The report will continue.

However, compared to the previous exciting discovery, for everyone here, there is nothing to look forward to.

No way, this discovery is really amazing.

Many people think of the neutrino oscillation experiment a few years ago, which proved that neutrinos, which should have no mass in the predictions of the Standard Model, actually have mass! Because of this astonishing discovery, the edifice of the Standard Model was almost pushed. Pour.

If 750GeV really has a particle that is missing out of the Standard Model......

In a sense, this clue really has this kind of disruptive potential.

Many people were looking at their watches, and some had even quietly left early, rushing to their labs to start writing papers to "explain" the new particles and new physical phenomena, and then post them on the arxiv website.

It is foreseeable that if the probability of the occurrence of this characteristic peak is really so high, CERN will definitely activate the Hadron Collider and conduct experiments to verify this clue.

If the data collected on the Hadron Collider proves that there is indeed a characteristic peak at 750 GeV, and the characteristic peak is proved to be indeed a new particle, it will not only mean "new physics", but also a Nobel Prize!

There is no doubt that this clue already has value to bet on.

Slowly lowering his clapping hand, Peter Higgs said in an exclamatory tone.

“…… Unbelievable, that's the amazing discovery you told me about? ”

"Yes," said Frank Wilzek, who was sitting next to him, smiled, "I read his paper two weeks ago, and although it was not finished at the time, I had a vague hunch that it would be an astonishing clue." ”

After thinking for a while, Peter Higgs said, "Do you think there is a possibility of a characteristic peak in 750GeV from a mathematical point of view?" ”

Frank smiled and said, "I think there's value in giving it a try, whether it's right or not, it's really an important clue." ”

"You're right, I think so too," Peter nodded, slowly rising from his seat, "I happen to have a new idea for this clue as well...... Then I'll go back first. ”

Frank reached out and stopped his old friend: "Wait a minute. ”

Peter: "Anything else?" ”

Hehe smiled, and Frank rubbed his thumb: "You forgot to pay." ”

The two had made a bet that Frank would be interested in this new clue.

Looking at it now, the gambler clearly won.

Stunned, Peter laughed and cursed, threw a crumpled Franklin on his chair, turned and hurried away.

……

On the other side of the venue, looking at Lu Zhou who was walking behind the scenes, Academician Lu laughed and said, "This kid is a bit interesting, he deserves to be my apprentice." ”

Sitting next to him, Yan Xinjue couldn't help but ask, "But professor, didn't you say that it was a quantum fluctuation?" ”

"I didn't say that," Academician Lu retorted with a serious face, "I'm just saying that there is such a possibility, and this possibility is very likely. ”

Even now, he thinks so.

This is indeed an important clue, but whether this clue really means a major discovery remains to be tested experimentally.

Yan Xinjue continued to ask: "But if there is really a characteristic peak at 750GeV, how can this phenomenon be explained from the perspective of quantum chromodynamics?" ”

Academician Lu shook his head: "I can't explain it, this phenomenon is beyond the standard model." ”

"Then why-"

"There is no why," interrupted the doctoral student, Academician Gao smiled and continued, "The meaning of the existence of physics is not to let us see everything as we want, on the contrary, the meaning of its existence is to find those things that are unexpected, and then we will get new puzzle pieces to improve our theory." ”

Any physical conclusion is imperfect and depends on the progress of human observation.

Therefore, even if Einstein proved the theory of relativity, no physicist jumped out and said that he was "anti-Newton", or that Newton's motion theorem was wrong.

Similarly, if one day in the future, when people set foot on a more distant galaxy and find that the theory of relativity is no longer applicable in a certain corner of the universe, there will be no physicist who will say that the theory of relativity is wrong, but it still needs to be perfected.

The same is true for the Standard Model.

Holding his breath, Yan Xinjue asked in a tone that was so excited that he trembled: "In other words, Lu Zhou's discovery means a new physics?" ”

Academician Gao thought for a moment and gave a vague answer: "Just maybe." ”

Yes, just maybe.

But even if it's just maybe, it's not easy for a master's student.

……

Two and a half months have passed since I set foot on the land of Europe in early May.

Looking at the calendar hanging on the bedside table, Lu Zhou couldn't help but sigh.

If he hadn't misremembered the school calendar, the 201 friends would have finished the last subject at this time, and only the army of graduate students would be stationed in the entire Jinling University.

If the trajectory of his life does not deviate from the course, he will be a junior in two months, and he will have to start thinking about the serious question of whether to go to graduate school or find a job......

As for now, it is clear that he no longer has to think about these superficial questions.

However, there don't seem to be fewer issues to consider, but more to consider.

Just two weeks ago, the European Nuclear Research Summit ended, and researchers from the LHCb Chinese Cooperation Group returned to China one after another.

Originally, he was on a plane with Academician Lu and Senior Brother Yan, but Academician Lu threw him here and asked him to fly back by himself at that time.

As for why, that's a long story.

Just after that briefing, Lynn Evans approached him with a brand new personnel contract and extended him an invitation.

Lu Zhou's identity changed from an intern at CERN to a researcher at CERN.

There is no harm in having one more identity, and there is no need to worry about whether you will be bound here by this identity.

For such an international research institution, the mobility of researchers in it is very high. For example, at the famous Argonne National Laboratory in the United States, the ratio of mobile personnel to permanent personnel is even close to 1:1, and it is not uncommon for the academic community to recount the name of a research institution.

CERN, on the other hand, is probably the one with the highest turnover among all scientific research institutions.

In addition to the member states, there are also observer and partner countries, and CERN has different personnel contracts for researchers sent from different countries and experimental institutions......

These contracts do not stipulate remuneration, so they are not employment agreements, but more of a proof of identity.

For example, Academician Lu and Senior Brother Yan also have similar identities.

As for what it is for......

In addition to the convenience of applying for visas, it seems that there is no special use for entering and exiting various research units that are not open to tourists.

In addition, if you want to earn some extra money, you can also rely on this layer of identity to sign a more specific long-term or short-term work or internship contract with the laboratory here.

Of course, Lu Zhou stayed not because of a "summer short-term job", but because CERN modified the original experimental arrangement and began to verify the clue he found.

And Lu Zhou wanted to stay and witness whether his inference was correct.

Of course, this is only one of the reasons.

Another main reason is that the system has not yet determined that the task is over, and it is obvious that this part is linked.

He didn't dare to go too far from here for fear that his mission would be interrupted.

In short, whatever the reason for staying, experiments of this level are not the kind of double-slit interference or single pendulum of small balls that can quickly produce experimental results. It can be as little as a month, as much as half a year.

So, Academician Lu left Lu Zhou here alone.

After all, for academician-level researchers, time is quite precious, and it is impossible to accompany him here to wait for the results to come out.

However, Academician Lu did not ignore him completely, and left him 3,000 euros for living expenses before leaving, and helped him book the room fee until the end of July. If the money is not used up, there is no need to return it, and it should be a reward for him.

After all, if this discovery is confirmed, whether or not new particles enter people's field of vision, he will help the LHCb Huaguo research group, which originally had no sense of existence, to earn a breath.

And the meaning behind this cannot be measured by the number of papers.