In fact, Lu Zhou's intuition was indeed very accurate.
However, it wasn't because he had guessed some incredible scientific fact.
It was because this observation brought them a lot of trouble.
An unexplainable physical phenomenon wasn't scary, but if this phenomenon conflicted with the foundation of modern physics, then the impact behind it was not trivial.
After leaving for a while, Lu Zhou, who was sitting on the toilet, entered the pure white system space and came to the light blue holographic screen.
"System, open the mission panel!"
It was almost the same situation as the last time he encountered an emergency mission.
A lock was added to the upper right corner of the "Control of Earth and Moon" mission chain, and below it, there was an additional mission panel, marked with a unique icon for emergency missions.
[Emergency Mission: Call of the Void (Danger Level:?)
[Description: The path to the truth is not always smooth sailing. There are too many endless mysteries in the vast universe that we do not understand. Please be sure to listen to its call, even if it does not always mean enlightenment …]
[Requirements: Solve the alien species invasion. Possible means include but are not limited to:
The great spirit of the universe guides us forward. (Idealism + 10)
There is no sensual language in the universe, only the truth is eternal. * * * * (Materialism + 10)
[Those who achieve great things don't care about trifles. Now is not the time to solve the problem, we can put aside the dispute for the time being. (Authoritarianism + 10)
④ Eliminate, Destroy (Hive Consciousness + 10)
】
[Reward:???]
Lu Zhou: "???"
After reading the mission list from beginning to end, the expression on Lu Zhou's face was even more confused than the three question marks in the mission reward column.
Also, what does "eliminate, destroy" mean?
Does it mean killing all the physicists who discover the problem?
Of course, what made him even more curious was what the hive consciousness was. He didn't seem to have seen it before.
Other than that, there was also the "spirit of the universe" …
Lu Zhou remembered that a similar translation appeared in his memory of the Calan Empire. He couldn't help but frown and fall into deep thought.
Was the so-called Spirit of the Universe the Void civilization that called itself the Observer's unified translation of the 'Omnipotent' in the various civilizations, religions, and cultures of the universe, or was there a higher consciousness called the 'Spirit of the Universe' in this part of the universe …
Just like the 'omnipotent' advanced civilizations, it dominated a certain corner of the universe or a part of the matter and laws in a certain form. It even became a part of nature itself.
If only there was a way to learn the language of the Void Civilization.
The most taboo thing to do when looking up research materials was to chew what someone else had eaten, especially when it came to translating. ,
Of course, compared to some mysterious existence, Lu Zhou was more inclined to understand the concept of the "spirit of the universe" from the perspective of physics.
Even after seeing the results of the experiment, his confidence was shaken a little …
"Doesn't this look too unscientific?"
Luo Wenxuan, who was holding a coffee cup, looked at Lu Zhou, who had just returned to his office. He said, "If our observations are correct in an objective sense, then we might have to start over from scratch."
The conservation of mass and energy was to physics, just like the Peano axioms were to mathematics.
If someone said that mass and energy could be produced out of thin air, it would be tantamount to saying something ridiculous like 1 + 1 = 3. Even a primary school student would laugh at them.
However, the results of the experiment were so shocking. After the statistics, the increase in mass was 53%. In short, after two lead ions collided with one unit of energy, it produced 2.53 lead ions of energy.
Where did the extra 0.53 lead ions come from?
No one knew.
They also couldn't observe any signs of interference.
It was as if a supernatural event had happened.
After hearing Luo Wenxuan's words, Lu Zhou, who had regained his composure, spoke calmly.
"The building of physics has been toppled countless times, so it doesn't matter this time. However, people who think that this is unscientific probably don't even know what 'science' is. "
Luo Wenxuan: "… I can tell you're mocking me from your last sentence."
"You're mistaken, I never mock anyone." Lu Zhou ignored Luo Wenxuan's helpless expression and said, "Also, I'm actually more inclined to believe that there's something else going on."
"Something else?" Luo Wenxuan raised his eyebrows and said, "So you're saying that aliens are interfering with our physics experiments? Water droplets? "
Luo Wenxuan was worried that Lu Zhou didn't get the joke, so he gestured with his fingers.
"I don't know if you've seen it before, but I mean … the three-body kind."
Lu Zhou looked at him with caring eyes and spoke patiently.
"This is a possibility. I can't rule it out until we catch at least one alien and interrogate it … But I have to point out that the possibility of this happening is as small as our understanding of the universe. If they can do this, then they have at least a hundred more efficient ways to make us go back to the Stone Age. "
Luo Wenxuan shrugged helplessly.
"I'm just joking, to lighten up the mood —"
Lu Zhou interrupted him and spoke in a serious manner.
"Regardless of what happens, we need more experimental data.
"Whether it's because of aliens, or a great existence, or the truth of the universe that we don't understand, its appearance has indeed subverted our understanding of the universe.
"I still believe that mass and energy can't be created out of thin air, there must be something interfering with our experiments … Now, what we have to do is prove it and give it a reasonable explanation!
"I'm not joking, you should know why I'm saying this."
Luo Wenxuan looked at Lu Zhou in silence. After a while, he sighed and took a sip of his coffee.
After pausing for a moment, he put away the frivolity in his tone and said.
"Do you want to publicize the results of the research?"
Lu Zhou spent half a minute thinking about this problem before he finally nodded.
"Let's publicize it.
"We need more good brains to participate."
…
On the first Tuesday in early May, a major event happened in the international physics community.
The latest research results released by the ILHCRC showed that during the collision experiment in the 5.12 to 5.22 TeV energy range, the colliding lead ions did not experience a "mass loss" as expected. Instead, there was an unexpected "mass expansion".
The news immediately caused an uproar in the international physics community.
There was no other reason. This was because such a result violated the "common sense" of physics.
In fact, this was not the first time a lead ion collision experiment was conducted. A long time ago, CERN used lead ions to simulate the "Big Bang", but no one had ever adjusted the collision energy to such a high level.
Therefore, no one thought that this would happen.
The impact of this news on the physics community was no less than the impact of the second half of 2011. CERN announced in a press release that "Oprah" researchers found that neutrinos moved 0.0025% faster than the speed of light in a neutrino experiment.
That incident shocked the entire physics community for half a year. In the end, it ended with the resignation of the leader of the "Oprah" research team, Ereditato.
When people saw this, they would definitely be surprised. CERN, the holy place of physics, actually made such a mistake. How stupid were the members of this research team?
After all, even middle school students knew that nothing could exceed the speed of light.
However, in fact, scientific research was not based on the dogmatic logic of "exams".
First of all, this was not the first time that a faster than light error occurred. As early as 2006, Fermilab's "Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search" (MINOS) project also found signs of faster than light neutrinos. However, because the results were not statistically significant, it was not recognized by the physics community.
Secondly, Oprah's researchers didn't believe the results of their experiments at the beginning.
In order to prove that they were wrong, they spent several months checking the experimental equipment and repeating the experiment. Unfortunately, they still could not find the problem.
Because of this, they finally "bravely" published the experimental results, hoping that this problem would be judged by the entire physics community.
In the end, this was a big news story.
Interestingly, there were subtle differences in the attitudes of scientists around the world. That was, not everyone completely believed that the "Oprah" project's conclusion was wrong.
For example, many Japanese researchers in this field expressed that they were "confident". As for the Chinese scientists, their attitude was more ambiguous, or it could be said that they were better at using the art of language to respond, "To study the possibility of faster than light, we have to start from the essence."
Changing this sentence to "Today's weather is nice", it did not seem strange at all.
As for the British and American physicists, they generally held a firm attitude.
The most clear-cut was probably physicist Jim Ackery from the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom.
In an interview, he directly declared, "If the experiment at CERN is proven to be correct, and neutrinos exceed the speed of light, then I will eat my boxers live on TV."
It was obvious that swearing to "eat something" was not a rare thing in the academic community.
In any case, the farce ended in a blunder.
The person in charge of the "Icarus" project repeated the experiment and said that the experimental results they measured were exactly the same as Einstein's estimate. In the end, they rejected the results of "Oprah".
As for the reason for the error, some said that the optical cable between the GPS receiver and the computer was loose, and some said that the oscillator was not connected properly, causing the error. But as for the specific reason, only the neutrinos themselves knew.
Now, a similar thing had happened again.
And it was not just the theory of relativity that was shaken, but something closer to the foundation of physics.
One could imagine how the entire physics community would react because of this matter …
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