"Fortunately, I'm the only one here... Otherwise, your metaphor might offend a lot of people."
"That's right."
As if it were a gift from Santa Claus, a piece of news from IMCRC attracted the attention of physicists from almost all over the world.
"... That's not true," Witten turned the page of the paper in his hand and couldn't help but admired. "The gap with Lu Zhou is still quite big, but for a scholar who is engaged in high-energy physics research, he can combine mathematics with mathematics. It can be said that it is quite rare to be proficient to this level. After all, I have seen too many physics professors, when doing calculations on phenomenological models, casually erase a certain letter in a line of formulas and pretend to be something Nothing happened."
What the hell is giving birth to a baby monkey
"But as for the unexpected thing you mentioned... Actually, I think it is expected. There is at least an 80% chance that there is at least an 80% chance that the research that Lu Zhou will be optimistic about, there must be some amazing discovery hidden behind it."
"Based on what I know about him, usually when something like this happens, he locks himself up."
And not to mention his old friends, even he himself began to gradually feel that it was becoming increasingly difficult to adapt to the current rhythm of physics research.
The world after LV10.
If we can reach the end of this road, it will undoubtedly be a great result, but it is not easy to dig out all the clues of this research direction in a short period of time.
However, although for the world, it finally got a moment of respite from the successive shocks, for the physics community, it was just the opposite.
IMCRC Secretary General Professor Luo joins the Z particle gravitational anomaly research team.
Putting down the tea cup, Witten smiled nostalgically and said.
"That's hard to say. What if a little girl younger than me pursues you? After all, I'm not as clingy as a little girl, and I don't have that much affection. Besides, you still have so many fans. I see you every day. Every time I wear a scarf, there are people clamoring to have a baby monkey with you..."
"He must have discovered something more interesting."
At least, not in the short term.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Zhou, who was sitting at the desk, took a deep breath, tried to calm down his rippling mood, and focused all his attention on the scratch paper on the desk.
"I may have to stay at home for a while... During this time, you may not be able to contact me."
In fact, Professor Witten's guess was very accurate.
Even if there was only a one percent possibility, he would hold a magnifying glass and dig out the clues corresponding to that one percent possibility!
Pushing up the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose and looking at the paper in his hand, Witten had a look of obvious interest in his eyes.
However, after hearing these words, Chen Yushan's reaction was beyond Lu Zhou's expectations.
In fact, he had hesitated for a long time before making this call.
"This should be the last level..."
"Ah, you too!"
Speaking of this, Witten seemed to remember something that happened a long time ago, and a smile appeared on his wrinkled face.
"Who cares?" Witten shrugged nonchalantly, "I'm already this old."
Even he himself couldn't be sure whether his guess... or the flash of his imagination was possible.
"What surprises me is not the Z particle gravitational fluctuation formula. Although its derivation process is ingenious enough, it is far from surprising. Not to mention Lu Zhou, even now I... have mastered it. With so many experimental clues, one month should be enough."
Although she had a royal-sister-like expression from the beginning, when she said the last sentence of "giving birth to a little monkey," her face still couldn't help but feel a little hot because of embarrassment.
Since he is no longer the king of what amazing achievements he can make, the only thing Witten still cares about now is probably to hope that he can see more new things that he has never seen before in his lifetime.
"What really surprised me was what Lu Zhou was doing."
As if he felt that his statement was not accurate enough, Professor Wilzek thought for a while and added.
"Even from the perspective of a mathematician, the content in this paper is quite exciting. Its understanding of algebraic geometry and topology makes people wonder... "
Thinking that he was so handsome, Lu Zhou suddenly lost his confidence.
And, the gravitational wave formula of the Z particle was actually solved by Professor Wei Hong of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor Davidk of the University of Brussels
"... There seems to be only one possibility for him to leave such an interesting subject alone."
emmm…
"Lu Zhou?" Wilzek looked at him strangely and asked inexplicably, "Isn't he studying this?"
"He called it, retreat."
The Adam's apple moved slightly.
However, this discovery may seem a bit bizarre.
Christmas 2023 will be spent in peace.
…
Seeing his girlfriend who was so considerate and understanding, Lu Zhou was so moved that he was almost speechless.
Even for someone as inexperienced as him, it is somewhat clear that no woman can tolerate her boyfriend not replying to her messages for a long time. And even if you tell the reason, it may cause the other party to have various misunderstandings such as "you are a burden".
After enjoying the silence for a moment, she continued in a gentle tone.
Although Lu Zhou has not started retreating yet, he is already preparing for it.
Are there really such perverts among his fans
As this hot spot gradually fades from people's sight, and no new hot events follow, life seems to briefly return to its daily routine.
The gravitational fluctuation formula of the Z particle is a very perfect result, but it can only be regarded as the first step to understand the reason why the Z particle disturbs the gravity when it falls from a high dimension to a low dimension space.
Just thinking about it made his heart surge...
IMCRC's cafe.
Over the years, we have lost more and more old friends. Many of them have not been contacted for a while. Even if I send emails, there is no news.
Wilzek clapped his tongue and said, "Well, you have successfully aroused my curiosity! I even want to go to Aurous Hill to visit him now to see what he is researching."
"...Huh? Even you know this word?"
In the end, the thousands of unspoken words were merged into one sentence.
The moment he heard these words, Wilzek seemed to have remembered something. His cloudy pupils suddenly brightened up, and he murmured to himself softly.
Witten smiled and said, "You can't see him."
"Remember to take care of yourself. No matter how interesting your research is, you must remember to eat and sleep on time."
Aging is an eternal topic.
Realizing the sadness of this topic, Professor Wilzek took a sip of the black tea in his cup and changed the topic without leaving any trace.
No life, great or humble, can escape this curse.
"…and even he wasn't sure if that was correct."
"how come?!"
I can’t even think about it, what’s the difference between that and salted fish
"Of course not. If he is studying this, even if I can't see traces of his calculations in this paper, I can at least see his name in the author column. I bet that even if he doesn't want to be named, he His collaborators must also really want to put his name on it, and may even do so without permission... "
On a video call.
Vierzek: "Why?"
Wilzek: "Did Lu Zhou help?"
As for Lu Zhou on the other end of the phone, he couldn't hold it back and almost choked at these words.
After hearing this, Professor Wilzek, who was drinking black tea, almost choked on the tea and coughed several times before he recovered.
Looking at the holographic image of his senior student spread out in front of him, Lu Zhou was silent for a while, and finally said these words.
Moreover, the topic he studied was, as Professor Witten guessed, different from what Wei Hong and Professor Davidk studied.
"...the last level before reaching the full level of physics."
Not only did she smile, she didn't get into a mood as he imagined. Instead, she teased him in a relaxed tone.
Lu Zhou, who was chanting softly in his mouth, gradually entered the state of mind, reached out and picked up the ballpoint pen on the table.
“It’s incredible…”
The colonists in Guanghan City have successfully settled in their new home. Except for the mining rights of a rare earth deposit with an estimated reserve of more than 30 million tons, which was bid by a large domestic mining company, the news about Guanghan City seems to have been put on hold for the time being. A paragraph is over.
"Retreat?"
All right.
In contrast, in this research direction, Lu Zhou discovered some other things that interested him. And it was precisely because of this discovery that he temporarily turned his attention away from the subject of the perturbation of the gravitational field by Z particles.
"Don't underestimate your girlfriend, I know you very well, okay," said Chen Yushan, who couldn't help but joke, "Also, you scared me just now, you know? You are so serious all of a sudden. ... It made me think you were going to break up with me."
But it was this feeling of uncertainty that ignited the thirst for knowledge and scientific soul in his heart for the first time in a long time.
Witten snapped his fingers and said with a smile.
Sitting almost at the place where Lu Zhou last talked with Senior Brother Luo, looking at the paper in his hand, Professor Witten had an expression of disbelief written all over his face.
"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore."
Looking at Lu Zhou, who wanted to explain but didn't know how to speak, and looked dumbfounded, Chen Yushan curled up her lips slightly proudly and let go of this big boy who was not good at expressing.
"Or to put it more accurately... more than 90%."