Lu Zhou turned around and looked at the whiteboard behind him. The marker in his hand began to move.
Lu Zhou's pen moved across the whiteboard. Lines of calculations flowed along the tip of the pen. It was as if there was some kind of mysterious magic that attracted everyone's attention.
[V1 = πψ +]
[MΠ2 = /FΠ2]
[…]
The tip of the pen moved back half an inch. Lu Zhou looked at the calculations on the whiteboard and smiled. He nodded with satisfaction.
Not bad.
It felt good. It was as if he had stepped into the mysterious void and was infinitely close to the edge of truth.
Even though this sounded like a boast, it was indeed how he felt at this moment.
Lu Zhou spent ten seconds savoring this feeling. He took a deep breath and focused again. The tip of the pen that was pinched between his fingers began to move again. It was as if his mind was connected to the universe …
As for this fundamental particle hidden in the hyperspace, if he wanted to pull it out from the shell of the high-dimensional world, the real difficulty lay in the abstraction of the high-dimensional space.
However, in physics, any calculation that involved this kind of problem would become quite complicated.
At the same time, the relevant calculations also involved a very complicated canonical problem. It required a bunch of 10 ^ 38 GeV things to come up with a result of 10 ^ 2 to 10 ^ 3 GeV.
Whether it was logical or numerical operations, this problem was a test of a physicist's mathematical skills.
Fortunately, Lu Zhou was a mathematician.
The "Grand Unified Theory of Mathematics" also brought him a lot of help on this problem. It could even be said that the difficulty of this problem was reduced by one dimension.
There were many abstract things that could not be represented by specific graphics, but if they were described in a unified and intuitive mathematical form, whether it was calculations or writing on the blackboard, everything would be much simpler.
Of course, this might be convenient for Lu Zhou, but for most physicists who were not engaged in mathematics research, especially those who did not understand the "Grand Unified Theory of Mathematics", these steps might not be so intuitive …
In fact, it was a little too much for him.
Professor Franck Wilczek, who was sitting next to Professor Witten, stared at the whiteboard in a daze.
Even though he wasn't completely clueless, to be honest, mathematics had never been his strong suit. Even among his students, there weren't many who excelled in this area.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have chosen to work with Lu Zhou, who was just an intern, on the 750 GeV project.
He didn't speak for a while.
Finally, he couldn't hold it in anymore. He spoke to Witten, who was sitting next to him.
"What is he writing?"
Witten didn't answer his old friend's question. He stared at the whiteboard with a dignified look in his eyes.
Compared to other people, he had achieved Fields Prize level achievements in topology and partial differentiation, so it was slightly easier for him to understand these theories. However, this was only relatively easy.
If he were younger, the situation would be a little better. But now, just keeping up with Lu Zhou's pace took up almost all of his concentration. Even if he wanted to answer Professor Wilczek's questions, he didn't have the time.
In the blink of an eye, the whiteboard was filled with words.
Witten finally took the time to answer his old friend's questions.
"… Simply put, he used an abstract mathematical method to build an extra-dimensional model similar to ADD. The dimension of this model is n, and it contains some strange properties … Let's call it the 'Lu Zhou mechanism'. Using the experimental data obtained from the high-energy collider, he tested this model that included extra dimensions, and then answered the question of why the 750 GeV signal was so strange, and why the characteristic peak appeared frequently, but the confidence level was low. "
This explanation made Frank Wilczek's scalp tingle.
"How do I understand this stuff?"
Witten had a helpless expression on his face. He said in an uncertain tone, "You might have to use algebraic geometry reference books and papers on the Grand Unification Principle … You might be able to understand it, but I suggest you give up. It's too late."
"… Jesus, when did mathematics become like this?"
Witten looked at Wilczek, who was going crazy, and sighed.
"If you're talking about algebraic geometry, I'm afraid it's been like this since the middle of the last century."
A brand new whiteboard was dragged onto the stage.
Lu Zhou spent about half a minute organizing his thoughts. He then picked up a pen and continued to write on the whiteboard.
Lines of obscure calculations were printed on the whiteboard. They were also printed in the eyes of the audience in the lecture hall. It was as if they had been petrified, and the audience was completely silent.
Lu Zhou, who was on stage, had completely entered a state of selflessness. He was completely immersed in his own world, as if he had become one with nature. Even the rhythm of his breathing was synchronized with the rhythm of the universe.
In the huge lecture hall, other than the rustling of the pen, not a single sound could be heard.
Just like that, time passed minute by minute, second by second.
The audience below the stage also watched quietly.
In fact, even though these steps might be a bit too difficult for most people to understand, there were still some people who could feel the mystery.
From the difficult process to the sudden enlightenment.
Suddenly, Edward Witten's pupils shrank slightly, and a look of excitement flashed in his eyes.
The light was like a spark that ignited a forest, igniting pairs of pupils of different colors. As the steps of the demonstration came to an end, more and more people finally began to gradually understand the mystery written on the whiteboard.
Even though they didn't fully understand it …
Compared to the beginning, it was a lot better.
Finally, the pen that had written the last line stopped on the whiteboard.
[Z = …]
Lu Zhou put away the marker in his hand. He turned around and faced the quiet lecture hall. He spoke in a clear and steady voice.
"I might have forgotten to say that the argument for the existence of the Z particle ended on the last twenty-seventh line. In fact, I'm quite surprised that I was able to write this far. Because the last twenty-seven lines, especially the part about the value of the Z particle, I actually planned to spend two weeks or a month to slowly figure it out. "
Lu Zhou glanced at the calculations on the whiteboard. He then turned around and looked at the venue. He suddenly smiled.
That smile was like a gust of wind, blowing away the fog and the dark clouds that were pressing down on everyone's hearts. All the heaviness seemed to have become clear at this moment.
Perhaps a happy mood could really make problems simpler, just like how a good appearance could make a person feel happy.
He paused for a second and continued.
"If we divide matter to the 10 ^ -10 meter scale, we can get atoms. When we first named this word, we gave it the meaning of the elementary particles that make up matter. However, as physics continued to advance, we soon discovered that it could continue to be subdivided.
"Soon, we got electrons, neutrons, protons, followed by quarks, leptons, Higgs particles, and so on.
"Think about it, what would matter look like if it were infinitely divided?
"I'm afraid no one can answer this question immediately. We can use phenomenological models like ADD to prove the existence of n-dimensional space, and M theory predicts that n = 11, but we don't know what is in this space. All we know is that we live in a three-dimensional world, and the 'strings' of the higher dimensions are curled to us. "
"Just like the 'small ball' I mentioned in the beginning, if we only rely on our eyes, the paper people will never understand what the infinitely small black dot is. Maybe the space above their heads is full of such small balls, and it is these black dots that fall on the paper that form the paper people and the world they see.
"The same is true for three-dimensional space.
"Just like the light we see, the air we breathe, the water in the glass … Divide them infinitely, and what we can see in the end may be infinitely small black dots.
"Including the Z particle, I don't even dare to say that what I see at the moment is its full appearance. Maybe what I revealed is only its projection in the X-1 dimension, and it actually has a bigger secret hidden behind the hyperspace.
"Maybe this is the limitation of three-dimensional creatures.
"Maybe only when our civilization is advanced enough, when our physics can completely analyze all the dimensions of the universe, when we can walk upright on the 11-dimensional 'string' … Then, we will be able to completely see the small ball that broke into our world, as well as the full picture of the universe."
Lu Zhou smiled again.
"As the last Easter egg of this report, I will also imitate the other seniors and make a bold guess.
"Maybe one day in the future, when our civilization is advanced enough, when the solar system can no longer accommodate our bodies and ambitions.
"Using the nature of hyperspace to achieve interstellar navigation in light-years may become our best choice for cross-star travel!"
There was no response.
Obviously, everyone was still immersed in the shock of the previous event.
Lu Zhou felt a little disappointed that he didn't receive any applause. He was about to put the marker back on the stage, bow, and leave.
However, at this moment, he suddenly seemed to remember something and turned his head to look at the whiteboard.
"… I almost forgot something important."
Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly and reached out to the last line of the whiteboard. He added the number that countless people dreamed about.
[Z = 0 ~ 1.25 TeV, if and only if n = 3, Z = 750 GeV.
"750 GeV is its energy in a low-dimensional space. If I'm not mistaken, 1.25 TeV is the upper bound of its theoretical mass, and 0 is its rest mass in three-dimensional space when it forms an atom."
"Take your time to verify it! The steps before the 27th line have proved that it exists, and the data from the Lunar Hadron Collider supports this conclusion.
"As for the theoretical deduction of the mass of the Z particle after the 27th line, when we build more advanced experimental equipment than the Lunar Hadron Collider, you will be able to prove me right."
Lu Zhou threw the marker on the tray of the whiteboard and looked around the silent venue. He then placed his hands on the podium and spoke.
"All in all, as you can see, this particle is much heavier than we thought.
"It is far more than the 750 GeV that we can see.
"And our physics is far beyond the standard model that we are familiar with.
"Thank you."
With that, he bowed slightly, turned around and walked off the stage.
The second he turned around, thunderous applause sounded behind him, almost blowing up the entire lecture hall …
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