The news of the presence of an associated star within Betelgeuse's hydrogen envelope is truly shocking.

So much so that the attention of the researchers at the Qinghai Astronomical Observatory was almost all on this news, and then they ignored the data calculation methods used in the data in their hands, as well as the accurate diameter and mass of Betelgeuse.

After the shock, many people began to pay attention to the calculation methods in the literature and the accurate data of Betelgeuse and companion stars.

Although I can't understand the calculation formula and calculation process in the materials, I can understand the final answer.

Diameter of Betelgeuse: [889.00712721d⊙]

Diameter of companion star: [67.456799134d⊙]

Quality of Betelgeuse:【23.871911123m⊙】

Mass of companion star: [2.706358293m⊙]

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Precise data about Betelgeuse were reflected in the eyes of these astronomical researchers, and the child's hole shrank suddenly.

Although I can't understand the calculation process, and I can't know whether the answers are correct, but the values are all accurate to eight or nine decimal places.

How is such accurate data calculated?

Are these answers accurate?

If it is accurate, does it mean that there is a new method for calculating star parameters in the astronomical community?

So what about the formula behind it? How does it work?

A lot of doubts arose in the minds of these astronomical scientists.

The thought of a new calculation method that could accurately calculate the parameters of celestial bodies in the distant starry sky to eight or nine decimal places in the traditional calculation method, everyone's breathing involuntarily became a little heavy and short.

A new and accurate way of calculating celestial bodies is too important for the astronomical community.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the world of mathematics, the person who pioneered this method is comparable to Pope Alexander Grothendieck in the field of mathematics.

The Pope established a new foundation on the original geometry, introduced the concept of generalization, established a grand and complete set of "generalization theory", and completely rewrote the discipline of algebraic geometry.

The impact on the mathematical community is unparalleled in recent history.

Today, if it is confirmed that these data on the manuscript paper are calculated using a completely new method, and the answers are accurate.

Then the influence of the originators of this method on the astronomical community is probably no weaker than the influence of the Pope on the mathematical community.

Being able to accurately calculate the mass, diameter, volume and other information of a celestial body means that astronomers can have a deeper grasp of the planet's information.

Take Betelgeuse as an example, if this information can be accurately judged, it can be more accurately judged on this basis, whether it has reached the stage of its life, whether the hydrogen helium in the inner core has been completely fused, how long is it until the supernova explosion, etc......

This is still a star, and it is more useful to put it on a planet.

If nothing else, the value of judging whether the planet is habitable or not is enormous.

And this series of key information can be analyzed from the data, provided that the data is accurate.

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Thinking of this, many astronomical researchers in the room gathered around, wanting to consult and ask for advice.

It's just that they found the wrong person in the first place and found Liu Xuan of NTU.

Liu Xuan smiled and said, "This kind of mathematical method was not researched by us, but by our junior disciples of Nanda. ”

"In fact, this observation and research project for Betelgeuse is not mine, I just came here to work."

As he spoke, he pulled Xu Chuan over on the side and introduced: "This is, Xu Chuan, the proud son of the Department of Mathematics of our Nanda University, a super genius, and a bright star in the mathematics world." ”

"Now that I'm just a freshman, I've proven world-class mathematical conjectures, and I hope to win the Fields Medal in two years."

"This project is related to the mathematical conjecture Weyl-Berry conjecture he proved before."

"Of course, it's now called the xu-weyl-berry theorem, and with this theorem, it is possible to accurately calculate objects in distant galaxies."

"And there may be a companion star in Betelgeuse's hydrogen envelope, which he actually discovered, and he initially calculated two completely different diameters through the data, which led to these later discoveries."

Hearing this, the researchers of the Qinghai Astronomical Observatory turned their eyes to Xu Chuan, and after confirming that the extremely young boy in front of them was the legendary person, they all widened their eyes and opened their mouths in disbelief.

This is the old man?

For Xu Chuan, the researchers of the astronomical observatory have basically heard of it, after all, there was such a big fuss some time ago, after the proof process of the Weyl-Berry conjecture was published in the "Annals of Mathematics", even Renren Daily and CCTV News reported his deeds, and everyone here has heard of it even if they have never seen it.

It's just that no one expected that this genius would actually come to their astronomical observatory and bring it to the poor land where birds don't.

But it's no wonder they didn't recognize it, since they came to the Qinghai Astronomical Observatory, except for the first day when he met a deputy stationmaster, Xu Chuan has been living in a shallow way, and he hasn't dealt with the researchers of the astronomical station.

Although he had the idea of communicating with astronomical scientists, the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem had not yet fully confirmed whether the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem accurately calculated the information about celestial bodies and whether Betelgeuse actually had a companion star.

It was no problem to wait until it was confirmed before coming to communicate, so I didn't deal with these researchers. As a result, the researchers at the Qinghai Astronomical Observatory basically didn't know him.

At first, everyone thought that he was a student of NTU, and he was brought over to see the world by several doctoral students, so they didn't care.

As a result, no one expected that this person would actually be the main master.

The top score in the college entrance examination, the double gold medal of IMO + IPO, and the solution of a world-class mathematical conjecture when he was 18 years old, this resume can be dazzling for any one, not to mention that it is all piled up on one person.

"Oh yes, the legendary Sichuan God actually came to our astronomical station where birds don't."

"I really don't know Taishan, and the elder doesn't recognize it in front of my eyes."

"Elder, can you please ask me how these data are calculated?"

"Boss, can you sign my name! I'm going back to give it to my son and bless him for not failing math. ”

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In the computing center, a group of astronomical researchers from the astronomical station surrounded Xu Chuan, and all kinds of sycophants were filmed as if they didn't want money.

Of course, the most important thing to ask is how the data of Betelgeuse and the companion star are calculated.

On the one hand, there is love.

People who can enter the unpopular industry of astronomy and study it in depth are basically in love with this industry.

Just like mathematics, if you don't love mathematics, you can't learn it at all;

In fact, astronomy is the same, this industry is actually quite unpopular nowadays, and the salary and benefits are actually average even if they enter major universities or research stations and other places.

And often have to go to the barren mountains and mountains to observe all kinds of data, in the summer was bitten to death by mosquitoes, in the winter blowing cold wind outside was frozen to death, not good to eat and sleep well, hard to force second only to dry geological exploration, no love really may not be able to do it.

On the other hand, scientific researchers are also human beings, and they also have families and lives, and if they can master a new skill, they can bring them higher wages and bonuses, and they will not let go of the opportunity to master it.

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Xu Chuan didn't mind explaining the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem, a method for accurately calculating celestial information.

But these things are really too profound for these scientists at the station.

Even mathematicians in the field of mathematics have a great deal of difficulty in accepting these things, and they can't learn them at all in a short period of time.

So even if he did, he just talked about some superficial things.

No way, a little deeper, these researchers are confused.

As for the future, if astronomers use the xu-weyl-berry theorem to accurately calculate the information of celestial objects in the universe, that will be a matter for the future.

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In the computing center, everyone chatted for a while and then dispersed, after all, it was already more than two o'clock in the morning.

Some went to do observational research, some went to sleep, and Xu Chuan and several doctoral students at NTU were sorting out the observation data of this scientific research experiment in preparation for the subsequent paper release and press release.

This time they can say that they have made a big deal, and it is not good to be shocked how the astronomical community can be worthy of the busyness of these days.

Moreover, there are some differences between the publication of results in astronomy and the publication of results in mathematics.

The results of the mathematical community, from world-class mathematical conjectures, to the seven millennial problems, to the dissertations of graduate and doctoral students, are generally thrown on preprint servers first.

For example, ARXIV, Biorxiv, CheMRXIV, The Winnower are preprinted.

On the one hand, the purpose of this is to prevent plagiarism.

A good research is sent out on a preprint server first, which prevents some academically misscrupulous editors, reviewers, and others from stealing your research during the long submission process.

On the other hand, it is to allow others to see your paper and expand the influence of your paper.

It can also allow the article to be cited by other scholars earlier, as many Nature and SCE articles will do.

This has become the default consensus in the academic community.

At least in the three major areas that Xu Chuan is familiar with: mathematics, physics, and materials.

After all, you should know that the review cycle and publication cycle of traditional journal papers are more than 30 days on average, and some even take years.

If the authors choose not to publish the results of the paper during this period, the research progress in this field will appear to be "outdated", and the open communication of preprints will make academic communication smoother, and some hot areas can develop rapidly.

In addition, some manuscripts are generally unlikely to be accepted by official journals purely for the purpose of expressing their own academic opinions, but preprint servers do, providing a publishing platform.

Therefore, the mathematics community generally makes the results public first, and then goes through the review process.

This is how Xu Chuan's previous weak Weyl-Berry conjecture was proved, which was first thrown to Arxiv and then voted to New Advances in Mathematics.

As for the comprehensive process of the Weyl-Berry conjecture, there is no need to worry about it, because it was publicly proved at the Princeton Mathematics Conference.

The situation in the astronomical community is more complicated, but it can be divided into two categories according to the type of telescope.

One is a telescope, and the other is a dedicated telescope.

Universal telescopes are used by all astronomers around the world, and applications are usually solicited before the observation season, and the scientific committee evaluates the applications, selects good research topics, and allocates observation time.

Astronomers who have been given the time to observe can set out to observe according to the allotted time; After the observation, the raw data is obtained through disk or network.

However, this data is only available to the applicant himself, and he can use this data to publish a paper after conducting research and analysis, while others are restricted from applying.

However, this restriction is valid, and when the time is up, observers must open this part of the data to the public.

Different telescopes may have slightly different validity periods, some are 1 year, some are 1 and a half years, some are 2 years, this is not necessarily.

And dedicated telescopes are arbitrary.

You can choose to make it public and let the whole world study it, or you can not make it public and do your own research.

No way, a large number of achievements in the astronomical community are actually observational and data collection in nature.

For example, this observation of the companion star inside the hydrogen envelope of Betelgeuse collected a large amount of data about Betelgeuse, and then Xu Chuan used this data to calculate that there is a companion star in the hydrogen envelope of Betelgeuse.

If these observations and anomalies are published, it is assumed that you have made the data public, and other scholars can use it.

The surplus value mined from these data and the results made do not belong to the observers of the data, but to the miners.

At most, people will thank you when they publish the results.

But if you don't publish it, you can use the anomalous data to slowly uncover other things inside.

Therefore, some of the results of the astronomical community will not be published on the preprint server until they are completely completed.

Either the paper will be published directly after the research is completed, or the press conference will be held directly if there are major achievements, or it will be directly hidden and studied slowly by itself.

As for Xu Chuan's side, the results will probably be directly disclosed.

Not only the observed Betelgeuse companion star, but also the method paper that uses the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem to accurately calculate the information of celestial objects in the universe.

These things will be directly public.

On the one hand, there is nothing to hide.

It is basically impossible for these observational and theoretical data to be transformed into scientific research results.

Could it be that you used the xu-weyl-berry theorem to accurately calculate that a certain terrestrial planet is suitable for human survival, and can directly migrate to the past?

Don't dream, the farthest probe ever launched by mankind is Voyager 1, which has been launched into the sky for 40 years and has not even flown out of the solar system.

If the Ottel cloud is used as the boundary of the solar system, it will have to fly for another 300,000 years before it can fly out of the solar system.

It's too early to think about emigrating or something.

On the other hand, it is also a return for the favor.

For Betelgeuse's observation, from the establishment of scientific research projects, to the application and use of astronomical observatory equipment in southern Yunnan and Qinghai, and the rapid queue cutting, he was given the green light almost all the way.

You must know that just the application and queue for large telescopes will not be able to get off in a few months and half a year.

Although there was an element of winning the Fields Medal in order to increase his influence, it was undeniable that it saved him a lot of time and energy.

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