Chapter 659 The Answer Is in Your Hands

Switzerland.

CERN headquarters.

In the coffee shop in the rest area, sitting on the sofa with crossed legs, Witten read the paper in his hand while drinking black coffee without sugar.

Sitting across from him was Jaffe.

I saw that the old man was resting his hands on the table with his fingers crossed, quietly waiting for the old friend sitting across from him to finish the paper in his hand.

As the founder and first director of the Clay Institute, the Millennium Problem of the Yang-Mills equation was something that the two agreed upon during their discussions. Even the description of the problem was written by the two of them. .

Originally used as the finale of the mathematical physics part of the Millennium Puzzle, he has made preparations that no one can solve this problem until the end of the century. However, I never expected that this day would come so suddenly...

I don't know how long it took, Witten finally turned to the last page of the paper.

Noticing this, Jaffe asked.

"finish watching?"

"Almost finished."

"I want to know your opinion."

"His speed is faster than I imagined." Putting down the paper in his hand, Witten took out his mobile phone and glanced at the calendar, smiled and continued, "Forty-one days, I am afraid that only he can do this kind of thing." done."

Jaffe sighed and said, "Don't you have anything more to say besides the speed?"

"Unfortunately, that's all I have," Witten sighed, and after a moment's pause, continued, "We didn't have a definitive conclusion on his last paper, and now he continues to build on it." "

Thinking of this, Witten couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

The international physics community is still arguing over his last research result, and his next research result has appeared in everyone's eyes.

It was the first time he heard that research can run faster than arguments, and the whole world is catching up with him...

"There will be a meeting in meeting room 1 later, the paper he hung on Arxiv... I will mention it at the meeting, although I feel that even if I don't say it, someone else will say it," rolled up his cuffs Glancing at his watch, Witten continued, "Also, no matter what, there must be a result this month regarding the mass gap of the strong interaction."

Jaffe nodded approvingly.

"I think the same as you."

...

Just when CERN was preparing to hold another seminar on the issue of mass gap, the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, far away on the other side of the Eurasian continent, was gradually shrouded in darkness as the dusk set in the sky.

At this time when most people are getting ready to go home from get off work, the lights in several laboratories in a corner of the Institute of Physics are still brightly lit.

Especially the innermost laboratory.

In a room of about 20 to 30 square meters, there are about a dozen researchers sitting. There were documents nearly half a meter high piled up on everyone's desk, and obvious haggardness could be seen on everyone's face.

As the "largest" research center for miniaturized controllable fusion technology in the country, the people sitting here are almost the original team who studied the stellarator device at the beginning, and the fields of specialization cover everything from plasma physics to engineering physics. aspect.

However, this does not bring any advantage to the study of miniaturization of controlled fusion.

It has been more than half a year since the project was established at the beginning of the year, and the research project still has not seen any progress.

As usual, seeing the darkening sky outside the window, Sheng Xianfu went to the coffee machine as if clocking in, and then returned to his desk with a steaming cup of coffee and sat down.

He turned on the computer and retrieved the information obtained from the Institute of Acoustics. Just as he was about to complete today's research plan, the door of the laboratory suddenly opened, and an unexpected person appeared at the door, and went straight to He came over.

"I have something here," Lu Zhou lightly dropped the document in his hand on the desk, and told Sheng Xianfu succinctly, "I hope you can read it in one day... If it is not enough, try to control it as much as possible." In two days."

Sheng Xianfu subconsciously glanced at Lu Zhou, then at the stack of documents on the table.

"This is……"

"Some things that need to be verified through experiments, about the miniaturization of controllable fusion." Lu Zhou glanced at the slightly messy laboratory, paused for a moment, and continued, "In addition, about the questions you asked me a while ago , now I can give you a definite answer."

"High temperature is not the only condition to achieve fusion reaction. It is also possible to achieve it by other methods. As long as we can determine the relationship between the strong interaction force and the electromagnetic force, we can find such a method..."

As he said that, Lu Zhou picked up a marker pen from the table and wrote down a series of formulas on the whiteboard next to him.

Looking at the few lines of calculations on the whiteboard, Sheng Xianfu frowned.

"This is?"

Lu Zhou smiled and continued.

"Equations relating electromagnetism and strong interactions."

"It turns out that the electromagnetic force and the strong interaction force can be unified under the theoretical framework of the quantum Yang Mills field. I could not be sure of this a month ago, but now I have been able to express it mathematically My theory."

The moment he heard these words, Sheng Xianfu was shocked.

"you succeeded?!"

If he remembers correctly, Lu Zhou only solved the problem of the quality gap about a month ago, why is he even now?

Lu Zhou thought for a while and said, "That's right."

Although the theoretical physics community has not yet recognized his research on the mass gap, let alone expressed any views on his "unified theory of strong electricity", but this has no effect on him.

Not to mention that the system has recognized his proof and given an S rating, Lu Zhou is still a little confident about his mathematical ability.

However, although the three words "it's right" were said casually, they sounded like spring thunder to Sheng Xianfu's ears.

Suppressing the shock in his heart, he swallowed and continued, "But even so... how do you plan to apply this theory to our research?"

Applying theoretical results to solve practical problems is sometimes even more difficult than creating the theory. Especially in the field of theoretical physics, the impact on applied technology is often calculated in units of a century. Even if Lu Zhou successfully unified the strong interaction and electromagnetic interaction, Sheng Xianfu is not very optimistic that he can immediately apply this theory. Solve the miniaturization problem of controllable fusion.

"That's why I came here to find you," the right index finger lightly tapped the stack of documents on the table, "I need your help to verify some idealized conjectures."

Stretching out his hand to open the stack of documents, Sheng Xianfu briefly glanced at the content on the document, with a slightly moved expression on his face.

"This is--"

Lu Zhou nodded and said in a serious tone.

"Yes, it is the 'sonoluminescence' you are studying."

Regarding Sheng Xianfu's recent research, it is naturally impossible for Lu Zhou, the dean of the Institute for Advanced Study, to not know about it.

Including the materials he obtained from Professor Chen Weizhong of the King University Institute of Acoustics, including several models he designed and then discarded... Lu Zhou has always learned about these things.

Regarding the principle of sonoluminescence, there is still no definite conclusion in the physics community. Several of the more manifold theories include "the theory of air implosion" and "theory of chemical bond breakage"... Among these many theories, the most impressive What people are fascinated by is probably the "fusion reaction theory".

Looking at the disbelieving Sheng Xianfu, Lu Zhou paused for a moment, then continued.

"I know that you have failed many times, and you even plan to give up... But what I want to say is that your research is not useless, it's just that you haven't found a suitable method."

Sheng Xianfu shook his head bitterly.

"I have tried everything I can do, what else can I try?"

Lu Zhou gave his gaze to the stack of documents in his hand.

"Isn't the answer to this question in your hands?"