However, leisure time is always short-lived.
He has already bought his air ticket. God knows how many days he will have to wait for the two days that Academician Lu mentioned.
Looking at Lu Zhou appearing at the door, Academician Lu put down the thermos cup in his hand and said with a smile, "Hey, it's been a long time. How have you been this year?"
After taking a day off from work, Lao Lu sent Lu Zhou to the ticket gate of the train station, looked at his son and said with a smile.
Academician Lu smiled and said nothing.
"It's pretty good that you can think of so many things at the moment." Seeing Lu Zhou nod approvingly, Academician Lu paused for a moment and continued, "You don't have to feel too much pressure to look for that characteristic peak." It is the mission of CERN, and you do not need to be responsible for your own discoveries. The development of theoretical physics itself is progressing through constant trial and error, and all our current unconfirmed theories are speculations about the future."
Academician Lu looked solemn and nodded thoughtfully: "Yes... Although it is not impossible to explain it by quantum fluctuations, such sudden fluctuations are rare. Some people speculate that it may be a problem with the sensitivity of the detector. Some people also speculate that the instrument may have malfunctioned during last year's experiment... But to be honest, this possibility is very small. CERN has just completed the upgrade of the hadron collider and has embarked on a project as large as the search for pentaquark particles. Even if something goes wrong, it’s unlikely to be with the instrument.”
As he spoke, Lu Zhou wrote down a few formulas on the scratch paper, but he did not dare to write too much.
Because the Lantern Festival has passed, students have returned to school one after another, and there are more people on campus.
After the Lantern Festival, Lu Zhou collected his luggage and hurried back to school.
"Stop knocking and just come in."
"Um!"
"You're welcome, this is the result you earned through your own efforts. But to be honest, I'm really reluctant to let you go so quickly for such an outstanding student," Academician Lu smiled and continued, "But you can't even You've already won the Kohl's Prize, but if I keep you, I'm afraid it will delay your future. You should go to a higher level platform to get scientific research nutrients, not here with me. So be it, congratulations, good luck graduate!"
This was his guess, and it was also where he and Professor Frank differed.
Lu Zhou smiled and said vaguely, "I just thought of it on the spur of the moment. I haven't had time to perfect it yet."
Hearing this voice, Lu Zhou opened the door and walked in.
Lu Zhou was really interested in this matter and immediately asked, "Can you tell me the specific situation?"
During this time, he was basically studying Goldbach's conjecture and learning to drive. Apart from responding to Professor Frank's emails, he basically paid no attention to things in the theoretical physics world.
"No, it's not the first time I've traveled far away." Lu Zhou tightened the travel bag on his back and said with a smile, "Remember to take good care of yourself. I will come back to see you during the Chinese New Year next year."
Standing at the door of the office, Lu Zhou reached out and knocked on the door.
Soon, a voice came from behind the door.
…
Upon hearing this unexpected proposition, Academician Lu frowned slightly: "Dimension?"
Academician Lu nodded and continued: "The specific situation is nothing, but the confidence level of the most critical indicator has never reached the standard for confirming signs. Although it was once close to 3sigma, it was always just a little short of a breakthrough. And right now In several sets of experiments not long ago, there were even disappearances of characteristic peaks.”
It’s been a long time indeed. After the Chinese Mathematical Society meeting in October, Academician Lu went to Brussels, Belgium for the meeting and has not returned until now.
If you can't get married, you can prepare for marriage.
"Should I give it to you?"
After getting on the high-speed train and heading east, Lu Zhou returned to the Jinda campus.
"However, your point of view is quite interesting. It would be better if the theory could be improved," Academician Lu changed the subject and said with a smile, "Originally, I was thinking of giving you a test when I come back to test this idea. How have you studied in the past year? Now it seems that even if you are prepared, it will be unnecessary. "
It is not that he keeps it privately, but from the perspective of academic ethics, he is not allowed to unilaterally disclose research progress to a third party without consulting another collaborator.
In Dad's world view, the only two concepts are China and foreign countries. Princeton can be associated with a hotel in Jinling, and it is not surprising to confuse North America and North Africa.
Thinking of the things he had studied during this period, Lu Zhou thought for a moment and asked in an uncertain tone, "...could it be a dimension problem?"
After receiving the graduation certificate and degree certificate from Academician Lu, Lu Zhou solemnly said: "Thank you, teacher!"
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "How could this be unnecessary..."
Being urged to date by elders.
All in all, Lu Zhou had a lively new year this year, just like previous years.
Visiting relatives, paying New Year greetings to the elderly, making jokes with peers, and...
Looking at the formulas on the draft paper, Academician Lu did not deny it subjectively. Instead, he thought carefully for a while and then slowly said, "This possibility does exist, but this view is difficult to verify. Because both we and the collider are part of the reference system, it is difficult for us to remove ourselves from the timeline, even under ideal conditions... and you have not yet perfected this theory. Bar?"
As early as the day before returning to school, Lu Zhou had already learned through Senior Brother Yan's circle of friends that Academician Lu had returned to China, so he greeted the old man in advance on WeChat and went directly to his office.
However, the object can still be urged.
"There are no new discoveries. This meeting is mainly to sort out the work that has been done before." After a pause, Academician Lu continued, "But there is something you may be interested in. This time we are at the University of Brussels. At the theoretical physics conference, the issue of the 750GeV characteristic peak was discussed... although the situation seems a bit less optimistic."
Lao Lu nodded: "Okay, be careful on the road. And you, too, pay attention to safety outside. I watched the news broadcast, it seems like there is a war over there? Don't provoke others if you have nothing to do, and read your Book, remember to call back often... go ahead."
Academician Lu: "I'm doing okay too. Although I didn't live up to the previous year, I still gained something from my trip to Brussels."
Lu Zhou was already accustomed to his father's geographical knowledge.
Only Xiaotong still has the energy to complain every time.
Lu Zhou nodded and said in an uncertain tone: "Yes, but it is not a dimension in a broad sense, but a dimension in the sense of 'pseudo-Euclidean space', which is the dimension in Minkowski's space-time theory. Timeline…”
There's no way around it. During the Chinese New Year, you have to find something to talk about among the younger generations. Lu Zhou's studies are nothing to talk about. Passing the 985 exam is already impressive enough, and now he has to study abroad. As for getting married, it was a little early. After all, he was only twenty-one years old and still one year short of the legal age for marriage.
He never heard Mr. Frank say anything about it in the emails.
Walking to his desk, Lu Zhou asked casually: "Are there any new discoveries in theoretical physics?"
Lu Zhou was stunned for a moment: "Disappear?"
This year’s New Year is no different from previous years.
Academician Lu smiled and said, "Oh? How about you wait for two days and I will give you a paper to do?"
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "It's not bad. Where are you, professor?"
Opening the drawer, he stretched out his hand, took out two notebooks from it, and gently handed them to Lu Zhou.
Lu Zhou coughed lightly: "... Let's forget it."
As for the things he wrote, they were all parts of the cooperation theory that the two had not reached consensus on, and they were things he had figured out by himself, so there was no such problem.
"The degree certificate and graduation certificate are here. I have completed the necessary procedures for you two days ago. You can go to the administration building later and handle the student status."