After coming to SLAC, Chen Zhou briefly bumped into Friedman.

This time, there were only two people, Chen Zhou and Friedman.

Even Cross was called out by Friedman.

Therefore, the meeting between Chen Zhou and Friedman this time also caused countless speculations later.

As for what the two said and what decisions they made, no third person knows.

After this meeting, Chen Zhou immediately threw himself into the intense and exciting work.

Nervousness naturally means that time is tight.

At SLAC, Chen Zhou started the retreat mode according to his own research habits.

As for the thrill, it means that this unknown road is really going to the end.

Whether there is an unsolvable end or the long-awaited Nobel Prize in Physics, no one knows.

Friedman also arranged a separate dormitory for Chen Zhou, just to ensure that Chen Zhou was not disturbed.

Chen Zhou, who didn't attract much attention when he came to SLAC before, is now the object of SLAC's collective attention.

Therefore, Friedman must ensure that Chen Zhou's research environment is maintained.

Friedman also adjusted Cross's dormitory to the next door to Chen Zhou, so that the two could communicate in a timely manner.

Kroos was quite happy about this at first.

He was very happy to be able to learn Chen Zhou's methods of doing research up close.

But after a long time, he realized that Chen Zhou's method of retreat research was not his ideal white moonlight at all.

Cross also finally understood what Chen Zhou said on the way back, "This is a lot, it is all the literature", what was going on.

In this way, after Chen Zhou started the research state of retreat and liver explosion, Cross was also forced to follow in Chen Zhou's footsteps.

Cross himself has never done such a research project, which is simply too hard!

In Cross's view, research should be a combination of work and rest.

Because when you're not inspired, no matter how hard you try, it's just a waste of time.

But all of his inherent ideas were broken in front of Chen Zhou.

Cross has never seen Chen Zhou's thinking break once, nor has he seen him waste time hard.

What he saw was all serious research, the kind of research with thinking.

There is no pretense at all, sitting and wasting time.

Cross was very impressed by this.

He guessed that Chen Zhou should be on the plane, so he finalized the overall research idea.

Otherwise, how could Chen Zhou's research ideas be so smooth, and even a little silky......

Chen Zhou didn't care so much, he had his own research rhythm.

Time is tight and the task is heavy, and it is not the first time he has encountered it.

It's just that this time it's a little special.

However, no matter what, Chen Zhou will move steadily towards the set goal.

This is also the most valuable point of Chen Zhou.

"The starting point of QCD summation rule research hadron spectrum is to construct a suitable physical flow operator ......"

Chen Zhou thought about it and looked at the information in his hand.

This information is the first batch of documents compiled by Cross.

Chen Zhou and Cross's plan is to sort out the research literature on the strange quantum number rubber balls in each meson state in batches.

Soon, Chen Zhou finished reading the batch of documents in his hand.

After a little thought, he took out a new scratch paper and began to study the 0-state strange quantum number rubber ball.

Cross, who was in the next room, was also sorting out the second batch of documents at the moment.

Originally, Cross planned to work with Chen Zhou, so that it would be convenient for the two of them to communicate directly.

It's just that after experiencing Chen Zhou's desperate rhythm, he really couldn't adapt to it.

Especially when he picked up the cup and drank water, Chen Zhou was immersed in research.

When he got up to go to the toilet, Chen Zhou was immersed in research.

When he was hungry and took something to eat, Chen Zhou was still immersed in research.

In other words, no matter what he does, no matter when he stops writing and gets up, Chen Zhou is immersed in research.

This made Cross feel very sad, feeling that he was dragging Chen Zhou back.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Cross finally decided to work separately from Chen Zhou.

In this way, he is a little more efficient.

In fact, what Cross didn't know was that Chen Zhou was not familiar with him before, so he completed the entire data processing by himself and completed the paper on the rubber ball experiment.

And now, with him helping him sort out the literature, Chen Zhou's heart is too late to be happy, how can he be afraid of holding him back.

After all, Chen Zhou finally had another person who could help......

On the 7th day of SLAC, Chen Zhou analyzed the self-consistency of the rubber ball flow operator on the basis of the study of 0-odd quantum number rubber balls, and proposed a rubber ball flow operator that can self-consistently describe the physical properties of rubber balls.

On this basis, this research idea will continue to be deepened.

A self-consistent two-gluon and three-gluon peculiar rubber ball flow operator is constructed.

The properties of the 0- and 0+- exotic quantum number balls corresponding to the operators are studied in detail, and the corresponding energy ranges are given.

Among them, the mass of the two gluon 0-rubber balls is about 6.3 GeV, and the mass of the three gluon 0- and 0+-rubber balls is about 6.8 GeV and 9.8 GeV, respectively.

Since these glue spherical states have a peculiar quantum number, they do not exist to mix with the ordinary meson states.

Many theoretical studies have shown that they also have minimal mixing with polyquark states.

Therefore, they are the most probable to be identified in the current experiments of the rubber balls.

And now, Chen Zhou is not satisfied with this, he does not have time to verify step by step and then adjust.

He only had this one chance.

Or rather, Friedman and SLAC, only this one chance.

As a result, Chen Zhou began to continue to study the content fed back to the wrong question set by theoretical research.

What Chen Zhou needs is a sufficiently complete set of research theories for the study of peculiar quantum number rubber balls.

So as to provide absolutely sufficient confidence for the final experimental plan.

As Cross sorted out the second batch of documents, the third batch of documents ......

Chen Zhou also began to conduct in-depth research again and again, and also began to look for the most likely rubber ball that could be found and detected in one rubber ball after another.

"If the model is constructed, the experimental data in the literature are borrowed, the mathematical method is used as much as possible, the mathematics is rationalized, and then the mass spectra of 0+-, 1-+ and 2+- odd spheres are studied under the appropriate interpolation current and within the framework of the QCD summation rule......"

Following a new line of thought, Chen Zhou found that there was a stable 0+-odd ball with a mass of 4.57±0.13 GeV, and a stable 2+-odd ball with a mass of 6.06±0.13 GeV, but there was no stable 1-+ odd ball.

By analyzing the possible generation and decay patterns of these peculiar quantum number rubber balls, Chen Zhou further carried out experimental research on paper-based with the help of the problem set.

If possible, this can be measured in experiments with SLAC.

Half a month after Chen Zhou arrived at SLAC, Cross took the lead in completing the work of sorting out the literature.

After finishing it, Kroos, looking at the results of his work, he himself was a little incredulous.

If this had been placed in the past, he felt that he would never have completed the collation of so many documents so quickly.

Suddenly, a sense of pride arose.

Cross even felt the urge to report to Friedman.

After packing the materials he had sorted out and sending them to Chen Zhou, Cross got up and exercised his muscles and bones.

Immediately, he came to Chen Zhou's side.

Not long after knocking on the door, Chen Zhou opened the door.

Seeing that it was Cross, Chen Zhou walked to the desk and said directly: "Professor Cross, I have received the document you sent. ”

Cross nodded lightly and replied, "Okay." ”

Then, he walked into the room by himself and watched Chen Zhou sit at the desk again.

To be honest, Cross really admires Chen Zhou's perseverance.

This kind of boring research life, Chen Zhou actually repeats it every day in a large period of time, and he is never tireless.

Through this period of getting along, Cross also feels that the reason why Chen Zhou has been able to achieve what he is today is also what he has achieved through his own efforts.

In other words, he deserves it.

A gifted person, no matter how diligent he is, if he does not succeed, who will succeed?

In this world, there is never really something that is not earned.

Chen Zhou flipped through the scratch paper in his hand and said casually: "Professor Cross, if you want to drink water, pour it yourself, I won't pour it for you." ”

Hearing this, Cross walked behind Chen Zhou and said with a smile: "No, you are busy with yours." ”

Chen Zhou said again: "The information you sent me today is the last batch, and during this time, you have also worked hard, so you can take a rest now." ”

Cross was slightly stunned, he hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "Then is my work all over?"

Chen Zhou put down the scratch paper in his hand, turned his head to look at Cross, and said slowly: "Of course...... Not ...... yet"

Kross, who didn't expect Chen Zhou to be in a playful mood, was amused by this sentence and his face changed.

After listening to the whole sentence, he pointed at Chen Zhou speechlessly.

Chen Zhou suddenly laughed and said, "Professor Cross, what do you want? With so many things, I must not be busy alone? I don't need helpers? You don't look at it, how long have I stayed up all night to study?"

Chen Zhou's words were not only for Cross, but also for himself.

It's kind of a mood adjustment.

This is also a small habit of Chen Zhou.

When you are in a state of liver explosion research for a long time, your mindset will change slightly over time.

At this time, you need to have an outlet to adjust your mentality.

And Chen Zhou likes to say it.

Tell everything in the high-intensity research.

Tell it to yourself, and tell it to others.

Cross looked at Chen Zhou and wanted to ask, but in the end he didn't ask.

He just grinned, and then said, "Then I'll wait for you to assign me a task." ”

Chen Zhou nodded, and then said, "You go to Professor Friedman's side in the afternoon to inquire about the preparation of the collider, and by the way, also report on the progress of our work." ”

Cross replied, "Okay, then I'll take that afternoon as if you were giving me a vacation, and I'll go find Professor Friedman." ”

"Hmm. Chen Zhou pondered for a moment and said again, "Tell Professor Friedman, give me another week, and I can answer his question theoretically." ”

Cross was stunned for a moment, and then asked in surprise: "You mean, the results of theoretical research are about to come out?"

Chen Zhou replied: "Almost." ”

When Cross heard Chen Zhou's words, his pressure suddenly plummeted.

He did not have the slightest doubt about Chen Zhou's words.

Cross just thought that after so many busy days, the results were finally coming out!

After chatting with Chen Zhou a few more times, Cross went to Friedman, and he couldn't wait to tell Friedman the good news.

In fact, the "almost" in Chen Zhou's mouth is not entirely the result of theoretical research.

What he said could theoretically answer Friedman's questions was a series of questions about rubber balls.

Just like whether a pure rubber ball exists, whether a hadron state dominated by a rubber ball exists, what is the decay mode of the rubber ball, etc., etc.

This is the core content of theoretical research, but it is not exactly the core content of rubber ball experiments.

The first priority of the current rubber ball experiment is to find the rubber ball and know where the rubber ball is.

Everything else is secondary.

Therefore, from this point of view, the research results that Chen Zhou will achieve in his current theoretical research are greater than the theoretical content required for the rubber ball experiment.

After Cross left, Chen Zhou sorted out his thoughts a little and circled today's date "March 1" on the calendar.

Then write the words "the documentation is complete" next to the date.

After the date of "March 1", it was put aside for two days, that is, "March 3", and there was the estimated date marked by Chen Zhou earlier.

In Chen Zhou's original plan, Cross should have completed the literature on "March 3", and he completed all the research on "March 10", leaving another 20 days for the final experimental plan.

Unexpectedly, Cross was two days faster than Chen Zhou expected.

In this way, the time left for Chen Zhou and the time left for the final experimental plan will be two more days.

Habitually taking a pen and clicking on this unique calendar, Chen Zhou smiled.

Retract your thoughts and refocus your gaze on the paper in front of you.

Later that day, Cross brought back news from Friedman about the collider's preparations.

After Chen Zhou listened, he immediately had a plan in his heart.

Originally, he and Friedman discussed that the preparation of the collider would follow the lines of theoretical research.

In other words, the corresponding required materials, including the new detectors mentioned in Chen Zhou's paper, follow the lines of theoretical research.

In this way, you can keep up with your progress as much as possible.

"Professor Cross, I'll leave this to you......"

Chen Zhou handed Cross a stack of scratch papers, which were his own research materials.

Then he began to talk to Cross about his research ideas.

Chen Zhou needs Cross to follow his research ideas and complete the basic theoretical analysis.

After listening to this, Cross said seriously: "Don't worry, I'll give it to you in two days at the latest!"

"Okay!" Chen Zhou nodded with a smile.

After Cross left, Chen Zhou turned his head and threw himself into the final battle.