Shanghai.
Maglev train station.
When Luo Wenxuan saw Lu Zhou walk out of the station, he couldn't help but complain.
"I waited at the maglev station all day yesterday!"
"You should've called me."
"I did, at three o 'clock and five o' clock in the afternoon! But they told me they weren't in the service area? What were you doing then? "
Lu Zhou looked at Luo Wenxuan and carefully recalled that he was on the third floor of the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study. Because the security measures were very strict, there was no way to receive any signals from the outside world, and no signal would leak out.
As for the missed calls and texts …
Maybe it was because Lu Zhou's attention was focused on the old universe, he didn't notice them at all.
"This is my mistake. Anyway, let's put these things aside for now." Lu Zhou coughed and changed the topic. He looked at Luo Wenxuan and said, "Have all the invitations been sent out?"
"It's already been sent! So far, eight major institutes of high energy physics around the world have sent a reply, expressing their support for our joint initiative with CERN. Needless to say, CERN's delegation has arrived in Shanghai. Do you want to meet them? "
Lu Zhou: "I'll go later … I'll have to trouble you to entertain them during this time."
With a helpless expression on his face, Luo Wenxuan sighed.
"I knew you would say that."
Lu Zhou smiled and gave him a thumbs up.
"You know me well."
The car was parked at the exit of the station. Wang Peng, who was walking in front, opened the door for the two of them. He then sat in the front passenger seat.
Along the way, Lu Zhou asked Luo Wenxuan about the progress of the conference preparations.
"The preparations for the conference have been completed. We booked the main venue of the International Convention and Exhibition Center, and the hotel is booked at the nearby Yihao Hotel. The booking time is seven days. The Shanghai government is very supportive of our work, and they have made traffic control and venue security plans in advance … "
Lu Zhou: "What about the physics community?"
Luo Wenxuan: "The response from the physics community is quite strong. The mainstream opinion is basically very supportive of this conference. So far, in addition to the invitations we sent out, the number of people who have signed up through various channels has reached 100,000, and the number of poster display applications is as high as 6,731 … At present, it seems that the venue is not necessarily enough. We plan to conduct a preliminary round of poster display, and then arrange academic booths. "
With a hint of surprise on his face, Lu Zhou frowned and asked.
"So many people?"
One hundred thousand people …
Did they move the entire physics community to Shanghai?
Seeing Lu Zhou's hesitant expression, Luo Wenxuan couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Who do you think it is because of …"
From the z particle to the Void theory to the hyperspace theory, the series of achievements made by the ILHCRC in just two years had become the focus of the entire physics community.
Especially in the area of particle physics.
In terms of scientific research strength alone, even CERN and the Brookhaven National Laboratory combined were no match for the ILHCRC.
After all, almost two-thirds of the world's particle physics research results came from the Lunar Hadron Collider, or at least indirectly related to it.
Such a giant in physics, under the leadership of the most outstanding scholar in the physics community, issued an initiative to explore the future of physics. If the entire physics community was indifferent, then it would be hopeless.
Lu Zhou looked at Luo Wenxuan's face and guessed what he wanted to say. He smiled embarrassedly.
"… Sorry for the trouble I've caused for your work."
"It's not troublesome at all. Although this is the first conference of this scale, we have hosted several high-level international academic conferences before." Luo Wenxuan paused for a second and looked at Lu Zhou. He then said, "Also, compared to us, you probably have a lot more troubles."
"Like what?"
"Did you forget what we are going to discuss at this conference?" Luo Wenxuan smiled and said, "Anyway, we're almost there. I'll take you there later."
While they were talking, the car drove into the underground parking lot of the ILHCRC headquarters building.
After getting out of the car, Lu Zhou followed Luo Wenxuan into the elevator. They went to the reference room on the third floor and walked to the nearest long table.
A thick book that could be folded up by two people was placed on the table.
On the cover of the book, there was only a line of plain numbers.
【2000】
"Two thousand physics problems, covering all branches and research directions of physics." Luo Wenxuan stood next to Lu Zhou and looked at the thick book. He said, "We referred to the suggestions of eight other physics research institutions. Through recommendation letters, we selected the top scholars in each research branch. Based on their opinions, we selected the most representative problems in the branch.
"What we have to do next … Or rather, what you have to do is to select the most representative problems from these two thousand physics problems, which are promising to be solved in this century."
Lu Zhou looked at this dictionary-thick "problem set". He reached out his hand and picked it up from the table. He then flipped through it like he was counting money.
This thing was a bit like an exercise book. It had the serial number of the question, the category it belonged to, and even the "source" of the question, as well as the earliest documents.
Of course, the most important thing was the "stem" of the question.
The entire question was like a rigorous thesis. It described what the question was and what kind of physics background and significance it had.
Some of the questions could be clearly explained in a few words. For example, "Can the pairing of two Fermi atoms form a so-called color superfluidity similar to quantum chromodynamics".
There were also questions like "Yangian representation theory and solving nonlinear models" or "Can the spectrum of the one-dimensional Hubbard model and the h-s model be solved with the help of Yangian representation theory". Even three pages might not be able to completely explain these questions clearly. There were even certain requirements for the reader's mathematical skills.
If there were no surprises, this was definitely the world's most difficult "problem set".
Even if one of the problems was solved, it would be enough to become an expert in a certain branch of research and be accepted by the entire physics community …
As Lu Zhou looked at this problem set that was the crystallization of the wisdom of almost all the physicists in the entire human civilization, he couldn't help but feel a bit emotional.
"… Even if it's not selected, I think this thing can be published as a peerless work."
"I think so too." Luo Wenxuan nodded and said, "I spent two weeks roughly flipping through it. Many of the questions aren't just simple questions, but they also contain the questions' thoughts on the research branch. Some of these questions are even more academic than the questions themselves. "
"… Anyway, let's wait for the delegations from other research institutes to arrive first. I can't complete the selection work alone." Lu Zhou looked at Luo Wenxuan and said, "I'll keep this book for now. I plan on spending a few days to briefly read through it."
Luo Wenxuan: "That's what I think too … Oh yeah, as an independent research institute, the ILHCRC also needs to send a delegation to participate in the selection of 100 physics propositions. Who do you think should be sent?"
"Don't ask me about this kind of trivial matter."
Lu Zhou looked at Luo Wenxuan and said in a half-joking tone, "As the next chairman, if you can't even handle this kind of trivial matter, then you're letting me down."
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