Yanjing, Tsinghua University faculty and staff apartment.
After Si Wenbo put his daughter to sleep, he quietly returned to the study.
Sitting in front of the computer, I looked at the time and saw that it was already nine o'clock in the evening.
Recently, with the breakthrough of plasma EUV light source, their research on synchrotron radiation EUV light source has come to an end.
To be honest, he was a little disappointed that the EUV lithography machine did not use synchrotron radiation EUV light source, but he understood that after all, synchrotron radiation EUV light source consumes too much energy.
Reality stood in front of him and he could only give up.
During this period, he and his scientific research team have been selecting topics and redefining research topics.
Because they have done in-depth research on the energy saving of synchrotron radiation EUV light sources, that is, energy recovery.
They initially determined the research topic and the energy collection and conversion of electromagnetic waves.
He and his scientific research team are very optimistic about this topic, after all, electromagnetic waves are everywhere.
In fact, it has been widely used in reality, the largest of which is photovoltaic power generation.
To put it bluntly, what they want to do is to improve the efficiency of photovoltaic power generation panels, that is, solar power generation panels.
Of course, they are not only studying these, but also the collection and conversion of electromagnetic wave energy at specific wavelengths.
They study these because the related technologies can be applied quickly.
Such as the energy recovery of synchrotron radiation devices, the energy recovery of related colliders such as the Large Hadron Collider, and the energy conversion of controllable nuclear fusion devices.
These are still small-scale applications.
Large ones include solar power generation, space solar power generation, etc.
Among them, he is most optimistic about space solar power generation.
At present, the "ZhuLight Project" research team led by Academician Zhao Guoan of Northwest University of Electronic Science and Technology has completed the world's first full-link and full-system space solar station ground verification system.
They communicated with Academician Zhao Guoan and cooperated in research on the energy collection and conversion of electromagnetic waves.
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Si Wenbo was thinking while writing a project report on "Energy Collection and Transformation of Electromagnetic Waves".
Just when he was engrossed in writing, his wife Weng Yuzhen's voice sounded behind him: "What time is it and you still can't go to bed!"
Si Wenbo looked at the time and said, "Have you been busy lately? I won't be back until almost ten o'clock."
His wife Weng Yuzhen, like him, is a professor at Tsinghua University. The difference is that he studied physics and his wife studied biology.
"Well! I'm doing an important experiment recently and will be busy for a while." Weng Yuzhen sat on the chair next to her a little tiredly, "Please pay more attention to my daughter during this time, I can't take care of her."
"Okay!" Si Wenbo nodded, "You go to bed early! I'll write for a while."
"Well! Don't do it too late." Weng Yuzhen said and left the study.
Si Wenbo continued to write the project report. Suddenly, his cell phone rang twice, and then his computer rang twice.
At first glance, it was the same message. I received an email from the national preprint service system for reviewing the paper.
He works part-time as a non-staff reviewer for the National Preprint Service System, and his tasks are not heavy. He only reviews two or three papers a week on average.
The review of preprints is not like the review of published papers. As long as it is not written blindly and complies with relevant laws and regulations, it will generally pass the review.
As long as it passes the review, the paper can appear in the database of the National Preprint Service System and can be queried through the official website of the National Preprint Service System.
He clicked on his mailbox and found two papers.
I opened the first paper and spent a quarter of an hour reading it to make sure it passed the review.
I opened the second paper and glanced at the title "On the Manipulation of Atoms by Electromagnetic Waves."
After looking at the corresponding author and first author, he was stunned.
"Su Zhe! This..."
"The unit is the Optical Lens Research Center of Shangling University. This... Su Zhezheng and Bao Zhengyi are researching new polishing technology. How come they publish a paper?" Si Wenbo muttered.
With doubts, he read Su Zhe's personal introduction. Yes, it was the Su Zhe he knew.
Puzzled, he began to read the text of the paper.
As he looked at it, his whole body fell into it.
Hydrogen atoms in a specific state absorb X-rays with a wavelength of 1.25 nanometers and then release X-rays with a wavelength of 0.02 nanometers, and the trajectory of the hydrogen atoms changes: Hydrogen atoms in a specific state absorb X-rays with a wavelength of 0.8 nanometers and then release X-rays with a wavelength of 2.38 nanometers, and the trajectory of the hydrogen atoms changes. Variety
Questions arise from these two sets of phenomena.
Through calculation and comparison, heavy photons were introduced and the XX-hydrogen atom vibration model and XX-2.38-hydrogen atom vibration model were built.
Then it was expanded from the XX-hydrogen atom vibration model, XX-2.38-hydrogen atom vibration model to the hydrogen atom vibration model, and finally to the ZGZ-atom vibration model.
Seeing this, Si Wenbo jumped up excitedly and shouted: "This... this... a big discovery! A big discovery!"
After shouting, he patiently continued to read. When he saw the introduction of heavy photons and the method of finding heavy photons, he became even more excited.
He saw an opportunity, a chance to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Stand up and put the phone on the table into your pocket.
He wants to summon all the scientific researchers in the scientific research team to prove whether this paper is correct in the shortest possible time. He wants to design experiments to confirm the existence of heavy photons.
He just turned around and saw his wife Weng Yuzhen walking into the study with sleepy eyes.
"It's already midnight, and you're still not sleeping. What's more, what you yelled in the middle of the night woke up my daughter." Weng Yuzhen complained.
"Honey! Big discovery, big discovery!" Si Wenbo hugged Weng Yuzhen excitedly.
"Keep your voice down! Don't disturb your daughter." Weng Yuzhen pushed Si Wenbo away, "Don't get excited and speak slowly."
"I just reviewed a paper, which was a preprinted copy by Su Zhefa. In the paper..." Si Wenbo lowered his voice and quickly explained the importance of this paper and what he would do next.
"Su Zhe! A great discovery that can win the Nobel Prize in Physics... It has been confirmed that the heavy photon in the paper can also win the Nobel Prize in Physics... You have to convene a scientific research team in the middle of the night to demonstrate the paper, this..." Weng Yuzhen was very happy surprise.
"Honey! I won't talk to you anymore. I want to buy time. I'm going to the laboratory." After Si Wenbo finished speaking, he left in a hurry.
"Slow down on the road and be careful when walking." When Weng Yuzhen chased her to the living room, the entrance door was already closed.
Returning to the bedroom, she saw that her daughter was asleep. She murmured in a low voice, "Some time ago, there was a rumor on the Internet that Su Zhe will win the Nobel Prize in Physics in two or three years. It seems to be true... A genius like Su Zhe, The school actually gave up when the school committee members said that her husband was exaggerating. If Su Zhe really wanted to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, it would be a slap in the face. That's the kind of thing..."
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Si Wenbo just went downstairs and on the way to the laboratory, he took out his mobile phone and called the heads of each group of the scientific research team, asking them to summon all the scientific researchers of the scientific research team to come to the laboratory.
After making five or six phone calls, he came to the Synchrotron Radiation EUV Light Source Research Laboratory.
Turn on the lighting in the laboratory.
Turn on his office computer, log in to his email, and download the paper "On the Manipulation of Atoms by Electromagnetic Waves" written by Su Zhe.
Then use three printers to print the paper simultaneously.
While he was printing the paper, scientific researchers began to come to the laboratory one after another.
Within half an hour, a total of fifty-one people, including him, were present.
He held a brief meeting.
Listening to Si Wenbo's account, these researchers were shocked.
The men became excited after learning that their goal was the Nobel Prize in Physics.
After that, fifty-one people began to demonstrate the paper "On the Manipulation of Atoms by Electromagnetic Waves" written by Su Zhe.
They calculated and demonstrated bit by bit according to the ideas of the paper.
Starting from the model built by conventional methods, followed by the XX-hydrogen atom vibration model and the XX-2.38-hydrogen atom vibration model.
To the later hydrogen atom vibration model and ZGZ-atom vibration model.
Finally, they demonstrated a method for finding heavy photons.
After finishing these arguments, the time has come to nine o'clock in the morning.
In the synchrotron radiation EUV light source research laboratory, a group of scientific researchers gathered together to give a report.
"Our group demonstrated the XX-hydrogen atom vibration model and found no obvious errors. It has been preliminarily determined that the XX-hydrogen atom vibration model is correct."
"What we demonstrated was the XX-2.38-hydrogen atom vibration model, and the results were the same."
"Although the hydrogen atom vibration model and the ZGZ-atom vibration model only have a large framework, they are very reasonable."
"We have evaluated the verification experiment for searching for heavy photons. Under our current conditions, it will take a month if it is slower. If it is faster, we can complete the XX-hydrogen atom vibration model and XX-2.38-hydrogen atom in half a month. Verification experiments of vibration models and searching for the existence of heavy photons.”
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Si Wenbo listened to everyone's reports and was extremely excited. At the same time, he lamented how evil Su Zhe was.
After the demonstration of their scientific research team, the correctness of Su Zhe's paper can be determined.
Based on the phenomena observed by Su Zhe and the discovery of heavy photons, this means that Su Zhe is guaranteed to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.
This reminded him of the members of the school committee who rejected his proposal and specially recruited Su Zhe.
He shook his head helplessly.
After this paper is made public, those members of the school committee will probably regret it, as well as those members of the YSU school committee.
Having said that, Su Zhe is so awesome.
In just a short period of time, the school committee members have been slapped twice in the face.
This time is different. This time the faces of the school committee members are going to be swollen.
Thinking of this, he suddenly realized that something had not been done and Su Zhe's paper had not been reviewed. This...
He looked at the scientific researchers and shouted: "This is our opportunity. We must prepare the experiment as quickly as possible. If we prove the existence of heavy photons, our team will win the Nobel Prize in Physics. We..."
As he was speaking, he saw his student Zhang Wenlin raise his hand, "What's the matter? Tell me."
"Teacher! It is difficult to prove the heavy photon experiment, but it is not too difficult. As far as I know, the Optical Lens Research Center of Shangling University has the conditions to do such an experiment. I suspect that they have already done such an experiment. It is very likely that The results have come out and we are waiting for the opportunity to publish the paper, so... so we..." Zhang Wenlin explained.
"This... is really possible!" Si Wenbo was dazzled by the Nobel Prize in Physics before. He calmed down and thought about it. As his student said, the Optical Lens Research Center of Shanling University had the conditions to conduct such an experiment.
Nobel Prize in Physics! Who would let it go in vain.
He thought for a while and said, "Everyone, wait a minute. I'll make a call and ask."
With that said, he took out his mobile phone and dialed Professor Bao Zhengyi Bao's number.
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Europe Lunden.
"Nature" journal headquarters.
Calvin finished his morning tea and returned to his office.
At this time, he was in a very bad mood because he had just talked about chips and lithography machines with his colleagues.
A research center in Asia that was established less than two years ago has developed advanced ion beam polishing technology, processed more advanced lenses, and created optical lenses that are compatible with EUV lithography machines.
In addition, they have made a breakthrough in plasma EUV light source technology.
After breaking through these two key problems, they were able to manufacture EUV lithography machines completely independently.
As for the impact, the entire chip manufacturing market will undergo disruptive changes.
It's started now.
Thinking of this, he woke up the computer and started his treasure hunt.
Look for valuable papers among the many papers sent by unknown scientific researchers.
A quarter of an hour later, he had already completed the rejection of three papers.
As a veteran in the editorial department of Nature, he is very good at reviewing manuscripts. He just looks at the person, the unit, the title, and the beginning of the text.
He clicked on a new paper. The corresponding author and the first author were the same person, suzhe!
When he saw Su Zhe's introduction, he was surprised. Su Zhe turned out to be a high school student from Nanmen No. 1 Middle School.
He glanced at his unit, the Optical Lens Research Center of Shangling University.
never heard of that.
Looking at the title, it took me a while to understand it.
At this time, he had no patience to read the text because he felt it was unnecessary.
He started writing rejection emails.
"Dear young man! Thank you for your submission, because..."
After writing this, he stopped and re-read the unit he filled in in the paper: Optical Lens Research Center of Shangling University.
He remembered that this was the research center that had developed advanced ion beam polishing technology less than two years after its establishment.
Unsure, he also searched past news reports.
It is definitely this research center.
After that, he began to read the main text of the paper seriously.
I saw that hydrogen atoms absorb and release electromagnetic waves, and the movement trajectory of hydrogen atoms changes.
After reading these two sets of phenomena, he knew that this paper was not simple.
As he looked at it, he felt a little strenuous. One reason was that there were a lot of new vocabulary in the paper. Even if there was a detailed explanation of the new vocabulary at the back of the paper, it would inevitably affect reading.
He expressed his understanding of the new vocabulary. After all, there were many new concepts and new definitions in the paper. The existing vocabulary could not express them accurately, so he could only create new words.
As for the second reason why it is difficult to watch, it is because his understanding ability cannot keep up.
As a Ph.D. in physics, he became the editor of the journal "Nature" because his ability was not outstanding. If he had outstanding ability, he would prefer to do scientific research instead of sitting in the office reviewing manuscripts.
Thinking about it, he called Louis, a member of the editorial team and his doctoral supervisor.
You must know that his teacher Louis is a master of physics. He participated in the design and construction of the European Hadron Collider and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics.
As time goes by, his teacher will win the Nobel Prize in Physics sooner or later.
After making the call, his teacher Louis rushed over quickly.
After arriving, I didn’t just follow him blindly and read the paper directly.
He found that his teacher became more and more excited as he watched.
An hour later, his teacher called him in front of him.
Half an hour later, he, his teacher, and his teacher's scientific research team, a total of eighty-seven people, appeared in a large conference room in the editorial department.
His teacher announced that he was going all out to demonstrate the thesis.
Afterwards, person No. 86 got busy. He was the only one wandering around with nothing to do, watching everyone excitedly busy.
One hour, two hours, three hours...
The time came to two o'clock in the morning, and he almost took a nap. His teacher and everyone were still busy.
At this time, he also guessed that this paper was unusual and must have made important discoveries, otherwise his teacher would not have made such an effort.
Just as he was thinking about it, his teacher Louis walked up to him and said with a smile: "Calvin! It's getting late, you go back to bed!"
"Okay! Teacher!" Calvin stood up.
"By the way! You haven't passed the preliminary review of this paper yet! It passed directly. I will take over the next peer review as a reviewer. I will use experiments to confirm the theory in the paper." Lewis said with a smile on his face.
"Teacher! There is no need to use experiments to verify it! Isn't this cost too much?" Calvin looked puzzled.
"Calvin! You don't understand this... I won't say any more. You should go back and rest early! But you must pass the preliminary review of this paper before you rest." Lewis reminded.
"I understand, teacher! I'm leaving!" Calvin said and left the conference room.
Seeing Calvin leave, Louis shouted to everyone in the conference room: "Everyone, please work harder! As long as we prove the correctness of the theory in the paper, and give us three more days, we can use experiments to confirm the theory of heavy photons." If it exists, we will definitely win next year’s Nobel Prize in Physics.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire conference room cheered.
"This is the Nobel Prize in Physics delivered to your door. If you don't win, you won't get it."
"That's it! That's it! You can win next year's Nobel Prize in Physics in three days. It's so worth it."
"Unlike our previous discoveries, we had to queue up and didn't know when we would get it...this time it's pie in the sky!"
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