Chapter 141: Achieving the desired effect
"The Woodgate Laboratory has completed the Woodgate-Lee experiment and the low-energy and high-energy electron diffraction experiments one after another, can I say that in the last two or three years, the Woodgate Laboratory has been the most active and productive laboratory in the United States?" A physicist at Columbia University said. He was a colleague of Professor Woodgate, and the two were separated by more than a dozen yards from their offices at the Columbia Research Institute.
"We must admit that Professor Woodgate is the most active experimental physicist in the United States and the world in recent years. Including the Woodgate-Lee experiment, this is a total of three Nobel Prizes! Oh my God, it's unimaginable! A physicist at New York University gave an exaggerated expression.
It cannot be said that he became famous in the first war, because Professor Woodgate was a famous physicist who participated in the Solvay Conference in 1921, and his name has long since spread.
At the APS Annual Meeting, Professor Woodgate's popularity reached new heights.
It was past nine o'clock in the evening, and the physicists had not yet eaten dinner. Although spiritual food is extremely abundant, hunger makes people feel tired.
Professor Robert Milligan, a Nobel laureate candidate in physics, summed it up: "Gentlemen, I beg you to think about it, and think carefully from beginning to end. What is the theme of this presentation? That's right, the topic is matter ripple low/high energy electron diffraction experiments. And you're all talking about low-energy/high-energy electron diffraction experiments, but have you ever wondered what the purpose of these two experiments is? In fact, Professor Woodgate has emphasized more than once that they have designed and completed two different experiments, both of which have proved the validity of the theory of matter waves. ”
"You are extremely enthusiastic about saying that the low-energy/high-energy electron diffraction experiment is a Nobelium-level experiment, so what is the level of physical theory verified by the Nobel-level physics experiment?"
"Gentlemen, I ask you once again to think about what kind of theory is the theory of matter waves. Of course, this is an extremely complex and even painful thought process, and you cannot think about the outcome tonight, or tomorrow or next Monday. ”
Objectively speaking, after the publication of the article "Matter Waves" in early 1922, "Matter Waves" has not received enough attention in American academic circles for more than a year. There are many reasons for this, and I will not list them all. ”
"After this APS Annual Meeting, you go back to your respective universities and institutes, and you have plenty of time to think about the problem of matter waves. Yes, I want you to do that, and I implore you to do it. ”
"Now, let's applaud Professor Woodgate and Dr. Lee for a wonderful, insightful academic presentation that all American physicists have to think in a new way." With that, Robert Milligan applauded.
Immediately, the audience burst into warm applause? The physicists shook hands with Professor Woodgate and Dr. Lee.
Generally? Li Kangping believes that this academic lecture has achieved the expected results.
At an APS official academic conference, do we put all academic issues on the table for public discussion? This is a very good form of academic exchange.
Although the theory of matter waves has not yet been universally recognized by American academics? However, after this round of official propaganda, the idea of matter waves will soon spread to the whole of the United States in a way that is taken seriously.
How long did this APS Annual Conference last? After the meeting, Li Kangping returned to New York.
Li Kangping deals with a week-long backlog of letters? He found Einstein's letters.
"Dear Dr. Lee: I would be happy to promote the theory of matter waves? But I would like you to translate the two articles "Waves of Matter" and "Experiments with Nickel Crystals Being Diffracted by Electrons" into German......"
Albert Einstein knew English, but quite a few European physicists didn't understand English.
Of course British physicists know English, physicists from other European countries except the UK, some of them don't understand English? But he basically knows German.
Albert Einstein called on European physicists to learn about matter waves? The premise is that European physicists can understand a series of papers related to matter waves.
Einstein said in his letter that he had tried to translate the matter waves into German, but that it would be best for Dr. Lee to translate such an important paper.
In the U.S., you have to deal with a bunch of physicists from coast to coast? It's the whole of America.
In Europe, you got Einstein alone? Pretty much the whole of Europe.
If you get Bohr again, you can get rid of almost it.
Li Kangping accepted Einstein's advice? He is ready to start the academic work of translating English into German.
The content related to matter waves is the first part of Einstein's letters.
The second part is related to the principle of electron spin and incompatibility.
"Lee, I'm shocked that you wrote an article like "The Principle of Electron Spin and Incompatibility"? You always blow my mind! It seems that the "Principle of Electron Spin and Incompatibility" reasonably explains the two problems of quantum theory? That is, the two problems derived from the Woodgate-Lee experiment: the birefringence problem and the stationary transition problem. ”
"And yet? New problems arise, and new problems seem to me more difficult. ”
"One of the difficulties: if it is assumed that the ratio of magnetic moment and angular momentum caused by the spin of the electron is twice as high as the ratio caused by orbital rotation, it is possible to develop a quantitative theory of the Zeeman effect along these lines. However, it seems difficult to reconcile this assumption with quantitative analysis of the fine structure explanation of energy levels. ”
"Difficulty 2......"
“…… Li, you asked me to help you promote this, promote that, I became your salesman in Germany! ”
"Looks like I'm going to have to help you popularize the Electron Spin and Incompatibility Principle again, if you can answer my questions perfectly."
"Best regards. Albert Einstein, Berlin. ”
Salesman in Berlin in Germany?
Li Kangping wrote a letter with a smile, answering Einstein's five difficulties about the "principle of electron spin and incompatibility".
A reply to the part of "The Principle of Electron Spin and Incompatibility" was sent to Einstein immediately after Li Kangping wrote it.
The task of translating the series of papers on matter waves from English to German is not low. Li Kangping needed an academic assistant to help him with the job.
Li Kangping visited the Woodgate team to announce the news.
"Really? Would Mr. Einstein do that? That's great! ”
Professor Woodgate is an active supporter of the work of the Matter Waves series of papers translated from English to German.
It has always been the American academic community that has done the work of translating German into English, and it has always been American physicists who have conscientiously studied the academic ideas and research results of German physicists.
Now, the German academic community is taking the initiative to learn from the American academic community, and Professor Woodgate is certainly happy to do so.
"Matter Waves" is a purely theoretical article, and the choice of words and sentences must be very careful, and Professor Woodgate also thinks that it is wonderful for Li Kangping to translate "Matter Waves" himself.
The paper on low-energy electron diffraction experiments is different.
Articles with experimental data as the core content, and the experimental data are written correctly, which is basically OK.
Alan is German-Jew, and he speaks German very well.
So Professor Woodgate asked Allen to translate the paper on low-energy electron diffraction experiments.
Allen was indeed the best candidate, having personally participated in the experiments with low-energy electron diffraction, and his name did not appear in the author's column of the paper, but also appeared in the remarks column at the end of the paper.
"Matter Waves" and "Experiments on Nickel Crystals Diffracted by Electrons" were first published in the American journal Physical Review.
Reprinting in German to a German physics journal requires permission from the editorial board of Physical Review and with the author's permission.
Li Kangping and Woodgate, the authors of the paper, are naturally fine.
After communication, the editorial office of Physical Review agreed to reprint "Waves of Matter" and "Experiments on Nickel Crystals Diffracted by Electrons" in German journals.
The academic formalities across Europe and the United States were quickly completed. Professor Woodgate proposed: "Mr. Einstein and other European physicists should not know that our high-energy electron diffraction experiments have come to fruition, and I think we can translate the papers of the high-energy electron diffraction experiments into German and send them to Germany together with the German versions of the other two papers." ”
Therefore, the work on the German version of the paper on the high-energy electron diffraction experiment was also given to Allen.
Allen was involved in the high-energy electron diffraction experiment, and he was also the most suitable translator for this paper.
Allen got busy, and he first had to finish his thesis on high-energy electron diffraction experiments in English, which was his doctoral thesis.
After completing the English version of the paper on the high-energy electron diffraction experiment, Allen had the energy to work on the English translation of the German version of the low-energy/high-energy electron diffraction experiment.
Li Kangping knew that Alan would be very hard, so he invited Alan to a meal.
"The paper on the English version of the high-energy electron diffraction experiment has been written for a long time, and it will be finished tomorrow. Tonight, allow me to get drunk. Alan drank the wine from his glass and said, "From any point of view, I will be meticulous in translating the low-energy/high-energy electron diffraction experiments, because I am a participant in both experiments, and my name will appear in the author's column of the high-energy electron diffraction experiments." So, Lee, you can trust me fully. What's more, I took you a few hundred dollars, and I am your academic secretary, which is the job of an academic secretary. ”
"Alan, of course I trust you." Li Kangping raised his wine glass, showed a charming smile, and he said: "Allen, your name will soon be known to the academic community in the United States and Germany, and many academic institutions will definitely rush to hire you after you graduate from your doctorate, I wish you a bright future, cheers." ”
"Li, do you know, another reason why I do this translation job is that I want to go to Germany for further study."
"This is understandable, after all, your family is inextricably linked to Germany, and Germany is the center of physics, Allen, you should go to Germany for further study."
"Of course, even if I don't translate these two papers, someone will. Whoever translates it, my name will appear in the paper. Because I did these two experiments myself, the efficiency and accuracy of the translation by me was the highest. Lee, I must tell you that Mark doesn't take as much credit as I do, he doesn't actually do anything, but he shares the results as a matter of course......"
"I don't like Mark, I hate his hypocrisy, his rejection of Jews in his bones, but his appearance of fake friendship...... Li, I like you more, you are the real core, without you, there would be no success in these experiments...... We all know that although you did not appear in the list of high-energy electron diffraction experiments, you gave key academic advice at a critical time...... Not to mention the two previous experiments...... Lee, I feel like you're manipulating all of this......"
"Alan, you've drunk too much, I'll send you back."
The restaurant Li Kangping found was downstairs from the apartment that Allen rented, and he sent Allen, who was drunk and spit out the truth, back to the apartment.