"The injector is working fine!"

"The transport line is working fine!"

"The storage ring is working fine!"

"The Beijing spectrometer is working normally!"

……

The final confirmation of the experiment was underway, and with the normal reports of the staff, Liu Feng's heart gradually became nervous with these voices, although this time he was just watching Professor Ding do the experiment, but for some reason, he just felt very nervous.

"How's it going, nervous?"

Beside him, Professor Ding patted him on the shoulder and said with concern.

"It's a bit ......"

Liu Feng touched his head embarrassedly, his face flushed slightly. are all 'experienced in a hundred battles', and at this moment, they are still so nervous like a rookie, and they are embarrassed!

"It's okay, I'm actually very nervous!" Professor Ding smiled and said, "Every time I do this kind of experiment, I am actually praying for God's will! Speaking of which, I should be nervous, after all, it's all money!"

Well, that's a good point! We are spending the money of the Narui people all over the world, so we should have this kind of awe!

Liu Feng knew that experiments of such a basic nature could only be carried out by granting funds from the state and the government, and private individuals did not have such a high level of discipline to invest in such a thing that burned money and did not see returns.

Therefore, reverence is necessary and necessary!

Thinking about it this way, people are not nervous, they are just in awe, well, yes, that's it!

Being comforted by the old man like this, Liu Feng instantly relaxed a lot.

Seeing this, Professor Ding nodded and continued to ask, "Xiao Liu, do you know why we want to study these microscopic particles?"

Why study microscopic particles?

I think it's just to satisfy the thirst for science or simply to gain fame and fortune!

Otherwise, why?

Liu Feng didn't know what other people were for, anyway, he always had more reasons than others.

For example, can the particles he observes continue to diverge, what can they be divided into to the very smallest, and can his abilities improve in the control of the microcosm?

Well, in fact, it is still for the sake of intellectual curiosity - it's just that one can contribute to the world, and the other can only satisfy some selfish desires of someone......

"Why? I guess it's for the sake of knowledge!"

"Curiosity? probably!"

After listening to Liu Feng's answer, Ding Lao nodded subconsciously and shook his head again.

"You should know that after the positrons and negative electrons collide with each other in the collider at high speed, they will produce a lot of "fragments", that is, secondary particles, and we can understand many mysteries of the microstructure of matter by studying these particles, which is what we high-energy physicists have been trying to figure out, which is what you call intellectual curiosity.

It's just that, in addition to intellectual curiosity, we people also need a little more sense of mission!

Although we cannot yet predict what practical applications these findings will have, we can believe that the revelation of microscopic mysteries will have a profound impact on human life, just as the discovery of electromagnetic waves has become a precursor to the information age, and the study of the atomic nucleus has led to the widespread application of nuclear energy.

The 21st century is the age of information and the age of nuclear energy, but these things were indeed laid by people in the last century or even longer; without the exploration of new things by our ancestors regardless of returns, there would be no development of science and technology at present, so even if we exhaust the painstaking efforts of our generation after generation, we cannot stop the work at hand, because we are grasping the future of future generations!"

Ding Lao was full of emotion.

Liu Feng also nodded thoughtfully.

Not to mention, Ding Lao's heartfelt words really made him feel like he was working hard for the future of mankind, and for a moment there was something called a sense of mission in his heart that was constantly bursting.

Look, this is the greatness of our scientists, curiosity, dedication!

Of course, by the way, let's just earn some pocket money to spend......

In short, Liu Feng has always admired the older generation of scientists like Ding Lao, and he is far from being able to compare with him in terms of sentiment and dedication.

I don't know why, after listening to Ding Lao's words, he always felt that he was so small?

What a shame, what a shame......

"Professor, there's a question I've been holding back for a long time, I don't know if I can ask it?"

In the interval before the experiment began, Liu Feng finally asked the question that he had been holding in his heart from beginning to end.

Ding Zhaozhong: "Ask!"

"That's right, Professor, you should be looking for some kind of particle in this experiment!"

"Huh?"

"What I want to ask is, what is the basis for your search for this particle, and is there any trick?"

Liu Feng stretched out his head.

How can I say this question, if it is light, it is only related to some research experience of others, and it can be imparted; to put it seriously, Liu Feng is 'stealing state secrets'!

is related to his own research results, if you change someone and have nothing to do with you, you will naturally not be stupid enough to tell you, but Ding Lao is such a 'fool'.

"Well, I was going to tell you later when the experimental data is processed, but I didn't expect you to ask so early...... Very good, it means that you are very curious!"

Ding Lao paused, as if thinking about what to say.

"QCD knows!"

QCD？

Liu Feng nodded.

The high-energy physics of today's world is limited by detectors, and it is impossible to study quarks, and the search and discovery of new particles are all looking for hadrons composed of quarks and gluons.

The so-called QCD is the English abbreviation of quantum chromodynamics, which is a theory that describes the interaction between quarks and gluons in order to find new hadrons; it is a strong interaction theory, corresponding to the weak interaction theory and the electromagnetic theory, the unification of the latter two theories is called the 'electroweak unified theory', and the quantum chromodynamics and the electroweak unified theory are collectively called the Standard Model theory.

The standard model theory was proposed by Mr. Yang Zhenning.

Liu Feng knows that in the decades since the birth of Mr. Yang's Standard Model theory, no one has been able to propose another set of satisfactory theories that can surpass Yang Lao's set of frameworks; therefore, the research in the direction of high-energy physics in the world today still revolves around Yang Lao's Standard Model theory.

However, the Standard Model theory is not a panacea, because it has not yet been able to calculate exactly whether other hadrons really exist, but if they do, what is their mass and lifetime?

Liu Feng himself can find and determine a lot of hadron through his ability, but he can't prove it, could it be that Ding Lao has discovered any tricks?

"The flaw of the QCD theory is that it cannot prove that those hadrons really exist, so we can only prove that there is some kind ......of hadron through experiments! I have a development model for finding hadrons, but it is not necessarily correct, so this needs to be proved by experimental findings."

Ding Lao explained.

I see! Liu Feng suddenly realized.

Everyone is aware of the defects of QCD, and naturally many people continue to develop models on this basis, and it turns out that Professor Ding Zhaozhong is also one of them. It's just that the people who have taken this path haven't seen anyone succeed, and I didn't expect Ding Lao to be so brave......

Well, sure enough, it's the old man who is determined to be thousands of miles away!

This kind of courage is really worth learning from our younger generations!

Liu Feng couldn't help but admire.

"Through theoretical derivation, I guess that between 15GeV ~ 20GeV, there is a hadron composed of 6 quarks and gluons, if it can be found in the experiment, then it is ......"

Ding Lao showed an expression that you understand.

What you are always looking for is a 6 quark hadron with an energy of 15GeV~20GeV?

Hearing Ding Lao's words, Liu Feng's heart was secretly a little bad.

Your set of theories......

Seem......

Alas!