From all-round academic master to chief scientist - Chapter 185 Maybe it’s a fallacy, maybe it’s a miracle

The reason why Lin Xiao called Mr. Yang immediately was because he felt that what Higgs said might give him some direction in thinking about the issues he had been thinking about in the past two days.

He would not let go of any opportunity that could bring him inspiration. Since he happened to be relatively close to Mr. Yang, of course he had to take advantage of this opportunity.

China is seven hours ahead of French time, so it’s still past six o’clock in China, so there’s no need to worry about disturbing others.

Mr. Yang was also surprised that Lin Xiao suddenly asked him for help, but for this young man, he was happy to help Lin Xiao.

“That formula that Higgs and I were talking about back then? I still have a little impression of it, but it was already a long time ago. Let me think about it.”

Mr. Yang said: “But having said that, where did you hear this news?”

Lin Xiao smiled and said: “I was participating in a high-energy physics discussion in Lyon today, and Mr. Higgs was also there, and then he talked about this matter.”

“He feels that the formula you discussed at the beginning may hide some things that have not been discovered in particle physics, so I want to know about it.”

“Well…it turns out that this is the case. I have always had doubts about that formula. Although after introducing the Higgs mechanism, a harmonious result can be obtained, there are still some unexplainable problems in it.” said Mr. Yang : “Oh, I remember I wrote it in a notebook. Let me look for it.”

“Well, please.”

Then, Lin Xiao slowly waited. Until the next meeting was about to start, Mr. Yang seemed to be still searching. In order to avoid affecting the discussion, Lin Xiao temporarily left the meeting.

When he saw him going out, Henry quickly followed him.

Of course he wanted to hear it when he called his idol, and to this day, he was surprised that Lin Xiao actually had his idol’s phone number and could even make a call.

After arriving outside and waiting for a while, Lin Xiao finally heard Mr. Yang’s voice again: “Yes, I found it, but this formula is more troublesome and contains more physical quantities. I will send it to you directly later. Let’s take a picture, shall we?”

“Okay!” Lin Xiao said with a smile, “I’ll trouble you then.”

“No trouble, haha. It seems that you have officially entered high-energy physics. Then I am looking forward to your future achievements.”

“Okay.” Lin Xiao responded. If his previous idea can really succeed, he can even bet that this will definitely be an extremely shocking theory for the current physics world, although he doesn’t know what he will eventually be able to do. Just like before Einstein came up with the theory of relativity, he also didn’t know what he would eventually come up with.

So now, he can’t wait to know what the style that Mr. Yang and Higgs were talking about looked like.

However, at this time, he suddenly noticed Henry next to him, winking at him.

He was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: “Oh, by the way, Mr. Yang, I have a French friend here. He admires you very much and wants to say a few words to you.”

Yang Lao smiled and said: “Since I am your friend, of course I can.”

Lin Xiao said to Henry: “Henry, say a few words to your idol. Yang and I mentioned you.”

Henry’s face suddenly showed an excited expression, and then he grabbed Lin Xiao’s hand and shook it a few times to express his gratitude. Then he changed to English and even seemed a little incoherent: “Hello, Professor Yang, I…I It’s Henri Bernard! I’m very happy to talk to you. I’m a big fan of yours…I…I’m also a master’s student in physics at the Normal School in Paris, also in the direction of high-energy physics. I’m very excited about your gauge field theory and parity. I have special admiration for the non-conservation theory.”

Yang Lao said with a smile: “Hello, Henry, I am also very happy to talk to you. I believe that as Lin’s friend, you must also be an outstanding young man. I was able to come up with those theories after a lot of hard work. Grinding, such as the disbelief of others, or even the criticism of senior academics, of course, as long as you can be sure that your theory has nothing wrong, then you can wait for the world to prove it for you, so keep working hard.”

Regarding the first half of the sentence, Henry showed embarrassment on his face. He felt that compared with Lin Xiao, he seemed a little too mediocre. However, after hearing the encouragement from Mr. Yang in the second half of the sentence, he said excitedly: “Thank you. ! I will definitely work hard in the future.”

“Okay, I’m looking forward to that day too.”

Mr. Yang encouraged.

Then Henry clenched his fists excitedly and nodded towards Lin Xiao, indicating that he was finished.

He is already satisfied to be inspired by his idol. After all, how many people can have this kind of experience of “successful pursuit of stars”.

Lin Xiao couldn’t help but smile when he saw this, and then hung up the phone after saying a few words to Mr. Yang.

“Yeah! Yeah yeah!”

When Henry saw Lin Xiao put down his cell phone, he shouted excitedly.

Then he hugged Lin Xiao directly and cheered: “Lin! I really love you to death!”

Lin Xiao: “…”

Brother, there are people around here. If you want to get excited, don’t get excited here, okay?

He seemed to be able to see the glances of other people around him, and their faces showed the expressions of brother understanding or the master of the subway.

So he quickly pushed this guy away and said disgustedly: “Go, go, pay attention to the occasion.”

Henry smiled and said: “If this occasion doesn’t suit you, it’s okay in the hotel. I’ll be there at your call. Of course, it’s only once.”

Lin Xiao said speechlessly: “Go as far as you can.”

At this time, he suddenly heard the sound of the prestige message on his mobile phone. His eyes lit up. It should be the picture sent by Old General Yang.

So he immediately took out his mobile phone, and sure enough he saw the picture sent by Mr. Yang.

Lin Xiao was slightly startled when he saw the complicated formula in the picture.

This formula includes a lot of physical constants and is also very complicated.

However, for him, after some mathematical thinking, it was easy to figure out how to deal with it, so he simply deduced it in his mind, and finally, as Higgs said before, the universal After the Ranke constant was written in, there was a situation where it became impossible to continue writing. Then, after the Higgs mechanism was substituted in, it became harmonious.

“why is that?”

Lin Xiao thought about it.

So, is it because there is a problem with the Higgs mechanism, or is there something hidden in this formula that cannot explain the physical meaning?

However, it is equally difficult to explain the physical meaning of this formula itself.

“But what if there is some unexplainable principle that occurs in the process of spontaneous symmetry breaking?”

Lin Xiao’s heart moved, and he might have found a direction to start with.

So he immediately said to Henry: “Henry, I need to go back to the hotel to continue my research, so I will trouble you to stay here. Then I will tell Professor Swansea that I won’t have dinner with you.”

“Ah? Have you discovered anything else?”

Henry was stunned and couldn’t help but ask.

“Maybe it’s a fallacy, or maybe it’s another God particle.” Lin Xiao smiled at him, then turned and left.

Seeing Lin Xiao leaving, Henry could only shrug. He also saw the picture sent by Mr. Yang, but after looking at it for a while, he just sorted out these physical quantities and was about to deduce them in his mind. It turned out that Lin Xiao seems to have completed the deduction.

And you know, his speed is pretty good for a student from the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris.

Well, he was used to this, and now he could only silently send blessings to Lin Xiao in his heart.

I hope that as he said, another God particle can be discovered.

He returned to the seminar and found his place.

Seeing that he was the only one coming back, Svensey couldn’t help but ask, “Where’s Lin?”

Henry replied: “Lin went back to perform miracles.”

“Miracle?”

Svensay was stunned.

…

In the hotel room, Lin Xiao sat at the table, spread out the scratch paper and started calculating.

Although high-energy physics is an experimental science, the process of mathematical derivation can still lead to the birth of some previously unknown theories.

This is why its name is particle physics. By converting these particles into numbers, and then based on the relationships that have been discovered between them, you can start from a piece of paper filled with mathematical formulas. As the truth of the microscopic world emerges, there will also be some magical things in it, waiting for their discovery.

In history, this kind of thing has been proven more than once.

Take Maxwell’s equations for example, but Maxwell combined the four electromagnetic formulas and successfully predicted that light is an electromagnetic wave, so that it is called the most perfect formula.

Another example is the mass-energy equation, which is also derived mathematically, and they are hidden in the theories discovered in the past.

Therefore, no one can guarantee whether there are some truths hidden in the various existing formulas that have not been discovered by humans.

And Lin Xiao’s current job is to find out this hidden truth.

[Assume that the Higgs potential is: V(ΦΦ^*)=μΦΦ^*+λ(ΦΦ^*), then there is…]

As Lin Xiao’s work continued, the light of wisdom kept shining in his eyes.

“Imagine a certain symmetry group transformation that can only transform the lowest energy state into itself. Then the lowest energy state is said to be “invariant” to this transformation, that is, the lowest energy state has this symmetry. Then, we can easily generate One question – where does this energy come from?”

“Such as vacuum zero-point energy.”

Lin Xiao thought of this magical thing.

It means that even the empty vacuum contains energy, and at the same time, this energy will always exist, which is the so-called vacuum is not empty.

And this theory is easy to relate to. Does this mean that we can have unlimited energy for free?

In fact, there are even physical objects in the world that can harness this energy, such as Casimir batteries.

Of course, this kind of battery is disposable and cannot be recharged spontaneously, so compared to the energy consumed to make it, it is obviously not worth it.

However, this is meaningless to physicists. What physicists care about is what is hidden behind it.

“Although Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle tells us that quantum mechanics cannot exist without zero-point energy, it still does not explain where the zero-point energy of vacuum comes from.”