When CERN and China were discussing the cooperation plan for the Large Strong Particle Collider, on the other side, the United States.

In the energy hub of Washington, a targeted meeting is taking place.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is the final decision on the large strong particle collider built by Huaguo and the cooperation between CERN and it."

"Whether to participate with the CERN member states or to block this cooperation, I ask you to think carefully and express your opinions."

In the conference room, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes said in a deep voice.

Today's meeting is to discuss whether to join CERN's cooperation with China, or find a way to end it.

The role of the Large Strong Particle Collider does not need to be introduced too much, and all of you here today understand it.

It is the core equipment of high-energy physics and particle physics, and at least more than half of the achievements of the theoretical physics community are related to the collider.

And a large strong particle collider means a holy place for the current physics community.

It was with the LHC collider that CERN rose to become the world's physics mecca.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the world's mecca of physics was Berlin in the Germanic kingdom, especially at that time, the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute was a sacred place for scientists from all over the world to enter.

Physicists who want to make a difference in their profession will try their best to go to Berlin to be gilded.

Of course, the end of the Holy Land of Germanic physics is inseparable from the effects of that war, and even its main causes.

But it is undeniable that CERN's Hadron Collider has reunited the world's top physicists, especially theoretical physicists, and brought them together to form a new holy place.

There was a time when it could even be said that a theoretical physicist who had not been to CERN was not a qualified theoretical physicist.

Now, China is building a new large strong particle collider, and if CERN cooperates with it, there is no doubt that the world's physical mecca will change.

This is not good news for them.

In the conference room, listening to the report of the person in charge of the energy plant, the representative of NASA Aerospace Curium flipped through the documents in his hand and said casually:

"What does it matter, research in the field of high-energy physics is fully open. And most of the results produced by the Large Strong Particle Collider will be of little use for decades. ”

"Like the Higgs particle discovered by CERN, will it be possible for us to use it in the coming decades?"

"Instead of investing money in this field, I recommend the development of controlled nuclear fusion and miniaturization technology, don't forget that Huaguo has shown us the miniaturization device of the Xinghai Research Institute a few days ago."

"If we can't keep up in this area, where else can we go when they occupy all the territory of the entire solar system in the future?"

The representative of NASA said disapprovingly, not that he did not understand the importance of basic science, but that it was a matter of position.

For NASA, if Congress invests more money in the Large Strong Particle Collider, then the space sector will naturally receive even less money.

Because of the ass, he had to stand up against it.

On the other side, the representative of the National Natural Science Foundation of the United States said with a solemn face: "I am against it, we must try our best to prevent this cooperation." ”

"First of all, judging from the report, this is already the deadline, and if it is done now, it should be too late. If we wait until CERN finishes working with them, we will be able to stop it, and it will be much more expensive. ”

"Although the achievements in the field of theoretical physics are basically fully public, if the world's physics mecca is transferred to China, it will bring them a flourishing basic science, at least in the field of physics."

"Maybe it won't change much for us in the short term, but you all know the importance of basic science."

"We also relied on receiving scientists from all over the world in the basic fields to get to where we are today."

"In particular, who can guarantee that there will not be another Professor Xu in the field of physics?"

"It was already the biggest mistake to let him go, and if they were allowed to continue to make breakthroughs in basic science, it would undoubtedly be a huge threat to us."

"If we want to maintain our position in the future, the development of the field of basic science must not be relaxed."

The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSF) is not unopposed to this collaborative plan, although there is no secret to research in theoretical physics, and in many cases the data from the collider is processed with physicists around the world and research institutions in other countries.

However, the transfer of the world's physical mecca will undoubtedly promote the development of China's basic science field.

In recent years, blocking the development of basic science in developing and third countries has been a measure that the United States has been taking.

Especially for the country on the other side, it has always been what they are doing to keep the other party's students in the United States on favorable terms.

Although it is difficult to see the return of science and technology in a short period of time for the development of basic science, for science and technology, basic science will always be the foundation of the edifice.

Because only when the foundation is solid can the upper technology flourish.

In the conference room, the representatives of various sects were arguing noisily.

Standing on the stage, Jonathan Silvester, director of the Office of Policy and International Affairs of the United States Energy JU, couldn't help but rub his temples, a little head-picked.

Huaguo's construction of a large strong particle collider is not a good thing for the United States, if it is before the realization of controlled nuclear fusion technology, and it will not be as quarrelsome as it is today.

After all, if someone is willing to take over the research burden in the field of high-energy physics, it is definitely a good thing for them who are in a cycle of decline.

After all, research in the field of high-energy physics itself is quite expensive, and the results of scientific research are almost always fully public.

But on the basis that controlled nuclear fusion technology has already been realized by China, the matter is quite controversial.

In particular, the transfer of the international physical shrine can be said to be a difficult or unacceptable thing for them.

After thinking for a moment, Jonathan knocked on the solid wood desk to silence the arguing crowd and said, "Vote." ”

Hearing this, the assistant standing next to him quickly handed over the voting book to everyone at the desk.

After receiving the vote note, the representative of NASA did not hesitate to choose to support it, and sitting opposite him, the representative of the National Natural Science Foundation of China did not hesitate to fill in the opposition on the note.

The short votes were quickly counted.

There were 10 votes in favour, 19 against and 3 abstentions.

At this moment, the choice was made between the scientific institutions and the universities that were able to participate in this decisive meeting.

It has to be said that most research institutions believe that the transfer of the world's physical holy land is a threat to the United States.

Looking at the statistical results, Jonathan Silvest breathed a long sigh of relief.

More than half of the number of people opposed, then Energy Glom will take action to prevent CERN from providing technical support and related cooperation.

Of course, if this is not enough, they also need to restore and support the upgrading of the LHC in order to pitt and compete with the collider built by that country, avoid the transfer of the world's physics mecca, and bring a huge amount of basic scientific knowledge to the other side.

As for what Mi Guo needs to pay to prevent cooperation this time, it is not something he needs to consider.

It's just that, hopefully, the results this time won't be the same as ITER in previous years.

On the other side, Huaguo, Beijing.

In the conference room of the Yihe Hotel, the CERN directors and relevant staff of Huaguo, who had just finished a detailed discussion, left the venue one after another.

As of today, the final details of CERN's cooperation with China are almost complete.

After cleaning up the papers on the table, David Gross, the chairman of the CERN Board of Directors, stood up with a smile, walked in front of Xu Chuan, and said with a smile on his face:

"Xu, the future road of high-energy physics depends on Huaguo."

Xu Chuan nodded with a smile and said, "Don't worry, Huaguo is an open country, even without this cooperation, we welcome physicists from all over the world to come here to do experiments and research." ”

Gross smiled, and was about to say something when the phone in his pocket vibrate.

Casting a look at Xu Chuan, he stepped aside and connected the phone.

And as the phone was connected, the smile on his face froze.

After a pause, Gross took a deep breath and asked heavily, "Why, I need a reason!" ”

On the other side of the phone, a voice came: "The United States rejected this cooperation, and lobbied CERN to become a national government, promised to continue to invest funds in CERN, and restart the LHC's high-brightness upgrade plan to avoid the transfer of the world's physical holy land." ”

"I think you should be well aware that if there are enough funds, the CERN member states will probably not agree to continue this cooperation."

"As for the reason, I think you should be very clear."

"So, let's bring someone back first, at least pause to continue negotiations."

Hearing this, David Gross fell silent.

He honestly couldn't accept the suspension of cooperation at this juncture, either from the perspective of a physicist or as the head of the CERN Council.

The large-scale strong particle collider above the 100 Tev energy level is undoubtedly very important for the development of the physics community.

After being silent for a while, he spoke: "Even if the LHC is upgraded to a high-brightness LH-LHC, the collision energy level will not reach 100Tev, and we still can't compare with the collider built by Huaguo." ”

Hearing this, the voice on the other side also came: "I know, but the United States has promised to provide a batch of new copper oxide-based superconductor materials within three months, and the magnetic field strength can be close to that of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconductors." ”

"Using this batch of materials to upgrade the high-brightness LH-LHC, even if the upgraded high-brightness LHC collision energy level does not reach 100Tev, it will not be too small, enough for you to complete the experiment."

Hearing this, David Gross fell silent again, and with the CERN Board of Directors unanimously deciding on the matter, he had little authority as an academic director to continue to hold on.

Hanging up, Gross looked out the hotel window in silence.

Xu Chuan walked over curiously and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?" ”

After a long silence, Gross said with difficulty: "CERN Council. This collaboration may have to be canceled. ”

Hearing this, the smile on Xu Chuan's face froze for a moment, and he asked in surprise, "Why?" Haven't we all already talked about it? It's time for the final signature. ”

Gross took a deep breath, sighed again, and said slowly: "The United States has intervened, they don't want the world's physical holy land to be transferred here, and they decided to restart the LHC's high-brightness LH-LHC upgrade plan to compete with you." ”

Hearing this, Xu Chuan couldn't help frowning.

It's the United States again.

It was the same when they were at ITER before, and they left the ITER program and are here again.

At this critical juncture, is it necessary to dismantle CERN and their cooperation?

What a-stirring stick.

Standing beside him, David Gross opened his mouth, but stopped talking.

He didn't know what to say anymore, so he was about to sign the final contract, and this large-scale international cooperation project could be successfully opened in the past two days, but the United States stepped in and destroyed the cooperation.

Although this is not the first time they have done this, even if there is a lesson from ITER.

The two were silent for a moment, and Lord Gross took a deep breath before he spoke, "I'll go back and figure it out, at least, I can give you an answer." ”

Xu Chuan smiled reluctantly and did not speak.

This change in the international situation is really not something that David Gross, the chairman of the CERN Council, can decide.

Not to mention Gross, even he can't interfere with too many things.

After all, in the face of such a confrontation between great powers, the power of individuals is too weak.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Chuan calmed himself down, patted Gross on the back, and said, "It's okay, no one knows about this kind of accident." ”

"Even if this cooperation is cancelled, we welcome scholars from all over the world to come here to do research."

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