In fact, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is also having a headache for this year's Nobel Prize.

Of course, it's not the discovery of inert neutrinos that is a headache for them.

It is the technology of "Mechanism of Accumulation and Conversion of Nuclear Energy β Radiant Energy".

After all, inert neutrinos have not yet been fully confirmed, and even if CERN deduces that Xu Chuan's success has 3sigma, it is just a discovery.

In the field of high-energy physics, the confirmation of a new particle or a new thing requires at least 5 sigma or more to confirm that it is real.

The reason for such strict requirements is that high-energy physics is one of the foundations of physics, and countless particles and phenomena are the basic materials that make up the current universe and the foundation of the edifice of physics.

If there is a problem with the particle, either way, it can cause great upheaval in physics. More seriously, it is not impossible for the whole physics to collapse directly.

Therefore, even if inert neutrinos are discovered, it will take some time to verify.

The technology "Mechanism for Accumulation and Conversion of Radioactive Energy from Nuclear Energy β Radiant Energy" is different in that the scope of this technology is nuclear waste.

For countries around the world, almost all countries that can afford to build nuclear power plants are suffering from nuclear waste.

Nuclear fuel can be used to generate electricity for the benefit of mankind, but nuclear waste is extremely difficult to dispose of, and indiscriminate disposal will lead to major problems in the earth's ecological environment.

Although there are countless stars in the universe, the earth is still the only home of mankind at present.

Therefore, any country with the slightest foresight will not dispose of nuclear waste indiscriminately.

The technology of "Nuclear Energy β Radiation Energy Aggregation and Conversion Electrical Energy Mechanism", even if it only exists in China, it still benefits all countries in the world and everyone.

For the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, whether a new technology or new discovery meets the criteria for the selection of the Nobel Prize and benefits mankind is undoubtedly one of the criteria, and it is also a criterion that accounts for a considerable proportion.

After all, the Nobel Prize was established to reward scientists who had made significant contributions and progress to mankind in the previous year.

Is nuclear waste repurposing a technology eligible?

A must have!

If even this level of technology is not eligible for the Nobel Prize, other technologies are even less eligible.

But the technology's owner, Professor Xu, is so young that he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm last year.

Although it is not uncommon for the Nobel Prize to be awarded to the same person twice, it is unprecedented in history that the Nobel Prize has been awarded to the same person two years in a row.

Even Marie Curie, who won the Nobel Prize twice, was won in 1903 and 1911, with an interval of nearly ten years.

For this reason, the selection committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the Nobel Prize in Physics is about to blow up their heads.

Last year they had a falling out over this young scholar, and this year they will have to do it again.

Big head.

On the other side, NTU.

In the office of the institute, Xu Chuan and the physics team of NTU are putting the finishing touches on the mathematical analysis of the second batch of inert neutrinos.

"It's finally done!" In front of the computer, Lin Feng crossed his fingers, stretched his waist, turned his head and shouted to the other side: "Little junior brother, the data of the fabricated Dariz map has been sent to your mailbox." ”

Xu Chuan glanced at it and replied, "I received it, Senior Brother Lin." ”

Lin Feng complained: "You young man doesn't talk about martial arts, and relies on your physical fitness to survive our group of old comrades in their thirties." ”

Hearing this, other researchers and doctoral students or postdocs in the office also complained.

"That's it!"

"Kawajin discovered inert neutrinos this time, can't he win another Nobel Prize?"

"Isn't this a treat?"

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Okay, I invite you to have a big dinner tonight, the location is up to you, you can eat whatever you want, if the inert neutrino can confirm it, I will give you a bonus, this time is really hard for everyone." ”

"Ulla!"

"Kawajin is atmospheric!"

"Thank you to the owner! The boss is atmospheric! ”

“.”

In the office, there was a cheer, and Xu Chuan smiled and continued to sort out the data and draw the Daritz map.

This period of time is really hard for these people, and the work that was originally expected to take twenty days to complete was completed in a week after he joined. It is also appropriate to give a red envelope to a dinner or something, after all, this is doing things for him.

After processing the data analysis of the second batch of inert neutrino collision experiments, Xu Chuan integrated the data of the first and second batches, double-checked them, confirmed that there were no problems, and sent them to CERN by email.

It didn't take long for a reply from CERN to arrive.

Sender David Gross: "The email has been received, thank you Professor Xu for your support to CERN's work, we will arrange for the researchers to check the calculations first, and if you encounter any problems, we will communicate with you in time." If the confidence level of the inert neutrino is confirmed to be above 5 sigma, CERN will make the information public as soon as possible. ”

Since Xu Chuan is not at CERN and cannot go to CERN for a briefing meeting, the data processing method of inert neutrinos can only be confirmed in this case.

Of course, it doesn't take long.

CERN is a mecca for the physics community, where more than 70% of the achievements of the high-energy physics community come from, and countless well-known theoretical physicists can confirm the Daritz diagram made by Xu Chuan.

The process took five days.

After receiving a reply from CERN Director Professor David Gross, on the morning of the sixth day, the mentor of Xu Chuan's mentor called him.

"Hey, Xu, didn't bother with your research." David Gross greeted Xu Chuan on the phone with a joyful voice.

"Glad to hear from you, Master Gross." Xu Chuan replied with a smile.

"Haha, of course, it's definitely something to be happy about."

Gross laughs: "After CERN's verification, we have determined that there is a new type of particle in the collision data of the anti-helium-3 nucleus of the 'internal tracking system'. ’

"And it's the inert neutrino you discovered!"

"Congratulations, Xu, you have found the legendary particle beyond the standard model and created a new brilliant and great epic! The whole world of physics will change with you! ”

Hearing this, Xu Chuan also showed a bright smile on his face, and responded: "That's really great." ”

For the physics community, physicists are constantly exploring things beyond the Standard Model, and any phenomenon outside the Standard Model will be studied with the most attention.

In high-energy physics and particle physics, neutrino physics is one of the most important research frontiers.

Because neutrinos have the only experimental evidence that surpasses the Standard Model of particle physics - neutrino oscillation!

Neutrino oscillation: 'i.e. the spontaneous transformation of one neutrino into another neutrino in flight, such as the transformation of an electron neutrino into a μ neutrino or τ neutrino. ’

(This explanation is relatively simple, in fact, neutrino oscillations do not occur neutrino conversion phenomenon, the specific explanation I put in the author's words, if you are interested, you can take a look.) ）

Neutrino oscillations indicate that neutrinos have tiny masses and are the only phenomenon that has been observed by human scientists beyond the Standard Model at present, no, it should be said before.

It nearly collapsed the edifice of physics, but in the end, physicists solved the problem.

Neutrino oscillations are the only physical phenomenon that cannot be explained by the Standard Model so far, and countless physicists have fascinated them, but it is only a phenomenon, and the physics community has still not been able to find a single ion beyond the Standard Model.

Finding a particle beyond the Standard Model is still the dream of all physicists.

And now, here it is!

Inert neutrinos!

This particle, which may have been hypothetically composed of warm and dark matter, appeared for the first time in the human world and was confirmed to be real!

Although the current data observed by the physics community may be imperfect, limited by the backwardness of observation equipment, and only a part of the information of inert neutrinos can be observed, this is sufficient.

Even if it is a broken particle, it will still change the entire physics community and change people's perception of the world!

This is the most brilliant splendor of physics, and it is also an epic that opens up a new world!

PS: There is one more later, ask for a monthly pass, there is still a difference of five hundred for two thousand monthly passes!

Neutrino oscillation: In 1958, the Italian physicist Pontikov proposed that if the neutrino mass is not zero, neutrinos of different flavors can be converted into each other, that is, oscillations occur.

The so-called neutrino oscillation does not refer to the transition of neutrinos from one flavor to another during propagation.

Rather, neutrinos are observed after a period of propagation (distance) with a certain probability that they will behave differently from their initial state. Neutrinos that are initially in one flavor eigenstate do not change into another flavor eigenstate during their motion.

。 This is easy to understand. In neutrino mixing theory, the reason why the taste transition of neutrinos occurs is because the taste eigenstates are the superposition of the mass eigenstates, and different mass eigenstates will accumulate phases at different speeds during neutrino motion, which will make the state of the neutrino not always orthogonal to other flavor eigenstates, so there can be a non-zero probability of appearing in the taste eigenstate different from the initial state when observed.

This is the correct neutrino oscillation theory.

It's not that neutrinos fly and become something else.

(Isn't it a bit like Schrödinger's cat?) It is uncertain whether it is alive or dead before observation, and it is only after observation that it can be known. ）

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