prize in Physics.
It can also be regarded as the highest recognition of the life career of this outstanding physicist.
And what happened at SLAC this time can be called a good story.
At the same time, the attention of physicists around the world was also drawn to SL AC.
Many research institutions have also contacted SLAC to ask if they are interested in holding a high-energy physics conference.
Of course, this high-energy physics conference is more about jelly balls.
SLAC has remained silent on the different reactions from all parties.
Even the usually active American physics community has not issued any statement.
It was as if they were all waiting for an opportunity.
Different from the attention from the outside world, the researchers of the jellyball experiment are still carrying out the post-experimental work in an orderly manner according to the established plan at the seminar.
After Friedman left McKerson's office, he also went to see Chen Zhou and others.
Friedman asked everyone not to respond to the relevant remarks for the time being.
If someone asks, just tell them the result of the experiment, the fact that the glue ball was discovered.
Everything will be discussed after the paper is completed and SLAC has finished its preparations.
Chen Zhou, Cross and others all understood this.
Chen Zhou estimated that it was likely that SLAC had changed the way it handled these colliders.
Although it is still a decision to shut down, it will never be a rigid execution of the order like before.
There should be a glorious "retirement ceremony".
In Chen Zhou's dormitory, Cross was busy with Chen Zhou on the final experimental paper.
Cross was actually quite puzzled. No one could understand the final paper on the experimental results better than Chen Zhou.
Moreover, from theory to experiment, basically everything was led by Chen Zhou alone.
Therefore, in the process of writing the final paper, he was actually completely unnecessary.
But why did Chen Zhou still drag him along?
Chen Zhou naturally saw Cross's doubts, but did not give any further explanation.
"Cross, how long will it take to process the data for the experiment?"
Chen Zhou, who was filling in the content of his paper with his eyes fixed on the computer screen, asked casually.
Hearing this, Cross stopped writing, turned his head to look at Chen Zhou, and replied: "Based on the progress, it should take another two days."
Chen Zhou whispered to himself: "If we have two days, we can finish it before April 1st..."
Cross didn't hear Chen Zhou's words clearly, and asked in confusion: "What did you say?"
Chen Zhou looked away from the computer screen, turned his head and smiled at Cross, "I mean, if we can quickly resolve the follow-up issues, I can go back to MIT and continue studying my Goldbach conjecture."
Hearing this, Cross was slightly stunned. He had forgotten that Chen Zhou was actually a mathematician.
He is also an emerging mathematics giant who has won the Cole Medal, the highest honor in number theory, as well as two major mathematics awards in China.
After hesitating for a while, Cross asked, "Are you not going to continue studying the glue balls? Although we have discovered the glue balls, we still don't understand many of its properties, and these are all very valuable research contents..."
Chen Zhou did not directly answer Cross's question, but said: "SLAC will definitely not carry out the collider experiment again, and Professor Friedman will probably retreat to the second line after the end of this experiment..."
"If you want to continue your research on rubber balls, you should ask Professor Friedman if he has any good suggestions."
Cross frowned slightly: "What about you?"
Chen Zhou smiled and said, "As for me, I certainly won't give up the rubber ball that I found with my own hands. Besides, I also found many interesting things waiting for me to explore."
When saying this, Chen Zhou's eyes inadvertently glanced at the collection of wrong questions lying beside him.
There were indeed many contents on it that were more attractive to him than continuing the rubber ball experiment.
However, as he said, he will not give up the research on the rubber ball itself.
After a pause, Chen Zhou continued, "However, it will be almost a year since I came to MIT, and I have to finish my graduation thesis first."
Cross nodded slightly, but soon realized something was wrong.
He asked in surprise, "Haven't you only been here for a year? And you've already started preparing for your graduation thesis?"
Chen Zhou nodded affirmatively: "The Ph.D. thesis of the Department of Physics, isn't it ready-made? That's why I said that we should return to the study of Goldbach's conjecture. We can't let the thesis of the Department of Mathematics fall behind, right?"
As if afraid that Cross would misunderstand, Chen Zhou explained: "Don't worry, the physics department's graduation thesis is just the theoretical research content at the beginning. I will clearly separate it from the final paper on the glue ball experiment."
Cross couldn't hear what was said next. Besides, he believed that Chen Zhou could tell the difference between the two papers.
Just Chen Zhou’s previous words had already made Cross stunned.
The theoretical research content of the glueball experiment, that is, the research content of the strange quantum number glueball after in-depth research, is a quasi-Nobel Prize-level paper!
If it is put together with the paper Chen Zhou had submitted before the holiday, this would definitely be a research paper on a topic.
The only thing missing is the final experimental paper, but that’s not a big deal.
Moreover, Chen Zhou did not intend to use the mathematics paper he had submitted previously for his mathematics paper, but instead planned to use the Goldbach conjecture!
Is this guy planning to win all the world awards in mathematics and physics at once?
Thinking of this, Cross couldn't help but look at Chen Zhou.
Chen Zhou raised his head and looked strangely at Professor Cross, whose expression was very rich.
Is this surprise? Helplessness? Or envy?
"Professor Cross, what's wrong with you?"
Hearing Chen Zhou's voice, Cross said with a strange look on his face: "Well, when you win the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Fields Medal, remember to treat me to a meal..."
Chen Zhou smiled softly and said mischievously, "Don't worry, Professor Chris, you are my full-time driver..."
Cross was speechless. It had only been less than an hour since he set the goal, and this guy said he had found inspiration. He was simply lying when he set the goal...
However, you have to take responsibility for the flag you set yourself.
Cross looked at Chen Zhou and said, "When you go to the International Congress of Mathematicians next year, or go to Stockholm, Sweden, just take me with you and I will be your full-time driver..."
Chen Zhou smiled and said "OK".
After finishing the topic, Cross stood up and said, "I'm going to go find Professor Friedman. Do you want to come with me?"
Chen Zhou thought for a moment and shook his head: "I still can't do it, you go."
Cross glanced at Chen Zhou, left the dormitory, and went to find Friedman alone.
Chen Zhou knew that Cross went to Friedman for advice for his follow-up research.
Chen Zhou also knew that Cross wanted him to go with him and also hoped to conduct follow-up research with him.
But Chen Zhou already had his own preliminary ideas.
The place in the world with the most J/ψ event samples is Yanjing, China.
Although the J/ψ case sample does not represent a rubber ball.
However, a large amount of experimental data is what Chen Zhou needs.
Moreover, the electron-positron collider at Yenching also has the corresponding experimental conditions.
After Cross left, Chen Zhou refocused his energy on the final experimental paper.
By the way, his graduation thesis has also been recognized by Friedman .
He is now writing two papers together, and the two papers themselves complement each other in theory and experiment.
Some people may think that Chen Zhou took advantage of SLAC.
But in fact, in terms of chronology, without Chen Zhou's breakthrough in theoretical research, there would be no final discovery of the SLAC collider laboratory.
This is also the reason why Friedman affirmed Chen Zhou's graduation thesis and Cross did not mind the thesis at all.
Two days later, all the data from the last jellyball experiment was processed with the cooperation of the researchers.
After obtaining the data processing results, Chen Zhou and Cross began to make final improvements to the experimental paper.
The time is gradually approaching March 31st.
On the morning of March 31, Chen Zhou and Cross completed the writing of the paper.
Then, he sent the paper to Friedman.
Friedman's review was also completed as quickly as possible.
Then comes the matter of submitting the paper.
Chen Zhou no longer followed Friedman's arrangements on this matter, but left it all to Cross.
Chen Zhou was planning his graduation thesis.
On the afternoon of March 31, before Cross, Chen Zhou presented his doctoral dissertation in physics .
That is, [Theoretical research on peculiar quantum number glueballs and the origin and mechanism of color confinement] was first submitted to Physical Review Letters.
This time, Chen Zhou still chose this top journal in the field of physics to publish his research paper.
Moreover, according to the results of discussions with Friedman and Cross, the final experimental paper on the discovery of glue balls will also be published in Physical Review Letters.
By then, when the journal is published, a unique phenomenon is likely to occur.
That is, two research papers on rubber balls will appear simultaneously in this world's top journal.
One theory, one experiment.
Moreover, these two papers are inseparable from each other.
As the saying goes, theory guides experiment, and experiment verifies theory.
Just when Chen Zhou finished submitting his paper and was about to shut down his computer, he suddenly received two emails at the same time.
Chen Zhou glanced at the prompt message in confusion and opened his mailbox.
After reading the contents of the emails one by one, Chen Zhou chuckled and said, "This timing is quite coincidental. Not only have I completed the submission of the rubber ball paper, but the two papers I wrote before the New Year were also published today..."
The email that Chen Zhou received was the news that the previous research paper on the glueball experiment and the research paper on the problem of "Linear representation of Artin's L-function of the Galois group" were published today.
This was the first time that Chen Zhou published both a mathematics research paper and a physics research paper in a journal.
Unexpectedly, the publication time of the two papers happened to be close together.
Chen Zhou has also unlocked a new achievement.
I just don't know whether Chen Zhou will be able to publish papers on the four basic subjects of mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology in the future.
Thinking of this eye-catching incident, Chen Zhou couldn't help but shook his head.
But at the same time, he was silently planning his future research path.
Recovering his thoughts, Chen Zhou did not reply to the two emails which were considered routine notifications, but directly closed the mailbox.
Now, the two papers from before the New Year have been published.
The final experimental plan after the new year has been completed and the new paper has been submitted.
Chen Zhou planned to return to MIT as soon as possible in the next two days to seize the time and make every effort to solve the difficult problem of Ge Guess.
If possible, it would be like what he told Cross.
One year later, I will defend my thesis again and graduate again.
Chen Zhou didn't think of this at this moment.
The two papers published today by Annals of Mathematics and Physical Review Letters have already had a huge impact in the academic community.
Especially in the field of physics...
