MTL - Into Unscientific-Chapter 406 Xu Yun's choice
Chapter 406 Xu Yun's Choice
After confirming that the isolated point particles are highly suspected of dark matter.
Xu Yun and Lu Chaoyang did not dare to neglect, and immediately rushed to the laboratory where Academician Pan was located.
As for other project team members?
Xu Yun did not limit their freedom.
This is not to say that Xu Yunduo trusts them, but because the isolated particles want to be retested, which is not something that can be solved in a few words.
Assumptions—Assumptions, someone in the project team really wants to spread this news for personal gain.
What he or she can do is at most Barra's words about HKUST discovering dark matter and so on.
The specific experimental code, and the real core data. For example, the particle track, Xu Yun has always been in his hands.
So he is not worried at all that someone will spread the word, even if it is posted on Moments to brag—this kind of behavior, not to mention how many people in the outside world will believe it, the key is that once the identity is locked, all future honors are doomed. I have nothing to do with myself.
The people who can enter the project team are very smart. They may lack emotional intelligence in dealing with people, but they still have basic judgment.
So Xu Yun and Lu Chaoyang are not really worried about the confidentiality of information.
The laboratories of Academician Pan and Zhao Zhengguo’s project team are not in the co-spoke center, but are located near the anti-field fusion KTX laboratory in the west area. This laboratory has a nice name:
Chasing Yang.
Because the early purpose of the establishment of this laboratory was to observe and study many high-energy particles in the sun.
And interestingly enough.
The first laboratory director of Zhuyang Laboratory is called Chen Kuafu
However, in 2005, the Zhuyang Laboratory was restructured and upgraded. There is no longer a direct supervisor, but is assigned according to needs.
Half an hour later.
Xu Yun and Lu Chaoyang arrived at the entrance of Zhuyang Laboratory on bicycles, out of breath.
As a full-time professor of the University of Science and Technology, Lu Chaoyang has a high-authority visitor code, which allows him to enter and exit most areas.
In addition, Academician Pan had already greeted them before, so after a simple identity verification, Xu Yun and Lu Chaoyang were put into the laboratory.
Zhuyang Laboratory is a standard particle physics laboratory, and all kinds of equipment are buried underground.
So, like the Tongfu Experimental Center, the surface area of the Zhuyang Laboratory is not too large.
The main body of the building on the surface of the laboratory has only three floors, which also includes a lounge and a small meeting room, and the experimental area has only one floor.
It’s just a one-story experimental area with an area of less than 50 square meters, but the style of painting can satisfy the fantasies of almost all sci-fi fans:
One side of the area is a row of main consoles divided into five screens. The densely packed buttons of various colors can be seen at a glance as a field that only those with strong hairlines can touch.
And behind the main console, there is a six-layer composite glass.
Behind the glass are hundreds of silver-white precision beam tubes of various thicknesses, matching the cool colors of the laboratory, revealing a strong sci-fi atmosphere.
And when Xu Yun and Lu Chaoyang entered the experimental area.
Academician Pan and Zhao Zhengguo were sitting on two chairs facing each other, discussing something with their heads bowed.
As Xu Yun's senior brother, Lu Chaoyang took the initiative to step forward when he saw this, and said respectfully:
"Teacher, we are here."
"Oh, Xiao Lu and Xiao Xu are here."
Academician Pan nodded to them when he heard the words, and then pointed to the two chairs beside him:
"Okay, let's all sit down first."
Xu Yun and Lu Chaoyang obeyed obediently.
After sitting down.
Xu Yun was silent for a moment, glanced at the beam tube behind, and asked curiously:
"Teacher, have we really discovered dark matter?"
Academician Pan raised his eyelids and glanced at him, with a hint of emotion on his face:
"Honestly, the odds are...very, very high."
"After all, it fully conforms to the definition of dark matter in terms of known properties, and this degree of compliance even exceeds that of the original neutrinos."
"Now there is only one last step of high-precision retesting, and it can be completely determined whether it is dark matter or not."
"Of course, even if it is finally found that the solitary point particle is not the cold dark matter imagined like WIMP, its value will not be inferior to that of neutrino oscillations."
"Because it is not a composite particle, but a basic particle."
"In other words, we have to add a new member to our current elementary particle model."
When he said these words, Academician Pan's eyes were a little misty.
In fact, when the isolated point particle was first discovered, both he and Zhao Zhengguo subconsciously thought it was a compound particle—because its Lagrangian function was somewhat high.
The results were not discovered until today after further research.
This is actually an elementary particle.
A new type of basic particle, which has a profound impact on the existing physical framework, is probably comparable to the original discovery of the Higgs particle.
Then Academician Pan paused, thought of something, and looked at Xu Yun again:
"Xiao Xu, you should know the value of this solitary point particle, so Mr. Zhao and I would like to ask you, do you have any thoughts on it?"
"idea?"
Xu Yun was slightly taken aback, but soon understood what Academician Pan meant.
to some extent.
This is something that must be discussed after a new substance is discovered.
That is.
Assignment of honor.
Xu Yun thought for a moment, an inexplicable expression flashed in his eyes, and he looked at Academician Pan seriously:
"Teacher, when the relevant content is published in the newspaper, you only need to write your and Academician Zhao's names in the column of the person in charge. For me, just give a name and get some exposure."
“.?”
Xu Yun's answer was obviously beyond the expectations of Academician Pan and Zhao Zhengguo. These two top experts in the field of quantum and particles in China, both went down for a while before recovering.
Academician Pan frowned suddenly, and there was a trace of solemnity on his face:
"Xiao Xu, are you serious? You should know the concept of this achievement."
"This is not simply a matter of the ranking of CNS's first and second works, but a discovery that is enough to be recorded in the history of science, and it cannot be raised too high."
"Although you only provided one particle orbit in terms of the entire project, without that orbit, all our subsequent achievements will be just castles in the air, and it is impossible to complete such in-depth research."
"Xiao Xu, do you understand what I mean?"
Xu Yun nodded calmly.
After today's experiment, he certainly knows the value of isolated particles.
Mentioned a long time ago.
Today's physics community can discover five to eight new particles every year, but these particles belong to the category of composite particles.
Their actual essence is still inseparable from the existing particle model framework.
That is, the four categories and 61 kinds of particles mentioned earlier.
The most recently discovered fundamental particle dates back to 2012.
At that time, CERN discovered the legendary God particle, which is the Higgs particle that transfers mass.
Then in 2013, Higgs won the Nobel Prize.
Further forward is the τ in the lepton, which was discovered in 1975.
In 1995, its discoverer Martin Pell won the Nobel Prize.
There is also the π meson discovered by Yukawa Hideki.
Although this neon man is very politically right, he has said some extremely disgusting remarks.
But in fact, he did discover the new particle of π meson, and won the Nobel Prize for it.
So say it bluntly.
Even if it turns out that the lone point particle is not dark matter in the standard sense, it is still eligible for the Nobel Prize.
Anyone would probably not give up this opportunity.
But Xu Yun was the only exception.
first.
From the perspective of contribution, Xu Yun's contribution is obviously not low, but it is far from the first achievement.
His greatest contribution lies in the calculation of particle orbits as Academician Pan said.
Afterwards, most of the research work on isolated point particles was actually led by Academician Pan and Zhao Zhengguo.
If you insist on ranking your contributions.
He is actually somewhat similar to wheat in normal history—ranking under Academician Pan and Zhao Zhengguo, above the others, and firmly in third place.
Let's take a step back.
Even if Xu Yun is really the discoverer of the lone point particle, it is not as simple as it seems to win the Nobel Prize for this.
Still take the above Nobel Prize winners as examples.
The contribution of Higgs is to propose Higgs potential and Higgs field, which describes the coupling effect of Higgs particles.
Yukawa Hideki also calculated the Yukawa Potential—this is the soul of nuclear force.
More representative is Martin Pell.
He was not co-nominated for the Nobel Prize until Frederick Reines calculated the expected flux of neutrinos in 1995 after his discovery of the tau.
That is, the lonely point particle must be a Nobel Prize-level concept, but Xu Yun's contribution is far from reaching the height of winning alone.
If a new particle wants to win a Nobel Prize, it doesn’t mean that you just discover it, but you have to propose a more in-depth model or research report.
In theory.
Unless you discover the graviton, no particle can win a Nobel Prize for its 'discovery' alone.
Now Xu Yun, even if you give him the right equipment, he can't do this.
That is, the popular ability is limited.
Now his ability is at the level of 100 people, and there are thousands of people and academicians above him, which is far from reaching the height of the Nobel Prize.
As a young man with obsessive-compulsive disorder, he actually hoped that he could get that honor by relying on his real talents.
It’s like writing a novel in my previous life.
In the previous life, Xu Yun’s two works were both stuck at 9,000 subscriptions. In fact, I got more than 10,000 monthly tickets for a gold alliance and got the list exposure. operate.
But Xu Yun is unwilling to do this, he always feels that these things are a bit false.
Obviously not capable of standing there, but relying on other methods to stand side by side with other true gods, even if you are yourself, you will not feel very comfortable.
Well, it has nothing to do with Wanding women's clothing.
how to say
Hypocritical, not full of strength of character.
In addition, Xu Yun's age is also a big problem.
The youngest Nobel laureate in history is Malala Yousafzai, who was only 17 years old when he won the prize, but what he won was the Peace Prize—this thing needs no introduction because of how watery it is.
The youngest winner of the Physics Prize is Lawrence Bragg. When he won the prize, he was the same age as Xu Yun now, also 25 years old.
But he won the award in 1915, a full hundred and seven years ago
For nearly 30 years.
The minimum age of Nobel Prize winners in physics is 41 years old, and the average age is 54.5 years old.
On this basis.
Considering Xu Yun's unrivaled contribution, there is a high probability that the review team will not let him pass the nomination.
As for if he really passed the review.
So it is foreseeable that there will inevitably be a lot of doubts and criticisms.
This is a situation that Xu Yun does not want to see, because it is very unfair to Zhao Zhengguo and Academician Pan.
Zhao Zhengguo is now in his 70s. He has promoted the construction of high-energy physics in the country. In 1997, he served as the head of BES. During the snow disaster in 2008, he resolutely declined the high salary across the sea and returned to China to start particle research.
He has made great achievements, but he is also extremely frugal.
When he won the National Science and Technology Progress Award, he was still wearing a white shirt worth 80 yuan, and only used second-class seats when he went out. The watch was a miscellaneous watch given to him by a student in 2006.
In stark contrast to this frugality, Zhao Zhengguo now donates 50% of his income to charity every year—he supports three Hope Primary Schools in Qiannan.
As a scientist who doesn’t need a caring personality or charity to reduce taxes, Zhao Zhengguo’s approach is not suspected of hype.
Although Academician Pan is younger, the direction of quantum encryption communication is also very promising.
But not long ago, with Anton Zeilinger winning the Nobel Prize, while proving quantum mechanics, it also blocked the possibility of Academician Pan winning the Nobel Prize—because Anton Zeilinger is Academician Pan’s mentor, and the two are doing research in the same direction .
It’s just that what Anton Zeilinger is doing is “Daoshengyi”, that is, the quantum teleportation of single photons.
Academician Pan is doing "One Life Two", that is, extending single photon to multi-photon.
Although Academician Pan has broken through to fifteen photons, his contribution is still not as good as Anton Zeilinger's breakthrough from scratch in 1997.
According to the Nobel Prize practice, awards are rarely awarded to achievements in the same direction.
Unless Academician Pan really invented quantum teleportation and reached the realm of "Three Lives and All Things".
Otherwise, it would be very difficult for him to have the chance to win the Nobel Prize in his life.
The current lonely point particle is an excellent opportunity for awards.
Compared with these two big guys.
If Xu Yun is added to the nominees, there will inevitably be a lot of sarcastic remarks and discussions from the outside world.
If you don’t get it right, you will be given the title of “Prince” on Xu Yun, casting a haze over what was originally worth celebrating.
University of Science and Technology made the promise of "raising the strength of the University of Science and Technology" in the public opinion incident, and Xu Yun has never forgotten this kindness.
So whether it was out of yearning for the two big men or out of the idea of repaying HKUST, he was unwilling to see those remarks appear.
Of course.
If it were someone else, I probably wouldn't think too much about it, after all, this might be the only chance in this life.
But Xu Yun is different.
With a halo around him, he was born at another height.
His chances of winning the Nobel Prize in the future are bound to be high. That being the case, there is absolutely no need to grab the honor for a so-called name.
He is not an idol, what he needs is not exposure and titles, but knowledge.
This is a kind of self-cognition he learned from Mavericks, Lao Su, Wheat, and Gauss Riemann.
Of course.
If there is a legitimate opportunity to win the Nobel Prize in the future, Xu Yun will definitely not be polite.
As the saying goes.
Knowing apprentices are more like teachers.
Looking at Xu Yun's serious expression, Academician Pan's original dignified expression gradually softened.
In fact, before Xu Yun and Lu Chaoyang arrived, he had talked with Zhao Zhengguo about Xu Yun's ranking.
be honest.
In the life of scientific research, neither he nor Zhao Zhengguo are the kind of people who are not particularly famous.
For example, in the previous twelve-photon entanglement and Zu Chongzhi's supercalculation, Academician Pan brought the names of Lu Chaoyang and several other students, and even listed them as co-authors.
The same goes for Zhao Zhengguo.
For the Nature sub-journal in April this year, he didn't even ask for the name of the corresponding author, and directly gave all the credit to his disciples.
So from the beginning to the end, they didn't want to covet Xu Yun's fame.
But on the other hand.
As mentioned before, Xu Yun's contribution is indeed a bit embarrassing.
Especially when he is only 25 years old, the probability of being nominated is very low—because the Nobel Prize is not established by HKUST itself, and the jury has to consider many things.
So at the beginning.
Academician Pan is actually very worried that Xu Yun will fall into a certain extreme state.
That is, no matter what, you must show up for the awards, and you won’t listen to anything, and you may even break up in the end—this kind of example has not never happened.
But now it seems that .
Xu Yun's mentality is much more stable than he and Zhao Zhengguo thought.
Think here.
Academician Pan couldn't help but exhaled lightly, looked at Zhao Zhengguo, and nodded slightly at the same time.
HKUST has always been a very warm school, and students have never been asked to make "sacrifices" for teachers and for HKUST.
Although it is difficult for them to give Xu Yun the honor of certain titles, they can compensate in other ways.
Of course.
The strength of this compensation still depends on another thing:
That is.
Is the lone point particle the standard dark matter?
Note:
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(end of this chapter)
