After returning to Jinling from Qinghai, Xu Chuan found his mentor with his research results.

Of course, he was accompanied by Liu Xuan, a doctoral brother from the Department of Astronomy, and Qiu Chen, the deputy dean of the School of Astronomy and Space Science, who rushed over after receiving the news.

If it weren't for the dean going out for a meeting, it should have been the dean who rushed over this time.

His scientific research achievements this time are too important for the astronomical community, and they are completely worthy of the dean's personal visit.

Whether it is the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem, which can accurately calculate the information of celestial objects, or the discovery of an associated star within Betelgeuse's hydrogen envelope, it is a major event in the astronomical world.

Whether these things should be announced, how they should be announced, when they should be announced, how many details will be announced, and so on, all need to be discussed.

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"Betelgeuse's hydrogen envelope has a companion star?"

In the office, Chen Zhengping looked at his disciple suspiciously, this news was really the first time he had heard it.

On the one hand, his own tungsten diselenide project is nearing completion, and he is currently sorting out the materials to prepare for the conclusion, so he is so busy that he has no time to pay attention to this disciple's project.

On the other hand, he sent Fan Pengyue over to assist, and with the help of this big disciple, he didn't need to worry too much about the process of scientific research projects.

As for the scientific research process and scientific research results, it is useless for him to worry about it.

Mathematically, his disciple has surpassed him by a long way, and he has read the xu-weyl-berry theorem many times, but he has not been able to fully understand it so far.

Or rather, there aren't many parts he can understand.

Although physics and mathematics are not separated, and those who engage in physics must also understand some mathematics, relatively speaking, they all understand basic mathematics.

This kind of proof paper that goes deep into the world's conjecture is unrealistic for non-professional mathematicians to understand at all, and ordinary people don't even know those mathematical symbols.

Xu Chuan nodded and said, "Judging from the current observations and calculations, Betelgeuse does have a companion star. ”

"I've never heard of this before, it's unexpected."

Chen Zhengping sighed, and then asked curiously, "Does this discovery have any impact?" ”

After all, he is not from the astronomy department, and he is not clear about the effect of the extra companion star of Betelgeuse, and he is also a little curious.

Xu Chuan: "It's not clear for the time being, which is why I'm looking for you this time." ”

Hearing this, Chen Zhengping was a little puzzled again, what are you looking for him to do about this? He's not in astronomy.

On the side, Qiu Chen, deputy dean of the School of Astronomy and Space Science, explained for Xu Chuan: "It is related to the supernova explosion of Betelgeuse, which is now in its old age and may explode at any time in the future." ”

"Originally, the astronomical calculation was that the eruption of Betelgeuse supernova would not affect the solar system and the Earth, but now that there is an additional companion star, it is uncertain, and it may affect Betelgeuse's magnetic poles, which in turn will deviate the angle of the Gamma rays produced by the eruption, thus affecting the Earth."

"These things need to be discussed by the school and then reported, and if they are announced directly, it may have a big impact."

Hearing the news, Chen Zhengping was stunned, and his breathing became two points heavier.

Good guy, this is really great news, no wonder I found him in the first place.

Of course, to put it mildly, this news may not have any impact, after all, Betelgeuse is 640 light-years away, too far away from Earth, and it is uncertain when it will erupt and what the impact will be.

Ordinary people probably just glanced at this news, and the discussion passed after two sentences.

But to put it seriously, from the perspective of a country or civilization, this is a matter related to the survival of mankind.

If the angle of the Gamma ray eruption is affected and is aimed at the Earth, the entire Earth will have to suffer a heavy blow.

The powerful energy contained in the Gamma ray burst is enough to destroy the Earth's atmosphere, and without the protection of the atmosphere, the intense radiation can turn the Earth into Mars, and lose all life without any grass.

And human beings, who are not yet able to leave the earth, will naturally not be able to escape.

Xu Chuan brought Qiu Chen, the vice president of the School of Astronomy and Space Science, to him, probably to discuss this matter.

But he didn't have a problem with this news.

Because even if he knew, he couldn't do anything, and the only thing he could do was to report the news.

After thinking about it, Chen Zhengping looked at Qiu Chen and said, "Let's write this down for the time being, Dean Qiu, let the School of Astronomy and Space Science discuss it at that time, and then report it. ”

Qiu Chen nodded and said, "This is indeed the most appropriate way." In this way, after President Wu comes back, the Astronomical Academy will hold a meeting here to discuss this matter again, and Academician Chen and Xu Chuan will come over together. ”

"Xu Chuan go, I won't go, I still have something to do here."

Saying that, Chen Zhengping looked at Xu Chuan and asked, "By the way, how is your own research, can your xu-weyl-berry theorem be used to calculate the information parameters of celestial bodies?" ”

In contrast, he paid more attention to this disciple's original academic research, after all, if he could succeed, it would give him a lot of bargaining chips to win the Fields Medal.

This time, Xu Chuan's scientific research project is an astronomical project such as observing Betelgeuse, even if it is accidentally discovered that there is a companion star in Betelgeuse, it is actually only incidental.

In fact, the roots of this project lie in the extension of the xu-weyl-berry theorem, and the roots are still in the mathematical community.

As for the impact of Betelgeuse, it is actually a bit far away, even if it erupts now, it will take more than 600 years for Gamma rays to reach Earth.

Of course, it is not ruled out that it exploded more than 600 years ago, but this probability is too low.

Hearing this, Xu Chuan nodded and said, "This has been completed, and it can be determined that after reversing the xu-weyl-berry theorem, it can be used to calculate some parameter information of celestial bodies, such as mass, diameter, volume, etc." ”

"Compared to the previous calculation method, this new method calculates data that is much more accurate, and can improve the accuracy by six to seven levels."

"You're really fast at research." Hearing that it was successful, Chen Zhengping sighed, and then asked: "Then are you ready to fully disclose this method?" ”

Although this scientific research project for the observation of Betelgeuse is derived from the xu-weyl-berry theorem, which is a little special in nature, the speed of this result is really fast.

From the establishment of the project to the present, it has only been more than two months.

For more than two months, other professors may have set up projects, and the project team has not found all the manpower, and his side has already produced results.

At this speed, even if there is a green light on the whole process of the project, it can also shock many people's jaws.

Xu Chuan nodded and said, "This should be published, but I have to wait until I finish writing the paper." ”

"As for the presence of an associated star in Betelgeuse's tetrahydrogen envelope, whether this is announced or not depends on how the country deals with it, this thing is important and important, and it is not important to say that it is not important."

"However, it should be able to bring a lot of scientific research funds to the astronomical community, and if it is announced, I am afraid that the eyes of the astronomical community around the world will fall on Betelgeuse for a period of time."

Hearing this, Chen Zhengping and Qiu Chen smiled at the same time.

"Don't worry, when your paper is released, the state and the school's awards and bonuses will be indispensable."

"It is estimated that the results of this time can apply for the second prize of the National Natural Science Award, and when your computational method paper is released, you may be able to get the first prize of the National Natural Science Award."

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In the office, Xu Chuan chatted with his supervisor and Qiu Chen, the deputy dean of the School of Astronomy and Space Science, and left the office after determining the preliminary handling of these matters.

As for the observation data and scientific research materials related to Betelgeuse, including the method of calculating the parameters of celestial bodies by the xu-weyl-berry theorem, these things were handed over to Qiu Chen for backup.

One is to take it back to study the influence of the companion star on Betelgeuse.

The second is to submit it to the National Astronomical Society to discuss whether the news of a companion star in the tetrahydrogen envelope of Betelgeuse should be fully announced.

However, this scientific research project, for Xu Chuan, can almost be submitted here.

Although the follow-up observations of Betelgeuse have not yet been completed, they have little to do with him.

As Chen Zhengping said, the discovery of a companion star in Betelgeuse's hydrogen envelope was only incidental, and the object of his research project was whether the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem could accurately calculate the parameters of celestial objects.

And this part, he has now completed, after Qinghai got the comprehensive information of Betelgeuse, he has completed the accurate calculation of part of the information, confirming that the xu-weyl-berry theorem can be done.

At this point, the scientific research experiment is basically over, and all that remains is for him to write out the paper and submit it.

As for the influence of Betelgeuse's companion on Betelgeuse, it actually doesn't have much to do with him.

Of course, if the astronomical community needs his help, such as some complex data calculations and the like, he will still help.

He was also curious about whether the presence of a companion star would cause Betelgeuse to explode a supernova ahead of schedule, or whether it would affect the magnetic poles when a supernova exploded in the future.

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In the single dormitory of Nanjing University, Xu Chuan was thinking about how to write this paper.

Writing a paper is easy for him, but he is a little confused about how to write the paper for this scientific research experiment.

Because this observation of Betelgeuse, in addition to confirming that the xu-weyl-berry theorem can accurately calculate the parameter information of distant celestial bodies, there are two other important results.

One is the calculation of Betelgeuse's exact diameter, mass, volume and other parameters.

The other is the discovery of an associated star within Betelgeuse's tetrahydrogen envelope.

Of course, strictly speaking, the former should be placed at the end of the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem calculation paper as a data supplement.

But if you want to split it out and write a separate paper, it's no problem.

So whether to take it apart and write it into three papers, or just put it together as one paper.

If it were someone else, they would probably choose to write three papers without hesitation, after all, one more paper will have one more impact, and one more paper will have hundreds or thousands of citations or even tens of thousands of words.

This helps to increase fame.

But for Xu Chuan, this kind of help was not much, so after thinking about it for a while, he decided to write two papers.

The first is the method of calculating celestial information on the xu-weyl-berry theorem.

The other is the discovery of an associated star within Betelgeuse's tetrahydrogen envelope.

As for the calculation results of the exact diameter, mass, volume and other parameters of Betelgeuse, they were thrown into the first part as the data was supplemented.

It's not worth it to write a paper on it alone.

And the results of the astronomical community, he doesn't care too much.

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