Switzerland.

CERN Headquarters.

In the café in the lounge area, sitting cross-legged on the sofa, Witten sipped unsweetened black coffee while flipping through the papers in his hand.

Sitting across from him was Jaffe.

I saw that the old man was resting on the table with his fingers crossed at the moment, quietly waiting for the old friend sitting opposite to finish reading the paper in his hand.

As the founder and first director of the Clay Institute, the millennial puzzle of the Young Mills equation was something that the two men agreed to decide on during their discussions, and even the description of the problem was written by the two of them.

Originally intended to be the finale of the mathematical physics part of the millennial puzzle, he was ready for a problem that no one would be able to solve until the end of the century. However, I didn't expect this day to come so suddenly......

I don't know how long it took, but Witten finally turned to the last page of the paper.

Noticing this, Jaffe asked.

"Done?"

"I'm almost done."

"I want to know what you think."

"He's faster than I expected," Putting down the paper in his hand, Wei Teng took out his mobile phone and looked at the calendar, smiled and continued, "Forty-one days, I'm afraid only he can do this kind of thing." ”

Jaffe sighed and said, "Don't you have anything more to say than sigh speed?" ”

"Unfortunately, that's all I think," Witten sighed, paused, and continued, "We don't have a definitive conclusion about his last paper, and now he continues to build on it."

Thinking of this, Witten's heart couldn't help but sigh.

The international physics community is still arguing about his last research results, and his next research results are in everyone's eyes.

It was the first time he had heard that research could run faster than argumentation, so fast that the world was catching up with him......

"There's a meeting in Room 1 in a moment, and the paper he hangs on Arxiv...... I'll mention it at the meeting, though I feel like someone else will say it even if I don't say it," Witten continued, rolling up his cuffs and glancing at his watch, "Also, in any case, there must be a result this month regarding the mass gap issue of strong interactions." ”

Jaffe nodded approvingly.

"I think the same as you."

……

Just as CERN was preparing to hold another workshop on the issue of mass gaps, the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, far away on the other side of the Eurasian continent, was already shrouded in night as the sky was setting.

At a time when most people are ready to go home from work, the lights are still on in a few labs in a corner of the Institute of Physics.

Especially the one on the inside.

In a room of about twenty or thirty square meters, there are about a dozen researchers. Papers nearly half a meter high were piled up on everyone's desk, and a visibly haggard look could be seen on everyone's face.

As the "largest" research center for controlled fusion miniaturization technology in China, the people sitting here are almost the original team who studied stellarumer devices in the first place, specializing in fields ranging from plasma physics to engineering physics.

However, this does not bring any advantages to the study of controlled fusion miniaturization.

More than half a year has passed since the project was established at the beginning of the year, and the research project still has not seen any progress.

As usual, Sheng Xianfu, who saw the sky darkening outside the window, went to the coffee machine as if he was checking in, and then returned to his desk with a cup of steaming coffee and sat down.

Turning on the computer and bringing up the information he got from the Institute of Acoustics, just as he was about to complete today's research plan, the door of the laboratory suddenly opened, and he saw an unexpected person appear at the door, and walked straight towards him.

"I have something here," gently tossing the document in his hand on the desk, Lu Zhou instructed Sheng Xianfu succinctly, "I hope you can read it in one day...... If it's not enough, try to keep it within two days. ”

glanced at Lu Zhou with a confused expression, and then at the stack of documents on the table, Sheng Xianfu said subconsciously.

"It's ......"

"Something that needs to be verified experimentally, about the miniaturization of controlled fusion." Glancing at the slightly messy laboratory, Lu Zhou paused for a moment and continued, "Also, about those questions you asked me some time ago, now I can give you a clear answer. ”

"High temperatures are not the only condition for a fusion reaction to take place, it is also possible to do so by other methods, as long as we can determine the relationship between the strong interaction forces and the electromagnetic forces......

As he spoke, Lu Zhou picked up a marker pen from the table and wrote a string of formulas on the whiteboard hanging next to him.

Looking at the lines of arithmetic on the whiteboard, Sheng Xianfu frowned.

"What is this?"

Lu Zhou smiled and continued.

"Equations for correlating electromagnetic interactions with strong interactions."

"It turns out that electromagnetic forces and strong interaction forces can be unified within the theoretical framework of the quantum Yangmills field. I wasn't sure of this a month ago, but now I've been able to articulate my theory in explicit mathematical formulas. ”

The moment he heard this, Sheng Xianfu's heart was shocked.

"You...... It worked?! ”

If he remembers correctly, Lu Zhou only solved the problem of quality gap about a month ago, how can it be connected now

Lu Zhou thought for a while and said, "Sort of." ”

Although the theoretical physics community has not yet recognized his research on mass gaps, let alone expressed any opinion on his "unified theory of strong electricity", this has no effect on him.

Not to mention that the system has recognized his proof and given an evaluation of S, Lu Zhou is still a little confident in his mathematical ability.

However, although the three words "sort of" were said casually, they were like spring thunder in Sheng Xianfu's ears.

Suppressing the shock in his heart, he swallowed and spat, and continued, "But even so...... How do you plan to apply this theory to our research? ”

It is sometimes even more difficult to apply the results of a theory to solve a practical problem than to create it. Especially in the field of theoretical physics, the impact on applied technology is often measured in centuries, and even if Lu Zhou succeeds in unifying strong interaction and electromagnetic interaction, Sheng Xianfu is not very optimistic that he will be able to immediately apply this theory to solve the problem of miniaturization of controlled fusion.

"That's why I'm here to find you," his right index finger tapped lightly at the stack of papers on the table, "I need your help to test some of my conjectures that are still somewhat idealistic." ”

Reaching out and flipping through the stack of documents, Sheng Xianfu glanced briefly at the contents of the documents, and the expression on his face was slightly moved.

"It's—"

Lu Zhou nodded and said in a serious tone.

"Yes, it's the 'sonoluminescence' you're working on."

Regarding Sheng Xianfu's recent research, it is naturally impossible for Lu Zhou, as the director of the Institute for Advanced Study, not to know.

Including the materials he got from Professor Chen Weizhong of the Institute of Acoustics of Kim University, including several models he designed and then discarded...... Lu Zhou has always known about these things.

There is still no clear conclusion in the physics community about the principle of sonoluminescence, and several of the more manifold theories include the "air implosion theory" and the "chemical bond break theory...... And among these many theories, the most fascinating is probably the "fusion reaction theory".

Looking at Sheng Xianfu with a face full of disbelief, Lu Zhou paused for a moment and continued.

"I know you've failed so many times that you're even ready to give up...... But I would say that your research is not useless, it just didn't find a suitable method. ”

Sheng Xianfu shook his head with a bitter expression.

"I've tried everything I can, what else can I try?"

Lu Zhou looked at the stack of materials in his hand.

"Isn't the answer to this question in your hands?"

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