As mentioned before, the reasons why the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prize in Physics are often divided into two directions. The first direction is to discover any new physical phenomena or new physical particles through experiments, or to experimentally verify a certain

One important direction has had a huge positive impact; the second direction is that he has made outstanding contributions in theory, which ultimately led to the discovery of a certain particle or a certain physical phenomenon.

According to statistics, the probability of winning in the first direction is 8 times that of the second direction.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun's "Ling Ning Topological Superconducting Vortex State Theoretical Model System" belongs to the second direction and belongs to "contribution to topological quantum computing theory".

Fermilab has finally revealed the mystery of the muon anomalous magnetic moment through repeated research and experiments on the muon anomalous magnetic moment, which clearly belongs to the first direction. As long as there are indeed substantive results, the competition

The power will be stronger than Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun.

The number of places for the Nobel Prize in Physics is usually 1 to 3 people each year. If Qin Ke, Ning Qingyun and Professor Kopet win the prize this year, they will fill up three places and share the Nobel Prize in Physics.

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But if Fermilab wins the award, nothing will happen to Qin Ke and the others, and it’s hard to say whether there will be another chance next year.

After the party, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun returned to Xingguang Mingyuan's home and began to learn more about the research results of Fermilab.

Although this result was jointly announced by Fermilab and Brookhaven National Laboratory, judging from the announced content, Professor Milorad Martins, the head of Fermilab, and his team are undoubtedly talented.

It is the one who plays a key role and makes the greatest contribution.

Fermilab, whose full name is "Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory", was founded by Enrico Fermi, the 1938 Nobel Prize winner in physics, and was later named after his surname. It is currently one of the most important physics research centers in the United States.

, it is affiliated with the National Department of Energy and the University of Chicago and the University Research Association. The sixth quark, the top quark, was discovered by Fermilab in 1995. Later, David Gross, David Politzer and Frank

Wilczek won the Nobel Prize in Physics for this discovery and his in-depth study of the "asymptotic freedom" phenomenon in the strong interaction theory of particle physics.

Professor Milorad Martins is a famous physics professor at the University of Chicago and one of the authoritative experts in particle physics. His best interests are quantum chromodynamics and the Standard Model of particle physics.

He led a team to conduct in-depth research on the precession phenomenon of muons, aiming directly at "new physics".

Many people do not understand "new physics". The so-called new physics refers to brand-new physics that goes beyond the standard model of elementary particles in current physics.

The study of particles in modern physics begins with the periodic table of elements. Different elements and their isotopes differ due to the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus. Neutrons and protons are composed of smaller particles called "quarks".

The composition of elementary particles—this is the standard model of elementary particles in current physics.

The current standard model of elementary particles includes up quarks, down quarks, charm quarks, strange quarks, top quarks and bottom quarks, electrons, electron-type neutrinos, muons, muon-type neutrinos, tauons and tauon-type neutrinos.

In addition, it also includes photons that transmit electromagnetic interactions, intermediate bosons that transmit weak interactions, and gluons that transmit strong interactions. Finally, it also includes the Higgs boson, which was only discovered in 2012, which is what the media

Commonly referred to as the "God particle".

But the Higgs boson is already the limit of the standard model of this elementary particle. All research institutions with Large Hadron Collider equipment, including CERN, are looking for new breakthroughs in particle theory to solve the problem of dark matter.

Dark energy and how to incorporate gravity into the framework of quantum mechanics, and further explore the mysteries of the universe and understand the nature of unknown basic interactions.

All these require brand-new physics that breaks through the standard model, that is, "new physics", in order to take a big step forward in basic physics where humankind has almost stalled.

Currently, the international physics community is generally eager to see that the anomalous magnetic moment of muons can bring enlightenment about new physics beyond the standard model. Now Professor Milorad Martins's team has further demonstrated the measurement of the magnetic moment of muons in recent experiments.

The value is inconsistent with the theoretical prediction, and the difference between experiment and theory has been pushed to 4.2σ, which is already smaller than the 5σ required for effective discovery. As long as this experimental result can be tested in most subsequent experiments with different methods, it proves that it is different from

The "new physics" of the Standard Model of elementary particles has been discovered.

Even if Professor Milorad Martins cannot completely solve the mystery of the anomalous magnetic moment of muons, as long as he uncovers the tip of the iceberg and opens the door to "new physics", it will be an epoch-making great discovery, enough for him to win the Nobel Prize.

Bell Prize in Physics.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun carefully read the announcement from Fermilab several times. Although Ning Qingyun was also excited about the possibility of physics entering a new world, after all, such results were achieved by competitors.

, her beautiful eyebrows still frowned slightly: "I am not familiar with this direction of particle physics, Qin Xiaoke, do you think Professor Milorad Martins can make another major breakthrough this year?"

She always had blind confidence in Qin Ke, and Qin Ke did not disappoint her. The usual smile on his originally serious face returned. He said with a smile: "After reading the entire content of this public report, I feel relieved.

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He stretched out his hand to rub Ning Qingyun's hair, explained some basic knowledge of particle physics to Ning Qingyun in detail, and finally said with a smile:

"Just like our N-S equation problem, we have only proved the existence of the general solution so far, but if we want to completely crack the mystery of the N-S equation, we must find a specific general solution. The situation faced by Professor Milorad Martins is similar to ours. They

Although the team's muon g-2 experiment concluded that the swing of subatomic particles far exceeds theoretical predictions, it has proven that the magnetic moment measurement of muons does have problems that cannot be explained and solved by the standard model of elementary particles, but the distance is really far away.

There is still one-third of the way to the door to new physics."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Ning Qingyun roughly understood it and asked: "Are they going to solve the problem of weighing the mass of the muon first?"

"Smart, the mass of the muon is a basic parameter that cannot be predicted by current theories. Only by measuring the mass of the muon through new experimental theoretical methods can they achieve initial success." Qin Ke's eyes were filled with fighting spirit.

: "So, the key to winning or losing this Nobel Prize in Physics lies in whether they perfect this new experimental theory first, or whether we first find a specific general solution to the N-S equation."

Even if Professor Milorad Martins opens the door to new physics, he has only opened the door. What kind of scenery is behind the door and what huge impact it will have on modern particle physics are all unknown.

It requires many people to devote themselves to research one after another.

But if the mystery of the N-S equation is completely cracked, the impact on fluid mechanics will undoubtedly be earth-shaking, and the entire human civilization will benefit from it. All disciplines, research, and experiments related to fluid mechanics will usher in new opportunities and breakthroughs!

If Qin Ke and Qin Ke competed for the Nobel Prize with Professor Milorad Martins, who "opened the door to new physics" based solely on their "contribution to topological quantum computing theory", only less than one-fifth would win.

The winning rate, but if Qin Ke and Qin Ke added their "contribution to fluid mechanics", the result would be completely reversed. The winning rate of Qin Ke and Qin Ke would be as high as over 90%.

——The remaining 10% probability of failure is that the judges of this year's Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences are collectively brain-dead, or are extremely disgusted with Qin and Ke. There are a few hard-liners who are determined not to vote for them.

However, given the good relationship between Qin and Ke and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and their status as foreign academicians of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, this 10% probability itself is almost impossible to happen.

"Next, we must go all out to solve the general solution problem of the N-S equation before the end of May!" Qin Ke was full of fighting spirit, and Ning Qingyun's eyes also ignited a strong fighting spirit.

"come on!"

Two palms, one big and one small, struck hard as always. The two looked at each other and smiled. Then they sat down at the desk in the study room and began to continue the research on the N-S equation that they had been doing for nearly two years.

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As night fell, the two of them finished dinner together sweetly, took a walk in the community, and then went back to the study to study the N-S equation.

While the two of them were concentrating on writing calculations, they suddenly received a call from the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory. It was Kuang Songlin who called from his office phone.

Kuang Songlin was originally affiliated with the National Key Laboratory of Severe Weather under the National Academy of Meteorological Sciences. He had predicted that there would be a severe El Niño phenomenon this summer. Although his mathematics skills were not good enough, the National Key Laboratory of Severe Weather did not

However, his forecast report had many problems in data analysis and processing, resulting in a large deviation in the final probability value. However, he himself is very good at meteorology, especially the study of the El Niño phenomenon.

It is considered to be the top level in the country.

So Qin Ke invited him to the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory where Qingmu was studying, and arranged for seven technical backbones who were proficient in mathematics and fluid mechanics to form an "El Niño Phenomenon Research" team to continue in-depth research on the El Niño phenomenon.

Kuang Songlin is very diligent and attentive in his research. He usually holds a weekly meeting with Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun to report on the progress of the research, propose bottlenecks encountered in the research, and discuss solutions together.

But this was the first time that Qin Ke and Qin Ke were "disturbed" by phone at 10 o'clock on a Saturday night.

Qin Ke was slightly startled, and became a little nervous. He immediately answered the phone: "Dr. Kuang, this is Qin Ke, what can I do?"

Kuang Songlin's solemn voice came from the other end of the phone: "Academician Qin, our team has discovered some particularly weird values ​​​​in the recently collected data. The researchers in the team cannot tell whether it is 'noise'. If it is not noise,

We substituted these values ​​into the latest mathematical model and deduced that in July, a super strong El Niño phenomenon with an El Niño index greater than 2.1 will occur in the eastern sea of ​​Xia Kingdom, and the probability is as high as 57%! We don’t dare to see such a result.

I ignored you, so I had to call to disturb you and Academician Ning’s rest... Please see if you will come back tomorrow morning..."

"Qingjun and I will be here soon. Are you in the experimental building?"

Kuang Songlin was startled. He didn't expect Qin Ke to come over right away. He nodded quickly and said, "Yes, because we discovered these strange values ​​this afternoon. We have been analyzing them and haven't left yet..."

"Okay, please wait for us. We'll be there in about fifteen minutes."

Qin Ke hung up the phone, and Ning Qingyun also got up and quickly changed clothes. Qin Ke was on speakerphone just now, so she could hear the entire conversation clearly.

The two of them changed clothes as quickly as possible. Ning Qingyun simply tied up a single ponytail and drove back to Qingmu University together.

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Kuang Songlin couldn't help but feel filled with emotion when he saw Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun actually appearing in front of him.

He used to do research at the National Key Laboratory of Severe Weather under the National Academy of Meteorological Sciences, and felt that the person in charge there was somewhat responsible. At least he did not stop him from submitting his original report predicting a serious El Niño phenomenon to his superiors.

, but now compared with Qin Ke, they are simply not worthy of carrying shoes.

Qin Ke and the two came back overnight to help analyze the data, just because of his phone call to report!

Such a vigorous and resolute scientific research attitude, which attaches great importance to the opinions of the researchers below, is enough to leave the leaders of the State Key Laboratory of Disaster Weather by a few blocks!

Kuang Songlin was once again grateful for his choice. He was isolated and helpless in the National Key Laboratory of Disaster Weather, where there were too many people, and fighting for fame and fortune was more important than his love for scientific research. But in this fluid mechanics laboratory, Jiang Wei first, Guo Weiyang

Qin Kening, Qingyun, and even the vast majority of researchers really like to do research and want to achieve something successful. The seven researchers who were arranged to join his team did not have any expectations because he was a new employee.

The best proof of this is that everyone worked overtime with him until late at night.

If excellent scientific research results cannot be produced in such a laboratory, then where can we do it?

Kuang Songlin once again strengthened his determination to stay here forever.

When Qin Ke came to the laboratory, he was not in a hurry to ask for data. Instead, he shook hands with Kuang Songlin and several researchers one by one to express his recognition and encouragement for their dedicated research, and then got down to business.

Don't underestimate these few minutes of greetings, it is enough to make Kuang Songlin and others feel warm and feel care and respect. At least in the eyes of leader Qin Ke, they are people, companions, and friends first, and then

He is a subordinate, not a "tool man" who is only responsible for bringing results to the fluid mechanics laboratory.

Kuang Songlin once again felt a different personality charm in Qin Ke. He was a good boss who made people willing to work for him and work overtime without any complaints.

Kuang Songlin took the information from his partner and showed it to Qin Ke and Qin Ke:

"Academician Qin, Academician Ning, you guys, look at the data here. Xiao Song and the others graphed the data. It can be clearly seen that there are huge abnormalities in these data nodes. According to my experience, there are so many abnormal data at the same time.

The possibility is very small, either there is a bug in the data collection of the meteorological satellite, or there is really a climate change in some special areas!"
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