Lunar Scientific Research Base.
Physics Research Area.
Dr. Torrick was sitting in the control room of the Lunar Hadron Collider. In order to kill time before the experiment, he sat in front of the console and spoke to Yan Xinjue.
"You Chinese people are more stubborn than I thought."
Yan Xinjue looked at the scholar from the United States and spoke.
"Why do you say that?"
Torrick said matter-of-factly, "Almost half of the physics community thinks that the 750 GeV characteristic peak is just a joke, but your Professor Lu still believes that there must be something there … Even though CERN has done enough experiments to prove that it is indeed an ordinary quantum fluctuation."
"I'm afraid I have to correct your choice of words."
"What word?"
"Stubbornness is more accurate. Among all the people I know, he's probably the one who is the most committed to the truth." Yan Xinjue continued with a smile, "Not to mention, even though half of the physics community is not optimistic about this project, half of the physics community still agrees with his guess, right?"
Although Dr. Torrick had reservations about the second half of the sentence, he was obviously more surprised by the first half of the sentence.
"Wait a minute, you mean … You know him?"
"Of course, we're alumni."
Yan Xinjue was too embarrassed to say that he was Lu Zhou's friend. First of all, his achievements were too far behind, and second of all, he didn't want others to think that he was entrusted with such an important task because of his relationship with Lu Zhou … Even though this might be true.
However, his concerns seemed to be unnecessary.
Dr. Torrick's focus didn't seem to be on the things he was thinking about, but something else. He continued with great interest.
"Can you tell me about him? Ever since I read Professor Hadi's memoirs, I have been very interested in his story. Unfortunately, that memoir only has the Princeton part. "
Yan Xinjue was confused, and he said, "Memoir? What memoir? "
"It was written by a student taught by Lu Zhou in Princeton. The author is now a mathematics professor at the University of São Paulo. He is also a well-known mathematician."
Yan Xinjue looked at Dr. Torrick, who suddenly became excited. He raised his arm and looked at the time. Yan Xinjue then stopped Dr. Torrick's chattering.
"Let's discuss this topic in an hour …"
"The experiment will begin in fifteen minutes."
…
To be precise, it was 14 minutes and 21 seconds.
At this moment, in the headquarters of the ILHCRC in Shanghai …
Standing in front of a huge floor-to-ceiling screen, everyone in the ground command center was nervously waiting for this moment to arrive.
Some people joked that the cost of each ILHCRC experiment was like the cost of launching an intercontinental missile. Although this analogy was a bit ridiculous, it was almost the same number.
Frank Wilczek walked into the control room. He held a freshly printed paper and walked straight to Lu Zhou's side. He lowered his voice and spoke.
"1250 tev of collision energy? Aren't you looking for the 750 gev characteristic peak? Why did you set the energy parameters so high? "
With his hands behind his back, Lu Zhou looked at the busy control room and smiled as he said, "To be precise, it's 1250 tev, 1260 tev, and 1300 tev."
Frank Wilczek: "…"
It's possible.
Rich people can do whatever they want.
The energy range of these three experiments was less than 30 tev of the maximum proton collision energy of the CERN collider.
Thinking of this, Frank Wilczek couldn't help but sigh softly.
He sighed and said, "This is probably the most expensive fireworks in human history."
"Of course." Lu Zhou smiled and said, "After all, it illuminates the future of all of us."
The experiment was almost ready.
Luo Wenxuan walked out of the control room and took a deep breath. He looked at Lu Zhou and spoke in a serious manner.
"All units are ready, we can start the experiment at any time."
Lu Zhou nodded and glanced at the time on his watch.
There was 1 minute and 30 seconds left before the agreed time.
It's almost time to start.
He put down his arm and gave an order.
"Let's get the machine moving."
"Charge the superconducting magnet!"
Luo Wenxuan nodded, suppressing the excitement in his voice as he spoke in a straightforward manner.
"Yes, sir!"
…
The signal that the experiment was ready crossed a distance of 360,000 kilometers and was received by the lunar scientific research base.
A huge amount of energy surged out from the energy storage facility and gathered along the superconducting ring, creating a terrifying magnetic field.
Under the shroud of this huge magnetic field, even the wantonly shuttling cosmic rays in the surroundings were distorted.
When the time arrived, Dr. Yan Xinjue, who was standing in the control room of the lunar scientific research base, immediately pressed the button in his hand.
Just like pulling the trigger of a rifle, two invisible protons suddenly shot out from the gun. Under the distortion of the magnetic field, they collided in an X-shaped crisscross pattern.
There were no dazzling sparks.
However, at that moment of convergence, the light that appeared on the detector's energy spectrum was so dazzling.
Under the impact of 1250 tev of energy, the two protons were like watermelons that had been smashed. They were torn apart in the microscopic world that was invisible to the naked eye, breaking down into elementary particles that were even smaller than atoms.
Lu Zhou's eyes were filled with excitement. He stared intently at the image on the energy spectrum and refused to look away for a moment.
For a scholar, no matter how many times he saw this scene, he would never get tired of it.
The first round of collisions was over!
The superconducting magnet was still in a state of electrification. The staff stationed at the lunar scientific research base quickly adjusted the experimental parameters, and the second round of collisions began!
This was also the most crucial round.
It directly determined whether or not the part of Lu Zhou's thesis about the mass deficit in the high-energy particle collision experiment was valid!
They didn't have to wait for a long time; they didn't even have time to hold their breath.
The two protons collided again, and brilliant "sparks" bloomed on the detectors.
When Witten saw the data displayed on the big screen, he finally had a look of surprise on his face. He muttered to himself in disbelief.
"You've really guessed it …"
Frank and Wilczek were also stunned.
Even though his mathematical ability wasn't as good as Witten's, he still saw something unusual about the data on the screen. However, he couldn't tell what was unusual.
It was just that his intuition told him that ….
What was going to happen next would subvert his understanding of the microscopic world.
"Jesus Christ …"
He subconsciously said the old man's name. He really didn't know how to express the shock in his heart.
Lu Zhou stood in front of the two of them and didn't say anything. He just clenched his fists and stood there.
Not enough!
Even though the second round of experiments was enough to explain some problems, it wasn't enough to test all of the ideas in his thesis.
He was waiting for the third round of experiments.
As long as the data of the third round of experiments met expectations!
He could prove that his conclusions were correct!
Under everyone's expectant gazes, the third round of experiments finally began …
The two protons collided with a single point.
The brilliant sparks bloomed again.
Lu Zhou stared straight at the screen. His pupils instantly contracted, then gradually enlarged.
His black pupils were filled with excitement.
The third round of experiments completely met expectations!
"Finally …
"I found you …"
The cheers and applause that resounded in his ears silently drowned out this soft murmur.
The ghost hidden behind the quantum fluctuations finally took off all its disguise at this moment and was exposed in front of everyone without any defense.
Even though it was just raw data that hadn't been processed …
But for a mathematics level 10 scholar, did this make any difference?
For him, it was only a matter of time before he translated the data into a language that everyone could understand …
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