ps: Yesterday's article, I don't know how it was blocked by the review, and it took a long time to resend it.

Looking at the somewhat noisy office, David Gross's thoughts fell on the eighteen-year-old boy.

In less than four months, the teenager successfully solved the mystery of the proton radius, calculated the ideal search decay channel for the coupling of Higgs and Yukawa of the third-generation heavy quark, and successfully verified it through collision experiments.

The former solves the problems of the particle physics community for several years, and the latter affects the future of the entire high-energy physics community.

It can be said that there are not many such people who can make the entire high-energy physics community move for it by themselves, and even influence the decisions of the council to a certain extent.

And every such person, every time they appear, is enough to advance science.

Dark matter? Dark energy?

Perhaps, in his lifetime, he will really see the day when something beyond the Standard Model will be discovered?

Somehow, Gross, who was obviously past his prime, had a slight rhythm welling up in his heart.

This may be the vision for the future. Of course, this is also inseparable from Xu Chuan's brilliant achievements.

Thinking about it, David Gross suddenly came back to his senses and shook his head with a dumb smile.

It is unbelievable that he actually put the burden of the development of science on an eighteen-year-old boy who has only met a few times.

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On the other side, in the hotel, Chen Zhengping and others were packing up their things and preparing to return to China.

In fact, if Xu Chuan hadn't calculated the most ideal search for decay channels coupled between Higgs and Yukawa, a third-generation heavy quark, and applied for a new collision experiment, the scientific research teams of the three domestic universities would have gone back long ago.

After all, everyone has their own things and tasks, and they are not idlers.

"Xu Chuan, when are you going back to Princeton?"

In the office, Chen Zhengping asked while packing his things.

Xu Chuan thought for a while and said, "It's probably going to take another week, right?" ”

"Originally, I was going to go back in the next two days, but Professor Gross came to me two days ago and asked me to hold one or two more lectures here to explain the method of calculating the coupled energy level channel between Higgs and the third generation of heavy quarks."

Chen Zhengping raised his head and said, "This is a good thing, if it weren't for the temporary incident at the school, I would have wanted to stay and listen." ”

"Your approach, if it can be generalized, will be of great significance to the high-energy physics community."

Xu Chuan smiled: "It's basically impossible to generalize, after all, the characteristics of each particle or collision phenomenon are different, especially those unknown particles. ”

"The fact that we were able to find the Yukawa coupling energy level channel between Higgs and the third-generation heavy quark this time is actually largely due to the Standard Model and previous experimental data, which determine the inevitability of Higgs decay."

"If it's a completely new particle, like a supersymmetric particle or something, it's harder to find."

It is based on this that Xu Chuan does not mind holding a few more report meetings to explain the calculation method.

If it was general, and he could use this method to calculate other unknown particles, such as axial particles, dark matter, dark energy, and inert neutrinos, he probably wouldn't be so easy to agree.

These things are the fruits of his future, and he is not so kind to others.

High-energy physics is the future of mankind, but many things may not have much effect when they are first discovered, but in a few years, ten years or decades, many things can change the world.

But even if it's not a general-purpose tool, this combination of mathematics and physics can inspire others.

It's like building an atomic bomb.

There are pioneers who succeed, and latecomers can quickly figure out how to keep up even if they don't know the specific manufacturing process.

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After all, this road is clear, and if there is a direction, it will be much more convenient for latecomers.

What's more, everything in terms of mathematical physics and theory is public.

Chen Zhengping also understood this, skipped this topic with a smile, and said: "Remember to keep other invoices such as air tickets, and you can mail them back to China or bring them back when you return to China for the New Year, and you can be reimbursed." ”

Xu Chuan nodded, reimbursement is a normal thing, and accommodation, air tickets and daily expenses are not cheap, he lived in Geneva for three or four months, and used up more than 100,000.

"I'll go first, you have to be safe, whether it's here or in Princeton."

Chen Zhengping patted Xu Chuan's shoulder and left with his luggage.

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The scientific research teams of domestic universities returned to China before and after, and on the seventh floor of the huge hotel, there were only two or three kittens left, and the rest of the rooms were empty.

For a while, Xu Chuan was even a little uncomfortable, but he still had to stay here for a few more days.

The first is to wait for the news of China's accession, and the second is to wait for the promised report to be launched.

In the evening, he waited for a call from President Gross.

The news is good and bad.

The bad news is that China's application to become a member was ultimately rejected by the Council.

The good news is that the voting for the Associate Member has been delayed, and the voting at today's meeting has not begun, and the members need to reconsider and then vote again.

Although I don't know if the previous exchange of words played a little role, this is indeed good news for Huaguo.

Xu Chuan had never heard of China joining in his previous life, neither member nor associate member state, nor member state.

With the urine nature of these people in Western countries, if they really want to join, the price they pay will definitely far outweigh the benefits they can get from it.

This is the naked reality that many people only see the former, but not the latter.

Therefore, Xu Chuan did not expect to join and become a member of the country, which is indeed an unrealistic dream, or rather, there are too many things to pay.

Instead of sharpening your head and melting into other people's circles, it is better to build a large strong particle collider and play with it yourself.

In contrast to the Member States, which were almost hopeless, the Associate Member States and the Member States were actually promising.

Although it is true that associate members and member states have fewer rights and interests than full member states, such as not having the right to vote on the board of directors and not being able to participate in the development of major issues.

However, associate and Member States are equally permanent and can work with them to carry out cooperative projects and participate in the procurement of outputs of technology and equipment, as well as to apply for jobs and participate in their training and internship programmes.

Compared with the voting rights of the council and the development of major issues, it is necessary to make up for some of the science and technology that they lack, and to use and cultivate their own physical talents, which is what is really lacking in the country at present.

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After five days and a debriefing session.

Xu Chuan also bought a plane ticket to fly back to Princeton from Switzerland.

This trip, after nearly four months, finally came to an end.

The blue-and-white plane slowly landed at the Philadelphia airport through the sky, and Xu Chuan dragged his luggage out of the airport in the fiery sunrise, ready to stop a taxi on the side of the road to return to Princeton.

But maybe it's a deserted morning? There were not many taxis on the side of the road, and when they stopped a few cars, they all said that they did not leave the city and refused Xu Chuan's ride.

Just as Xu Chuan was thinking about whether to call the Chinese driver last time or wait a little longer, a red car stopped in front of him.

"Hey, Senior Brother Chuan."

The window glass rolled down, and a familiar voice came, and Xu Chuan looked at it, and it turned out to be Lin Feng.

"Senior Brother Lin, why are you here?"

Seeing Lin Feng, Xu Chuan was a little surprised, didn't this senior brother go back to Princeton a long time ago? How this would appear at the Philadelphia airport.

"I'm here to pick up my girlfriend, you just came back from it? Ready to head back to Princeton? Lin Feng asked with a smile.

"Girlfriend? When did you talk about your girlfriend? ”

Xu Chuan immediately asked curiously, eating melons is human nature, and he has never heard of this before.

Hearing this, Lin Feng smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "As far as the last month or two is concerned, in fact, you also know her." ”

"I know that too?"

Xu Chuan was even more curious, who was the person he also knew?

Lin Feng smiled and said mysteriously: "You'll know later, get in the car first, and I'll take you back by the way, lest you take a taxi." ”

Xu Chuan nodded, stuffed his luggage into the trunk, and took the initiative to sit in the back.

After all, Lin Feng is here to pick up his girlfriend, and the co-pilot's position must be set aside, which he still knows.

In the car, the two chatted for a while.

Suddenly, a figure knocked on the passenger door.

Xu Chuan looked out of the car window curiously, and the figure outside the window made him feel a little familiar.

“？？？”

When he saw the face of this figure clearly, a series of question marks floated in Xu Chuan's heart.

"What the hell, Nanali Kessler?"

Seeing the person who came clearly, Xu Chuan burst into a foul mouth in surprise, no wonder Lin Feng would say that he also knew it.

I really know this, but I didn't expect it.

Nanali Kessler, a member of the project team he was working on when he was working on the 'Proton Radius Mystery' problem.

In the makeshift group of five at that time, apart from himself, the best was this Nanali Kessler, and the only girl.

At that time, she also discovered an anomaly in the collision data, which indirectly gave him some inspiration and completely solved the problem of the proton radius mystery.

"Hi Xu, long time no see, congratulations on discovering the Yukawa coupling phenomenon between Higgs and the third generation of heavy quarks."

Seeing Xu Chuan, Nanali Kessler looked very surprised, and immediately greeted her warmly with surprise.

"Thank you." Xu Chuan responded with a smile, and then asked, "When did you two get together?" ”

"A little over a month ago, Lin was a very good person." Nanali Kessler glanced at Lin Feng on the driver with a slight shyness and replied.

"Amazing, Senior Brother Lin, we've known each other for a month, and we've been together."

Looking at Nanali Kessler's shy appearance, Xu Chuan gave Lin Feng a thumbs up twice, and ate a mouthful of dog food when he got in the car, which was enough.

Lin Feng smiled and said, "It's okay, we're going to get married at the beginning of next year." ”

"So fast?"

Xu Chuan glanced at Lin Feng in surprise, according to the two of them who met in mid-August, by the beginning of next year, it would be half a year to complete the time.

Got married after knowing each other for half a year, although this speed cannot be said to be a flash marriage, but relatively speaking, it is indeed quite fast.

After all, the two are from different countries, and there are many things to consider if they want to get married.

He had never been married in his previous life, on the one hand, he was immersed in scientific research, and on the other hand, he was trapped in the United States and had never considered a girl abroad.

Lin Feng nodded and replied: "Well, it's rare to meet a suitable person, and Kessler and I are not young, I am thirty-one this year, Kessler is also twenty-nine, and it will be really late if I don't get married." ”

Hearing this, Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Then congratulations, remember to invite me to drink the wedding wine when the time comes." ”

Lin Feng said that he was thirty-one, but in fact, it was not an exaggeration.

If you are engaged in academics, it is normal to get married late.

After graduating from a university in China, you will be almost 22 years old, a graduate student will be 3 to 5 years old, a doctoral student will be 3 to 5 years old, and by the time you graduate from a doctorate, you will be almost 30 years old.

According to relevant data, the average graduation age of doctoral students in China is 33.17 years old.

And Lin Feng is now following Edward Witten to study physics, and he is already a postdoctoral fellow, which is actually young compared to his degree.

Normally, postdoctoral research is about thirty-four or five years old.

Lin Feng nodded with a smile and said, "Of course, I will have to wrap you a big red envelope when the time comes, you are our matchmaker, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't know each other." ”

Chatting, the three of them headed towards Princeton, along the way, more Lin Feng and Nanali Kessler were talking, while Xu Chuan was sitting behind as a shiny light bulb and eating dog food.

"By the way, junior brother, aren't you going to get a driver's license and buy a car here? The car here is still very cheap, and it is still much more convenient to have a car. ”

In the car, Lin Feng suddenly realized that there was someone behind the car, and hurriedly asked.

Xu Chuan: "If you have time, I'll take a test, and I'm not in a hurry to buy a car, anyway, I don't have any place to use a car for the time being." ”

"If you have a car, it's a lot more convenient to go out to play, some of the scenery here is still very good, I can recommend it to you, it's very suitable for bringing your girlfriend to go."

Lin Feng replied casually, and once again accurately pierced Xu Chuan's heart.

In the back seat, the corners of Xu Chuan's mouth twitched, and he didn't want to pay attention to people.

He has been over fifty-five years old in both lifetimes, let alone talking about girlfriends, and he has never even held a girl's little hand.

Girlfriend? Is it really that fun? Would you like to find one to try? Just who to look for?

Xu Chuan thought about it, and as soon as a figure appeared in his mind, his thoughts were interrupted by the ringing of his mobile phone.

When I took out my mobile phone, it was an unfamiliar number starting with 0046.

"I'll answer the phone." Xu Chuan said to the two people in front of him and connected the phone.

"Hey, hello, is it Mr. Xu Chuan?"

On the other end of the phone, an unfamiliar male voice came along the phone, Xu Chuan nodded in response, and the other side immediately made up the follow-up.

"Hello, Mr. Xu Chuan, this is the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and I am Professor Anri Rodlin organized by the Discipline Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences."

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