From all-round academic master to chief scientist - Chapter 203 Thank you Lin!

“We might… discover a black hole.”

As soon as Lin Xiao said these words, the whole audience was in an uproar.

Black hole is a magical word in the world of physics.

Whether it is physics or mathematics, they all like to study extreme situations. For example, in mathematics, there are various ways to solve the limit, consider the dependent variable when the independent variable is at a maximum value and a minimum value, etc.

The same is true in the physical world. For example, before M theory was proposed, there were five seemingly independent string theories, but in fact those five string theories were only solutions to the five limiting cases of M theory.

Therefore, studying the performance of the problem in extreme cases can give us a deeper understanding of this problem.

Black holes are such an extreme case, that is, an extreme case of gravity, and gravity is the basic force that troubles physicists the most.

Many contradictions between quantum mechanics and relativity are related to gravity. People who study relativity believe that gravity is just the curvature of space and time, while quantum mechanics believes that there is a graviton passing through it.

However, the graviton has never been discovered, which makes people call it the most unsociable elementary particle. The transmission of other basic forces and related particles have been discovered. Only gravity has not been discovered. Of course, it is too unsociable. .

Of course, it seems that quantum mechanics is wrong, but quantum mechanics has always been correct in other places. If this overthrows the entire quantum mechanics, it is obviously fair, and the same is true in reverse. It would be even more unfair to overturn the theory of relativity, because relativity explains gravity quite successfully, just as quantum mechanics explains several other fundamental forces.

Even though multi-dimensional field theory has appeared now, it studies multi-dimensional space, and it is still a new theory. It cannot yet be a good mediator between quantum mechanics and relativity. Even in Lin Xiao’s “Multi-dimensional Field Theory” In “Particles in”, the more complete standard model predicts several more elementary particles. One of the predicted particles is very consistent with the conjectures of past quantum mechanics physicists about the graviton, but it is only consistent with it. No one can answer this question for sure.

Therefore, physicists who stand for the theory of relativity, although they cannot refute the multidimensional field theory, still insist that the particle predicted by the multidimensional field theory is something else, not a graviton.

It is precisely because of this contradictory reason that studying black holes has become a way to solve this problem.

By observing black holes and studying the characteristics of extreme gravity, they can better understand this magical force.

But now, Lin Xiao actually said that they might have discovered a black hole, which had to surprise the physicists present.

Doesn’t this mean that they accidentally made another amazing discovery?

“Lin, is this true?!”

Byron Winston stood up immediately and asked.

Lin pointed to the image on the big screen and said: “I can’t guarantee whether it is real, but as long as we can prove that this wave peak is caused by Hawking radiation, it will be fine.”

“So we now need more data, as well as motion trajectory images. In addition, if it is indeed Hawking radiation, the generation of this wave peak must be accompanied by the emergence of heavy-mass elementary particles. We also need to test this.”

“Okay, that’s it, let’s continue.”

This time, everyone in the audience became more motivated.

After all, it is a black hole!

If the existence of artificial black holes is verified in their hands, each of their names will be engraved on this historical achievement.

And not to mention these lies, just say that if they want to leave CERN in the future, they will have a chance to work in a better organization.

As a result, everyone in the audience, whether they were young, middle-aged, or even old, all stared at the data on the screen, looking for a crest or track that might hide a treasure.

In this way, time passed quickly.

…

To the outside world, news of the great success of the root-checking method has long spread. The results of reducing noise by more than 90% are enough to surprise those who have been paying attention.

Everyone can see how much the Gencha Law has helped them, and each of them will become a beneficiary of the Gencha Law.

On foreign forums and the Reddit platform, there is such a topic about the root search method, which has aroused discussions among many people in high-energy physics.

The title of this topic is: [How useful is the root investigation method? 】

There have been thousands of replies on this topic. After all, there are still many people studying physics.

“Oh, I can guarantee that this Lin is sent by God to save our high-energy physics. I just want to say thank you Lin!” 』

“The particle accelerator laboratory in our school is ready to measure all the surrounding environment. I was originally worried that I would not be able to pass my thesis, but now if I use the root search method, it will definitely be stable!” 』

“Ah hahaha, I am going to use the root search method to renovate the paper I published in a journal with an impact factor of 5, and then see if I can choose a journal with an impact factor of 7 and publish it. I also just want to say thank you Lin! 』

“I’m on the same floor. I used to have a headache about how to graduate, but now I finally have the opportunity. I also want to thank Lin!” 』

“Damn Lin, why are you talking about multidimensional field theory and root investigation method? Multidimensional field theory has taken up so much space in “Nature” and “Science”, and now the root search method will take up a lot more, right? How abominable! 』

“Same upstairs, it’s really disgusting. The papers I originally wanted to send to Science were all returned. I was asked to send them again later. God knows how long I have to wait! 』

“Oh, please let me sympathize with you unlucky ones, but luckily I majored in physics, thank you Lin!” I love Lin! 』

“Are you all so good at math?” I read Lin Fa’s paper on arxiv several times, but I still don’t understand it.』

“Everyone, don’t you think it’s off topic? What we should be discussing is not how effective the root investigation method is? 』

“Well, someone finally got to the point, so let me answer it. The root search method has revolutionary significance for our high-energy physics. As we all know, our high-energy physics is an experimental science that uses experimental data. Conducting research is our most important approach.

Of course, perverts like Lin are no longer included in this list. He only needs a pen and endless scratch paper to make our high-energy physics, or physics as a whole, achieve huge development——

Let’s go back to the root search method. Since it is an experiment, there must be errors, and there are many errors in our experiments, such as the optical cables of Fermilab:)

Regarding Fermilab’s optical cable matters, if you are interested, you can search for it. Let’s return to the topic:

Among our experimental errors, first of all, the earth’s magnetic field is a problem. Although the earth’s magnetic field is very weak, for high-energy physics, even if it is a weak magnetic field, we must consider its impact, just like the LHC’s ATLAS detector. , which has an internal magnetic field. Through the influence of the magnetic field on the Lorentz force of charged particles, we can analyze various data based on the trajectories of charged particles. With the root search method, it can help us solve the problem to a large extent. this problem.

Of course, in fact, in the past, we have actually done a good job in correcting the influence of the geomagnetic field. The root search method is just the icing on the cake, including the influence of gravity. The most important thing about the root search method is to correct the nowhere The treatment effect of thermal radiation and the influence of gas impurities are not the most critical point.

In the past, we have always been at a loss when facing these thermal radiations. Even if we proposed some methods to correct them, we still could not achieve satisfactory results, which had a great impact on the accuracy of our experiments and also allowed us to ignore many small details. places, and often these small places may hide a new fundamental force or particle.

Therefore, as some friends above said, I have to thank Lin for writing a paper, but in fact, every one of us high-energy physics researchers should thank Lin. Peter Higgs also expressed his gratitude to Lin. Having said that, for Lin, this is what he should do, but we, the beneficiaries, need to thank him.

That’s it. 』

“Wow, I don’t understand what I’m talking about, but I feel like it’s awesome.”

“Boss, how do you know so much? Insider? When did Higgs say these words to Lin? 』

“Hey, actually, I’m from CERN, and I’m currently doing research under Lin’s hand. I have some great news for you, we may have discovered a black hole!” 』

“Wang Defa, black hole?” ! real or fake? 』

“You just know?” This thing has become popular. Let me share a link with you. [Have we successfully created an artificial black hole? ! ——Click to open】

After entering this link, you can see the video on the tubing.

The video publisher is CERN.

Of course, CERN has its own various media and is very keen on sharing on the Internet. It has hundreds of thousands of subscriptions on YouTube. Although this subscription is relatively small, if you think about it again, For a purely cutting-edge scientific research institution, it is certainly quite high to have hundreds of thousands of subscriptions.

Generally speaking, the videos released by CERN on YouTube have tens of thousands of views, and there are few videos with more than 100,000 views. However, this video has more than one million views, and this video cannot be published. Just a few days.

After entering the video, the video screen introduced the achievements made by Lin Xiao’s team during this period, and introduced the role of the root search method in relatively easy-to-understand terms. It was not until halfway through that the video finally talked about Coming to the title thing.

The screen turned and a set of data images appeared, which Lin Xiao had previously thought might represent Hawking radiation.

The voice-over introduced: “…After Lin used the root search method to clarify the noise, we obtained extremely ‘clear’ experimental data. This data allows us to analyze them more easily, and we can even find those that were in the past.” Data that are always ignored by us, such as data that may represent W bosons, or even data that represents microscopic black holes!”

“According to the latest analysis by Lin’s project team, they have found possible traces of black holes in the LHC collisions – of course, you don’t have to worry, these data come from collision data a few years ago, so these ‘black holes’ ‘Even if they did appear, they would have been destroyed in an instant, otherwise our world would have been destroyed a few years ago.”

“So in Lin’s analysis, he believes that this sudden set of high-energy reactions represents the reaction of Hawking radiation. Hawking radiation refers to the thermal radiation emitted from the inside of the black hole, so it is also called a black hole. For microscopic black holes, For example, since it will evaporate in an instant due to Hawking radiation, it will decay into those heavier elementary particles after its formation. Then as long as we find these decay products, we can indirectly prove that it has occurred. Black hole.”

“Of course it’s possible that it’s nothing – but we have to trust the intuition of physicists, especially physicists like Lin, so everyone is looking forward to the news in the future.”

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The next part of the video is about some unimportant things. For people, the most important thing is the black hole.

Black holes are full of magic not only in the world of physics, but also in ordinary people.

Everyone wants to know what is inside a black hole. Is it another world or endless darkness?

No one can know.

But now, humans have actually created a black hole, which has to make them interested, which is why this video has such a high number of views.

Although the final result did not show anything, this title was suspected of being a clickbait, but it still amazed every netizen who watched this video, especially this was a guess made by Lin Xiao. Now a multi-dimensional Field theory has made more and more people know Lin Xiao. For most ordinary people, a physicist as good as Lin Xiao has made this kind of guess, it must be a black hole!

Then the comment area suddenly became noisy.

“Oh my God! It is really a black hole. CERN, you have done all the bad things. The destruction of the world must be your fault! 』

“Stop CERN from creating a black hole!” They can create evil world-destroying weapons, and we want to destroy their particle collider together! 』

“Why doesn’t our government stop organizations like this? They are able to create black holes. Do they want to destroy our earth? 』

“I’m setting up an ACO (Anti-CERN-Organization) here and let’s save the world together! This will be the Manifest Destiny of the ACO”

…

Probably because so many people expressed opposition, CERN had to come forward again to explain, saying that their LHC really would not create a black hole.

However, it is obvious that for these stubborn people who may be missing a muscle in their heads, whatever CERN says will probably be considered a lie.

In this regard, the staff at CERN responsible for operating these media can only express their helplessness.

There’s nothing I can do, I can’t persuade you.

Of course, in addition to those who think CERN is going to destroy the world, there are still many people who make normal comments and other abnormal comments.

“As a PhD student in the Department of Physics at Harvard University, I was extremely shocked when I heard the news. Once it can be confirmed that it is a black hole, this will definitely be one of the most important discoveries this year! 』

“Thank you Lin!” Makes my graduation hopeful! 』

“Lin is my savior. I don’t have to worry about what to write for my two graduation papers, hahaha!” 』

“Damn CERN, the one behind you must be SERN!” 』

“This is all Steins;Gate’s choice!” 』

“Why is this Lin Xiao so powerful!” He is simply not human. Is he an alien? 』

“Maybe it’s cheating, right?” 』

“Because he is of Korean descent and has our Korean blood flowing in his body!” 』

“Go as far as you can, Lin Xiao is from China!” 』

“Lin Xiao is so handsome!” 』

“I reiterate again, Lin Xiao is a mathematician, not a physicist! Those of you who study physics should figure this out first, do you know? 』

…

Comments always deviate from the topic without realizing it. Of course, this is not the point.

In any case, the news that an artificial black hole may have been created in the LHC still surprised people.

Although it has been reported before that the LHC can create black holes, this has always been a theoretical feasibility, and there is no evidence that it is ‘really possible’. But now a well-known physicist and mathematician directly believes that it is possible. It is possible to create a black hole, and its importance will naturally be very different.

Especially for physicists.

More and more physicists are beginning to pay attention to the news from CERN, and many physicists even went to Geneva because they all want to get the final news in a more timely manner. Once it is confirmed to be true, they will also be the first to do so. Time began to study this ‘artificial black hole’, because there might be something in it that could make them famous and become top scientists.