I am devoted to scientific research, but you want to trick me into having a love relationship?

Chapter 413: Seems to have discovered something extraordinary

Song Yao had nothing to do anyway, so she picked up the "Aspen Casebook Series" beside her.

This is a legal masterpiece, which is currently used quite a lot in American law schools. It covers corporate law, civil law, labor law, and other content.

I also studied law in undergraduate studies. Although it was in English, it was not stressful to read.

I’m too busy now, so it can only be regarded as extracurricular reading.

On the 28th of last month, she had completed and submitted her paper.

The paper was submitted to the American Economic Review, one of the top journals in the economics field. The reviewer was a friend of Professor Morton. Just yesterday, Song Yao received an email informing her that the paper had been included.

In front of the window, Xu Qingzhou twisted his neck, moved his wrists, and sat down at the desk.

The table was covered with manuscripts filled with densely packed formulas.

The living room fell into silence as the two young men were busy with their own things.

20 minutes passed.

mJ/4p in different ranges for two Pt states: (a) Mkp < 1.55 GeV, (b) 1.55 GeV 1.70 GeV
etc.
Xu Qingzhou looked at the simulated values ​​on the computer and frowned. The output values ​​were wrong.

He picked up his pen and planned to check the coupling between the decay chain and various models.

8 pm.

Xu Qingzhou paused and stared at the formula on the manuscript. "That is to say, the thing in the abnormal peak we found is very likely not a pentaquark particle."

He couldn't help but feel a little excited. If by chance he could discover a new particle that would be more interesting than the pentaquark that had already been discovered.

That’s right, these abnormal peaks are the background that needs to be eliminated in the process of searching for pentaquarks. It would be normal if they were other particles.

After all, due to the limitations of current equipment, the background noise generated in high-energy particle collisions is likely to mask the signal characteristics of certain new particles.

Xu Qingzhou took a deep breath, suppressed his excitement, and picked up the pen again. He planned to modify the current model to improve its efficiency and further subtract the background of the mysterious particles to better determine the properties of the particles.

On the opposite side, Song Yao saw that her boyfriend seemed to be energized and sighed secretly. Needless to say, he must have made some new discovery.

Has a third pentaquark particle been found?
Or, as he put it, find some new particle.

This big pervert is so powerful.

Sometimes she has a sense of urgency.

Fortunately, Song Yao can still suppress this guy in some aspects, otherwise, she can only let him suffer.

It was dusk and Xu Qingzhou was the only one left in the living room. Song Yao had already gone to lie on the bed.

"Whoo~"

Xu Qingzhou looked at the manuscript in front of him, surprise showing on his tired face. Just as he expected, this was a new particle that had not yet been observed. To be more precise, it was the companion particle of the Higgs boson.

Let's start with the Higgs boson, a fundamental particle predicted by the standard model of particle physics that is responsible for giving mass to other particles. As research on the Higgs boson deepens, some theoretical physicists have begun to predict the possible existence of companion particles related to it.

Now, more research is done on companion particles. According to some extended standard models or new physics theories, the Higgs boson may not be isolated, but coexist with a series of companion particles. These companion particles may have different masses and properties, but all have some form of interaction with the Higgs boson.

Unfortunately, due to the very large mass of these companion particles, extremely high energies are required to produce and detect them. So far, all LHC experiments have not yet produced direct evidence for the existence of Higgs boson companion particles.

Of course, Xu Qingzhou can currently only predict through mathematical tools that this particle exists in the more complex Higgs sector, and can also infer certain properties of this particle through data.

The Higgs boson is about 125 GeV, and the mass of this companion particle should be between 200 GeV and 500 GeV.

Moreover, from what has been seen so far, it seems that this particle can decay into quark particles.

The specific search process still requires Europe's LHC to conduct collision tests
Xu Qingzhou closed the computer. It would take at least a week to figure out the details of the companion particle, so there was no need to rush.

After taking a shower and washing up briefly, he went back to the bedroom to sleep. It was already a bit cold at night in November, and the two of them had already changed into thick quilts.

In the bedroom, Song Yao looked at Xu Qingzhou who had crawled into bed and muttered, "Why do I feel like I've become your bed-warming maid?"

"Bed warmer?"

Xu Qingzhou pulled Song Yao into his arms and sniffed her neck. "As far as I know, the bed-warming maid's job is not just to warm the bed."

"Oh, what else can I do?"

In the darkness, the girl's eyes sparkled.

"I can." Xu Qingzhou pulled Song Yao's hand off his waist and laughed dryly, "I can even hold her while sleeping."

Song Yao snorted and snuggled closer into Xu Qingzhou's arms again.

She was afraid of the cold, but since she started dating, she had begun to like winter. When it was cold, she could hide in Xu Qingzhou's arms. This comparison was so comfortable.

It’s great to be in love.

The previous vow not to fall in love before graduating from college was so ignorant.

"Good night." The girl's voice was gentle.

"Well, good night." Xu Qingzhou closed his eyes and smelled a faint fragrance. Using the same shampoo and shower gel, School Beauty Song always smelled good.

It feels great to have a sweet and soft girlfriend after work.

In comparison, the life I used to live in before, when I would go home and eat instant noodles after working overtime or doing experiments, was not a life for a human being.

Next, Xu Qingzhou devoted himself to the calculation of the Higgs boson's companion particles.

Meanwhile, the University of California, Berkeley.

"Hey Richard, wanna have a drink tonight?"

Richard shook his head. "Sorry, I have more important things to do right now than drink."

My colleague asked with a smile, "Are you still studying the abnormal peak in last year's collision event?"

"of course."

"Richard, compared to studying this shit, I think it's more realistic to work on other projects, such as Higgs and electroweak physics measurements, muon anomalous magnetic moment experiments, and super-pottery technology."

"This time is different." Richard shook his head.

"Because of Xu Qingzhou?" the colleague asked with a smile.

This young man from Xia Country was actually willing to go crazy with Richard. He took some background information that needed to be removed from the collisions, thinking that there would be new particles in it.

And Xu Qingzhou, isn't this guy still working on the Riemann hypothesis? How could he be so desperate as to waste time on such meaningless things?

He admitted that this was a possibility, but the probability was definitely lower than eating a delicious sandwich at the store on campus.

"Because we both believe that the truth of the universe is right before our eyes." Richard said in a deep voice.

The colleague smiled helplessly, knowing that Richard was an idealist, and did not try to persuade him much.

"Good luck to you. If you figure it out, we may be able to cooperate. Super Taocan technology will be a hot research topic for some time to come. This way, we won't have to worry about funding."

"Thank you."

(End of this chapter)