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Chapter 761 The key to the Nobel Prize in Physics and the abnormal data discovered!

As I said before, the reasons for the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarding the Nobel Prize in Physics are often divided into two directions. The first direction is to discover new physical phenomena and new physical particles through experiments, or to test certain objects through experiments. The first important direction has had a huge positive impact; the second direction has made outstanding contributions in theory, and finally made a certain particle or a certain physical phenomenon be discovered.

According to statistics, the probability of winning in the first direction is 8 times that of the second direction.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun's "Lime topological superconducting vortex state theoretical model system" belongs to the second direction and belongs to "Contribution to the theory of topological quantum computing".

However, Fermilab has finally revealed the mystery of the anomalous magnetic moment of muons (muons) through repeated research and experiments on the anomalous magnetic moment of muons, which obviously belongs to the first direction. The power will be stronger than Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun.

The annual quota for the Nobel Prize in Physics is generally 1 to 3 people. If Qin Ke, Ning Qingyun and Professor Copette can win the prize this year, it will occupy exactly three places and share the Nobel Prize in Physics together. .

But if Fermilab wins the award, then Qin and Ke will have nothing to do, and it is hard to say whether there will be another chance next year.

After the party, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun returned to Xingguang Mingyuan's home and began to learn more about the research results of Fermilab.

Although this result was jointly announced by Fermilab and Brookhaven National Laboratory, judging from the published content, Professor Milorad Martins, the head of Fermilab, and his team are undoubtedly talented. play a key role and make the greatest contribution.

Fermilab, the full name is "Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory", founded by Enrique Fermi, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1938, and later named after his surname, it is currently one of the most important physics research centers in the United States , it belongs to the National Department of Energy, the University of Chicago, and the University Research Association. The sixth quark, the top quark, was discovered by Fermilab in 6, and later David Gross, David Politzer and Frank Wilczek won the Nobel Prize in Physics for this discovery and his in-depth research on the "asymptotic freedom" phenomenon in the strong interaction theory of particle physics.

Professor Milorad Martins is a famous professor of physics at the University of Chicago and one of the authoritative experts in particle physics. He is best at quantum chromodynamics and the standard model of particle physics.

He led a team to conduct in-depth research on the precession phenomenon of muons, with the goal of directly pointing to "new physics".

Many people don't know "new physics". The so-called new physics refers to a new physics that goes beyond the standard model of elementary particles in current physics.

The study of particles in modern physics begins with the periodic table of elements. Different elements and their isotopes are different due to the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus, and neutrons and protons are composed of smaller particles called "quarks". The composition of elementary particles—this is the Standard Model of elementary particles in current physics.

At present, the standard model of elementary particles includes up quark, down quark, charm quark, strange quark, top quark and bottom quark, electron, electron neutrino, muon, muon neutrino, tau and tau neutrino, In addition, it also contains photons that transmit electromagnetic interactions, intermediate bosons that transmit weak interactions, and gluons that transmit strong interactions.Finally, it also includes the Higgs boson, which was only discovered in 2012, which is often called the "God particle" in the media.

But the Higgs boson is already the limit of the standard model of elementary particles. Including CERN, all research institutions with large hadron collider equipment are looking for new breakthroughs in particle theory to solve the problem of dark matter, Dark energy and how to incorporate gravitation into the framework of quantum mechanics, and further explore the mysteries of the universe and understand the nature of unknown fundamental interactions.

These all require a new physics that breaks through the standard model, that is, "new physics", in order to take a big step forward in the basic physics that human beings have almost stopped.

At present, the international physics community is generally eager for the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon to bring about new physics beyond the standard model. Now the team of Professor Milorad Martins has further proved the magnetic moment measurement of the muon in recent experiments. The value is not consistent with the theoretical prediction, and the difference between the experiment and the theory has been pushed to 4.2σ, which is already smaller than the 5σ required for effective discovery. As long as this experimental result can be tested in subsequent experiments with different methods, it will prove to be different from A "new physics" of the Standard Model of elementary particles has been discovered.

Even if Professor Milorad Martins cannot completely solve the mystery of the anomalous magnetic moment of muons, as long as he uncovers the tip of the iceberg and opens the door to "new physics", it will be an epoch-making great discovery, which is enough for him to win the Nobel Prize. Bell Prize in Physics.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun carefully read the announcement of Fermilab several times. Although Ning Qingjun was also excited that physics might enter a new world, after all, such results were achieved by competitors. , her eyebrows were still lightly frowned: "I'm not familiar with this direction of particle physics, Qin Xiaoke, do you think Professor Milorad Martins can make another major breakthrough this year?"

She has always had blind confidence in Qin Ke, and Qin Ke did not disappoint her. The usual smile has returned to his serious face, and he said with a smile: "After reading the entire content of this public report, I am relieved." .”

He reached out and rubbed Ning Qingyun's hair, explained some basic knowledge of particle physics to Ning Qingyun in detail, and finally said with a smile:
"Like our NS equation problem, we only prove the existence of a general solution at present, but to completely crack the mystery of the NS equation, we must find a specific general solution. The situation faced by Professor Milorad Martins is similar to ours. They Although the team's Muon g-2 experiment shows that the swing of subatomic particles far exceeds the theoretical prediction, it has proved that there are indeed problems in the measurement of the magnetic moment of muons that cannot be explained and solved by the standard model of elementary particles, but the distance is really pushed away' The door to a new physics' is still a third of the way."

Ning Qingjun had probably understood it, and asked, "Are they going to solve the problem of weighing out the mass of the Miao meson first?"

"Smart, the mass of the meson is a basic parameter that cannot be predicted by the current theory. Only by weighing the mass of the meson through a new experimental theoretical method can they be regarded as an initial success." Qin Ke's eyes ignited a fighting spirit : "So, the key to competing for this Nobel Prize in Physics is whether they perfected this new experimental theory first, or whether we first find out the specific general solution of the NS equation."

Even if Professor Milorad Martins opened the door of new physics, he just opened the door. It is unknown what kind of scenery will be behind the door and how it will have a huge impact on modern particle physics. However, it still needs a lot of people to devote themselves to the research one after another.

But if the mystery of the NS equation is completely solved, the impact on fluid mechanics will undoubtedly be earth-shaking, and the entire civilization of mankind will benefit from it. All disciplines, research, and experiments related to fluid mechanics will usher in new opportunities and breakthroughs!

If Qin and Ke compete for the Nobel Prize with Professor Milorad Martins who "opened the door to new physics" for their "contribution to the theory of topological quantum computing", less than one-fifth of them will win the Nobel Prize. The winning rate, but if Qin Ke and his "contribution to fluid mechanics" are added, the result will be completely reversed, and Qin Ke's winning rate is as high as [-]%.

——The remaining [-]% probability of failure is because the judges of this year's Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences are collectively mentally disabled, or they are extremely disgusted with Qin and Ke, and there are a few hardliners who are determined not to vote for them.

However, given the good relationship between Qin and Ke and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, as well as their identities as foreign academicians of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, this 10% probability itself is almost impossible to happen.

"Next, we will go all out and strive to completely solve the general solution of the NS equation before the end of May!" Qin Ke is full of fighting spirit, and Ning Qingyun's eyes are also ignited with a strong fighting spirit.

"come on!"

The two palms, one big and one small, slapped hard as always, and the two looked at each other and smiled, then sat down at the desk in the study together, and continued the research on the NS equation that had been going on for nearly two years.

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As night fell, the two sweetly finished their dinner together, took a walk in the community, and went back to the study to study NS equations.

Just as the two were concentrating on writing and calculating, they suddenly received a call from the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory. It was Kuang Songlin who called from his office phone.

Kuang Songlin originally belonged to the State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather under the National Academy of Meteorological Sciences. He predicted that there would be a severe El Niño phenomenon in the summer of this year. can provide enough support, so that his forecast report has many problems in data analysis and processing, resulting in a large deviation in the final probability value, but he himself is in meteorology, especially in the study of El Niño It is regarded as the top level in the country.

So Qin Ke invited him to the fluid mechanics laboratory where Qingmu was studying, and arranged seven technical backbones who are proficient in mathematics and fluid mechanics to form a "El Nino phenomenon research" team to continue in-depth research on El Nino phenomenon.

Kuang Songlin's research is very attentive and attentive. He usually meets with Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun once a week to report the progress of the research, raise the bottleneck problems encountered in the research, and discuss solutions together.

But it was the first time that Qin and Ke were called to "disturb" Qin and Ke after ten o'clock on Saturday night.

Qin Ke was slightly taken aback, and felt a little nervous, and immediately connected the phone: "Dr. Kuang, I'm Qin Ke, what's the matter?"

Kuang Songlin's dignified voice came from the other end of the phone: "Academician Qin, our team found some particularly weird values ​​in the recently collected data. The researchers in the team couldn't tell if it was 'noise'. If it wasn't noise, We substituted these values ​​into the latest mathematical model, and deduced that in July, there will be a super El Niño phenomenon with an El Niño index greater than 2.1 in the eastern waters of Xiaguo, and the probability is as high as 57%! We dare not such a result Ignore, so I had no choice but to call to disturb you and Academician Ning's rest...you can see if you come back tomorrow morning..."

"Qingyun and I will come over right away, are you in the laboratory building?"

Kuang Songlin was taken aback, he didn't expect Qin Ke to come over right away, he nodded and said, "Yes, because we found these weird values ​​this afternoon, we have been analyzing them, and we haven't left yet..."

"Okay, please wait for us, we will arrive in about 15 minutes."

Qin Ke hung up the phone, and Ning Qingyun also got up and changed quickly. Qin Ke had turned on the speakerphone just now, and she could hear the conversation clearly.

The two changed their clothes as quickly as possible. Ning Qingyun simply tied up her ponytail and drove back to Qingmu University together.

……

When Kuang Songlin saw Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun really appear in front of him, he couldn't help but be filled with emotion.

He used to do research in the State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather under the National Academy of Meteorological Sciences, and felt that the person in charge there was somewhat responsible. At least he didn't stop him from submitting his report on the severe El Niño phenomenon to his superiors. , but compared with Qin and Ke at this time, they are not even worthy of carrying shoes.

Qin Ke and the two ran back overnight to help analyze the data, just because of a phone call from him to report!
Such a vigorous and resolute scientific research attitude, which values ​​the opinions of the researchers below, is enough to throw off the leaders of the State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather by a few blocks!
Kuang Songlin was once again thankful for his choice. He was isolated and helpless in the State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, where overstaffed people and fighting for fame and fortune were more important than his love for scientific research. But in this fluid mechanics laboratory, from Jiang Weixian to Guo Weiyang As far as Qin Kening Qingyun, and even the vast majority of researchers, really like to do research and want to achieve a career, the seven researchers who arranged to join his team didn't feel any difference just because he was a newcomer. Neglect, at this time, all of them worked overtime with him until late at night is the best proof.

If excellent scientific research results cannot be produced in such a laboratory, where can they be produced?
Kuang Songlin once again strengthened his determination to stay here forever.

When Qin Ke came to the laboratory, he was not in a hurry to ask for data. Instead, he shook hands with Kuang Songlin and several researchers one by one, expressing his recognition and encouragement for their dedication to research, and then entered the topic.

Don't underestimate such a few minutes of pleasantries, it is enough to make Kuang Songlin and others warm and feel a sense of care and respect. At least in the eyes of Qin Ke, the leader, they are people, companions, and friends first, and then It is a subordinate, not a "tool man" who is only responsible for bringing results to the fluid mechanics laboratory.

Kuang Songlin once again felt a different personality charm from Qin Ke. This is a good boss who can make people willing to work for him and work overtime for him without complaint.

Kuang Songlin took the information from his partner and showed it to Qin and Ke:

"Academician Qin, Academician Ning, look at the data here. Xiao Song and the others have graphed the data, and they can clearly see that there are huge abnormalities in these data nodes. According to my experience, there are so many abnormal data at the same time. The possibility is very small, either there is a BUG in the data collection of the weather satellite, or there is really a climate change in a special area!"

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