Chapter 1214 Strings From Outside the Universe

The clock on the wall was ticking.

Since an hour ago, Frank Wilczek has maintained the current posture, staring at the image on the computer screen motionless, and has not made any movements for a long time.

At this time, the door of the office opened.

Looking at Witten who walked into the office, Professor Wilczek, who was sitting there like a statue, finally raised his head an inch. However, just when he was about to speak, Wei Teng spoke before him.

"I know you want to ask me what Professor Lu thinks, but I'm afraid I'll disappoint you. Except for a conjecture about extra dimensions, he didn't reveal anything to me."

Hearing an unexpected term, Wilczek frowned.

"Extra dimension?"

In fact, extra dimensions are not a very new concept. All the dimensions added by rewriting Einstein's relativity equations can be called extra dimensions.

It's as if Theodore Kaluza added a fifth dimension to explain gravity. Because of string theory, this value of n has been increased to 13.

However, what confuses Wilczek is why Wei Teng—or Lu Zhou, why would he take this concept out separately.

"Yes, he attributes the cause of this mass expansion phenomenon to something that cannot be proven or falsified." Witten looked at the confused face of Wilczek, and fumbled for it from his pocket. He took out a lighter and put it on the table, "Assume that the universe is composed of n-dimensional matter, just like this lighter."

"The disturbance that interferes with our experiment comes from the n+1 dimension, like this thumb of mine, which presses the switch of the lighter. Of course, this analogy may seem a bit crude, but in fact it may be a more poetic For example, there is an almighty God living in the n+1 dimension, looking at us imprisoned in the box, it sang a beautiful song to us."

Frowning tightly, looking at Witten who clicked on the lighter, Vilzek ​​muttered to himself.

"That sounds... like something interesting."

Putting the lighter back, Witten glanced at Wilczek in disbelief.

"It's unbelievable...you actually find it interesting."

"After all, he was the one who put forward this point of view," Wilczek shrugged and muttered, "and analyzing this issue from an objective point of view, you have no way to prove him wrong, right? As far as the facts are concerned, We did see that when the collision energy reaches 5.12Tev, the mass expands surprisingly. According to the calculation method of lattice quantum chromodynamics, we should actually get a smaller total mass."

Hearing the old friend's explanation, Wei Teng fell into silence.

After a while, he opened his mouth to speak.

"Leave this matter aside for now, the reason why I came to you is not to discuss a theory that has not been perfected."

Wilczek: "What is that for?"

Witten: "What do you think of Professor Miro's matter?"

"Miro?" Hearing this name that he had never heard of before, Wilczek frowned and asked hesitantly, "Sorry, who is Miro?"

Seeing that Wilczek had never heard of this name, a strange expression appeared on Witten's face.

Without any explanation, he reached out and picked up the remote control on the table, and turned on the Internet TV in the office that hardly anyone would turn on.

"Professor Garrett Miro, a 37-year-old Stanford University physics professor, has served as a consultant for high-energy physics experiments in CERN and IMCRC, and has won the Barclay Award of the American Physical Society, the International Theoretical Physics The Dirac Prize of the Center for Science..."

"A young man with a bright future," gave a simple comment. Professor Wilczek looked at the Fox News icon on the TV and asked in puzzlement, "Is there any problem?"

"...and the leader of a certain new religion." Pointing to the TV with his chin, Witten pressed a few buttons on the remote control, "It may be a little troublesome to explain, you'd better watch it yourself."

...

Fox Radio.

Studio scene.

A tall man with deep eye sockets is sitting on the sofa. He wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and he is wearing a very common plaid shirt. It is easy for people to distinguish him from a man of science and technology at a glance. Connect with people who work in class.

Sitting on the sofa opposite him was the host of a talk show on Fox Radio, Ms. Cordell.

Looking at Professor Miro in front of her, Ms. Cordell showed a friendly smile on her face, and held out the microphone in her hand for an interview.

"Hello, Professor Miro, thank you very much for coming to our studio. I heard that a very... very extraordinary thing happened in the physics world recently, is that true?"

"Yes," Milo seemed to be uncomfortable with the atmosphere here, looked around awkwardly, but finally showed the calmness that a scholar should have, and said in an affirmative tone, "What happened recently can be It is said that it has subverted many of us' understanding of physics."

asked Miss Cordell, smiling.

"From the messages on the website, we can see that many viewers are very concerned about this matter. We know that you are a professor of physics at Stanford University and a researcher at IMCRC. Can you explain in detail for our audience in front of the TV ...What amazing results did we get from the Hadron Collider?"

"The mass has expanded above 5.12Tev!"

Ms. Cordell frowned as she watched Professor Milo gradually showing a hint of fanaticism in his eyes.

"Sorry, I may not quite understand, what does this... mean?"

"This means that at a sizeable mass scale, mass as we know it may no longer be conserved!"

His eyes became more and more frenzied. The voice of this thin and tall physics professor was trembling with excitement.

"For a long time, our physics building has been built on a flat wasteland. Through the exploration of the Standard Model, we have continued to repair this building, add bricks and tiles to it, and finally have its current appearance!"

"However, just a month ago, IMCRC's latest research brought this building down to the ground!"

"It's a pity that you were not there, otherwise you will definitely understand why I am so excited after seeing such a result!"

Seeing Professor Milo's eyes wide open, whose eyeballs were gradually bloodshot due to emotion, Ms. Cordell showed a surprised expression on her face.

What surprised her was not what he said, but his mental state, which seemed a little... not normal.

It took her a second to ask the show director's opinion through her eyes, but she got a reply to continue the show.

In desperation, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue the show.

"This sounds... unbelievable. That is to say, you have proved that mass is not conserved?"

"It is not conserved on large mass scales! Wait, it looks like you haven't figured out what this means, I don't like having to explain it to you!"

Before the lady host could speak, Professor Miro continued speaking quickly.

"According to the viewpoint of traditional physics, our universe is entropy-increasing, and all matter develops from order to disorder. But now, this viewpoint can be overthrown! Our physics has finally entered a state where even the Einstein Stan can't predict the world, and our universe will no longer be eternal decay, but from an old cycle to a new cycle, never ending in endless cycles!"

Speaking of this, Professor Milo's thin body suddenly erupted with a fanatical aura that did not match his physique at all.

I saw him leaning forward, staring intently at Ms. Cordell, whose face showed a hint of fear, and said in a hoarse voice like a lizard spewing letters.

"Do you believe in God?"

Shocked by this momentum, Ms. Cordell, who was almost petrified, nodded quickly.

"I believe."

"Maybe he really exists... No, it should be said that he must exist."

Looking at Professor Miro who seemed to be going crazy, Ms. Cordell continued tremblingly: "You mean...mass is no longer permanently conserved, and the universe will not increase entropy forever. These conclusions can be deduced, we God exists?"

"God?" With a contemptuous smile on his face, Professor Miro leaned back on the sofa and said unhurriedly, "It doesn't matter if you want to call it that."

"In a sense, it is indeed omniscient and omnipotent for the universe as we know it, and it is everywhere."

"It is like a ghost wandering in the universe, interfering with us through an invisible hand."

"Compared to superficial titles like God..."

"I prefer to call it, the spirit of the universe."