Chapter 1324 Then I'll Show You

"The last puzzle... about the mystery of the traces of supernova relics, this proposition comes from the recommendation of the famous astrophysicist James Peebles."

IMCRC headquarters conference room.

Standing in front of the round table in the conference room is Professor Whittle from Brookhaven National Laboratory.

I saw a piece of paper in his hand, subconsciously glanced at Lu Zhou who was sitting not far away, and said with a slightly nervous expression.

"Supernova remnants are the tombstones of stars, the remnants of stars that exploded at the end of the evolution process. They rise and fall in the galaxy, like brilliant fireworks in the night sky, exuding a deadly and charming charm..."

"However, what is puzzling is that according to the calculation of the supernova explosion rate and the star formation rate, there should be about 20,000 to 30,000 supernova remnants in the Milky Way that we can observe, but in fact we have only observed three so far. Less than a hundred."

"99% of the supernova remnants seem to have disappeared, leaving our field of vision."

"Research on supernova remnants will have an important impact on our research in the fields of heavy elements and galaxy evolution. If we can find out where the missing supernova remnants go, it may reveal deeper mysteries of physics for us..."

Then, from a professional point of view, Professor Whittle expounded some existing progress or conjectures in this research direction, as well as Brookhaven National Laboratory's views on this proposition.

As he said, if the reasons for the disappearance of supernova relics can be revealed, and even where the lost energy and matter go, it will greatly promote the research of astrophysics and high-energy physics.

After listening to this lengthy statement, Lu Zhou thought for a while, and then put a checkmark in his notebook.

Attention has been on Lu Zhou from the beginning. When Professor Whittle noticed Lu Zhou's movements, his tense old face finally relaxed a little, and his heart also heaved a sigh of relief.

This Professor James Peebles was recently recruited by Brookhaven National Laboratory. What he was most worried about was that Lu Zhou would deliberately veto the proposal from Brookhaven National Laboratory because of past events. .

However, now it seems that Lu Zhou obviously has no interest in doing this, and he will judge the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

Although annoyed by the increasingly humble presence of Brookhaven National Laboratory in IMCRC, Whittle has no better way to deal with this situation and can only endure it for the time being.

Looking at Professor Whittle who bowed slightly and sat back in his seat, Lu Zhou closed the notebook in his hand, pushed the armrest of the chair and stood up, cleared his throat and said.

"Let's stop here for the primary election."

"A total of 522 difficult problems were shortlisted, 22 more than expected."

"For the final result, the final vote will be made at the meeting. There are probably two more meetings in the next few days, on Wednesday and Friday... Thank you for your hard work."

There was applause in the conference room.

Facing the standing physicists, Lu Zhou nodded slightly and announced the end of the meeting.

...

After the meeting, Lu Zhou simply packed up the things on the table and returned to his office.

However, just as he sat down, before he even warmed up his chair, there was a knock on the door, followed by a young assistant who hurried in from the outside.

"Mr. Chairman, there is a strange person who wants to see you."

weirdo?

Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows and asked curiously.

"who?"

The assistant said with an embarrassed expression.

"His name is Felix. He claims to be a professor from the Department of Physics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He claims that he has suffered unfair treatment at IMCRC. He hopes to meet you."

Originally, he didn't want to bother Lu Zhou with these trivial things, but that guy was too persistent, standing in the hall with a suitcase, no matter how much he tried to persuade him, he couldn't persuade him to leave.

But this guy still has some status, and it's not easy to throw it out, so the front desk downstairs in the building can only call to ask his superiors for instructions, and finally this matter spread here layer by layer.

"Professor Felix?"

Having no memory of the name at all, Lu Zhou frowned and thought for a while before speaking.

"...If he wants to discuss some academic issues with me, tell him for me that I can spare half an hour at three o'clock in the afternoon. If he just wants to bother me with some boring trivial matters, you Let him give him the contact information of Secretary-General Luo."

"Okay, okay."

Looking at the assistant who was trotting away from the office, Lu Zhou didn't say much, and continued to look through the meeting minutes in his hand.

After lunch with a sandwich, Lu Zhou stayed in the office until almost three o'clock in the afternoon. Lu Zhou came to the coffee shop downstairs, and met the man who claimed to be from MIT. Mr. Felix of University Professor.

From his dusty appearance and the suitcase at hand, Lu Zhou can roughly guess that he should have arrived here shortly after getting off the plane.

Moreover, most of the tickets are bought temporarily.

"Professor Felix? Nice to meet you."

Looking at Lu Zhou warily, Professor Felix nodded cautiously.

"Me too."

Although he was very angry when he was in North America, he even lost his temper in the hall downstairs two hours ago, but after seeing Lu Zhou himself, he still couldn't help lowering his level subconsciously. own posture.

no way.

After all, this boss is really awesome.

Starting from the unified theory of strong electricity, to the theory of hyperspace, the research results that shocked the world and the problems that plagued hundreds of millions of people are as easy as breathing in front of him.

As for his achievements, if they were placed together with him, there might not even be a need to mention them.

Looking at Professor Felix who suddenly shrunk and closed his mouth without speaking, Lu Zhou froze for a moment, then smiled and said.

"Would you like something to drink?"

"I've ordered a cup of coffee and it hasn't been delivered yet."

"Really? Then give me a cup of black coffee." Lu Zhou nodded to the waiter, then looked at Professor Felix, and continued with a pleasant face, "I'm curious, what made you so angry?" Came here from as far away as Boston eager to see me."

"Because I need an explanation!" The look suddenly became agitated, Professor Felix's shoulders shook, he sat up straight from the chair, stared at Lu Zhou and said, "Why did you screen out my thesis in the primary election! "

"This is the collective opinion of the review committee, and I'm just fulfilling my right to cast a sacred vote. If it doesn't pass, it's because it's not so suitable—"

"You haven't read my thesis carefully at all! I've heard of it! After you arrived in Shanghai from Jinling, it only took you three days to understand those topics," Felix said excitedly, "Since you You didn’t intend to take our research results seriously from the very beginning, so why should you send me an invitation.”

three days?

Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly, but he didn't tell him that he actually only spent two days, faster than the rumored speed.

Looking at Professor Felix, whose face was full of excitement, he spoke.

"I have never perfunctory any papers. I can swear on my reputation that every choice I make is based on the standpoint of being a scholar."

"Really?" Felix looked straight at Lu Zhou, his face full of doubts, "Are you sure that three days is enough time for you to read all the papers?"

"Of course, I even remember your paper." Lu Zhou smiled faintly, "introducing heavy Fermi field triplets into the Standard Model to explain the source of neutrinos' mass. In other words In other words, it is the application of the Type-III Seesaw mechanism in the study of the origin of neutrino mass, am I right?"

This is what Lu Zhou just remembered.

Although he didn't have much impression of the name Felix, after hearing him explain his purpose of coming, Lu Zhou immediately matched the name with the paper he read a few days ago.

Jiang Lu Zhou actually remembered his thesis, Professor Felix held his breath for a moment.

But soon, he realized that he was already in this coffee shop and had been waiting for him for at least two hours. During this period of time, he had enough time to investigate his own information and go through the paper quickly.

"...Did you check before you came?"

Seeing the obvious distrust expression on this guy's face, Lu Zhou couldn't help being a little amused.

Did you check before you came here?

Sorry, he's really not that busy.

"Regardless of whether it was checked just now, I have indeed read your paper, and in my impression... I did vote against it. As for the reason, it is naturally because there is really nothing worth studying."

"How can it be!"

"Don't be in a hurry to refute me," Lu Zhou smiled at Professor Felix who was about to stand up excitedly, and motioned him not to get excited. After he sat back in his seat, he continued, "Even if For the sake of you traveling across the ocean to meet me, I have to tell you the reason why I did this."

At this moment, the waiter in the coffee shop walked over with a cup of coffee.

Looking at the steaming cup of coffee on the table, Lu Zhou stretched out his index finger and lightly touched the wall of the cup, then looked at the waiter and said politely.

"Can I borrow a whiteboard from the office next door? And a marker."

"Good sir."

Watching the waiter leave quickly, Lu Zhou looked at the confused Professor Felix and continued.

"Just what you said, you must have ten thousand reasons to refute me."

"In that case, I will demonstrate it to you."