"Professor Duane, so far, you have been mainly refuting Professor Arthur Compton's experiments. Can you explain what you did experimenting with? Robert Milligan finally spoke.

"Okay, Professor Milligan, I'd be happy to do that." Duane then began to explain his experiments.

The core content of the Duane experiment is the so-called cubic X-ray spectrum, cubic peaks.

Arthur Compton said: "Professor Duane, the three X-rays you deduced are actually a type of X-ray excited by photoelectrons in scattered matter. However, you don't include experimental data for the three peaks in your paper. ”

Arthur Compton's thesis was the finished product, and he finished his X-ray scattering experiments.

Duane's paper was actually a half-finished product, and he deduced three X-rays, but did not get the evidence of three X-rays in his experiments for three peaks.

It seems a little unreasonable for Duane to take his half-finished product against Arthur Compton's, but it makes sense.

Duane, who used a half-finished product as a weapon, was not completely discouraged by Arthur Compton, and Arthur Compton, who used a finished product as ammunition, did not win.

The first day of the debate will end with no result and will continue tomorrow.

Arthur Compton was anxious, and his brother Carl, student Wu Youxun, and friend Li Kangping were also depressed.

It is very obvious that Duane's experiments were not yet done, and he did not let Arthur Compton publish his papers.

"Duane is buying time, and his team is in the lab at Harvard, and now it must be doing experiments 24 hours a day." Li Kangping guessed.

Arthur Compton was annoyed and said, "I shouldn't have sent the paper to Duane, I should have sent it to England, maybe I could have gone directly to England!" ”

Arthur Compton studied at Cambridge for a few years, and he had many friends in England, and it was feasible for him to send his papers to England and ask them to work on them, or he himself could go to England and work on them himself.

Li Kangping suggested: "Arthur, it's not too late for you to take your thesis and go to England immediately. ”

"No, I can't do that right now, I triggered the American system, so I have to comply with the American system." Arthur Compton said helplessly.

You can think that Arthur Compton is a very principled person, or you can think that Arthur Compton is not rigid enough that he does not dare to completely tear his face with the American system.

In Li Kangping's memory, the Compton family was a family of presidents, and the family served as presidents of several universities in the United States.

With such a big leader as the principal, of course, he will take the overall situation into account.

Although Arthur Compton is not currently the president of any university in the United States, he has the genes to think about the big picture.

The debate lasted for three days, and Arthur Compton's group failed to convince the Duane group, and similarly, the Duane group did not refute Arthur Compton's group.

Robert Milligan's group remained neutral, believing that Arthur Compton's experiment could be trusted, and that Duane's experiment could succeed.

Finally, Mr. Harris of the American Academy of Sciences concluded: "This debate is over, given the fact that neither Professor Arthur Compton nor Professor Duane can convince anyone." I hope that Professor Arthur Compton and Professor Duane can fully communicate after the meeting, and you will visit each other's laboratories for further academic exchanges, and I think it will have a positive effect. All in all, thank you all for your participation and look forward to seeing you next time. ”

Physicists from California, Illinois, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts spent three days in New York discussing the general direction, and they basically supported quantum theory and optical quantum theory.

This group of American physicists realized that if both Arthur Compton and Doane succeeded in their experiments, they would have a strong proof of the quantum theory of light, and they would have a major impact on the debate over the nature of light.

The current situation is an intensification or compromise of internal contradictions among American physicists, and a dispute over the Compton effect or the Duane effect.

Li Kangping sent off Arthur Compton and Wu Youxun, and ushered in job seeker Vladimir Kosma Zvorikin.

"Dr. Zvorykin, it's a pleasure to meet you, it's hard to come here from Pittsburgh?" Li Kangping received Zvorikin at the president's office at the King's Building.

Zvorikin's blonde hair was combed back, his nose was a little big, his ears were a little pointed, and he said, "I asked the company for leave and I could only stay in New York for two days, Dr. Lee, and I hope to get the results in two days." ”

"Dr. Zvorykin, tell us about yourself, I want to know more about you."

"Okay."

Zvorykin, a 34-year-old Russian, introduced himself. In 1908 he enrolled at the St. Petersburg Technical Institute, where he studied television under the tutelage of Luo Xing.

In 1912, Zvorikin went to Paris to study X-rays under the tutelage of the famous French physicist Lang Zhiwan, and obtained a master's degree.

In 1914, Zvorykin fought in Europe as a communications soldier in the border city of Grodno on the border with Poland. Subsequently, he worked for the Russian company Marconi, where he participated in the testing of radio equipment acquired by the Russian army.

In 1918, Zvorikin participated in the expedition of the Arctic Ocean, which was an unforgettable and meaningful experience.

In 1919, Lenin launched the October Revolution, and Zvorikin came to the United States.

After the outbreak of the October Revolution, the children of wealthy Russian families fled one after another. Li Kangping speculated that Zworigin's family background was very similar to Alex's.

After Zvorikin moved to the United States, he worked for Westinghouse while pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh.

All in all, Li Kangping feels that Zvorikin is quite good.

In terms of academics, Zvorikin's teachers are all famous teachers, and Zvorikin has obtained a PhD, so Zvorikin's technical level must not be low.

In terms of work, Zvorikin has worked in large companies such as Marconi in Russia and Westinghouse in the United States, and he has sufficient work experience.

And Zvorikin served as a soldier and participated in the Arctic scientific expedition, and his life experience is too rich.

"Dr. Zvorikin, you said in your cover letter that you wrote a thesis on an all-electronic television system?"

"Actually, I started thinking about an all-electronic TV system ten years ago, and soon the war broke out and my life changed. After coming to the United States in 1919, I continued to study electronic television while working for my Ph.D., and of course, my research on electronic television was only on paper. Just as I was writing what I thought was the world's first all-electronic television paper, I came across your "All-Electronic Television System" in Scientific American. ”