Chapter 174 A Treasure Hunting Map

"WTF?!"

Seeing the person standing on the stage, Kai Ruila, who was sitting in the research team of Syracuse University, her eyes widened in surprise, and she subconsciously swears.

Professor Brunos, who was sitting next to her, frowned and asked.

"What's wrong?"

"nothing……"

Swallowing, Kairila hurriedly reached out to find the notes, hiding her momentary gaffe.

However, the surprise in her heart did not change.

She couldn't imagine that it had only been a month since he hadn't seen him, and he was already standing there.

This kind of contrast is really shocking to her who is also an intern.

On the other side, Luo Wenxuan, who was sitting next to Mr. Edward Witten, also looked at the podium in amazement, and his heart was no less shocked than Yan Xinjue and the others who were sitting more than ten meters away.

Brother Luo couldn't figure it out, how could he stand in that place as a math guy.

Speaking of which, did he really participate in the experiment?

On the other hand, Mr. Edward Witten, who was sitting next to him, didn't have much surprise in his eyes, but was rather interested.

Obviously, he recognized the man on stage.

And at this moment, he is also looking forward to it.

What amazing discoveries will this young man who once shocked everyone in Princeton make here?

...

Standing on the podium, facing the waiting eyes, Lu Zhou took a deep breath, trying to calm his mind and not pay attention to those bigwigs sitting under the stage.

Then, he spoke slowly.

"Let me introduce myself, I am Lu Zhou from Jinling University in China. It is my honor to participate in this kind of international experiment as an intern. It is precisely because of this opportunity that I have the opportunity to discover These interesting phenomena."

Knowing that the bosses don't care about these minutiae at all, Lu Zhou finished his self-introduction as briefly as possible, then pressed the show button on the laser pointer, released the first page of the PPT, and quickly entered the main topic.

"About a month ago, I happened to be at the test site in the North District. When the collider was testing 1TeV level collisions, I observed several extremely special events on the ATLAS detector."

As he said that, Lu Zhou turned the PPT to the next page, pointing to several coordinate points on the Events/mλλ image, "It's right here, isn't it surprising? We observed several extremely special signals at 750GeV."

Sitting under the stage, Peter Higgs grinned at the corner of his mouth. Although he didn't laugh out loud, his expression was clearly disapproving.

"This is the reporter you recommended?"

Frank smiled and said, "That's right."

Peter couldn't help joking: "Then have you ever told him about quantum fluctuation theory? My students and I usually talk about it."

"I know what you're trying to say, think this discovery is worthless," Frank continued, smiling, "Want to bet $100? I bet he can convince you."

Peter looked him over.

"I don't know why you are so confident, but if you continue like this, sooner or later, you will lose all the prize money awarded to you by the Nobel Committee."

Frank smiled nonchalantly at his old friend's ridicule.

"That's not necessarily the case."

...

Seeing the "research results" displayed by Lu Zhou, the people sitting in the audience didn't take it seriously, and even let out a few imperceptible chuckles.

Although the sound was not easy to detect, it was extremely ear-piercing to the reporter's ears.

There is no doubt that most people are not convinced by this little data collected while testing the track.

Although a few isolated cases seem a bit abrupt, they are not worth noting. Because there is a very classic "quantum uncertainty theorem" in quantum mechanics, which can perfectly explain this phenomenon-that is, it is allowed to randomly generate a small amount of energy in pure space, as long as the energy regenerates in a short time Return to disappear.

Only a few people showed expressions of interest.

However, Lu Zhou had expected this situation, so he didn't take it to heart, and continued to speak without changing his face.

"I know that some people will react subconsciously. This must be a two-photon signal, or an error within the allowable range, such as what you think of as quantum fluctuations."

"So, I deliberately found the data from the 12-year search for the Higgs particle, analyzed it using statistical methods, and established a probability model."

After speaking, Lu Zhou continued to press the projection button.

In the next instant, the curtain was filled with dense formulas.

In fact, a similar phenomenon has already been reflected in the 12-year data, and it has appeared on both ATLAS and CMS detectors. If all of this is just a coincidence, then this coincidence is a bit too deliberate.

And this is his biggest theoretical fulcrum!

After looking at the steps displayed on the PPT, Lu Zhou put his hands on the podium and continued with affirmative tone.

"I checked the data in this section again, and confirmed that under the selection condition of the two-photon channel spin2 on the ATLAS detector, the results of various variable responses can be determined, and there must be collisions in this energy region."

"According to the probability model behind me, I can say with certainty that if the data collected by ATLAS and CMS detectors are correct, when the samples are accumulated to a sufficient number, there will definitely be a 750GeV energy region. A characteristic peak appears!"

"Maybe it's a new and heavier Higgs particle, maybe it's a graviton, maybe it's just a two-photon signal, all possibilities exist, even..."

Pausing for a moment, Lu Zhou glanced around the venue that had become silent at some point, took a deep breath, and continued.

"Even, it may be the last piece of the puzzle we have been looking for."

"That supersymmetric particle!"

The audience was silent.

For this unexpected reversal, people's faces were full of surprise.

At first, almost everyone thought that this data was worthless, but after seeing the demonstration process on the curtain... Many people have a little doubt in their hearts about the subconscious conclusion they made earlier.

If the number of samples accumulates to a sufficiently large value, the probability of this characteristic peak appearing is as high as 84.5%. Although this characteristic peak does not necessarily mean that a brand new particle will inevitably appear, it already has the value of research.

This discovery seems to...

interesting?

Sitting in the back row of the conference room, Luo Wenxuan looked at the formulas on the curtain in amazement, quickly checking the correctness of these formulas in his mind.

But obviously someone was one step ahead of him.

This person is the Fields Medalist sitting next to him——Edward Witten.

"He's right." Without moving a word in the notebook, he kept staring at Witten on the curtain and nodded in approval, "At least he's right in mathematics."

A trace of surprise appeared on Senior Brother Luo's face, and he asked subconsciously.

"You mean, he discovered a whole new particle?"

"I didn't say that, neither mathematicians nor physicists can directly see the particles in the microscopic world," Witten shrugged and said with a smile, "Only the collider can discover the particles, and we theorists All I can do is to draw a treasure map for those real 'treasure hunters'."

But that alone is actually enough.

Applause gradually sounded.

Then, from a certain corner of the venue, it spread to the surroundings, tearing apart the silence of the last second.

Listening to the applause pouring in like a tide, Lu Zhou could even feel the beating heart in his chest.

The situation is clear.

Regardless of whether the characteristic peak at 750GeV means a treasure, regardless of the sensitivity of detectors such as ATLAS and CMS, whether the treasure can be found in the end, his persistence has always prevented CERN from missing it—or discovering this clue in advance.

As far as he is concerned, the efforts of the past month have not been in vain.

As for something more distant, he has not considered it for the time being.

Amid the applause, Lu Zhou showed a smile on his face, and finally let go of his clenched fist.

Facing the thunderous applause, he bowed slightly.

Then, he turned and walked down the stage.