Chapter 1153 Honor Without Suspense

If there is any hot word in the physics world in 2023, it must be the number "1.25".

The research of high-energy physics has always been on the proof of the existence of high-dimensional space, and according to the explanation of gravity and other interactions by the ADD phenomenological model, the world we see may be one side stuck in the extra-dimensional space" wall", while electrons, protons, photons and all other particles in the standard model cannot enter extra dimensions, only the gravitational field lines can extend into extra dimensions.

However, the discovery of the Z particle has given a new explanation to this theory based on the phenomenological model.

That is, although the world we see is stuck on a wall of the extra-dimensional space, the electrons, protons, photons and all other particles in the standard model are not unable to enter the extra-dimensional space, but they may have a part of themselves existing in the curled space. In the extra dimension, what we observe is only their projection in the three-dimensional world.

If this conclusion is true, it will be able to effectively explain the prediction made by the physics community that "Newton's inverse square law will deviate in the sub-millimeter range"-that is, when the distance between two objects is sub-millimeter, the interaction between them Action and spacing will no longer follow an inverse square relationship.

And that's just one of many things the Z particle has achieved.

With the discovery of this superheavy high-dimensional particle, the entire physics community has been brought into a brand new field. And this is what excites countless physicists.

What they are facing now is not only an undeveloped new continent, but also the countless treasures hidden deep in the jungle...

At the same time, this big event that has caused a sensation in the physics world has not only attracted the attention of people in the physics world.

Because the prophecy that was placed at the end as an "easter egg" raised the topicality of the entire report to a higher level. Even many ordinary people who don't know much about physics were shocked by the information revealed in Lu Zhou's words.

Sailing faster than the speed of light!

This has long been considered impossible.

Although I don't know how Lu Zhou was able to make such a bold prediction, thinking of the future depicted by that prophecy still makes many people feel fascinated.

What does the world look like light years away?

Many people began to think seriously about this issue.

So far, the debate on the 750Gev characteristic peak has finally come to an end. The voices that once fiercely opposed IMCRC to carry out this experiment fell into silence without exception.

Regarding the contents of the writing on the blackboard at that report meeting, Lu Zhou spent two days sorting it out into a paper, which was published in the latest issue of the main issue of "Future".

The other two top journals "Science" and "Nature" also set "highlights" for this paper, and the Nobel Prize-winning scholars engaged in research in related fields gave a brief description of the research results.

Generally speaking, only the most important research results are eligible for this treatment.

And no matter how you think about it, this paper on the Z particle can undoubtedly be worthy of the word "most important". At least throughout this year, physicists all over the world are busy with things...

...

Caltech.

Looking at the periodical in his hand, an old man with a gray beard and no hair was holding a pen, sitting at the desk and reading it quietly, while calculating meticulously on the draft paper.

The movement of turning the pages became slower and slower, until the third to last page, the seriousness on his face gradually turned into a touch of surprise, which continued to enlarge as his mouth opened wide.

After a while, he squeezed out a series of short and intermittent sentences from his mouth.

"……incredible."

"Anyone can use mathematical tools to this extent."

"...is simply a genius!"

Barry Barish, that's his name. In addition to his name, he also has countless titles such as the initiator and project director of the LIGO project, and the professor of the Caltech Department of Physics.

And the other person standing next to the bookshelf in his office at this moment has a lot of background.

The man's name is Kip Thorne, who is currently a professor of theoretical physics at the Caltech Feynman, and is also one of the world's top experts in the field of astrophysics under the general theory of relativity. Science consultant who directed the film "Interstellar."

Counting MIT's Rainer Weiss, the three won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017, because the research on gravitational waves shared the 9 million Swedish kronor prize equally.

Retracting his index finger that was looking for it on the bookshelf, Thorne unexpectedly turned his head and glanced at Barish, "Many people already know that he is a genius, and I am even more surprised that you actually understood his mathematical argument."

"Although it's a bit difficult, I can still understand it after reading it a few times," Barish took off the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose, rubbed his sore eye sockets, and continued, "It just so happened that I studied his The Unified Theory of Algebra and Geometry has a little foundation."

Thorne said unexpectedly: "You actually studied that thing?"

"Many students in the Department of Physics at Caltech are self-taught, and those of us in our hometown have to learn to keep pace with the times, or we will be caught up by those young people," Barish continued with a smile, "Of course, I mainly do research on gravitational waves, whenever we make new progress in mathematics, we can always find something new in high-energy physics.”

"Then you found out?"

Barish said with a dry cough.

"Any major discovery will take time...it can't be done so quickly."

"It's true, but some people can always go against these common senses," Thorne sighed, and said with some schadenfreude in his tone, "Brookhaven National Laboratory must be very worried now, and voluntarily withdraw from this world war." More than 50 research institutes have participated in large-scale scientific research projects, and among the research institutes that can be named, they are not named."

Barish smiled and said: "The main thing is that their press spokesman is too full of words. If it were me, even if I am not very optimistic about the 750Gev characteristic peak experiment, I would not say that there is no room for maneuver. "

Of course, it may be a bit of a backache to stand up and talk. After all, from the perspective of an outsider, no matter what beautiful words you say, there is no cost.

Thorne: "What do you think they'll do?"

"Deal with the relevant responsible person, and then find a step down? After all, standing so high, they must be very cold now. Now that Lu Zhou's prestige in IMCRC has reached its peak, let alone the overhead council, I am afraid that the council will be revoked directly. It is estimated that a large number of physicists will follow him."

Thorne couldn't help asking: "...Is there no one who can stop him?"

Barish gave him a strange look and said.

"Why stop him? Even the 750 Gev pit can't bury his myth, what else can he do? How many people can't make some achievements in their own field after waiting for a lifetime, since you can see it if you follow him New physics, why not just do it?"

Rather, please be sure to continue to be so dogmatic. To be able to achieve such a great result in such a short period of time, even if you search the history of physics, there are only two names he can think of.

Unless, a major failure.

Otherwise, nothing can stop him at all.

If there was a God in physics, he is now. No one believed there was a particle there, but he believed it, and there it was.

"That's what you said." Somehow, he sighed deeply because he thought of something, Thorne was silent for a while, and then decided to divert from the previous topic, "Speaking of which, he hasn't won a Nobel Prize yet, right? If I remember correctly..."

Barish shook his head: "You must have misremembered. He was the Nobel Prize winner in 2018, but he won the Chemistry Prize. It seems that the research on the electrochemical interface structure has opened up a reliable calculation method."

Thorne couldn't help cursing and said, "This guy is simply a pervert..."

Barish said with a smile: "I don't deny that just a few months ago, he solved the 'Grand Unified Theory of Mathematics', and then used it in his papers on hyperspace theory and boat particles within a few months. If there was a Nobel who established a mathematics award, the medals in the past few years may have been monopolized by him alone."

Thorne: "I think his achievements are fully worthy of two physics medals... If you count the unified theory of strong electricity, what do you think?"

After hearing this sentence, Barish and Thorn looked at each other and exchanged a look.

Although they didn't speak, the tacit understanding formed through years of cooperation in research made the two of them immediately understand what each other was thinking at the moment.

"I intend to recommend his name."

"Looks like we're thinking of going together."

Although it is unrealistic to have two Nobel Prizes, one physics prize is definitely not controversial.

This year happens to be an odd-numbered year, and the Nobel Prize in Physics is traditionally awarded to the field of high-energy physics.

The discovery of the Z particle is undoubtedly the most significant physics discovery this year.

If even this achievement is not enough to deserve this honor, what is worth it?

This is almost without suspense.