If there was a buzzword in the physics community in 2023, it would be the number "1.25".
For a long time, the research of particle physics had stopped at the proof of the existence of high-dimensional space. According to the ADD phenomenological model's explanation of gravity and other interactions, the world we see may be stuck to a "wall" in an extra-dimensional space. Electrons, protons, photons, and all other particles in the Standard Model could not enter the extra-dimensional space. Only gravitational field lines could extend into the extra-dimensional space.
The discovery of the Z particle gave a new explanation for this phenomenological model.
That was, even though the world we see is stuck to a wall in an extra-dimensional space, the electrons, protons, photons, and all other particles in the Standard Model could not enter the extra-dimensional space. Instead, they might exist in the extra-dimensional space, and what we observe is only their projection in the three-dimensional world.
If this conclusion was true, it could effectively explain the prediction made by the physics community that "Newton's inverse square law will deviate in the sub-millimeter range". That was, when the distance between two objects was sub-millimeter, the interaction between them and the distance would no longer follow the inverse square relationship.
And this was just one of the many achievements of the Z particle.
After the discovery of this super-heavy high-dimensional particle, the entire physics community was brought to a new field. This was what made countless physicists excited.
Not only was there an unexplored new continent, but there were also countless treasures hidden in the depths of the jungle …
This big event that caused a sensation in the physics community didn't just attract the attention of the physics community.
Because of the "easter egg" prophecy at the end of the report, it raised the topic of the entire report to a whole new level. Even many ordinary people who didn't understand physics were shocked by the information revealed in Lu Zhou's words.
Faster than light travel!
All along, this had been thought to be impossible.
Although they didn't know how Lu Zhou could make such a bold prediction, thinking about the future described by the prophecy still made many people feel a trace of fascination.
What does the world look like light-years away?
A lot of people began to seriously think about this question.
At this point, the debate about the 750 GeV characteristic peak finally came to an end. The voices that once fiercely opposed the ILHCRC's experiment fell silent without exception.
Lu Zhou spent two days sorting out the content of the report into a thesis and published it in the latest issue of Future.
The other two top journals, "Science" and "Nature", also gave this paper a "high light" setting. Nobel Prize level scholars in related fields also gave a brief summary of the research results.
Generally speaking, only the most important research results would receive such treatment.
No matter how one thought about it, this paper on the Z particle was undoubtedly worthy of the word "most important". At least this year, physicists all over the world would be very busy …
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California Institute of Technology.
An old man with a white beard and no hair looked at the journal in his hand. He held a fountain pen and sat at his desk. He read quietly while meticulously calculating on the draft paper.
He turned the pages more and more slowly, and when he reached the third last page, the solemn expression on his face gradually turned into a touch of astonishment, which continued to grow larger as his mouth opened wide.
After a while, he squeezed out a string of short sentences from his mouth.
"… Unbelievable.
"I can't believe someone can use mathematical tools to this degree.
"… What a genius!"
Barry Barish, that was his name. Other than his name, he had many other titles, such as the initiator and project director of the LIGO project, a physics professor at the California Institute of Technology, and so on.
The other person standing next to the bookshelf in his office was also a big shot.
That person's name was Kip Thorne, who was currently the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He was also one of the world's top experts in the field of astrophysics under the general theory of relativity. He once served as a scientific consultant for Nolan's movie Interstellar.
Together with Rainer Weiss from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the three of them shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017. They shared the 9 million Swedish kronor prize money for their research on gravitational waves.
Thorne looked at Barish and said, "He's a genius, a lot of people already know that. I'm more surprised that you actually understood his mathematical argument."
"Even though it's a bit difficult, I can still understand it after reading it a few times." Barish took off his reading glasses and rubbed his sore eye sockets. He said, "I happened to study his unified theory of algebra and geometry some time ago, so I have a bit of a basic understanding."
Thorne said, "You actually studied that thing?"
"Many physics students at California Polytechnic State Polytechnic State University are self-studying. We have to learn to keep up with the times. Otherwise, we'll be caught up by the young people." Barish smiled and continued, "Of course, I'm mainly doing research on gravitational waves. Whenever we make new progress in mathematics, we can always find something new in particle physics."
"Then did you discover it?"
Barish coughed and spoke.
"Any major discovery takes time … It's impossible to do it this fast."
"That's true, but some people always go against common sense." Thorne sighed and said with a hint of schadenfreude, "The Brookhaven National Laboratory must be very worried now. They took the initiative to withdraw from this large-scale scientific research project that involved more than 50 research institutes around the world. They're the only research institute that doesn't have a name on it."
Barish smiled and said, "It's mainly because their press spokesperson was too confident. If it were me, even if I wasn't optimistic about the 750 GeV characteristic peak experiment, I wouldn't make it sound like there's no room for negotiation."
Of course, saying this might sound like a cheap shot. After all, from the perspective of an outsider, there was no cost to saying beautiful words.
Thorne: "What do you think they'll do?"
"Deal with the relevant people, then find a way out? After all, they're so high up, they must be very cold right now. Now that Lu Zhou's prestige in the ILHCRC has reached its peak, forget about overthrowing the board, I'm afraid a large number of physicists will follow him. "
Thorne couldn't help but ask, "Is there no one who can stop him?"
Barish looked at him strangely and spoke.
"Why should we stop him? Even the 750 GeV crater can't bury his legend, what else can? Many people wait their entire lives and can't make any achievements in their field. Since we can see new physics by following him, why not? "
Rather, it was better to ask him to continue to be so assertive. There were only two people in the history of physics who could make such great achievements in such a short period of time.
Unless it was a major failure.
Otherwise, there was nothing that could stop him.
If there was a god in physics, then Lu Zhou was already one. No one believed that there was a particle there, but he believed, and so there was one there.
"You're right." Thorne sighed and went silent for a while. He then said, "Speaking of which, he hasn't won a Nobel Prize, right? If I remember correctly … "
Barish shook his head and said, "You must be wrong, the 2018 Nobel Prize winner is him, but he won the chemistry prize. I think it's because of his research on the electrochemical interface structure that he developed a reliable calculation method. "
Thorne couldn't help but say, "This guy is a freak …"
Barish smiled and said, "I don't deny that just a few months ago, he solved the 'Grand Unified Theory of Mathematics', and then a few months later, he used it in the hyperspace theory and the Zhou particle thesis. If there was a Nobel Prize in mathematics, he would have monopolized all the medals in the past few years. "
Thorne: "I think with his achievements, he deserves two Nobel Prize medals in physics … What do you think, including the electrostrong interaction theory?"
After hearing this sentence, Barish and Thorne looked at each other and exchanged glances.
Although they didn't speak, the tacit understanding formed from years of cooperation made the two immediately understand what each other was thinking.
"I plan on recommending him."
"Looks like we have the same idea."
Although two Nobel Prizes were unrealistic, one Nobel Prize in physics was definitely not controversial.
This year happened to be an odd-numbered year, and the Nobel Prize in physics was usually awarded to the field of particle physics.
The discovery of the Z particle was undoubtedly the most important physics discovery of the year.
If this achievement wasn't worthy of this honor, then what else was worthy of it?
There was almost no suspense in this matter.
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