Chapter 328: A bet with Hawking

After the end of the European Super Cup, Lu Qiujian followed the team back to Munich to celebrate, and played in the next league game to score a hat-trick to the top of the scorer list, and then returned to Geneva again.

"Yes, it's almost finished! Lafayette and the others are preparing according to the protocol you left behind! In a week, we can officially start the experiment!" Dr. Evans said with a beaming heart, "I can't wait to surprise us again!"

"I'm also looking forward to it, but I don't have much hope of succeeding the first time, and I still need more practical data to revise my plan!" Lu Qiujian was not carried away by the good news.

"CERN will understand you!" Dr. Evans reassured, "Peter and Stephen are both chatting in the Communication Center, and there are some scientists from the partner units, so you can go and talk to them too!"

Well, they had given me a lot of support before, and I should really thank them, and after a few more conversations, Lu Qiujian came out of Dr. Evans's office and walked towards the exchange center.

"Director Chen, you still see the outside, and you didn't call me to pick you up at the airport this time!" In the midst of a group of Caucasians, Lu Qiujian easily saw Director Chen of the Beijing High Energy Institute.

"You were still playing in Germany when I came! If you come here Magath and Beckenbauer, you will have to scold me to death!" Director Chen said jokingly, as he seemed to be a fan.

"Hello Professor Wang, Professor Sun, Professor Mu, Professor Liu, Professor Wu!" he was surrounded by those Chinese scientific circles who had cooperative relations with CERN, and Lu Qiujian greeted them one by one.

"In the past, I always cooperated with foreigners' experimental plans, although Professor Ding Zhaozhong is Chinese, but after all, he is a national of the United States, and this time it can be regarded as a help for our country's scientist-led experimental program!" said Professor Wu from Jinling University who works for the ATLAS project team, which caused a chorus of Chinese scientists present.

"We just started a little late, because the domestic economy was underdeveloped before, and we couldn't invest too much money in the basic field, and we waited until the construction of CEPC was completed. Let those foreigners go to our country and give us a hand!" Lu Qiujian lowered his voice and joked, and the crowd erupted in laughter again.

The laughter attracted the attention of the people around him, and Higgs, who was standing on a high place, looked over and saw Lu Qiujian in the crowd, and hurriedly waved his hand, "Lu, come here!"

"I'll be with you for a while, and we'll talk later!" Lu Qiujian walked up to Professor Higgs, "Professor Higgs, Professor Engler, Professor Blaudt, congratulations, you are now the top candidate in the Nobel Prize in Physics odds." I think in a little more than a month, I might hear about your award!"

"Haha, it's all thanks to your experimental protocol and data analysis methods!Otherwise, we don't know how long we'll have to wait!" It seems that Higgs is also full of confidence in his award, and he is not humble at all, but also, his achievements and qualifications are extremely leading among these candidates, as long as the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences does not make mistakes, the three of them will almost be a foregone conclusion.

"Yes, thank you very much, Lu. It's not just a matter of the Nobel Prize; it's more important that we finally see the moment when our theories are confirmed! Even now that God is calling me, I have no regrets!" said Professor Robert Braut solemnly.

"Robert, don't say these sad words!" Seeing that Braut, who was the weakest, was a little excited, Engler hurriedly came out to relieve the siege. "Lu is still waiting for us to nominate him for the Nobel Prize!"

"That won't be long! If dark matter is discovered, Lu will get this opportunity immediately!" Higgs also interjected to change the subject.

"I haven't thanked you for your support to me, if it weren't for you, my pilot plan wouldn't have been approved so quickly!" Lu Qiujian said sincerely.

Professor Braut's mood gradually adjusted. Several people began to discuss dark matter, and gradually attracted more scientists to join in, expressing their wishes for the success of Lu Qiujian's experiment.

"I don't think Lui's experiment is likely to find dark matter. Because in my judgment" a distinctive electronic voice joins their discussion, the crowd moves out of the way, and Stephen Hawking approaches them in a wheelchair.

"We just know that you bet that Lui's experiment is unlikely to succeed that is why we are so confident in him!" Higgs quipped, adding that Hawking would lose every bet he made, and that he was on the verge of becoming a Pele-like figure in physics.

"Professor Hawking, let's switch bets. Lu Qiujian suddenly came up with a ghost idea.

"What? Are you scared? Lu, as a scientist, you have to be confident in your theory!" Hearing this, Hawking kindly persuaded him!

"No, no, no, I'm not worried about failing, and I'm not afraid of running naked! If I still haven't found dark matter after many experiments, then I'll go to the LHC's collision channel as you said before! If you lose, just promise me a small request!"

"Time! How long is the time limit for the bet!" Huo Jinmingrui found a loophole in Lu Qiujian's words, "If the time is too long, it won't work, you are much younger than us!"

"It's better to take three years as the deadline!" Lu Qiujian weighed it and gave a definite number.

"Well, just three years, by September 2008, and still no dark matter has been discovered, even if you lose!" Hawking agreed to his deadline, "So what are your requirements?"

"If evidence of the existence of dark matter is found in three years, then let's make a record with you as the lead singer and release it to the public! I know you worked with Ping Kefroyd in '94, so you must be no stranger to recording records, right?"

"Well, how about I be the bass player for you to accompany you, and Brian May to be the guitarist?" Lu Qiujian also suggested, but unfortunately Feynman has been dead for many years, otherwise it seems good to let him be the drummer! The 65-year Nobel Prize winner in physics and a core member of the Manhattan Project has a samba drum skills comparable to that of a professional drummer, and has performed on stage many times.

It's a pity that after all, we can't come up with a rock band composed of pure physicists! Lu Qiujian has a little regret. (To be continued.) )

PS: Woo woo, I'm so bored at home! I want to go out and hang out! Where can I go?