Faced with a rare thorny issue in ten years, Louis Johnson certainly couldn't make his own decision.
He quickly reported the matter to the editor-in-chief Solon.
Solon is the editor-in-chief of "Science-Physics" and one of the core figures of "Science" magazine. He has a very accurate grasp of the trend of international physics.
'Wind direction' does not refer to academic direction or research direction. In a certain program, it can be understood as 'political direction'.
Scientists differ from country to country, and academics also differ from country to country.
International science and technology in various fields have always been dominated by Europe and the United States.
In recent years, influenced by Wang Hao's personal achievements, the dominance in the fields of mathematics and physics has changed.
In the field of physics, the greatest impact is in the field of superconducting technology and theoretical physics.
In the field of superconducting technology, competition is very fierce, because the semi-topological theory related to superconducting has basically become perfect, and naturally there is nothing that can be changed.
Theoretical physics is different.
Annihilation theory replaced string theory and became the most important physical theory in the international physics community.
Annihilation theory was created by Wang Hao personally. He also shaped the foundation of annihilation theory and provided a platform for theoretical development to allow more physicists to participate.
In the past two years, annihilation theory has developed tremendously, with research in many fields and thousands of related research papers.
When a physical theory develops rapidly and expands rapidly, a 'school' will naturally form within it.
Two major schools of annihilation theory have gradually formed in the world.
One is the Eastern faction headed by Wang Hao, and the other is the relatively loose European and American faction.
At present, there are no differences in academic directions between the two schools. They both conduct research based on the foundation created by Wang Hao. However, the competition between them is very fierce.
For example, some academic journals have been counting how many papers related to the annihilation theory there are in the Oriental School, and what the total impact factor is; how many papers there are in Europe and the United States, and what the total impact factor is.
Now the Eastern school still has the absolute advantage, because Wang Hao's research papers are very influential, and he alone even surpasses the entire European and American school.
However, the number and level of scholars participating in research from Europe and the United States are stronger, and they are slowly catching up.
The study of annihilation theory and the competition between Eastern and European schools are the "political direction" of the international physics community.
Solon is very clear about the importance of 'political direction'. European and American factions, whether they are countries or individuals, hope to regain dominance in the direction of physical theory research.
After learning that Parsons and Wang Hao had submitted papers at the same time and that their research contents were in direct conflict, he immediately knew what to do.
First of all, Wang Hao’s paper must be published.
Parsons’ paper was not rejected directly, but entered the normal review process, that is, it was reviewed by peers.
If the paper has no obvious problems, it can be approved for publication normally.
After Solon made his decision, he also mentioned Louis Johnson, "Of course we cannot reject Parsons' paper. Ledley Parsons is one of the most influential scholars of annihilation theory."
"This is the study of dark matter."
"String theory also has an explanation for dark matter, but no one can prove it right or wrong."
"Do you understand it?"
Louis Johnson thought and suddenly realized, "Whether it is correct or wrong, we have no way to verify it."
"So the review will proceed as normal and the publication will proceed as normal, right?"
Solon shook his head and said, "You still haven't grasped the key factor. The most important thing is that Parsons is a professor at Florida State University."
"If this paper was written by an Oriental scholar, we could directly reject it because it is contrary to Wang Hao's research."
"But Parsons was not an Orientalist and was personally very influential."
"So, what does it matter if you add a theoretical research paper that cannot be proven?"
Now Johnson understood.
…
The level of Parsons's paper is still very high. There are no problems with the mathematical structure and logical framework, and it does not conflict with existing physics. It is also a study done eagerly on the annihilation theory.
Its papers not only passed peer review, but also received very high ratings.
Greg Howson, a well-known theoretical physicist at Harvard University, commented, "This study provides an in-depth analysis of dark matter and answers some previously unexplained questions."
"The research is of great significance to the development of annihilation theory..."
Greg Howlson is personally very influential. He is a supporter of cosmology and has also done research on string theory. Later, he focused on the direction of quantum field theory and stood on the opposite side of string theory.
Now he turned to study the theory of annihilation.
In other words, Greg Howerson has worked in many directions. He has no academic loyalty and only regards the study of physical theories as his job. But the most important thing is that whether it is cosmology, string theory, or quantum fields, He has published academic papers in top journals on both theory and annihilation theory.
This is the most surprising thing, and it is a testament to the excellence of Greg Howson.
soon.
The journal Science-Physics has published a new issue.
When some scholars browsed the contents of the new issue, they noticed two papers with directly conflicting contents.
They were immediately shocked.
International public opinion soon became a hot topic, "The journal Science-Physics actually published two directly conflicting papers, one of which is correct and the other is definitely wrong."
"Why would they do that? Doesn't that mean there must be a wrong research paper?"
"One author is Parsons and the other is Wang Hao? A direct confrontation between the No. 3 figure in the Annihilation Theory and the No. 1 figure..."
"This is definitely the biggest news in the international physics community this year."
"Science" magazine will certainly not let public opinion ferment. Their spokesperson explained this, "Both papers passed the review and we were unable to find any problems."
"In addition, research in theoretical physics is not absolutely correct."
"We decided to publish both papers after careful discussion."
'There is no absolute correctness in theoretical physics', one sentence is enough to explain the problem.
There may be a lot of theoretical physics research in top journals every year, such as string theory-related research. Many of them appear in top physics journals, and no one can guarantee their accuracy.
It is understandable that papers with direct conflicting content are being published now.
It's all theoretical physics anyway.
In addition, the authors of the paper are also the focus of public opinion. One is the third figure in annihilation theory, Ladley Parsons, and the other is Wang Hao, the founder of annihilation theory.
Whose study is correct?
A huge controversy occurred in the international physics community.
If it were other research, most scholars would definitely support Wang Hao, because Wang Hao's personal influence is so great that Parsons is simply not comparable.
It's like a college student and a primary school student doing the same math problem. Even if they don't look at the answer, many people tend to believe that the college student is correct.
However, Wang Hao's research conclusion is indeed difficult to accept, because he believes that dark matter is not in the system of annihilation theory.
Brooks Parker, professor of physics at Oxford University, analyzed, "Dark matter is not in the system of annihilation theory. There are two situations."
"One is that dark matter does not exist."
"The other is that dark matter is a product of high dimensions and will not be affected by the annihilation force."
"The latter situation is consistent with the analytical conclusion of string theory, but I believe Wang Hao himself is more inclined to the non-existence of dark matter."
This is obvious.
There is a fundamental conflict between annihilation theory and string theory. How could Wang Hao believe in string theory's analysis of dark matter?
especially……
String theory's analysis of dark matter sounds too fantastical. The concept of the so-called 'brane universe' is difficult to gain much recognition in the theoretical physics community.
The general view of many scholars is that the analysis of string theory is only a "barely reasonable" explanation. When there is a better explanation, they will be more willing to believe in the new explanation in the future.
Therefore, many people are more willing to believe in Parsons' research.
Parsons analyzed dark matter based on the annihilation theory, and even related it to the Higgs field theory, answering some previously unanswerable questions, which made it relatively easier to gain recognition.
Of course, there are many scholars who are more willing to believe Wang Hao.
Wang Hao's research conclusion can be understood to a certain extent that dark matter does not exist, and the non-existence of dark matter can also explain why there have been no discoveries related to dark matter until now.
Of course, another problem also arises -
How to explain the huge differences in the masses of galaxies in astronomy?
…
As a party involved in theoretical research, Ladeli-Parsons knew that his research conflicted with Wang Hao, and he suddenly felt very flustered.
He was not as convinced of his research as others thought.
Even say...
Parsons was so sure that his research was wrong, more than 99% of the time.
Because his research was made up...
Although he compiled it very rigorously and did not conflict with existing physics, and also used the framework of the annihilation theory, what he compiled was just made up, so how could he have fought for it?
It wasn't until he found that many people supported his research that Parsons breathed a sigh of relief and found a little bit of confidence.
"yes!"
"This is theoretical research, who can say it's wrong?"
"As long as the mistake is not discovered in a short period of time, Wang Hao may not be completely correct. He actually said that dark matter does not exist?"
Parsons became more confident thinking about it.
Dark matter does not exist?
Of course, many people will object to this conclusion, because some teams have been working hard to find dark matter.
There are also some physicists who specialize in studying the issue of dark matter.
Now tell them dark matter doesn't exist? Of course they don't want to believe it.
These people will definitely believe in their research results more, and they will work harder to find evidence for the existence of dark matter.
As for finding it or not...
That has nothing to do with you!
Parsons felt relaxed thinking about it, but he was still a little nervous. He felt like he had deceived the whole world, but as long as no one could expose it, he had completed a top-level theoretical physics research.
the other side.
Wang Hao did not expect that publishing a research result would directly conflict with other people?
Coming to Derry Parsons?
He seems to be a very good theoretical physicist, right? Based on the annihilation theory, he also analyzed the big bang problem...
"However, his research this time was wrong."
Wang Hao is very sure.
His biggest advantage is that he can grasp the right direction, and every research he does can be sure to be correct.
Since Parsons's research conflicts with his own, then the other party's research must be wrong.
Wang Hao didn't care about international public opinion. He had been doing follow-up research with Helen and Chen Mengmeng, and had determined the main direction and even reached a conclusion.
"If dark matter doesn't exist, why are there huge differences in the masses of galaxies?"
"Because of the influence of high-intensity annihilation force."
"I believe that there will be high-intensity annihilation forces in galaxies, and high-intensity annihilation forces will weaken the external behavior of matter."
"This is what you have to do next."
For example, a galaxy has a mass of x, but due to the influence of a high-intensity annihilation force, the galaxy only exhibits physical properties of If it loses 90%, it will directly lose 90% of its mass. It is considered that there is dark matter that cannot be discovered.
Wang Hao made a summary of the general direction, but he had no intention of continuing to participate in the research. The most he could do was to provide guidance to Helen and Chen Mengmeng.
Because a clear direction has been found and a conclusion has even been determined, the follow-up will be purely theoretical research. Based on the annihilation theory, the impact of high-intensity annihilation force on particle shape will be constructed and explained using mathematical means.
This research is indeed very high-end, but for him personally, it has no practical significance and will take a long time.
Therefore, he decided to hand over the research to Helen and Chen Mengmeng, allowing them to grasp the direction and produce results together, and provide targeted guidance when encountering big problems that cannot be overcome.
This is the job of a doctoral supervisor.
As for the controversy in public opinion, Wang Hao didn't care at all. Parsons could not be called an opponent at his level, and there was no need for him to do anything personally.
Helen and Chen Mengmeng are definitely no worse than Parsons.
Wang Hao said with great anticipation, "This research is enough to serve as the main content of a doctoral thesis."
Helen and Chen Mengmeng nodded seriously and continued their research with determination.
Wang Hao began to think about a more important question - how to create high-intensity annihilation force?
He has always firmly believed that high-intensity annihilation force will be the most important and iconic research in the development of science and technology. Its role is no less than that of annihilation theory in theoretical physics and semi-topological theory in superconducting mechanisms.
So how to create high-intensity annihilation force?
The only breakthrough Wang Hao can think of is anti-gravity research.
Antigravity research can create areas with weakened annihilation force, but conversely, can it also create areas with high-strength annihilation force?
Although it sounds reasonable, from the perspective of the theoretical basis of technology, there is no correlation.
Anti-gravity technology, that is, the technology to create a region that weakens the annihilation force, has a very complex underlying technical principle, which involves the microstructure and semi-topology of the conductor, as well as the field force effects caused by electron wave conduction in condensed matter physics.
The former is the key.
The lowest logical basis is still the effect of semi-topological microscopic form and annihilation force, which can be simply understood as 'action and reaction'.
The annihilation force acts on the semi-topological microscopic morphology, and the microscopic morphology will produce a certain reaction, and together they form a region that weakens the annihilation force.
Because the effect of anti-gravity is 'reaction', the intensity of 'reaction' will certainly not exceed the intensity of 'action'.
For example, if the action strength is 1, the reaction strength can only be less than 1. No matter how high it is, it will only be infinitely close to 1. No matter how low it is, it will only be lower than 0. Therefore, it is impossible to increase the action strength (annihilation force strength).
What we are currently studying is to enhance the strength of the annihilation force. The effect is completely opposite. The theoretical mechanism similar to 'action and reaction' naturally makes no sense.
Wang Hao spent a lot of time thinking and found that it was really difficult to find inspiration when thinking by himself. He simply went to the Antigravity Behavior Research Center and posed the question to He Yi, Xiang Qiansheng and others.
"Let's all think about it together..."
"The current research is on how to create a region that enhances the annihilation force, or to come up with a method to enhance the annihilation force, combined with anti-gravity experiments. You can write down any ideas you have and share them."
He Yi and Xiang Qiansheng rolled their eyes. They were doing anti-gravity research and looking for technology to weaken the annihilation force.
Enhance the power of annihilation?
That's not an anti-gravity experiment, but a weight gain experiment!
Of course, they also knew that the research on enhancing the annihilation power was definitely of great significance, both from a theoretical perspective and from an applied technology perspective, so they still helped to think hard.
That of course leads nowhere.
Wang Hao simply let them think about it slowly. After returning to the Mason Digital Laboratory, he suddenly saw Ding Zhiqiang who was seriously facing the computer screen and constantly operating the mouse and keyboard.
Ding Zhiqiang is obviously very serious at this time, and at the same time, relaxation and happiness can be seen on his face?
"You can still be so relaxed while doing research. You are really born to do scientific research!"
Wang Hao had a 100% positive attitude towards Ding Zhiqiang. He waited at the door for a long time. It was not until he noticed that Ding Zhiqiang's eyes were no longer looking at the screen that he shouted, "Xiao Ding!"
Ding Zhiqiang trembled all over, raised his head and saw Wang Hao, and suddenly stood up.
After standing up, he secretly stepped on the power switch, and immediately felt annoyed, "It seems that the files recorded in the morning were not saved, and I don't know if they can still be found in the cloud storage..."
He walked to the door depressed and shouted, "Teacher Wang!"
Wang Hao saw that Ding Zhiqiang was a little lackluster and said with concern, "Research is important, but don't be too tired."
"Um."
Ding Zhiqiang quickly agreed.
"Come with me." Wang Hao called Ding Zhiqiang to his office, and then got to the topic directly.
Anti-gravity experiment!
Find ways to enhance the power of annihilation!
He explained what he was thinking about in detail, and looked at Ding Zhiqiang with burning eyes, hoping that his best student could help find some inspiration.
Ding Zhiqiang was stunned.
Although he has been following Wang Hao for several years, the research he participated in was calculations related to semi-topological theory. He had never participated in anti-gravity experiments or studied annihilation theory.
In addition, his main research interests are algebraic geometry and partial differential equations.
Now let him think about how to enhance the annihilation power?
Isn't this nonsense?
Ding Zhiqiang's expression remained motionless, as if he was really thinking, but he was already cursing in his heart.
As a PhD student in pure mathematics, how can he think about how to complete a physical phenomenon that "temporarily only exists in hypotheses"?
The hypothesis of this physical phenomenon does not even have theoretical support.
Ding Zhiqiang took a deep breath and suppressed the depression in his heart.
Thinking about how I was half-playing the game just now, I was so frightened that I immediately turned off the power, and then I was asked such a weird question...
He said with a sad face, "Mr. Wang, I really can't think of it! I major in partial differential equations and algebraic geometry, and I don't understand physics at all..."
"I know."
After hearing this, Wang Hao nodded and said with understanding, "This question is indeed difficult for you!"
Ding Zhiqiang was immediately moved and felt that Teacher Wang Hao finally understood him.
"How about this."
Wang Hao thought for a while and said, "Go back and think about it carefully. You don't have any ideas now. Maybe you will have one tomorrow. Use your imagination that is beyond ordinary people."
"Write down all your thoughts, write a three thousand word report on your thoughts, and submit it to me next Monday."
"——??"
Ding Zhiqiang stood there in a daze, and it took him a long time to react. He said helplessly, "Okay, I understand."
Then, with a staggering step, he turned and left.
When he walked out of the office door, Ding Zhiqiang couldn't help it any longer and rubbed the corners of his eyes hard, then wiped them all on his head.
Thinking back on the experiences of the past few years, and then thinking about how hard it was to find time today, I downloaded a game to relax and play, and then I was called over to hand over a 'Three Thousand Words Idea Assignment'.
At this moment, Ding Zhiqiang felt that his outlook on life had been sublimated, and he finally understood that sentence--
When a man tears, he doesn't shed them easily.
It’s just that I haven’t reached the sad point yet!
