This year's New Year is no different from previous years.

Visiting relatives, greeting the elderly, gagging with peers, and ......

Urged by the elders.

There's no way, you have to find a topic in the younger generations for the New Year, Lu Zhou's study has nothing to say, being admitted to 985 is enough to be competitive, and now it's time to study abroad. As for getting married, it's a little early, after all, he's only twenty-one years old, and he's still a year away from the legal age of marriage.

However, the subject can still be urged.

If you can't get married, you can prepare for marriage.

In short, this year, as in previous years, Lu Zhou had a lively year.

However, leisure time is always short-lived.

After the Lantern Festival, Lu Zhou collected his luggage and hurriedly embarked on the return journey back to school.

After taking a day off from the unit, Lao Lu sent Lu Zhou to the ticket gate of the train station, looked at his son and said with a smile.

"Do you want to send it to you?"

"No, it's not the first time I've been far away." Tightening the travel bag behind his back, Lu Zhou said with a smile, "Remember to take care of your body, and I will come back to see you during the Chinese New Year next year." ”

Lao Lu nodded: "That's okay, be careful on your own road." Also, you too, stay safe outside. I watch the news broadcast, it seems to be a war over there? Don't mess with people if you have nothing to do, read your books separately, and remember to call back often...... Go ahead. ”

"Hmm!"

In Daddy's worldview, there are probably only two concepts, Chinese and foreign, and it is not surprising that Princeton can be associated with a hotel in Jinling, and North America and North Africa are confused.

For his father's geographical knowledge, Lu Zhou has long been surprised.

is also Xiaotong, and every time he still has the energy to complain.

Riding the bullet train, all the way to the east, Lu Zhou returned to the campus of Jinda.

Because of the Lantern Festival, students have returned to school one after another, and there are more people on campus.

As early as the day before returning to school, Lu Zhou had already learned through Senior Brother Yan's circle of friends that Academician Lu had returned to China, so he said hello to the old gentleman in advance on WeChat and went directly to his office.

……

Standing at the door of the office, Lu Zhou reached out and knocked on the door.

Soon, a voice came from behind the door.

"Don't knock, just come in."

Hearing this voice, Lu Zhou pushed the door and walked in.

Looking at Lu Zhou who appeared at the door, Academician Lu put down the thermos cup in his hand and said with a smile: "Yo, it's been a long time, how is this year?" ”

It has indeed been a long time, and after the meeting of the Chinese Mathematical Society in October, Academician Lu went to Brussels, Belgium for a meeting, and has not come back until now.

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "It's okay, what about the professor?" ”

Academician Lu: "I'm okay, although I haven't passed the previous year, but this trip to Brussels can be regarded as a gain." ”

Walking to the desk, Lu Zhou casually asked, "Are there any new discoveries in the theoretical physics community?" ”

During this time, he was mostly studying the Goldbach conjecture and learning to drive, and he basically did not pay attention to the theoretical physics community except for replying to Professor Frank's emails.

"There are no new discoveries, and this meeting is mainly to sort out the work that has been done before." After a pause, Academician Lu continued, "But there is something that you may be interested in, this time we discussed the issue of the 750GeV characteristic peak at the theoretical physics conference at the University of Brussels...... Although the situation seems a little less rosy. ”

Lu Zhou was really interested in this matter, and immediately asked, "Can you tell me about the specific situation?" ”

Academician Lu nodded and continued: "The specific situation is nothing, but the confidence level of the most critical indicator has not reached the standard of confirming signs. Although it was close to 3sigma at one point, it was always a little bit away from a breakthrough. And in a few sets of experiments not long ago, there was even a disappearance of characteristic peaks. ”

Lu Zhou was slightly stunned: "Disappear?" ”

In the email, he had never heard Mr. Frank say anything about it.

Academician Lu's expression was solemn and he nodded thoughtfully: "Yes...... Although it is not impossible to explain it in terms of quantum fluctuations, such abrupt fluctuations are rare. Some people speculate that it may be a problem with the sensitivity of the detector, while others speculate that the instrument may have malfunctioned during the experiment last year...... But to be honest, this is very unlikely, CERN has just completed the upgrade of the Hadron Collider, and has carried out a project to search for particles as large as five quarks, and even if there is a problem, it is unlikely that the problem will be on the instrument. ”

Thinking of the things he had studied during this time, Lu Zhou thought for a moment and asked in an uncertain tone, "...... Could it be a dimensionality issue? ”

This was a speculation on his part, and a disagreement between him and Professor Frank.

Hearing this abrupt proposition, Academician Lu frowned slightly: "Dimension? ”

Lu Zhou nodded, and said in an uncertain tone: "Yes, but it is not a dimension in a broad sense, but a dimension in the sense of 'pseudo-Euclidean space', that is, the timeline in Minkowski's theory of space-time......"

As he spoke, Lu Zhou wrote down a few formulas on scratch paper, but he didn't dare to write too much.

It is not a private possession, but from the perspective of academic ethics, he is not allowed to unilaterally disclose the progress of research to a third party without consulting another collaborator.

As for the things he wrote, they were all parts that the two did not agree on on the theory of cooperation, and they were things that he figured out by himself, so there was no such problem.

Looking at the formulas on the scratch paper, Academician Lu did not subjectively deny it, but thought seriously for a while before slowly speaking, "There is indeed such a possibility, but this point of view is difficult to verify, because whether we are still part of the reference system, it is difficult for us to take ourselves out of the timeline, and it is not easy to do it even under ideal conditions...... And you haven't perfected this set of theories, have you? ”

Lu Zhou smiled and said a little vaguely, "I also thought about it temporarily, and I really haven't had time to perfect it yet." ”

"It's already very good to be able to come up with so many things for a while," seeing that Lu Zhou nodded approvingly, Academician Lu paused for a moment before continuing, "You don't have to feel too much pressure, it is CERN's task to find that characteristic peak, and you don't need to be responsible for your discovery." The development of theoretical physics itself is a continuous process of trial and error, and all the theories that have not yet been proven are speculations about the future. ”

"However, your point of view is quite interesting, it would be better if you could improve the theory," Academician Lu changed his words and said with a smile, "Originally, I thought that I would come back and give you a test to test how well you have learned in the past year." Now it seems that even if I am prepared, it will be too much. ”

Lu Zhou smiled: "How can you do this too much......

Academician Lu smiled and said, "Oh? Then why don't you wait for two days, and I'll make a paper for you? ”

Lu Zhou coughed lightly: "...... Forget it. ”

He has bought all the air tickets, and God knows how many days he has to wait for the two days that Academician Lu said.

Academician Lu smiled and didn't say anything.

Pulling open the drawer, he stretched out his hand, took out two books from it, and gently handed them to Lu Zhou.

"The degree certificate and graduation certificate are here, and I have already done the formalities for you two days ago, you can go to the administrative building in a while and handle the student status."

After receiving the graduation certificate and degree certificate from Academician Lu, Lu Zhou said solemnly: "Thank you, teacher!" ”

"You're welcome, it's the result of your own efforts. But to be honest, I really don't want to release you so soon," Academician Lu smiled and continued, "But you even won the Cole Award, and I will keep you again, I'm afraid it will delay your future." You should go to a higher platform to absorb scientific research nutrients, not with me. So be it, congratulations, successful graduation! ”