Looking at the USB flash drive in his hand, Lu Zhou's lips curled into a smile.
When civilization is advancing, no matter how tortuous the process is, history will eventually move in the right direction, and the future will always be beautiful.
Fortunately, with the cooperation of Lu Zhou, the big boss of the Philippine Prize, the research team led by Professor Green finally completed the numerical simulation of the model after many days of hard work.
Frank glanced at his colleagues: "Are you still paying attention to the trends in the mathematics community?"
After the paper is submitted, it passes through layers of screening and is finally sent to the PRX academic editor’s office.
No matter what’s in the box.
He couldn't say whether this was ultimately a good or bad thing.
Standing next to Professor Green, Lu Zhou asked in an uncertain tone: "Did it succeed?"
Generally speaking, except for the editors-in-chief of powerful journals, the editors of most journals do not have the ability to review manuscripts. They usually only have scientific research experience in related fields, and some even only have general academic literacy.
After confirming the author and research institution of the manuscript again, Frank couldn't help but curl his lips and said in a teasing tone.
Facing the paper on the computer, he tapped his index finger lightly on the table, lost in thought.
"What's wrong, Professor?"
Frank had heard of the news related to the NS equation, and he even read the report in the New York Times. It was said that the lucky guy even refused a million-dollar prize... In any case, the contribution of a well-known scholar is still It must be treated with caution.
"It's nothing," Lu Zhou shook his head, "I'm going out for a walk."
And only they themselves know how difficult it is.
The sky outside the institute was already approaching dusk.
I always feel that if I study it further, wouldn't it be a bit... dangerous
"The contributor is a mathematics professor from Princeton... That's really interesting. Do you think he submitted the manuscript he originally planned to submit to a mathematics journal by mistake?"
After jogging two laps along Carnegie Lake, Lu Zhou felt much better.
Putting away the USB flash drive, Lu Zhou smiled and said happily: "That's for sure."
"Experts in the field of plasma physics, let me think about it... I have it! Professor Kleiber from Germany should be a good choice. I remember that he is the head of the Spiralite 7-x Laboratory of the Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics. "
The only unfriendly thing is that the basic page fee for a paper is US$1,500, and additional fees are calculated based on the number of pages. For most grassroots theoretical physicists, this is really a "huge sum of money."
In fact, as early as half a month ago, before John Norman's calculations started, he had already started writing the main part of the paper. Now he is just supplementing the paper with the data obtained from the supercomputer and the images drawn based on the data. .
"Plasma turbulence?" His eyebrows were raised with interest. Frank finished reading the abstract of the paper and continued to read the text.
"Lu Zhou? I know this man, this year's Fields Medal winner."
But soon, he frowned.
It wasn't because the paper was not well written, but because he couldn't understand those mathematical formulas at all...
Noticing that Lu Zhou's expression was a little strange, Vera tilted her head and asked.
"Who do you think is more suitable for review?"
"nature"
After returning home, Lu Zhou went straight upstairs to the study room and turned on the computer.
I opened my work email as usual, and Frank, the editor of PRX, saw this paper.
…
"It seems so, although I don't know if this is the result you are looking for," Professor Green handed the USB flash drive to Lu Zhou's hand, grinning, "To be honest, I didn't have any hope that it would succeed at the beginning. .”
After all, there are too many places that can be filled with water for phased results...
"Is it time to consider options?"
The decision is yours!
…
Although all the laws of motion involved in microfluidic elements are within the framework of classical mechanics, when their number reaches a certain scale, they are no longer classical, but enter a realm of chaos.
Lancent touched the stubble on his chin and said.
There is no doubt that nuclear fusion is a terrifying technology.
Frowning, he closed the computer lid and stood up from the chair.
After stretching, Lu Zhou, who was done, leaned back on his chair and looked at the paper on the computer screen, feeling full of accomplishment.
In 2013, the editor-in-chief of PLX stated at the March meeting of the American Physical Society that the number of papers published would be strictly controlled and only 6-8 papers would be published every month. And it requires that each paper must be able to conclusively solve a certain type of problem, thus completely eliminating the possibility of water publication.
Neither of these journals seem to be suitable for such articles that are too academic and have too much data. After all, the application of L-manifolds and various complex differential geometry methods in this paper have greatly raised the reading threshold.
"Yes or no, I think he should have more say in this aspect!"
Just half a minute ago, they used John Norman to conquer a system that plasma physicists identified as chaotic. Whether from the perspective of massive parallel computing or from the perspective of physics, Undoubtedly a great achievement.
PRX!
His eyes returned to the manuscript. Frank thought for a long time and finally decided to leave the quality of the manuscript to the reviewers to decide.
Although PRX is not as famous as PRL in China, in fact, in terms of influence in the international academic community, PRX has gradually surpassed PRL recently...
After thinking about the paper for a moment, Lu Zhou's eyes suddenly lit up and he thought of a suitable journal.
It can be said that the papers that can be published in PRX are all high-quality products that have been screened at all levels.
Especially when everything becomes "controllable."
In other words, if with the joint efforts of scientific researchers from around the world, all the prerequisites for lighting controllable nuclear fusion are finally met, and ITER successfully fulfills its original promise, it will become a commercial device that at least will not "lose money". Reactors are in front of governments...
"You're welcome," Green patted Lu Zhou's arm and said with a smile, "Remember to add the name of the John Norman Supercomputing Center in the column of research units. We haven't produced such great results in a long time. "
He will open it.
Lancent smiled and said: "Why not? Mathematics and physics have never been separated, not to mention that a century-old problem about the NS equation was solved at this year's International Congress of Mathematicians."
As a scholar, the impact of technology is not something he needs to consider.
However, for slightly famous scholars, this expenditure can be ignored.
At this time, Lu Zhou suddenly felt that he might be holding a key in his hand.
Standing next to Frank with a cup of coffee, Lancent, who looked tall and thin, took a sip of coffee and took a closer look at the contributor's name on the screen, with a surprised expression on his face.
However, at this moment, his eyebrows suddenly wrinkled slightly.
After obtaining the experimental data, Lu Zhou began writing the paper.
"science"
"Thanks."
Facts have proved that supercomputers are not omnipotent. When the calculation complexity reaches a certain level, even supercomputers will have a "headache".
Where should I post it
After staring at the screen for a while, Lu Zhou thought for a moment.
Because of such Buddhist rules, when it was launched in 2011, PRX published a total of only 38 papers in the first year, and all of them were long papers.
While he was overjoyed, he couldn't help but feel a hint of worry in his heart.
Although it is still far away from the final realization of this technology, it is so far away that countries are kicking each other in terms of scientific research funding. While ITER's budget exceeds the standard every year, it also complains to the governments of various countries that they are poor...
But what if one day it could happen
Of course, the greater achievement is the person who uses mathematical methods to "describe" this chaotic system...
Therefore, it is normal to not understand.
When the entire calculation was completed, the control room of the supercomputer cheered, and people clapped and celebrated this hard-won victory.
Perhaps as Professor Green said, this is not a job that traditional supercomputers are good at. Controllable nuclear fusion requires quantum computers, or precise numerical simulation of all fluids requires mature quantum computer technology.
It may lead to a better future, or it may open Pandora's box and completely shatter the pastoral pastoral in people's minds...
Because this is the mission of being a scholar.
PRL and PRX are both journals under the American Physical Society (APS). The former has a length limit of "3 pages, 4 figures, 100 words of abstract" (after all, the full name of PRL is "Physical Reviews Letters"), while the latter has no length limit. , there is even no hard and fast rule on how many papers to publish in one issue of a journal.