Chapter 164: Expanding China's Influence in CERN

Regarding Mo Kun's use of the results of his discussions with Professor Artur Avila, Xu Chuan did not make up his mind.

After all, it is possible that the other party has already communicated with Professor Avila and obtained Professor Avila's permission, although he did not tell him, but it is indeed possible.

He may have been overlooked.

Compared with Artur Avila, a top mathematician who has won the Fields Medal, he is much worse in terms of age, achievements, qualifications, status and the like.

The other party may have ignored him, a young scholar of the eighteen-year-old.

Although this is unpleasant, it is indeed possible from the perspective of national thinking.

And to be honest, even if the other party directly used the academic results of both him and Professor Avila without their consent, this is not an unusual thing in the academic world.

has been engaged in research in the academic world for so many years, and Xu Chuan has seen a lot of similar things.

Journal editors reject manuscripts and then plagiarize and publish them themselves; Tutors occupy students' student achievements and squeeze students; He's seen a lot of things like academic fraud.

Not only has he seen it, but he has experienced it himself.

In his previous life, when he studied physics with Edward Witten in Princeton, he made a small physics of gravity during his Ph.D., which was submitted to a journal called "Classical Gravity and Quantum Gravity".

But when the manuscript was reviewed, it was rejected by the other party.

At that time, he didn't pay much attention to it, after all, it is normal for a submitted paper to be rejected, even if it is a Nobel Prize-level elder, there are times when the paper is rejected.

But not long after, Xu Chuan unexpectedly found that his paper had been simply revised and logged in to this journal.

The author of the paper is a review editor of this journal.

This naturally aroused his anger, and he found the journal where he submitted the manuscript to complain and ask for an explanation.

But at first it didn't have much effect, after all, he was just an ordinary doctoral student.

Journal-vetting editors stealing submissions' papers and theories is not uncommon in academia, and it can even be said that it happens every year.

Although the journal "Classical Gravity and Quantum Gravity" replied that he was investigating after receiving his complaint, there was no movement in the sea, and even his stolen paper was not retracted, and it was still hanging on it.

Later, Xu Chuan found his mentor Witten, and with the help of Princeton University, he successfully got the journal to reject the manuscript and apologize.

Not every journal and every review editor can uphold professional ethics, and the top journals will do a little better in this regard, but there will be similar things once in a while.

What's more, "Classical Gravity and Quantum Gravity" is not a top TOP journal, although it meets the threshold of SCI, but the impact factor in SCI is only at the level of three and four regions.

This kind of journal does not value its reputation as much as that of top journals.

When this kind of thing happens, their first reaction is not to strictly check their own review editors, but to find a way to cover the quilt and calm things down.

Xu Chuan has experienced a lot of similar things and heard a lot. So academic plagiarism doesn't stir up much emotional turmoil for him.

Scum, it's everywhere, not just academics.

But cleaning up scum is everyone's obligation.

If it is determined that this professor named Mo Kun has copied and used their results without the consent of him and Professor Artur Avila, then Xu Chuan will do everything possible to deal with this matter.

Plagiarism is a very bad thing for the academic community, because there will be many people who feel that they can plagiarize other people's achievements to gain fame and fortune without having to research and discover it themselves, and some people will follow suit.

And if this kind of thing is not resolved, what do scholars in other countries think?

Not only will it make many people mistakenly believe that China's academic academia is produced by plagiarism, but it will also have a very bad impact on later scholars, and many people will think of taking a shortcut.

Unless both he and Professor Avila directly acquiesce in this matter, they will not pursue it.

But this is obviously impossible, and Professor Avila aside, Xu Chuan is not such a character.

Others have directly stolen his academic achievements, and they still want him not to pursue it, but he never dreamed of this.

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After reading Professor Mo Kun's paper, Xu Chuan touched his mobile phone and sent a message to Hu Xingjian.

"Thank you, received."

This Senior Brother Hu can take the initiative to call him to inform him of this matter, and he has to remember this friendship.

Writing an email and sending it to Professor Artur Ávila, Xu Chuan got up again and went downstairs to eat.

I have to say that when this kind of thing happened, his mood must have been affected.

The best feeling brought by the coupling of Higgs with Yukawa, the third-generation heavy quark, which was calculated before, will be almost dissipated.

Although I know that this kind of thing is inevitable in the academic world, and although I have experienced a lot in my previous life, everyone will be upset that this kind of thing happens to me.

Professor Avila has not yet replied to his email, but Xu Chuan knows in his heart that this is most likely a plagiarism incident.

Because he knew that even if Professor Mo ignored him, Professor Avila would not ignore him.

A Fields Medal winner, there is still this bit of ethics.

In the restaurant, Xu Chuan ordered some food casually, and as soon as he sat down, his mobile phone rang again.

It was his mentor Chen Zhengping who called.

The phone was connected, and Chen Zhengping's excited voice was transmitted: "You have calculated the most ideal search decay channel for the coupling of Higgs and the third-generation heavy quark Yukawa?" ”

Xu Chuan nodded and said, "If nothing else, it should be." ”

"Where are you now?"

Xu Chuan looked up at the restaurant and replied, "Eat in a restaurant called 'Vasari Italian Restaurant' across the road from the hotel where we lived. ”

"Okay, you wait there, I'll be there shortly."

On the other end of the phone, Chen Zhengping hurriedly hung up the phone after saying a word.

He arrived faster than Xu Chuan expected, and before the meal was finished, the mentor arrived.

"Have you ever reported to the application?"

Chen Zhengping rushed to the restaurant, and the first thing he said was to ask Xu Chuan if he had applied for a report meeting.

Xu Chuan stopped the knife and fork in his hand, shook his head, and said, "Not yet, but I have already sent an email to Professor Witten and Professor Gross, and there should be no problem with the report meeting." ”

"Can this experiment be carried out in collaboration with a domestic research team?"

Hearing this, Chen Zhengping asked eagerly: "At present, people from NTU, Huake University and Jiaotong University are still here, and they can cooperate with you to complete the data analysis work." ”

The teams that can enter can be said to be the top teams in China.

For example, at NTU, Chen Zhengping, an academician of the scientific research institute, led a team with three physics doctoral students, a postdoctoral fellow, and a formal researcher.

Such a lineup can be said to be quite luxurious.

And Huake University and Jiaotong University are not much less.

These two universities are currently one of the pillars of the physics community in China, and there are more people than NTU, and the leaders of the team are academicians of the Academy of Scientific Research, not to mention the students who have started with PhDs, and Jiaotong University has even arranged three full professors of the School of Physics.

Such a luxurious team is for nothing else but to make more achievements.

It is not only an honor for individuals and universities, but also for China to have more say in the country, as well as to join and become a member state.

That's right, as of 2016 this year, China is still not a member state.

Without this identity, the scientific research work and development of Chinese researchers have always been very affected.

First of all, if China lingers outside the door for a long time, it will not be in line with China's current and future international status, and it will be difficult to make full use of the various technologies that were born.

The second is that without the status of a member state, it is impossible to apply for the authorization of scientific and technological achievements.

Don't just think of it as a physics research institute.

The scientific and technological achievements of the Large Strong Particle Collider are not just physical.

A large number of research results have been applied in the fields of medicine and biomedicine, aerospace, security, industry 4.0, cultural heritage, energy technology, etc. These application areas involve a wide range of major technical aspects and are used in a wide range of applications.

For example, beam instruments and systems, superconducting magnet technology, ultra-low temperature cooling technology, ultra-high vacuum technology, industrial control, magnet technology, particle tracing and calorimetry ........, radiation protection and monitoring, radio frequency and sensors, superconducting technology, etc.

Every year, knowledge transfer institutions organize and hold various academic conferences, lectures, exhibitions and other activities around the relevant research and technology application fields, and announce the latest research and development trends, scientific research progress and transferable technological achievements.

This makes it a global source of innovation and creativity, providing a steady stream of new ideas for the innovative application of various knowledge and technologies.

According to the relevant regulations, its top projects such as the authorized use of scientific and technological achievements and the cooperation plan for the cultivation of high-tech talents are only open to member countries, and engineering and technical personnel from non-member countries are not entitled to participate.

If you want to cultivate first-class engineering and technical talents through access to the latest technology, you have no choice but to become a member.

Although some domestic scientific research institutions and have established some cooperative relations, the participation in the subject is limited to the basic research of particle physics, and high-tech cooperation, without the identity of a member state, it is almost impossible to participate.

The state has been working towards this direction, but the results have not been very high.

Xu Chuan's calculation of the optimal search for decay channels coupled with Yukawa of the third generation of heavy quarks brings opportunities in this regard.

If we can take advantage of this opportunity to successfully find the Yukawa coupling phenomenon between Higgs and the third generation of heavy quarks, there is no doubt that China will occupy more initiative in the follow-up research on Higgs particles in LHC.

For example, the subsequent Yukawa coupling experiment between Higgs and the second-generation light quark.

There are so many resources in LHC, and if Huaguo eats more, it will be able to make more results, and it is not impossible to even give birth to a Nobel Prize.

There are many Nobel Prizes, and high-energy physics and particle physics have always been the key core of the physics community.

More importantly, if we can take advantage of this opportunity to promote China as a member state, the value will be even greater.

Hearing this, Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment and asked, "Won't it delay your work?" ”

He had originally planned to pull a team out of the same way he had solved the 'Proton Radius Mystery' before.

After all, the top university teams such as Nanjing University, China University of Science and Technology, and Jiaotong University all have their own research tasks.

The top scientific research team basically does not let their time be vacant; They have more funding for research, but they also have more missions.

Chen Zhengping shook his head with a smile and said, "How can this be said to be a delay, no one else wants to ask for such an opportunity." ”

"If your calculations are correct, this will be a turning point, and perhaps more of a focus will be on the calculation of search energy levels in the future. After all, this can save millions or even tens of millions of meters of gold in collision funds. ”

Xu Chuan thought for a while and said, "Then it's troublesome for you, teacher." ”

Since Chen Zhengping took the initiative to find him, Xu Chuan did not hesitate, after all, he really needed a team to help him complete the data analysis.

He is confident enough in his data calculations, and more importantly, he knows the data when he discovered the coupling phenomenon between Higgs and Yukawa, the third generation of heavy quarks, in 2018.

The collision energy level and decay data are not much different from the data he calculated.

This means that if you do a collision experiment according to his calculations, you will definitely be able to find the coupling phenomenon between Higgs and Yukawa of the third generation of heavy quarks.

Domestic colleges and universities are willing to participate, and he naturally welcomes it, after all, fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders.

Hearing this, Chen Zhengping smiled and said, "Then I'll thank you for the others first." ”

This experiment, whether or not the Yukawa coupling phenomenon of Higgs and the third-generation heavy quark can be discovered, is an opportunity for the three universities.

After all, it can be quite difficult to apply for an independent LHC collision experiment.

And the potential value of the data produced by each independent collision experiment is enormous.

Because no one knows if there is a particle hidden in this data that the Standard Model failed to predict.

What's more, if it is determined that the data calculated by Xu Chuan is accurate, it will provide a huge boost for China to join as a member state.

After all, if he can do it once, he might be able to do it a second time.

Although each collision experiment is different, if it is successful once, it may save millions or even tens of millions of meters of gold.

Such a temptation is enormous.

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