Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 159 Media Interview, Background Characters, Luo Yongjun: I am a popular teacher!

The experimental results released by the CP Group of the Institute of High Energy Physics Center have attracted widespread international attention.

The strong magnetic interference hyperon decay experiment is the first of its kind in the world. An unknown force field was created in the experiment. What kind of mechanism is contained in it?
Is this a completely new physics?

The physics that humans have not yet discovered, when connected to the problem of force fields, may have the possibility of application beyond high-energy physics.

This kind of new discovery often means unlimited possibilities.

Looking back at history, the discovery of superconductivity established a completely new direction in physics, a discipline of systematic research. To date, there have been many applications of superconductivity, and many teams have been studying its mechanism.

This is also a new physical discovery, so it will naturally attract worldwide attention, but other institutions must first replicate the experiment.

The replication experiment is also equivalent to verifying that "strong magnetic interference hyperon decay" can create an "unknown force field".

Replication experiments are also very important, as they can help scientific research institutions master the methods of creating unknown force fields and further study their mechanisms.

Therefore, nuclear organizations, including Fermilab, attach great importance to the experiment. They have been sharpening their knives and investing a large number of personnel and financial support to prepare for replicating the experiment.

The nuclear organization not only conducted its own research, but also contacted the Institute of High Energy Physics and hoped to have some cooperation in new directions.

Zhang Shuo's theory was also taken seriously.

'Strong magnetic interference hyperon decay' is an experimental study based on Zhang Shuo's theory.

Experimental research has now revealed that the underlying basic theory is naturally very important. The number of downloads of Zhang Shuo's paper published in Physical Review Letters has clearly increased dramatically.

All people involved in physics should look at the content framework of the theory to see what the new theory is studying, and to gain an understanding of the "new discoveries" and possible directions it may imply.

……

Institute of High Energy Physics, experimental base.

After confirming the experimental findings, the experimental base was busy for another week, including testing the equipment, organizing the experimental data, summarizing the test experiments, etc.

This day is a special day.

Some large media came to conduct exclusive interviews. Wu Jianning, Gao Hongli, Yu Fei and others took the camera crew to visit the experimental base, focusing on visiting the CP group's experimental equipment and introducing each device one by one.

In fact, there is nothing new. It is just that a strong magnetic field is installed on the spectrometer detection device.

The experimental research of the Cp group is not a secret, and the external experimental equipment does not involve technical confidentiality issues. A lot of it can be found on the Internet.

Visit, take photos and introduce along the way.

The TV reporter came here for an exclusive interview, so naturally he didn't just wander around the base, but also interviewed the main personnel in the experiment.

The last people to be interviewed were Zhang Shuo, Yu Fei and Wu Jianning. There were three cameras filming nearby. They might do an exclusive interview program or release it in the form of an online video.

Wu Jianning is the director of the Institute of High Energy Physics. He sat in the middle seat, while Zhang Shuo and Yu Fei sat on both sides.

Wu Jianning had a peaceful smile on his face.

Yu Fei was very excited. After the experimental discovery, he felt like he was dreaming. From the CP group being on the verge of disbanding to the experiment making a new discovery that shocked the world, since he took over as the person in charge, he led the CP group to complete the transformation quickly.

The honor of such a great discovery is greater than all previous achievements combined, and it receives much greater attention.

At its most glorious time, it had only developed high-precision probe technology, which made the detection accuracy very high. The relevant research results were published in the journal Nature, but at the media level, only text reports were made, and it was unthinkable to even shoot a special program.

Of course, Yu Fei also knew that the protagonist was Zhang Shuo.

The new direction of research in the Cp group was led by Zhang Shuo, and the theory was also developed by Zhang Shuo. Zhang Shuo is also an academic star and has his own traffic.

Such an interview program will only attract more people if Zhang Shuo appears. Otherwise, even people in the academic circle probably won’t be interested.

The first speaker was Yu Fei, as he was the head of the CP group. He described the journey of the past few months. “After the ICHEP meeting, the project team faced a very difficult situation.”

The camera immediately turned to Zhang Shuo, who had a peaceful smile on his face and didn't pay any attention to Yu Fei's topic.

"Because the main research direction has been proven to be invalid, of course I am not blaming Professor Zhang Shuo. Science is about reflecting facts. This also lets us know that there will be no results in the future, so we should not waste time and money."

"Of course, the project team still had a huge impact. Many people resigned or were transferred, and later I took over the project team."

"I discussed this with Professor Zhang Shuo, who thought we could start from the perspective of unknown physical phenomena in particle collision experiments and determine new experimental directions."

The reporter asked curiously, "Why? Is there any connection between the two?"

Yu Fei smiled and said, "To be honest, I didn't quite understand it at the time. Professor Zhang Shuo thought that maybe we could create the same, or a similar force field."

"Unknown force field? That's the result of the current experiment, right?"

"Yes."

The reporter turned to ask Zhang Shuo.

Zhang Shuo said, "I am very interested in theoretical physics and have done some research on it."

"I have a very special idea. I think the four great powers may have the same starting point, which can also be understood as the same origin."

He explained, "Today's physics discusses the universe from the perspective of energy and matter, including string theory, the most influential theory in theoretical physics."

"From the tiny components of energy and matter, tracing back to their origins, and then discussing the various phenomena that exist in the universe, a perfect framework will be formed, that is, to unify all physics together. This is the direction and method that physicists pursue."

"But it's just one of the methods. I wondered why it wasn't discussed from the perspective of the four basic forces?"

"Perhaps it is also possible to discuss the origin of matter and energy by taking force as the starting point?"

The reporter tried to understand it, then smiled bitterly and said, "Isn't this... a bit mysterious?"

"You mean unscientific?"

The reporter said nothing.

Zhang Shuo smiled and said, "It is actually in line with science." He explained, "We all know the God particle, the Higgs particle, and the Higgs field. The Higgs particle can be said to appear out of thin air. It appears in the Higgs field. So where does the Higgs field come from?"

"According to existing theories, the Higgs field is a complex-valued field that pervades the universe. It can be understood that the Higgs field exists at any location in the universe, so it cannot be produced by the action of matter."

"From this example, it is clear that force produces matter and energy."

"So we can also assume that force and force field come first, and then matter and energy are produced. Of course, the order is not important."

"My theory is based on the basic forces. The core of my theory is to assume that the four forces have a unified starting point, or 'source point'."

“So I want to emphasize here that this theory is called ‘Source Point Theory’.” He added with a smile, “Because I see many people mentioning it as ‘Zhang Shuo’s theory’, which doesn’t sound good.”

The reporter asked curiously, "Don't you like to give your theory your own name?"

Zhang Shuo said, "It's not about like or dislike, but the Origin Point Theory is more in line with the characteristics of the theory."

The reporter talked to Zhang Shuo for a few more words, then turned to Wu Jianning and asked, "Director Wu, can you tell us what the new discovery represents?"

Wu Jianning hesitated, then pointed at Yu Fei and said, "You can let Professor Yu answer. The experiment is theirs, and they understand the new discovery better than I do."

The reporter looked at Yu Fei.

Yu Fei said, "In fact, there have been a lot of reports, and they are all correct. New discoveries may represent the existence of some physical laws that humans do not understand." "Now no one knows what is contained in it. There are countless possibilities, and a lot of follow-up research is needed."

"New discoveries may represent new physics, and physics is the foundation of human technological development. We need to study and understand the rules, master them, and apply them..."

Yu Fei said a lot of things in succession.

After the reporter asked a few more questions, the interview ended. After the camera was turned off, everyone relaxed.

The reporter shook hands with the three people separately.

Wu Jianning stood up and shook hands with the reporter, and asked in a daze, "Is it over?"

The reporter nodded and said, "We can stop here after we finish. We will make an exclusive interview video. If there is any other need, we may come to interview and film again."

"welcome any time……"

Wu Jianning pursed his lips and squeezed out four words. He looked around in confusion and thought carefully. It seemed that he had been a background board for half an hour?
After the interview video is released, will people who watch it ask, "Who is that person wearing glasses in the background?"

This is too embarrassing!
……

There are a lot of things to do at the experimental base, and I feel very busy every day.

The Cp group continues to discuss and improve the experimental equipment, and even considers adding a magnetic field control device to make its intensity and control more flexible.

The Physics Center held an internal meeting and determined that the next experiment will be held at the beginning of next year. By then, the experimental intensity will be increased and the number of hyperons captured by the CP group spectrometer detection equipment will increase.

That would also be the first official experiment.

In the experimental base, everyone is very active, especially the people in the CP group. They have already achieved research results, and the future can be said to be full of hope. Every subsequent experiment may have new progress. Research that always "produces results" is really attractive.

Zhang Shuo stayed for another week and then returned to Soochow University.

This time he stayed in the capital for more than a month, and he felt that he must come back to rest for a while because he would have to go to the capital again to attend the Science and Technology Conference soon.

That was an award ceremony, and since he had won the first prize in natural sciences, naturally he had to go.

Now is the opportunity to take a break.

After returning to school, there were a lot of congratulations and people from the School of Physics came to me frantically.

Last time they congratulated Zhang Shuo on having his theory recognized by Edward Witten, but now the theory has been "partially verified", which is really surprising and has attracted more people to become interested in the theory.

Those scholars in their early thirties can be described as fanatical about theories. They keep asking for news and hope to know more.

Many of them are still in the stage of "choosing a direction", choosing a direction and starting research. Thirty to forty years old is the golden time for scientific research. If you can find the mainstream direction of the future, it means that one foot has stepped into the threshold of success.

Since Academician Zhou Gang had come to him, it was naturally impossible for him to turn to study Zhang Shuo's theory. He hoped that Zhang Shuo would give a theoretical class at the School of Physics and specifically talk about his own theory.

“There are many doctoral students and young teachers in the School of Physics who are very interested in your theory.”

“Many of them are looking for directions, and maybe they will study your theoretical direction in the future.”

Zhang Shuo thought about it and agreed.

If a theory is to be spread and developed, naturally more people must participate in the research.

If more people study the "Source Point Theory", the relevant content of the theory will expand rapidly and the speed of development and progress will be faster.

By the afternoon, when all the people he had called had gone back, Zhang Shuo felt a little relieved.

The office fell silent.

Zhang Shuo was sitting in a chair drinking coffee, while Luo Yongjun and Sun Xingli were sitting on the sofa together, chatting about interesting things that had happened recently.

Luo Yongjun talked about his newly recruited doctoral student, "I still have a quota, and originally planned to recruit two next year, but this doctoral student is different, very special."

"What's so special?" Zhang Shuo asked curiously.

Sun Xingli rolled his eyes and muttered, "He has already blown it several times..."

"What are you talking about!"

Luo Yongjun said dissatisfiedly, "Zhang Shuo doesn't know, so I'll tell him. You don't even have a PhD, so what right do you have to speak!"

He continued, "She's a girl, and she also graduated from Donggang University. Her grades are really top notch."

"She seemed to admire me very much, and she kept crying and shouting that she wanted to apply for my doctorate. She contacted me at the beginning of the year, but I was not in the mood to recruit doctoral students at that time. Later, she kept asking..."

Luo Yongjun said proudly, "And I looked at her information. Her grades are really very good. She is not too old either, just over 23 years old. She will start school earlier than you after the New Year."

"So I decided to be admitted with the first batch, and wait for the remaining places through unified enrollment next year."

Zhang Shuo gave Luo Yongjun a thumbs up and exclaimed, "Teacher Luo is really different from before. His reputation has spread all over the world!"

"Thank you for the compliment, thank you for the compliment..."

Luo Yongjun's mouth was smiling like a flower. The purpose of saying this was to get praise.

As expected, Zhang Shuo still understood him.

It doesn’t look like Sun Zi Dali…

Luo Yongjun glared at Sun Xingli hatefully.

Zhang Shuo didn't take it too seriously. He glanced at his phone and found that his junior had sent him a strange message, "Hehe, I passed. From now on, you will be my senior again!"

"—?"

Zhang Shuo stared at the message for a long time, then looked up at Luo Yongjun and asked, "Teacher Luo, you just said that your new doctoral student is also from Donggang University?"

"Yes." Luo Yongjun nodded.

"Is it a girl?"

"correct."

"Is the name a rare four-character name? It starts with 'Li' as the surname?"

"Forehead……"

Luo Yongjun felt something was wrong, so he asked tentatively, "Have you looked at the student information specifically?"

Zhang Shuo covered his forehead with his hands. "Li Liu Shuangyue, right? She told me that you accepted her, and she will be my junior schoolmate from now on..."

Sun Xingli immediately perked up, "So that's how it is!"

“I felt something was wrong when I first heard about this.”

"How can a guy like Lao Luo possibly attract girls with good grades to apply for the exam? He just wants to be Zhang Shuo's senior brother or sister!"

Luo Yongjun's face turned dark when he heard this.

(End of this chapter)