It turns out that supercomputers are not a panacea, and when the calculations are complex to a certain extent, even supercomputers will have a "headache".

Although all the laws of motion involved in microfluidic elements are within the framework of classical mechanics, when its number reaches a certain scale, it is no longer classical, but enters a chaotic realm.

Perhaps, as Professor Green said, this is not what traditional supercomputing is good at. Controlled nuclear fusion requires a quantum computer, or a numerical simulation of all fluids in an accurate sense, which requires mature quantum computer technology.

Fortunately, with the cooperation of Lu Zhou, the Philippine Award winner, the research team led by Professor Green finally completed the numerical simulation of the model after many days of hard work.

When the whole operation was completed, the control room of the supercomputer cheered, and people high-fived each other to celebrate this hard-won victory.

Just half a minute ago, they used John Norman to conquer what plasma physicists considered to be a chaotic system, which is undoubtedly a great achievement both from the perspective of massively parallel computing and from the perspective of physics.

And only they know in their hearts how difficult it is to do this.

Of course, the greatest achievement is the person who uses mathematical methods to "describe" this chaotic system......

Standing next to Professor Green, Lu Zhou asked in an uncertain tone, "Succeeded?" ”

"Looks like yes, though I don't know if that's what you're looking for," Professor Green grinned as he handed the USB stick to Lu Zhou's hand, "To be honest, I didn't have any hope of success at first. ”

"Thank you."

Looking at the USB flash drive in his hand, the corners of Lu Zhou's mouth hooked up a smile.

"You're welcome," patted Lu Zhou's arm, Green said with a smile, "I remember to add the name of the John Norman Supercomputing Center in the column of the research unit, we haven't produced such a big result for a long time." ”

Putting away the USB flash drive, Lu Zhou smiled and said happily: "That's for sure." ”

……

After getting the experimental data, Lu Zhou began to write the paper.

In fact, as early as half a month ago, before John Norman's calculation began, he had already begun to write the main part of the paper, and now he is just supplementing the data obtained from the supercomputer and the images drawn based on the data into the paper.

Stretching his waist, Lu Zhou, who was done, leaned back on the chair and looked at the paper on the computer screen, full of a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

However, at this moment, his eyebrows suddenly wrinkled slightly.

In addition to the joy, he couldn't help but feel a trace of worry in his heart.

I always feel that if I dig deeper, will it be a little ...... Dangerous?

There is no doubt that nuclear fusion is a terrible technology.

Especially when everything becomes "controllable".

Staring at the screen for a while, Lu Zhou thought for a moment.

"Is it almost time to think about the way back?"

Although it is still far from the final realization of this technology, so far away that countries are playing ball with each other in terms of scientific research funding, ITER cries out to countries for poverty while exceeding the budget every year......

But what if one day it can be realized?

In other words, if all the preconditions for lighting up controlled nuclear fusion are finally met with the cooperation of researchers around the world, ITER has successfully fulfilled its original promise to put a commercial reactor in front of governments that will at least not "lose money"......

He also said that it was not good, whether it was a good thing or a bad thing in the end.

At this time, Lu Zhou suddenly felt that he might be holding a key in his hand.

It may lead to a better future, or it may open Pandora's box and shatter the idyllic in people's minds......

Frowning, he closed the lid of his computer and stood up from his chair.

Noticing that Lu Zhou's expression was a little strange, Vera tilted her head and asked.

"What's wrong, Professor?"

"It's nothing," Lu Zhou shook his head, "I'll go out for a walk." ”

Outside the Institute, it was already getting dark.

After jogging two laps along Lake Carnegie, Lu Zhou felt a lot more relaxed.

As an academic, the impact of technology is not something he needs to consider.

While civilization is advancing, no matter how tortuous the process, history will eventually move in the right direction, and the future is always good.

No matter what's in the box.

He'll open it.

Because that's what it means to be a scholar.

Back at home, Lu Zhou went straight upstairs, came to the study, and turned on the computer.

Facing the paper on the computer, his index finger lightly tapped on the table, lost in thought.

Where is the hair?

Nature?

Science?

Neither of these journals seems to be suitable for this kind of article that is too academic and has too much data, after all, the application of L manifolds and various complex differential geometry methods in this paper greatly raises the reading threshold.

After thinking about the paper for a while, Lu Zhou's eyes suddenly lit up and he thought of a suitable journal.

PRX！

It's up to you!

……

PRL and PRX are both journals of the American Physical Society (APS), the former has a length limit of "3 pages, 4 figures, 100 words abstract" (after all, the full name of PRL is "Physical Review Letters"), while the latter has no limit on length, and there is no hard and fast rule on how many papers can be published in a journal.

The only unfriendly thing is that the basic layout fee of a paper is $1,500, and it has to be calculated according to the number of pages, which is really a "huge amount of money" for the vast majority of grassroots theoretical physicists.

However, for scholars with a little fame, this expenditure can be ignored.

Because of this Buddhist rule, when PRX was introduced in 2011, there were only 38 papers published in the first year, and all of them were long papers without exception.

In 2013, the editor-in-chief of PLX said at the March meeting of the American Physical Society that he would strictly control the number of papers published, and only 6-8 papers would be published every month. And it is required that each paper must be able to solve a certain type of problem, so as to completely eliminate the possibility of water journals.

After all, there are too many places where you can irrigate the phased results......

It can be said that the papers that can be published in PRX are all high-quality products that have been screened layer by layer.

Although PRX is not as well-known as PRL in China, in fact, PRX has gradually surpassed PRL's influence in the international academic community......

After the paper is submitted, it is screened and finally sent to the office of the PRX Academic Editor.

Opening his work mailbox as usual, PRX's editor Frank saw the paper.

"Plasma turbulence?" Raising an eyebrow in interest, Frank finished reading the abstract of the paper and continued to look towards the text.

Soon, though, he frowned.

It's not that the paper is poorly written, but because he can't understand the mathematical formulas at all......

Reconfirming the author and research institute of the manuscript, Frank couldn't help but bend the corners of his mouth and said in a mocking tone.

The contributor is a mathematics professor from Princeton...... Interestingly, did you say that he had made the wrong submission for the manuscript that was intended to be submitted to a mathematics journal? ”

Generally speaking, except for the editor-in-chief of the journal, the editors of most journals do not have the ability to review manuscripts, and usually only have scientific research experience in related fields, and even only have general academic literacy.

Therefore, it is normal to not be able to understand it.

Standing next to Frank with his coffee in his hand, Lamcente, who looked tall, took a sip of coffee, and then looked at the name of the contributor on the screen, and suddenly showed a surprised expression on his face.

"Lu Zhou? I know this man, this year's Fields Medal winner. ”

Frank glanced at his colleagues, "You still pay attention to the math community?" ”

Rancent smiled and said, "Why not?" Mathematics and physics are never separated, not to mention that this year's International Congress of Mathematicians solved a puzzle of the century about the NS equation. ”

Frank had heard about the NS equation, and he had even seen a New York Times report that the lucky guy was said to have even turned down a million dollars in prize money...... In any case, the submission of a well-known scholar must be treated with caution.

Returning to the manuscript, Frank thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to leave the matter of whether the quality of the manuscript was up to the reviewers.

"Who do you think would be the right review?"

Rancent touched the stubble on his chin and spoke.

"An expert in the field of plasma physics, I would like to think...... Pregnant! Professor Kreber from Germany would have been a good choice, and I remember him as the head of the Spiral 7-x laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. ”

"Okay or not, I think he should have more say in this!"