Chapter 532: On the Dao Superstring
Shen Qi, the two-time winner of the promise, wants to recruit a group of talents in the field of theoretical physics and conspire to do great things.
The state support, the industry response is enthusiastic, and the applicants are enthusiastic.
In a short period of time, hundreds of resumes were collected at the Shen Qi Mathematical Research Center.
The central theoretical physics section is dominated by Shen Qi and Witten, two "Fei + Nuo" double bigwigs, both of whom are living legends.
Being able to join such a research institute is very attractive to physicists.
Under the age of 40, Ph.D. in physics or Ph.D. about to graduate, with at least one article published in SCI as the first author...... There are too many candidates who meet these hard criteria.
After the primary selection, the Shen Qi Mathematical Research Center left one-third of its resumes, and the owners of these resumes are all excellent scholars.
Good character, politically qualified, and correct ideological attitude...... The evaluation criteria for these soft indicators are relatively flexible, and after review, the center left 20 resumes.
The preliminary review and re-examination will be completed by Shen Qi's subordinates, and the twenty candidates who enter the final PK link will be interviewed by Shen Qi one by one, and finally half of them will come to the center to become Shen Qi and Witten's physics assistants.
In the central conference room, Shen Qi sat with a smile.
The first interviewer was dignified, an elite style, and he introduced himself without humility or arrogance: "Hello Professor Shen, my name is Wade, Wei Xiaobao's Wei, moral virtue, Chinese New Year's Eve this year, undergraduate study in the Department of Physics of Mizuki University, master's degree in Oxford, under the tutelage of Professor Jack Bruce." After graduating with my Ph.D., I have been working in the UK, mainly researching field theory and topological string theory on Riemann surfaces, and have published nine SCI papers, and co-authored an academic monograph with Professor Bruce, which has been published in the UK and India......"
Shen Qi made an apologetic gesture and interrupted the applicant's standardized self-introduction: "Dr. Wei, let's talk about the point, I have already read what is written on the resume." ”
Dr. Wei shook his body, slightly nervous.
After all, he is an Oxford graduate of the scientific research elite, Dr. Wei's on-the-spot response is quite alert, he quickly regained his calm and confident demeanor, Lang Lang said: "I am politically qualified, have a correct ideological attitude, honest and trustworthy, and care for the motherland, during the study and work in the UK, do not forget to review the core values of socialism, and often warn myself that science knows no borders, but scientists have a motherland." ”
"That's good!" Shen Qi stroked his palms and laughed.
Dr. Wei's body shook again, this time it was relaxed, and finally made Boss Shen happy.
Shen Qi shook hands with Dr. Wei: "Welcome back to your motherland, Dr. Wei, we are colleagues." ”
Dr. Wei was very excited: "I will ask Professor Shen for more advice in the future!"
Shen Qi is quite satisfied with Dr. Wei's quality in all aspects, and the academic achievements of this returnee scholar are fruitful and professional, which meets Shen Qi's recruitment requirements.
As for Dr. Wei's treatment, it is set by the state, and it will not make outstanding scholars who return to China suffer anyway.
The interviewers entered the conference room one by one and chatted and talked with Shen Qi.
Most of these interviewees have overseas study experience, and many of them are currently working in overseas research institutions and studying for PhDs.
People are found by the state, and the state has taken this opportunity to bring a group of outstanding scholars in basic theory back to China for development.
These scholars were all very good, Shen Qi originally only had ten people, but in the end he changed his plan and left fifteen people behind.
The research team of basic physics of the center has grown overnight, counting Sha Dongdong and Dr. Qu, two old employees who have never been abroad, seventeen doctors of physics have formed a super powerful theoretical research team, they graduated from different schools, received different system training, and now they have only one goal, to follow Shen Qi to challenge the problems of the century in physics.
Before the birth of the M theory, all subatomic particles were thought to be composed of tiny superstrings.
Theory M adds a more mysterious substance called a membrane to the spectrum of matter that makes up subatoms, which is like a physiological membrane, but has a maximum of 9 dimensions.
Now the question is, what are the more basic units of matter, is it the membrane that makes up the strings or is it the other way around?
Or are there some more basic units of matter that people just don't think of?
Does one of these two substances actually exist, or is M-Theory just a fascinating brain game?
With these enigmatic questions of the century, the seventeen turtle and turtle doctors in the center will launch a strong impact on M theory under the leadership of Shen Qi and Witten.
Witten flew from the United States to the capital of China, and when he saw Shen Qi, he sighed with emotion: "I have studied superstring theory all my life, and the research achievement that won me the Nobel Prize in physics is actually the Navier-Stokes equation." ”
"Life is always full of accidents. Shen Qi smiled.
Whether or not he won an award for his work on superstring theory no longer matters to Witten, because he is already a nominee winner.
The rest is to prove whether a scholar has devoted his life to a research topic is the right proposition.
Shen Qi and Witten gathered again, and they discussed M theory and superstring theory with 17 basic physics researchers in the center, trying to find a breakthrough.
There is no doubt that Witten is a leading figure in superstring theory and the most authoritative expert in this field.
Among the three major research results that set off the first revolution in superstring theory, Witten participated in and led two of them, laying a solid foundation for the development of superstring theory.
To this day, however, Witten still has regrets about the first revolution in superstring theory.
Because there was a problem at that time, until now, Witten has not been able to fully explain it.
"Let's say a stuntman is walking a tightrope, and for a stuntman who can only move back and forth along the rope, the tightrope is one-dimensional. Do you have any questions about this hypothesis?" Witten said to a dozen of his Chinese colleagues, with an embarrassed expression: "I'm sorry, I'm too old to learn Chinese, so please allow me to communicate with you in English." ”
"Just use English, Edward. Shen Qi said that he knew that Witten would speak a few words in Chinese, such as "mud trench", "thank you", and "mud is beautiful".
It would be too difficult for an old man to expect Witten to explain his superstring theory in Chinese throughout the whole process.
"Okay, let's move on. For stuntmen, the wire rope is one-dimensional, but when we zoom in 10,000 times, we see that there are ants crawling on its surface, and for small ants, the surface of the wire rope is two-dimensional. Witten straightens a rope and is adept at using common objects to describe profound physical phenomena or theories: "It's just that this second dimension is small and curled up, so the stuntman doesn't know it." That is, a surface that is supposed to have two dimensions looks like a one-dimensional curve from a distance. Do you have any questions?"
"Nope. None of Witten's Chinese colleagues, including Shen Qi, raised objections.
Due to the orientation of space, i.e., a part of the dimension is too small, the phenomenon of substantially decreasing the dimension is called "tightening...... This is one of the results of the first revolution in superstring theory.
Eighteen Chinese, one American, everyone can sit together, gather together at Yanda, and jointly tackle the most profound problems of physics, and everyone must be strategically unanimous, that is, to recognize the main research results of the first superstring theory revolution.
If there is no consensus on this general direction, then there is no need to continue the discussion on the rest of the matter.
During the first revolution in superstring theory, Witten believed that if the nine-dimensional superstring theory was tightened and the superstring theory was reduced to the superfluous six dimensions, it would become a theory of three-dimensional space.
In fact, there were many people who questioned or even opposed Witten's theory at that time, but Witten fought back one by one and refused to accept it, thus establishing his academic status as the first person in superstring theory.
However, the biggest thorn in Witten's heart is that it cannot explain a very crucial question in his theory, that is, why did he choose the "Kabila-Chiu space" with an absolute value of 6 Euler numbers?
I asked Professor Qiu Chengtong, he looked innocent, it's none of my business, I proved that in the year of the "Kabila-Qiu Chengtong Space", I had never heard of Edward Witten and the theory of dimensionality reduction. (https:)
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