Chapter 167 Martial Law

In the next month, Lu Zhou's life was very regular. He basically listened to two lectures during the day, and went free after dinner in the evening, or went to the activity room on the R1 floor to play billiards with Senior Brother Yan. Or play card games with a few foreigners in the activity room next door.

This month is probably the most fulfilling month he has lived in this period of time.

Not only can I learn new knowledge every day, but this knowledge is still hard to see in books.

The last time I had this feeling was at an academic conference in Princeton. But that time was just a short day, after all, he was conjecturing about twin primes for the next few days. But this time, it took a month

However, leisure time is always short.

Soon the end of the month came, and the originally loose schedule suddenly became tighter.

Lynn Evans, the leader of the LHCb International Cooperation Group, held a meeting in the largest conference room of CERN, summarized the reports submitted by various research groups, and finally determined the guidelines for the experiment.

Almost half of the elites in the physics world are sitting in this conference room.

It is a great honor that Lu Zhou also attended this meeting as an intern.

But this time he didn't have a chance to speak, he just sat next to Academician Lu and listened.

At the end of the meeting, physicists from various laboratories made supplementary suggestions on the details of the experiment, and Evans also gave a response on behalf of LHCb.

Of course, not only physicists were present, but also people from all walks of life, as well as the major media concerned about this experiment. It has almost become the practice of CERN similar specification meetings to leave more than ten minutes for irrelevant people after the professionals ask questions.

And these questions are generally very interesting...

For example, a British journalist stood up.

"...Hello, Mr. Evans, when we interviewed Otto Rosler, a retired professor of chemistry at the University of Munich, Mr. Rosler expressed his concerns about the collider experiment, saying that the ongoing experiment at CERN may lead to There is a quasar formed inside the earth... something like a black hole, can you give the public a reasonable explanation?"

In the face of the reporter's difficulties, old Mr. Evans is also experienced in many battles, and he answered skillfully.

"On this issue, we have pointed out where his basic mistakes are in the 37 replies to Mr. Rosler one by one. Of course, we also understand that most people like him will not listen. Thousands of people around the world The academics who counted sweated this machine, and we know what we're talking about, unlike this guy. Alright, next."

Another reporter stood up.

"May I ask if the theory produced by the hadron collider experiment may be the theoretical basis for the time machine?"

Evans: "Our job is to test the correctness of the standard model, to study the elementary particles that make up matter, and there is no plan to study the time machine for the time being... I have said countless times, this topic has been handed over to SERN, the next one."

"..."

Listening to those strange questions, Lu Zhou also secretly admired the old man's good temper. If someone amuses himself with so many stupid questions, he must not have the patience to answer them all.

At this time, Academician Lu, who was sitting next to him, tilted his head slightly, and said to the two apprentices, Lu Zhou and Yan Xinjue.

"After today, we may be a little busy, you two pay attention to adjust the time."

Yan Xinjue nodded and said, "Good professor."

As soon as he heard that there was a mission, Lu Zhou suddenly became energetic and asked, "Is there a mission?"

"Of course," Academician Lu nodded, "We're not here to watch the excitement."

Academician Lu did not explain to Lu Zhou in detail what work needs to be done here, but Lu Zhou is not in a hurry. After all, after the test is over, sooner or later, he will tell himself these things.

...

After the meeting, the hadron collider experiment entered the final stage of preparation.

Not only the physicists at CERN, but also the French and Swiss special forces stationed in the nearby town who did not know when they were nervously preparing for the experiment.

In fact, this martial law-like situation started three days ago.

Soldiers temporarily stationed at the entrance of the town will check almost every car entering the town.

As for the several entry and exit points of the Hadron Collider tunnel, they have been temporarily blocked by the established checkpoints, and irrelevant personnel are not allowed to enter, and those who try to approach will be persuaded to leave immediately.

In this way, about a week passed, and soon it was the day when the experiment was restarted.

Senior Brother Yan borrowed a car and took Lu Zhou to the site on the side of the Gex district in Ontario, France, which is also called the "North District" by the CERN staff.

It is worth mentioning that, in fact, the whole experiment does not need to enter and exit the Hadron Collider. Several professional staff members go down the elevator to check the tunnel, and report the situation after confirming that there is no abnormality. button, the researchers stationed at the site collect the data, which can be seen by people sitting tens of kilometers away.

However, according to Senior Brother Yan, it would be a pity not to go to the scene to see what the work he was doing was right. Just happened to borrow a car, so Lu Zhou agreed to his proposal to go out for a walk.

When approaching the North District, the two met the soldiers who were interrogating them, but after showing the relevant documents, they were quickly let through.

Sitting in the car, Lu Zhou looked back at the checkpoint behind him, and asked casually, "Are they here to protect the Hadron Collider?"

While driving, Senior Brother Yan replied casually: "The collider still needs protection? Well, it may look like this to outsiders, but in fact they are not protecting the collider, but the citizens of the two countries."

"……What?"

Holding the steering wheel, Senior Brother Yan shrugged his shoulders: "Every year, some people say that the black hole created by the Hadron Collider may destroy the whole of Europe, and every year when the Hadron Collider experiment is restarted, there will be protests. This year it may be in Paris, and then The French sent in a troop and said they could keep the situation under control when all the unexpected happened...It sounds like French humor, but it seems to be the case."

Lu Zhou couldn't help asking: "How can anyone believe such nonsense?"

"Because CERN always asks for trouble, and hires those unreliable press spokespersons who always say unreliable things at the press conference. I forget the year, it seems to be 2008 or 2007 , their press spokesperson joked proudly at the press conference, saying that the upgraded LHC can even create a miniature black hole by colliding lead ions, but it will automatically disintegrate before it can interact with outside particles... I Guess he might just want to show off how advanced the LHC is, but the media only reported the first half of his sentence."

"and after?"

Senior Brother Yan smiled and said: "Then they successfully made a big news, now almost every year people come here to protest the experiment, and some environmental protection organizations even took action, trying to sneak into the orbit to sabotage the experiment, so as to As for CERN having to hire a bunch of firefighters and go out of their way to get those idiots out of the tracks and then ask how they got in... it's only gotten better lately."

Hearing these coquettish operations, Lu Zhou was secretly speechless.

Sneaking into the Hadron Collider is really life-threatening and impatient to live.

It seems that only one person was hit by the particle beam of the collider in history. Although this man saved his life, the rest of his life was as miserable as the Soviet Russian veteran who returned from Chernobyl.

Not only the high-intensity radiation produced in the experiment, but also the more deadly danger of hypoxia, because the magnetic tracks of the accelerator are all soaked in liquid helium, once a leak occurs, it will quickly fill up the space, and how far you can run depends on your ability. How long can you hold your breath.

In a sense, this is why Lu Zhou didn't choose Mission 3 to make history.