Edward Witten is one of the most authoritative and respected physicists of our time. He is also considered to be a great physicist who can rival Albert Einstein in the future. His influence and status in today's theoretical physics community is probably as high as

Only Mr. Yang, a centenarian who is still alive, can keep pace with him.

——Although Qin Ke won the Nobel Prize in Physics and is currently more famous than Mr. Witten in the international academic community, in terms of qualifications and prestige in the niche field of particle physics, he is currently only 23 years old.

Qin Ke, who only overcame the mass gap problem in the "Yang-Mills equation" and did not propose his own independent new theory, is still slightly inferior to Mr. Witten who created the "superstring theory" and the "Yang-Mills equation".

Mr. Yang who is the founder of Sri Lankan Theory.

Therefore, Qingmu University held a very grand welcome ceremony for the arrival of the Wittens.

All school leaders, including President Gu Bojun, attended the dinner. Wei Yuanfu, dean of the School of Mathematics, Zhou Shanchun, dean of the School of Physics, and other faculty members of the school all enthusiastically communicated with the Wittens. Qin Ke and Ning

Qingjun was naturally the star of the dinner party.

Because Qin Ke and his wife were here, Mr. Qiu, Academician Jiang Weixian, Academician Guo Weiyang, and Academician Tian Jianlan also attended the dinner.

Mr. Qiu had also worked at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton before, and he was an old acquaintance with Edward Witten. He was particularly happy to meet this time. During the chat, Mr. Qiu also asked about his old friend Professor Karen Uhlenbeck.

information.

Professor Witten was a little surprised and said: "Professor Uhlenbeck? She has long returned to teach in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, but she is still a senior visiting research scholar at Princeton University. I heard that she returned to Princeton to give a lecture in August last year.

I was also in Xia Kingdom at that time and didn't see her."

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun naturally wanted to accompany them. Hearing this unfamiliar name, Qin Ke asked curiously: "Mr. Qiu, is this Professor Ulenbeck your good friend?"

Mr. Qiu blinked at Qin Ke: "I'm not very familiar with her, but Edward is very familiar with her. This Professor Uhlenbeck is a female scholar I admire very much. She is the most outstanding female mathematician of this era.

One, he has achieved outstanding results in minimal surfaces, harmonic mappings, Yang-Mills theory, nonlinear waves, topological quantum field theory and integrable systems, and is very useful in differential geometry, partial differential equations, topology and mathematical physics.

It has had a huge impact. For example, she is one of the founders of the field of geometric analysis and the first to use differential geometry to study the solutions of differential equations. No surprise, she will also be the one to review your and Xiaoning’s article this time.

One of the experts on the 'Yang-Mills equation'."

Professor Witten smiled and said: "Qiu, if I remember correctly, you have worked with Professor Uhlenbeck for two years, right? And she won the Abel Prize in 2019, becoming the first female Abel Prize winner in the world.

Is it also because of your letter of recommendation?”

Mr. Qiu laughed and said, "Edward, how about you invite her to come to our Qiuzhen Academy for an academic visit when you have the chance? It's just because I recommended her that it's inconvenient to invite her."

After hearing this, several people understood that it was precisely because of the kindness that they could not invite, otherwise it would easily lead to misunderstanding by outsiders.

"Furthermore, as Qin Ke and Xiao Ning are the authors of the 'Yang-Mills Equation' paper, I believe Professor Uhlenbeck should also be very interested in communicating with them face to face. After all, she has studied the 'Yang-Mills Equation' all her life.

Sri Lankan equation'."

Professor Witten turned to Qin Ke and said: "I can see that you, Dean Qiu, are worried that Professor Uhlenbeck will embarrass you at the review meeting. Professor Uhlenbeck is considered to be the most respected researcher in the world today -

One of the mathematicians who has studied Mills' equation for the longest time, you have solved the problem of mass gap first. Professor Uhlenbeck's nearly thirty years of hard work have been turned into waste paper. She is arrogant and a bit stubborn.

She'll probably be very unhappy. Qiu wants to invite her to come over and turn your enemies into friends. Qiu is more careful in this regard, so I didn't expect this."

Mr. Qiu has a lifelong understanding of people and is naturally better at discerning people's hearts than Professor Witten, who is obsessed with academics. Professor Witten readily agreed to the job invitation while feeling emotional.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun raised their wine glasses (Ning Qingyun's glass was filled with warm water) and gratefully paid silent tribute to this old gentleman who had always cared about them.

In addition to this episode, President Gu Bojun also announced that the project "Using Mathematical Theory to Promote In-depth Research on M Theory and Particle Physics" has been officially approved, and Qin Ke's "Qing Ning Mathematics Research Laboratory" will be approved.

60 million yuan in scientific research funding support, and this topic will also be the research topic of this year's "Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professors" awarded by Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun were also a little surprised. They had never submitted any information except the name of the topic. They did not expect Principal Gu to be so considerate and handle all the procedures.

Professor Witten was even more surprised when he heard this: "Sixty million yuan? Equivalent to almost ten million US dollars?"

Even though Princeton University has a lot of money and the Institute for Advanced Study spares no effort to support key research projects, generally speaking, the funding for ordinary research projects is only about one million U.S. dollars, and large projects that can get several million U.S. dollars have to be reviewed once or twice.

In 2017, the review and approval efficiency of the current project "Using Mathematical Theory to Promote In-depth Research on M Theory and Particle Physics" only took two or three weeks from the proposal to the allocation of funds. It is unimaginable in the United States, let alone a full year.

Tens of millions of dollars in funding.

In fact, for a purely theoretical vertical subject in mathematical physics, it is an unprecedented first time in Xia that it can obtain 60 million scientific research funds allocated by the superior science and technology department. You must know that most vertical theoretical research projects can obtain 60 million yuan.

Three million is extremely rare, and the mainstream range is from 200,000 to one million.

This is also because the "Ling Ning Mathematics Research Laboratory" is already the top mathematical research institution in the country. After all, it has brought together three Philippine Prize winners and two Nobel Prize winners at the same time. The strength is enough to sweep the world. The country has obvious advantages in particle physics.

If we are lagging behind developed countries, how can we miss this opportunity to catch up?

Moreover, "particle physics" is inseparable from experiments. This requires Professor Witten and Qin Ke to jointly use their connections and borrow European equipment. The 60 million funding obviously takes this cost into consideration.

When the banquet was about to end, Professor Witten looked at the time on his watch and murmured to himself: "It seems that it is almost over... We should know the answer tomorrow, right?"

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Yes, just when Qingmu University was "receiving the dust" for Professor Witten, Qin Ke, and Ning Qingyun, in far away Europe, west of Geneva, Switzerland, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) was busy.

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The entire town where CERN is located has already been under high martial law, and the headquarters of CERN is in a state of tension and anxiety, because the latest Large Hadron Collider experiment is in progress. Starting from early morning, until this time, the accumulated experiments

It lasted more than 20 hours, and all the people involved in the experiment did not sleep a wink during the whole process.

The purpose of this experiment is to accurately measure the mass of several particles, including W bosons, and to further understand their characteristics. To this end, CERN has been upgrading the Large Hadron Collider and sensor systems for nearly a year.

It is possible to achieve new breakthroughs in accuracy.

This Large Hadron Collider experiment also attracted great attention. Countless reporters from all over the world came to interview it, and Xia Guo was no exception.

Because in order to attract attention last month, some unscrupulous media deliberately spread rumors and confuse the public, making the public think that CERN had denied Qin Kening Qingjun's article "Proof of the Mass Gap Problem of the Yang-Mills Equation and Mathematicalization of the Standard Model of Particle Physics"

"Explanation" thesis.

Later, CERN stood up and officially issued a statement, saying that this was absolutely not the case. This was just the opinion of individual scholars and did not represent the position of the institution. CERN has always respected and admired Academician Qin Ke and Academician Ning Qingjun for their attainments in mathematics and physics.

This paper is of great reference value to CERN.

However, preconceived impressions have been formed, and many media believe that CERN is not sincere in its words, and some people are advocating that CERN will conduct a Large Hadron Collider experiment in mid-February in order to overturn the conclusion of the paper.

In the eyes of insiders, this is naturally a childish and ridiculous rumor. CERN's Large Hadron Collider costs more than 10 billion U.S. dollars, and the cost of each experiment plan is also astronomical. It is often prepared a year or even several years in advance. How is it possible?

Will a Large Hadron Collider experiment be conducted to disprove or prove a certain paper?

Helpless, the public just likes such "stories" with contradictions, plots and conflicts, which made the Large Hadron Collider experiment planned three years ago attract much attention. Countless reporters from media from various countries applied to conduct interviews, even if

Even rumors that the Large Hadron Collider would produce severe nuclear radiation if it failed and exploded did not deter them.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the experiment, CERN had to temporarily hold a press conference in a large hotel to gather all reporters who wanted to interview. A dedicated spokesperson reported the progress of the experiment at any time and responded to reporters' endless inquiries.

At this time, the spokesman, Professor Nigel Ellison, was patiently explaining to reporters: "Yes, our experimental principle is the same as before, which is that two beams of high-energy particles travel 27 kilometers underground at a speed close to the speed of light.

It flies in counterclockwise and clockwise directions in the circular tunnel, and finally collides at the center point of the detector, and collects data through 1.5 billion sensors... We have not made any changes to the experimental details of the paper written by Academician Qin and Ning."

"Will this experiment produce a micro black hole and lead to the destruction of the world? No, the production of a micro black hole requires extreme conditions, which even the Large Hadron Collider is almost impossible to achieve. To say the least, even if it is produced

Micro black holes, such black holes will evaporate due to 'Hawking radiation' the moment they are created. They will not exist long enough and will naturally not affect the surrounding environment, let alone destroy the world... Okay, similar

We have answered this question countless times. Please refer to our previous responses for details. I will not repeat it again.”

"The 'weird cloud phenomenon' that appeared in the sky thirty kilometers away this morning? This has nothing to do with our experiment this time. Although the Large Hadron Collider will produce a large amount of energy when it is working, this energy is mainly

It is converted into heat energy and will not have a substantial impact on the atmosphere above the ground. The "weird cloud phenomenon" has occurred three times in the past few years. They are all caused by the rare phenomenon of "mountain wave" strata and climate change.

Except this time, we are not conducting experiments, which is enough to prove that it has nothing to do with our experiments, thank you."

Professor Nigel Ellison also has a good personality, but unfortunately most of the reporters are laymen. Some people don’t even know what the Large Particle Collider experiment is, so the questions are too varied, which makes Nigel...

Professor Ellison's lips went dry as he explained.

But in order not to cause misunderstandings and not to affect the normal conduct of the experiment, he had to delay the reporters here, which really made him suffer.

Finally, a burst of warm cheers came from the headquarters command center on the other side of the projection screen, and Professor Nigel Ellison breathed a sigh of relief, which proved that this Large Hadron Collider experiment finally ended successfully.

"Everyone, our experiment has been successfully concluded, but because data collection and analysis still takes time, the experimental results will be released at a press conference at the same time tomorrow. Please wait patiently for our latest news."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Professor Nigel Ellison finally "escaped the sea of ​​misery", but the whole world's attention to this experiment continues to increase, especially after knowing the experiment

The success means that the most accurate value of the W boson mass so far will be released tomorrow, which has also caused countless people to dig out the "80466 MeV/c^2" in Qin Ke and Ning Qingjun's paper and repeat it repeatedly.

The more attention I paid, the more I looked forward to it, and the slower the time passed. The hour hand finally turned around. Yuan Zhaoying, a reporter from Xia Guo, had been waiting outside the hall where the press conference was held early. He had already smoked two cigarettes.

But there has been no news from CERN, except that the press conference originally scheduled for 2 p.m. was postponed for half an hour.

Yuan Zhaoying doesn’t know how large the amount of data from this Large Hadron Collider experiment is, nor does he know whether W boson mass measurement can display specific values ​​in real time like a weight scale, but it stands to reason that top research institutions like CERN

, and with super computing power, how can we come to a conclusion in one day? How come there is a delay of half an hour? What’s the inside story?

Not only was he waiting impatiently, but so were the nearly a thousand reporters from various countries around him.

After all, when it comes to "explosive traffic" now, what can compare to the popular Xiaguo scientists Academician Qin Ke and are the conclusions of Academician Ning Qingjun's paper correct?

The results announced by CERN are likely to push these two Xia scientists, who are paying attention to the world, to a higher altar, or they may step down and damage their divinity.

Yuan Zhaoying naturally hopes that the two young academicians of his country can create another glorious miracle, and the country is also waiting for him to send back good news.

While Yuan Zhaoying was waiting anxiously, the glass door of the reception hall opened, and CERN staff invited media reporters to enter.
Chapter completed!