Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 1 Experimental work of doctoral students
Unknown parallel world.

High Energy Physics Research Center, Source Point Force Field Experimental Base, Laboratory Room 103.

The large disc-shaped equipment in the center is in operation.

The pipes on the outer periphery of the disc exuded cold air, but their surface flashed with blue-white electric light and made a 'sizzling' sound of electricity.

Zhang Shuo stood in the corridor, looking attentively through the glass partition, his eyes full of anticipation for the experiment.

He said with determination, "This time it will succeed!"

"Based on the problem in the previous experiment, we increased the concentration of the ionic fluid and created a steady-state ultra-high magnetic field of more than 15T..."

The person next to him took over the conversation, "If the analysis is correct, increasing the intensity can increase the abnormal value, and even show abnormal phenomena."

"If we can raise the credibility by two more levels, we can confirm that it is a new discovery."

At this time, the experimenter's report came through the headset, "The data in areas 2 and 3 are normal!"

Zhang Shuo pulled the headset and immediately issued a command, "Open the ion field area and the strong magnetic field channel!"

"Roger that!"

"The experiment officially begins!"

"Report the data of each part..."

"There are no abnormalities in the current and voltage, the magnetic field strength is within the normal range, and there are no abnormalities in the ion state field area."

"No abnormalities in the target area."

"The temperature at A01 is normal; no abnormality was found in the peripheral energy detection..."

Zhang Shuo squinted his eyes and stared at the disc device. Suddenly, he found something different.

"The lightning seems to be more obvious than before..."

“The color is a little off, too.”

As I was thinking, I heard a shout from the headset, "Attention! Temperature alarm at A01!"

"Detect the inner wall temperature of A01..."

"Du, dun——"

"boom--!"

The periphery was instantly engulfed by the loud explosion.

The only memories Zhang Shuo had left were the chaos in his ears and the white light that appeared before his eyes.

Outside the experimental base, it could be clearly seen that flames suddenly burst out from the area around Laboratory No. 103. Then, there was a loud bang, and the room collapsed from the inside and quickly turned into ruins.

On the same day, a media outlet reported that "a major explosion occurred during the experimental research at the Institute of High Energy Physics, resulting in seven deaths and three injuries."

"Professor Zhang Shuo from the Institute of Physics and six other researchers unfortunately died in an experimental accident, sacrificing their precious lives for the cause of scientific research!"

"Professor Zhang Shuo is only 36 years old and is a world-leading physicist. His team has been committed to experimentally verifying the Source Point Theory, hoping to use strong electromagnetic interference to produce the strong force between quarks and discover the physical phenomena described by the Source Point Theory."

"Some physics experts in related fields believe that Zhang Shuo's team may have made some unknown and uncontrollable physical discoveries during the experiment, which led to the explosion..."

……

Blue Star.

A small office on the west side of the second floor of the working group office building at the positron-negative particle collider experimental base affiliated to the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Zhang Shuo frowned as he thought, his mind suddenly became dazed and his whole body was quickly soaked with cold sweat.

Just for a moment.

To him, it seemed like a century.

After looking around and combining it with the memories in his mind, he was extremely sure of one thing -
He has crossed!
The memories of the two people appeared in his mind at the same time, as if they were all his own personal experiences, but the most profound impression left in his mind was the explosion that he experienced at the end of his previous life.

Zhang Shuo felt scared whenever he thought about it, and he couldn't help but feel regret for his past life.

He followed his mentor Hu Jian to do research on the "Source Point Theory". After his mentor unfortunately passed away, he devoted himself to designing experiments in the hope of verifying the "Source Point Theory" and tried every means to raise funds for his research.

"The research was finally about to make a discovery, but an accident happened..."

"That should be caused by the interaction between the basic forces, otherwise there wouldn't be such a serious explosion."

"If there is a team that continues our research, maybe there will be some discoveries, right? So, I am also using my life to promote the development of new physics, or the Origin Point Theory, right?"

Zhang Shuo laughed at himself and carefully sorted out the memories in his mind.

This world is very similar to the world in the previous life.

The technology is similar, the political situation is similar.

If we want to find a clear difference, it seems to be in theoretical physics and some other academic research.

The origin theory does not exist, or has not been proposed yet?

Cutting-edge physics theories include the Big Bang, cosmology, string theory, etc., all of which exist to analyze microscopic physics or cosmic phenomena. The ultimate goal of their research is to unify the four forces.

“Even if it can be achieved, it is only theoretical unification, not experimental or technical unification.”

"The development of science and technology is almost the same. Doesn't it mean that if I live again, I will still have a chance to verify the Origin Theory?"

Zhang Shuo's eyes suddenly lit up.

A concerned voice came from the other side, "Zhang Shuo, if you are tired, just lie down and rest your brain."

The person who spoke was a thin middle-aged man.

He wore round-frame glasses and his hair was so sparse that his scalp could be clearly seen. He was Zhang Shuo's doctoral supervisor Luo Yongjun.

Luo Yongjun nodded slightly towards Zhang Shuo, then glanced at a student sitting next to him and said loudly, "I know the work is difficult, but we still have to persevere."

"I brought you here to broaden your horizons. What we are doing now is mainly calculations."

“This is a rare opportunity for you to learn about computational mathematics and PDEs (partial differential equations) and their applications in high-energy physics experiments.”

"Our calculation and analysis reports will eventually be submitted to the Institute of High Energy Physics for review and filing."

"It would be even better if we could produce other research reports. Last year, a team from Capital University came here to work and submitted an analysis of the energy of particle radiation. Not only did they keep it on file, they also published an SCI paper in the third zone of physics."

Luo Yongjun walked to Zhang Shuo and said softly, "Zhang Shuo, don't think about that anymore."

"No matter what, the school has accepted you. Just focus on your studies. Doing well is more important than anything else."

He sighed and said, "Life is always full of ups and downs, but we must always look forward..." Zhang Shuo was stunned, then he immediately reacted and nodded vigorously, "I understand."

"Thank you, Mr. Luo!"

"Good job!"

Luo Yongjun nodded and smiled at him.

Zhang Shuo learned the whole story from his memory.

The original body was just an ordinary student. He graduated with a master's degree from Donggang University and came to Suzhou University to pursue a doctorate degree.

A month ago, the original body was suddenly involved in an "academic plagiarism" scandal.

Donggang University conducted a random review of graduation theses and found that the main content of his master's thesis was basically consistent with a paper in the foreign journal "Mathematical Computation and Analysis".

The name of that paper was 'Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions of Several Classes of Rational Difference Equations'.

If the author of the paper was an unrelated foreign scholar, it would be determined as academic plagiarism at the first time, but the school's preliminary investigation found that the first author of the paper was Huang Hui, a doctoral student in the school.

Huang Hui's paper was published about four months earlier than the original author submitted his graduation thesis.

The original author's graduate supervisor Zhou Kaijun was involved. When he was investigated, he clearly stated that he had never read Huang Hui's thesis, otherwise he would not have allowed the original author's thesis to be passed, and he and Huang Hui were not familiar with each other at all.

In addition, he also explained that the original thesis was completed quickly within four months before graduation.

In other words, Zhou Kaijun admitted that the original author plagiarized.

Huang Hui's paper was published earlier, and no direct connection was found between Zhou Kaijun and Huang Hui. In addition, Zhou Kaijun acquiesced...

The original body has no right to defend itself!
Donggang University issued an announcement to revoke the original master's degree and punished the supervisor Zhou Kaijun, prohibiting him from serving as a graduate student or doctoral supervisor within three years.

This incident had little impact on Zhou Kaijun. He was able to gain a foothold in Donggang University because of his strength. He had a National Outstanding Young Scholars Project and devoted most of his time to research. He had little time to mentor students.

The original body is different.

Having a master's degree revoked while studying for a doctorate is definitely a huge blow and has a significant impact.

Soochow University doesn’t know how to deal with this. A master’s degree was revoked after a doctoral student was admitted?

There is no precedent!

There was a dispute within Sudong University over this issue. Some people suggested that the original person be dismissed directly, while others believed that what happened at Donggang University should not affect the decision-making of Sudong University.

"This is weird!"

"A master's student plagiarized a paper published by a doctoral student in the school? Who would do such a thing?"

"I've met Zhang Shuo, and he doesn't look like a plagiarist!"

"There must be something wrong. Zhou Kaijun, I know, that guy doesn't look like a good guy!"

"Zhang Shuo has already enrolled. We can't expel our students just because of what happened at Donggang University!"

In the end, Soochow University decided to let the original person continue his doctoral studies, but at the same time, he had to be careful not to cause public opinion problems.

……

Zhang Shuo sorted out the original body's memory and knew that there was no plagiarism at all. The main content of the original body's master's thesis was completed long ago, and he had discussed it several times with his tutor Zhou Kaijun.

Then it's obvious.

He let out a sigh of relief, put aside the depression brought by the memories, and focused on the work at hand again.

He followed his mentor Luo Yongjun to the electron-positron collider experimental base to participate in the data calculation and analysis of a new experiment.

This is indeed a rare opportunity.

Most PhD students in mathematics do their research behind closed doors and it is difficult for them to get the opportunity to participate in large-scale experiments.

The few pages on the table are his work.

On it are all kinds of data, formulas, and a large number of listed equations and systems of equations. On the computer are a large number of target sample images, experimental data, and open auxiliary calculation software.

His job is to complete the calculations on paper, and then analyze the results by comparing the data and pictures.

The so-called "analysis" is also very simple, which is to mark data such as "whether there is deviation", "whether there is anomaly", "energy level value", etc. based on the calculation results.

Analysis is not difficult.

The calculation is not easy.

For a doctoral student who has been enrolled for less than half a year, the difficulty still lies in solving and calculating a large number of equations.

However, Luo Yongjun really just brought them here to broaden their horizons rather than to really help him, because his personal research direction is computational mathematics and numerical solutions of PDE (partial differential equations).

Zhang Shuo studied the calculations on the paper.

While thinking about it, he suddenly felt something was wrong. In addition to the memories of two people, there seemed to be something else in his mind?

"Scientific research support system?"

Zhang Shuo simply laid down on the table, closed his eyes and studied the extra things in his mind.

A scientific research support system, as the name suggests, is a system that can assist in scientific research.

When conducting a research, you can create a research task in the system and check the task progress at any time.

Task progress is just an evaluation value.

Correct thinking, research direction and results can improve the task progress value.

"This way, we don't have to worry about going in the wrong direction, right?"

"If the direction is wrong, no matter how hard you work, the progress of the task will not improve..."

Zhang Shuo understands the importance of direction too well.

A research will always be on the right track. No matter how difficult or complex the research is, it will definitely succeed. The only difference is the length of time.

The scientific research assistance system also provides "scientific research coins". Using "scientific research coins" can enter a special "focus mode", which improves concentration, slightly increases logical thinking ability, and increases the activity of special brain modules to increase creative thinking.

In addition, scientific research coins can be used to directly purchase 'task progress'.

When conducting a research, if there are enough scientific research coins, you can consume the number of scientific research coins to increase the progress.

"With enough research coins, wouldn't it be possible to complete any research instantly?"

(End of this chapter)