After determining that solitary point particles are highly suspected of dark matter.
Xu Yun and Lu Chaoyang did not dare to neglect and immediately rushed to the laboratory where Academician Pan was located.
As for other project team members?
Xu Yun did not restrict their freedom.
This is not to say that Xu Yunduo trusts them, but because re-examination of isolated point particles is not something that can be solved in a few words.
Suppose—suppose haha, someone in the project team really wants to spread this news for personal gain.
The most he or she can do is say a few words about the discovery of dark matter at the University of Science and Technology.
Xu Yun has always had the specific experimental code and the real core data, such as the particle trajectory, in his hands.
Therefore, he is not worried at all that someone will spread the news, even if he brags on WeChat Moments - not to mention how many people in the outside world will believe this kind of behavior, the key is that once his identity is locked, all honors in the future are destined. It has nothing to do with myself.
These people who can join the project team are very smart. They may lack emotional intelligence in dealing with people, but they still have basic judgment.
Therefore, Xu Yun and Lu Chaoyang are really not worried about keeping information confidential.
The laboratory of the project team of Academician Pan and Zhao Zhengguo is not in the co-radiation center, but is located near the anti-field fusion KTX laboratory in the West District. This laboratory has a very nice name:
Chasing the sun.
Because the early purpose of the establishment of this laboratory was to observe and study the many high-energy particles of the sun.
And it's interesting.
The first laboratory director of Zhuyang Laboratory was called Chen Kuafu
However, in 2005, Zhuyang Laboratory was restructured and upgraded. It no longer had a direct director, but was allocated according to needs.
Half an hour later.
Xu Yun and Lu Chaoyang rode their bicycles and rushed to the entrance of Zhuyang Laboratory out of breath.
As a full-time professor at the University of Science and Technology, Lu Chaoyang has a high-authority visitor code and can enter and exit most areas.
In addition, Academician Pan had already greeted them before, so after a simple identity verification, Xu Yun and Lu Chaoyang were put into the laboratory.
Zhuyang Laboratory is a standard particle physics laboratory, with all kinds of equipment buried underground.
Therefore, just like the Same Radiation Experiment Center, the surface area of Zhuyang Laboratory is not large.
The entire laboratory's main building on the ground has only three floors, including lounges and small conference rooms, and the experimental area has only one floor.
However, this is a mere experimental area on the first floor, covering an area of less than fifty square meters, but its style of painting can satisfy the fantasies of almost all science fiction fans:
On one side of the area is a row of main consoles divided into five screens. The densely packed buttons of various colors clearly belong to the realm that only strong people can touch.
Behind the main console, there is a six-layer composite glass.
Behind the glass are hundreds of silver-white precision beam tubes of different thicknesses. Matching the cold colors of the laboratory, it gives off a strong science fiction atmosphere.
When Xu Yun and Lu Chaoyang entered the experimental area.
Academician Pan and Zhao Zhengguo were sitting on two chairs facing each other, lowering their heads and discussing something.
As Xu Yun's senior brother, Lu Chaoyang took the initiative to step forward and said respectfully:
"Teacher, we are here."
"Oh, Xiao Lu and Xiao Xu are here."
Academician Pan nodded to them and pointed to the two chairs beside him:
"Okay, let's all sit down first."
Xu Yun and Lu Chaoyang obeyed.
After taking a seat.
Xu Yun was silent for a moment, glanced at the beam tube at the back, and asked curiously:
"Teacher, have we really discovered dark matter?"
Academician Pan raised his eyelids and glanced at him, with a trace of emotion on his face:
"To be honest, the probability is very, very high."
"After all, it completely conforms to the definition of dark matter in terms of known characteristics, and this degree of conformity even exceeds that of the original neutrino."
"Now we only have the final step of high-precision re-examination to completely determine whether it is dark matter."
"Of course, even if it is finally discovered that the solitary point particle is not the cold dark matter as imagined in WIMP, its value will not be inferior to the neutrino vibration."
"Because it is not a composite particle, but a basic particle."
"In other words, we have to add a new member to our current elementary particle model."
When he said these words, Academician Pan's eyes were a little misty.
In fact, when the solitary point particle was first discovered, he and Zhao Zhengguo both subconsciously thought it was a composite particle because its Lagrangian function was somewhat high.
The results were not discovered until today after further research.
This is actually an elementary particle.
A new type of fundamental particle has a profound impact on the existing physical framework, probably comparable to the discovery of the Higgs particle.
Then Academician Pan paused, thought of something, and looked at Xu Yun again:
"Xiao Xu, you should know the value of this lone point particle, so Mr. Zhao and I want to ask you, do you have any thoughts about it?"
"idea?"
Xu Yun was slightly stunned, but he quickly understood what Academician Pan meant.
to some extent.
This is something that must be discussed after a new substance is discovered.
That is.
Distribution of honors.
I saw Xu Yun thinking for a moment, an inexplicable look flashed in his eyes, and he looked at Academician Pan seriously:
"Teacher, when the relevant content is published in the newspaper, just write the names of you and Academician Zhao in the column of the person in charge. I will give my name a little exposure."
".?"
Xu Yun's answer was obviously beyond the expectations of Academician Pan and Zhao Zhengguo. These two top leaders in the fields of quantum and particle science in China were down for a while before they came back to their senses.
Academician Pan's brows suddenly wrinkled, and a trace of solemnity appeared on his face:
"Xiao Xu, are you serious? You should know the concept of this result."
"This is not simply a matter of ranking between CNS's first and second works, but a discovery that can be recorded in the history of science. It cannot be mentioned too high."
"Although you only provided one particle track for the entire project, without that track, all our subsequent results would be just castles in the air, and it would be impossible to complete such in-depth research."
"Xiao Xu, do you understand what I mean?"
Xu Yun nodded calmly.
After today's experiment, he certainly knows the value of isolated point particles.
Mentioned a long time ago.
Today's physics community can discover five to eight new particles every year, but these particles all belong to the category of composite particles.
Their actual essence is still inseparable from the existing particle model framework.
That is, the four major categories and 61 types of particles mentioned earlier.
The last fundamental particle discovered was back in 2012.
At that time, CERN discovered the legendary God particle, the Higgs particle that transfers mass.
Then in 2013, Higgs won the Nobel Prize.
Further forward is the tau son among leptons, which was discovered in 1975.
In 1995, its discoverer Martin Pell won the Nobel Prize.
There is also the pi meson discovered by Hideki Yukawa.
Although this neon man is very right-wing politically and has made some extremely disgusting remarks.
But in fact, he did discover the pi meson, a brand-new particle, and won the Nobel Prize for it.
So I said it bluntly.
Even if the lone point particle is finally proven not to be dark matter in the standard sense, it will still be eligible for the Nobel Prize.
Anyone else would probably not give up this opportunity.
But Xu Yun was the only exception.
first.
From the perspective of contribution, Xu Yun's contribution is obviously not low, but it is far from the first achievement.
His greatest contribution lies in what Academician Pan said was the calculation of particle orbits.
Most of the subsequent research work on solitary point particles was actually completed by the team led by Academician Pan and Zhao Zhengguo.
If you insist on ranking your contributions.
In fact, he is somewhat similar to Wheat in normal history - ranking below Academician Pan and Zhao Zhengguo, and above others, firmly in third place.
Let’s take a step back.
Even if Xu Yun is really the discoverer of solitary point particles, it is not as easy as it seems to win a Nobel Prize.
Still taking the above Nobel Prize winners as an example.
Higgs' contribution was to propose the Higgs potential and Higgs field, which described the coupling of Higgs particles.
Yukawa Hideki also calculated the Yukawa potential - this is the soul of nuclear power.
The more representative one is Martin Pell.
After he discovered the tauon, it was not until 1995 that Frederic Reines calculated the expected flux of neutrinos and was jointly nominated for the Nobel Prize.
That is to say, the lone point particle is definitely a Nobel Prize-level concept, but Xu Yun's contribution is far from the height of a single award.
If you want a new particle to win a Nobel Prize, it doesn't just mean that you discover it, but you have to come up with a more in-depth model or research report.
Theoretically speaking.
Unless you discover gravitons, no particle can win a Nobel Prize just by 'discovering' it.
And now Xu Yun can't do this even if you give him suitable equipment and conditions.
That is to say, ordinary people’s abilities are limited.
Now his ability is at the A level of 100 people, and there are thousands of people and academicians above him, which is far from reaching the height of the Nobel Prize.
As a young man with obsessive-compulsive disorder, he actually hopes that he can get that honor by relying on his true talents and learning.
Just like I wrote in my previous life.
In his previous life, Xu Yun's two works were both stuck at 9,000 subscriptions each. In fact, he spent money on a Golden Alliance and obtained more than 10,000 monthly votes to gain exposure on the list. It is estimated that it will not take long to reach 10,000 subscriptions - this kind of operation is well-known. Said operation.
But Xu Yun was not willing to do this. He always felt that these things were a bit empty.
Although he obviously doesn't have the ability to stand there, but relies on other methods to stand side by side with other true gods, even he himself will not be very comfortable mentally.
Well, it has nothing to do with ordering women's clothing or anything like that.
how to say
If you are too pretentious, you may not be full of character.
In addition, Xu Yun's age is also a big problem.
The youngest Nobel Prize winner in history is Malala Yousaf Zai. She was only 17 years old when she won the prize, but she won the Peace Prize - a thing that needs no introduction because of its richness.
The youngest winner of the Physics Prize is Lawrence Bragg. When he won the prize, he was the same age as Xu Yun now, 25 years old.
But he won the award in 1915, exactly 107 years ago
nearly 30 years.
The minimum age of Nobel Prize winners in physics is 41 years old, and the average age is 54.5 years old.
On this basis.
Considering Xu Yun's already outstanding contribution, there is a high probability that the review team will not let him pass the nomination.
As for if he really passed the review.
It is foreseeable that there will be a lot of doubts and criticisms at that time.
This is a situation Xu Yun does not want to see, because it is unfair to Zhao Zhengguo and Academician Pan.
Zhao Zhengguo is now in his 70s. He has vigorously promoted the construction of high-energy physics in the country. In 1997, he served as the head of BES. During the snowstorm in 2008, he resolutely declined the high salary from across the sea and returned to China to engage in particle research.
He is a man of great merit, but also extremely frugal.
When he won the National Science and Technology Progress Award, he was still wearing an 80-yuan white shirt. He only had a second-class seat when he went out. His watch was a no-name watch given to him by a student in 2006.
In stark contrast to this frugality, Zhao Zhengguo now donates 50% of his income to charity every year - he supports three hope primary schools in southern Guizhou.
As a scientist who doesn’t need a caring persona or charity to reduce taxes, Zhao Zhengguo’s approach is not suspicious of hype at all.
Although Academician Pan is a little younger, the direction of quantum encrypted communication is also very promising.
But not long ago, Anton Zeilinger won the Nobel Prize. While proving quantum mechanics, it also blocked the possibility of Academician Pan winning the Nobel Prize - because Anton Zeilinger is Academician Pan's mentor, and the two are doing the same thing. direction of research.
It’s just that what Anton Zeilinger is doing is “Tao Sheng Yi”, which is quantum teleportation of single photon.
What Academician Pan is doing is "two in one life", that is, extending single photons to multi-photons.
Although Academician Pan has currently achieved a breakthrough of fifteen photons, his contribution is still not as good as Anton Zeilinger's breakthrough from scratch in 1997.
According to the Nobel Prize convention, awards are rarely awarded to results in the same direction.
Unless Academician Pan really develops quantum teleportation and reaches the realm of "three lives and all things".
Otherwise, it is basically difficult for him to have a chance to win a Nobel Prize in his life.
But the current lone point particle is an excellent opportunity for awards.
Compared with these two big guys.
If Xu Yun is added to the list of nominees, there will inevitably be a lot of sarcastic remarks and comments from the outside world.
If he doesn't protect everything, he will be labeled as a 'prince', which will cast a haze on Xu Yun, which is originally worthy of celebration.
At the beginning, HKUST made a promise to "leverage the power of HKUST" in the public opinion incident, and Xu Yun has never forgotten this kindness.
Therefore, whether it was out of admiration for the two big guys or out of a desire to repay his gratitude to the University of Science and Technology, he was unwilling to see those remarks appear.
Of course.
If it were anyone else, I guess they wouldn't think too much about it. After all, this may be the only opportunity in this life.
But Xu Yun is different.
With the halo around him, he stood on another level congenitally.
His chances of winning the Nobel Prize are bound to be high in the future. In this case, there is absolutely no need to try to get honors just for a so-called name.
He is not an idol. What he needs is not exposure and titles, but knowledge.
This is a self-understanding he learned from Mavericks, Lao Su, Wheat, and Gauss Riemann.
Of course.
If there is a legitimate opportunity to win the Nobel Prize in the future, Xu Yun will definitely not be polite.
As the saying goes.
A wise disciple is better than a teacher.
Seeing Xu Yun's serious expression, the original solemn expression on Academician Pan's face gradually softened.
In fact, before Xu Yun and Lu Chaoyang arrived, he had talked with Zhao Zhengguo about Xu Yun's ranking.
be honest.
In scientific research life, neither he nor Zhao Zhengguo are the kind of people who are particularly vain.
For example, in the previous Twelve Photon Entanglement and Zu Chongzhi Supercomputing, Academician Pan mentioned the names of Lu Chaoyang and several other students, and even listed them as co-authors.
The same goes for Zhao Zhengguo.
In the nature sub-issue in April this year, he didn’t even ask for the title of corresponding author and gave all the credit directly to his disciples.
So from the beginning to the end, they had no intention of coveting Xu Yun's status.
But on the other hand.
As mentioned before, Xu Yun's contribution is indeed somewhat embarrassing.
Especially when he is only 25 years old, the probability of being nominated is very low - because the Nobel Prize is not awarded by HKUST itself, and the jury has to consider many aspects.
So in the beginning.
Academician Pan is actually very worried that Xu Yun will fall into an extreme state.
In other words, you have to show up for the awards no matter what, and you won’t listen to anything, and you may even end up having a bad fight - this kind of example has not happened before.
But now it seems.
Xu Yun's mentality was much more stable than he and Zhao Zhengguo thought.
Think of this.
Academician Pan couldn't help but exhale softly, looked at each other and Zhao Zhengguo, and nodded lightly at the same time.
HKUST has always been a very warm school, and students have never been asked to make 'sacrifice' for teachers and HKUST.
Although it is difficult for them to give Xu Yun honors in certain titles, they can compensate in other ways.
Of course.
The intensity of this compensation still depends on another thing:
That is.
Are lone point particles qualified as dark matter?
Note:
There are still three hours left for the biological clock to be adjusted to the bursting state. Please give me one more day. The bursting will start on the 6th for a week, starting from 8,000 words and maximizing 10,000 words!
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