From all-round academic master to chief scientist - Chapter 191 Another bomb

After a debate over Lin Xiao’s ‘ownership’, although in the end their ideas failed based on Lin Xiao’s subjective initiative, everyone still looked at Lin Xiao with a sense of relief. .

What a talented young man!

The people here are basically over forty years old, and those with seniority are basically sixty or seventy years old.

Looking at such a young Lin Xiao, they all seemed to be able to recall the scene when they were young, and at that time, they were far from achieving such outstanding achievements as Lin Xiao.

Newton’s 23 years old, Einstein’s 26 years old, and now, you can also add Lin Xiao’s 20 years old.

Although 20 years old is only 3 and 6 years younger than 23 and 26 years old, this age can still amaze each of them.

What an incredible age.

Of course, the exclamation is over, and now it’s time to get down to business.

Penrose next to him said: “Mr. Lin, we are here to discuss something with you.”

“whats the matter?”

“I am a member of the International Solvay Organization. Now we plan to hold a Solvay conference this year. I hope you can talk about your multidimensional field theory with the physics community at this conference.” Penrose He smiled and said: “There is a saying that no one really understands quantum mechanics. Similarly, not many people really understand the theory of relativity. Now it seems that we can add another sentence, saying that no one understands multi-dimensional field theory.”

“So, you are probably the person who knows the most about multi-dimensional field theory in our world now. We all want to truly understand multi-dimensional field theory from you. For example…what do you know about higher dimensions and those lower dimensions? What do you think?”

Hearing Penrose’s words, Lin Xiao smiled and nodded: “Of course there is no problem with this.”

Such an important theory, of course, requires the proposer to share it with everyone personally, such as some of his thoughts on this theory, so as to point out a path for other people’s research. In addition, he can also share Let’s see how he thought about it.

Maybe, these deeds will be remembered in history, passed down forever, and even become stories in textbooks.

However, as for the Solvay Physics Conference…

Lin Xiao has certainly heard of the name of this meeting. It is most famous for its fifth meeting in October 1927. A photo of the participants was left at that meeting. A group photo of famous physicists, including Einstein, Lorentz, Planck and other top physicists.

The Solvay Physics Conference has never been interrupted until modern times. It was last held in 2017.

This year, it is time to hold another session.

“That’s good.” Penrose smiled and nodded, and then asked: “So, Lin, when do you think the best time to hold this meeting is?”

“If so, do you need to ask me about this?” Lin Xiao raised an eyebrow.

Hearing Lin Xiao’s question, everyone present laughed.

Penrose said: “You are the protagonist of this Solvay meeting, and the principle followed by the Solvay meeting is that if there are no important things or important people, we would rather not hold it.”

“Also, our Solvay Committee has already decided on the name of this conference, which is called ‘Multidimensional Field Theory,’ so as long as it fits your time, that’s fine.”

Lin Xiao nodded slightly and said with a smile: “Then… let’s hold it again in December this year. There should be no problem.”

“December?” Penrose nodded and said, “Of course there is no problem. It’s not July yet, and there are still five months of preparation time. This can be regarded as a relatively luxurious time.”

“But may I ask why you’re planning it in December?”

Lin Xiao smiled, then glanced around everyone present, and then said: “Because, before December, I plan to re-measure the mass of the W boson. It just so happens that there are many high-energy physics researchers My friends are all here, I wonder if any of you would like to join me?”

Upon hearing Lin Xiao’s plan, everyone present could not help but be stunned.

Measure the mass of the W boson again?

What is this going to do?

“Can you please tell me why?”

Penrose asked curiously.

There have been many measurement experiments on the mass of the W boson, and they are basically very close to the predictions of the standard model, within five standard deviations.

Now Lin Xiao suddenly proposed to re-measure the mass of the W boson. Why?

Lin Xiao just smiled indifferently and gave it a try: “Everyone, please pay attention to the “Physical Review Letters” in the past two weeks. You will get the answer from it. Of course, I will reveal a piece of news to you now. We measured before There should be a large gap between the mass of the W boson and the actual mass of the W boson – as long as the multidimensional field theory is correct.”

The faces of the physicists present suddenly showed expressions of surprise.

In the past, their prediction of the mass of the W boson was wrong, and there was a big gap between it and the actual mass?

For a moment, everyone present was stunned.

“Lin, are you sure about this?”

Penrose’s face showed seriousness. Obviously, what Lin Xiao said was a very important issue.

Lin Xiao smiled slightly: “If I were not sure, I wouldn’t tell you here. Moreover, the W boson is the only particle that I have calculated that is too different from our current measured values. The other particles are basically They all fit together very well.”

“why is that?”

Not far away, a physicist couldn’t help but ask. He was George Parisi, who had reviewed Lin Xiao’s manuscript before. He also came over.

Lin Xiao spread his hands and said, “Because of the multi-dimensional space!”

In the past, quantum mechanics was the indecision.

Now, when you are in doubt, you can either use quantum mechanics or multi-dimensional field theory.

Hearing Lin Xiao’s answer, everyone present couldn’t help but look at each other.

And soon, someone realized something.

“In other words, you used multi-dimensional field theory to find a new method to calculate the mass of elementary particles?”

As this question was asked, everyone immediately looked at Lin Xiao.

In the past, they used the Standard Model to calculate the mass of elementary particles, and then used experiments to verify it. For example, to calculate the mass of the W boson, they could use the measured mass of the Higgs boson, Z The mass of the boson, the mass of the top quark, and the lifetime of the muon are used to calculate the mass of the W boson.

And now Lin Xiao has actually calculated the masses of these particles through multi-dimensional field theory?

This really had to surprise them. If multidimensional field theory is a pioneering theory in the entire physics world, then the method of calculating the mass of elementary particles can be called the basic theory of high-energy physics, and Lin Xiao has actually come up with such an important theory now?

All the high-energy physicists present couldn’t help but pay attention to it.

Lin Xiao smiled slightly and said, “Yes.”

The physicists on the field were immediately in an uproar.

Someone immediately asked: “Has your paper been sent to Physical Review Letters? Hasn’t it been posted on arxiv?”

“Uh, it didn’t happen.” Lin Xiao said.

Others immediately shouted: “Post it on arxiv quickly!”

“That’s right! Post it on arxiv, we don’t want to wait any longer.”

“Hurry up arxiv!”

…

What is it like to be urged by a group of academic leaders to publish a paper?

Anyway, Lin Xiao has experienced it now.

He originally wanted the academic community to digest the multidimensional field theory for a period of time before dropping a bomb, but seeing how enthusiastic everyone was, he had no choice but to say in a dumbfounded voice: “Okay, okay, I will definitely publish it when I get back, I will definitely publish it, I originally wanted to wait until everyone has a good understanding of multidimensional field theory before talking about it.”

Hearing what Lin Xiao said, everyone present couldn’t help but feel helpless.

This seems to make sense. After all, in the entire academic world, there are not many people who can understand multi-dimensional field theory. As for the only one who fully understands it, Lin Xiao is probably the only one who fully understands it. Now Lin Xiao has extended it based on multi-dimensional field theory. A new theory has been developed. Who can guarantee whether the physics community can understand this new theory?

Of course, no matter what, read it first and then talk about it. Whether you can understand it or not is a matter for the future.

This matter was ignored, and then they discussed where the Solvay Conference would be held, and also about Lin Xiao’s initiative to remeasure the mass of the W boson. There were many physicists Scientists have expressed their willingness to join in this.

Fabiola Gianotti, President of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, also expressed that CERN is willing to provide venues and all data for Lin Xiao’s research.

Lin Xiao naturally expressed his gratitude for this. Of course, his current achievements are enough for CERN to treat him like this.

After that, this brief meeting, which could be called a meeting, was over, but for Lin Xiao, the matter was not over yet.

“Mr. Lin, I am Antoine Petit, President of CNRS, the French National Center for Scientific Research. I now sincerely invite you to become an honorary scientist seat of our CNRS. I wonder if you are willing? This seat does not have any requirements for you. “

“Mr. Lin, I am Martin Stratmann, President of the Max Planck Society in Germany. On behalf of the Max Planck Society, I invite you to become our honorary scientist. In addition, if you are willing, we can also set up a new physics department for you alone. The institute will be called the Institute of Multidimensional Physics, and you will serve as its director for life.”

“Mr. Lin, I am the Royal Society of England…”

“I am……”

The highest scientific research institutions from various European countries have sent invitations to Lin Xiao, hoping that he can join their scientific research institutions, and they have all given an honorary seat.

For these organizations, it is their honor to have Lin Xiao establish a relationship with them, which can also expand their reputation.

Of course, Lin Xiao did not refuse and agreed to their invitation.