Belinda smiled and said: "Remember five years ago? We met at the CERN headquarters in Switzerland. At that time, you participated in the European Conference on Nuclear Research as an intern because of the discovery of the 750GeV characteristic peak. Interviewed you.”
"Yes," Lu Zhou joked as he leaned back in his chair, "Then he will take his two little friends with him to find the most unsociable gravity... But I guess I have no hope of seeing it in this life. That’s it for this day.”
"...what good news?"
Han Mengqi nodded excitedly.
"Maybe it was just because my major was mathematics at first," Lu Zhou thought for a while and continued, "After in-depth research, I became interested, so I had the idea to study it."
Lu Zhou smiled and nodded: "Yes, that's just it."
After all, there are differences in abilities between people, not to mention that JJU’s student body is currently unable to match that of Princeton. He has never expected that all of his students will be talented people. As long as they It is enough to be able to complete the tasks assigned by you step by step.
"Referring to the minimum mass value in the experiment, the order of magnitude of this minimum frequency is 10^24Hz. Such a high degree of interaction coupling shows that the world of hadrons is completely different from the world we are familiar with. To understand the world we are not familiar with , itself is a meaningful and challenging thing, and the changes it can bring to our civilization are no less than the discovery of a habitable planet."
This question is not easy to answer.
For example, "Nature Weekly" is one of them.
"So in your theory, the electromagnetic force acts like a bond that holds the weak and strong interactions together?"
Belinda asked in surprise: "Is that just that?"
The impact factors of mathematics journals are generally low, and the true impact is not linked to the impact factor, so the impact factor does not reflect the true level. Although "SIAM-review" is not one of the top four journals, according to the divisions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, it is considered a leader among the journals in the first region.
"In short, we will figure out how massless bricks stack up particles with mass, and how the four fundamental forces we are familiar with can be unified in areas we do not understand."
Although this paper is a project about nanomaterials at the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, and putting his name in this article is somewhat suspected of "cultivating" him, he also contributed a lot to this project.
Overall, the students he taught were pretty good.
"I have some good news for you."
"must."
Ms. Belinda immediately asked: “How do you think it can be achieved?”
"Hello Mr. Lu Zhou."
Well aware of the public's curiosity about the content of his research, Lu Zhou selectively accepted interview appointments from some media with suitable qualifications.
Seeing the excited look on Han Mengqi's face, Lu Zhou was also sincerely happy for her.
After all, fame is one thing, and academic ability ultimately speaks for itself.
These days, Lu Zhou is either studying his own projects or guiding several of his students to complete their academic tasks.
"I will," Fefferman continued with a smile and a farewell gesture. "If you have any new discoveries, please be sure to contact me."
Belinda continued with a thoughtful expression on her face.
After a pause, Lu Zhou continued.
When the reporter and photographer from Nature Weekly arrived at the Institute, Lin Yuxiang enthusiastically invited them into the office to sit down, and then poured them two cups of coffee.
"To understand the mass gap of the strong interaction means exploring the hadronic world under the strong interaction described by the third-order special unitary group gauge field theory. And for this unknown world, we use to detect it The minimum frequency required for a high-energy beam is the minimum mass times the speed of light squared/Planck’s constant.”
This paper is still in the peer review process, but the results will be available in early June.
In addition to Han Mengqi's paper, a number theory and a computational materials paper by two other PhDs were also published in "SIAM-review" with an impact factor of 4 and "Nano-Today" with an impact factor of 17.
"Of course it's true," Lu Zhou smiled and said, "This is the result of your hard work over the past six months... How does it feel? Are you excited?"
As for the other three mathematics and one computational materials graduate students who failed to complete their thesis, Lu Zhou did not blame them much.
"The Yang-Mills equation is the first step towards a grand unified theory, and establishing the relationship between the strong interaction and the electromagnetic effect will become an extremely important piece of the puzzle, or the last piece of the puzzle to unify the three fundamental forces... After all The electroweak unified theory of Weinberg and others has unified electromagnetic action and weak interaction by adding a Higgs field."
In the next few days, Lu Zhou basically returned to his regular schedule of commuting between Zhongshan International, the Institute for Advanced Study, and the offices of the Institute of Science and Technology. Since the number theory and computational materials classes have been completed one after another, there will be nothing troublesome at the school until the exam week next month.
As for He Changwen's paper, except for Lu Zhou's guidance a few times, it was basically completed independently.
Lu Zhou thought for a while and said: "Before unifying gravity with the other three basic forces, I think it is crucial to achieve internal unity among the three basic forces."
Although the reason why the manuscript was published so quickly may be due to the fact that his name is listed as the corresponding author, the quality of the paper itself is of course unquestionable.
During this period, he received many interview invitations, including from domestic media and some from abroad.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Zhou spoke.
After sending Fefferman to the airport, Lu Zhou said goodbye as he watched Fefferman carrying his suitcase and walking towards the security checkpoint.
At noon, he went to the cafeteria to eat a bowl of barbecue bibimbap. When he returned to the office, Lu Zhou saw that it was almost time, so he changed into a more handsome-looking formal suit, sat on the sofa in the office, and accepted an appointment from the British "Nature Weekly" interview.
"Hello."
"Just this morning, I received an email from the editorial office of "ACS-Nano", saying that your paper has passed the review!" At this point, Lu Zhou showed a smile on his face, "Congratulations, now you also have the ability to A scholar who has published one work."
"Yeah! So excited!"
Lu Zhou called Han Mengqi to his desk.
The offices of several institutes.
"So your goal is to unify the four fundamental forces?"
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "No wonder you looked familiar to me when you first walked in."
There is another paper by Feng Jin, and the impact factor of the journal he submitted to is about 1-2.
The impact factor of "ACS-Nano" is around 14. As one of the top journals in the field of materials science, it is not easy to submit a manuscript.
After all, most people have no idea what the mass gap is, let alone how to understand the difficulties involved.
"Have a safe trip."
"real?"
To be honest, he felt quite accomplished when he saw that the saplings he cultivated were growing vigorously.
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "This is not my goal, this is the goal of physics as a whole."
The camera was turned on, the recorder was adjusted, and a dignified sitting posture was assumed. Ms. Belinda smiled and said.
I submitted a paper with an impact factor of over 10, which made Wu Shuimu extremely happy.
Seeing the mysterious expression on Lu Zhou's face, Han Mengqi asked suspiciously.
Belinda smiled and continued to ask: "I still remember that Professor Greer from CERN was full of praise for your talent in physics. What exactly made you embark on the path of mathematics?"
Lu Zhou smiled and nodded.
The moment she heard the news, Han Mengqi was stunned for a moment, and a look of joy suddenly appeared on her face.
The reviewer of Han Mengqi's paper was the associate editor Ali Javey, who was also a master of materials science. Lu Zhou exchanged emails with him at an academic conference.
After flipping through the shorthand notebook in her hand, Ms. Belinda continued: "At present, the general solution of the Yang-Mills equation has been found. According to my understanding, there is still one most critical issue that has not been solved - that is, the mass gap. problem. Many physicists have said that whoever can solve this problem will hope to win the most dazzling Holy Grail in modern physics... What I want to ask is, why do you say this? And what is the difficulty of this problem? ?”
But there is no such thing as a banquet that lasts forever. After all, he is the chairman of the Department of Mathematics, and there are still many things at Princeton waiting for Fefferman to go back to deal with.
This kind of publication under the banner of "Nature", even if it is non-academic in nature, is far more professional than a professional clickbait like the "Daily Mail". At least in terms of reporting on academic figures, major scientific breakthroughs, etc., this type of weekly magazine still has a certain degree of seriousness.
Ms. Belinda had a surprised expression on her face and continued to ask.