2024 is destined to be an extraordinary year for the physics community.

In the field of high-energy physics, the upgrading and construction of LHC and CRHPC is about to be completed, which means that particle physics and theoretical physics will enter a brilliant era.

Originally, a large strong particle collider was enough to make the physics community extremely satisfied.

Unexpectedly, in this era, they were able to witness the competition between two super-powerful particle colliders.

In the past, this was probably something that most physicists would not dare to think of.

After all, the study of theoretical physics is not only one of the most expensive academic studies, but it is also difficult to turn results into applications in a short period of time.

As a result, there has been a lack of interest in building large strong particle colliders.

Just when many physicists were looking forward to the completion of the LH-LHC and CRHPC, the results of research that shocked the world were born.

In mid-May, Xu Chuan posted his second paper of the year on Arxiv.

"Unified Theory of Strong Electricity! 》

After Arxiv was squeezed and collapsed, many physicists went berserk.

But either way, it was too late for the development of academia

At the same time, the other side.

【WTF？ April Fool's Day has long passed, huh? 】

Those scholars who reacted in hindsight saw only a blank slate.

In this case, it is not an exaggeration to devote 200% of the energy to reading and reviewing the paper.

Even, in the next 100 years, particle physics, theoretical physics and other disciplines will be shrouded in unfathomable clouds.

And if it's a mistake, if it's checked out during the review process, that's fine.

Although no one would doubt that Xu Chuan, who solved the Yang-Mills existential and mass gap problem, would be the most promising scholar in contemporary physics to unify the three forces of strong and weak electricity.

After waiting for a while, Edward Witten, who had arrived from the Physics Academy, hurriedly pushed open the door of the café.

As a result, many people began to seek papers in other places, as well as criticize the Arxiv website.

Until there is a sufficiently wicked scholar, or the physics community, to unite to overturn this unified theory of strong electricity.

[Professor Xu brings so much traffic to arxiv, but it doesn't know how to add more servers, which is really rubbish.] 】

As for the anger of netizens, the head of Los Alamos National Laboratory is also very aggrieved.

【？？？？？？ 】

After all, if this thesis is correct, it will open up new physics that will change the development of physics for the twenty-first century and beyond.

[Same as the paper, arixv: How many times has this collapsed?] It's simply a waste of a waste website! 】

An old man sitting by the window was holding a cup of coffee in his hand and quietly looking at the paper in his hand.

Even if you can't read it, you have to see what the paper looks like first, right?

[, the unified theory of strong electricity! ] 】

What is Los Alamos National Laboratory doing? Did all the executives go on a fucking vacation? 】

ARXIV is a non-profit free educational website. Under normal circumstances, the traffic of the arxiv website will not be so exaggerated, and it is natural to keep the server running to a minimum to reduce operating costs.

It's not just the papers that are just coming out, but capable scholars are gnawing on them. It is even more because this paper on the unified theory of strong electricity is too important.

For the world of physics, there is no doubt that this is the biggest crown!

For a while, countless traffic swarmed towards Arxiv's pre-printed website, and without any accidents, the sudden traffic torrent directly collapsed Arxiv.

Ahead of the curve, the crown of theoretical physics, the future of particle physics, top scholars. Each item is enough for any physicist to take it seriously with a 100% attitude.

As soon as the paper was published on Arxiv, it set off a violent sensation like a magnitude 9, if not 10, super earthquake in the entire physics community.

Not to mention so many elements, or glory, gathered together.

At present, neither domestic nor international, no well-known research institutions or top experts have expressed public opinions on this newly released paper.

But when this paper really came, everyone was still shocked.

[Professor Xu, Arxiv, published his paper on the unified theory of strong electricity half an hour ago.] 】

If it is wrong, and it is not found in the audit, then it will be the greatest Waterloo in the history of physics for physics, a turning point in the decline of physics from its heyday.

However, the person in charge who had 'many' experience immediately searched for relevant news on the Internet and learned the truth of the matter.

After ARXIV was restored, the heated discussion on the Internet gradually subsided.

After figuring out what was going on, Los Alamos National Laboratory immediately added all the standby servers that had been shut down, which barely managed to maintain the swarming traffic, so that many scholars could see the relevant papers in the first place.

Unified Theory of Strong Electricity!

In addition to forums or websites and other places from time to time a few new people pop up to ask what the results are, and those research institutions and scholars who are hot stand up and express some opinions.

In the café of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

The unified theory of strong electricity is the real crown of contemporary physics.

Countless people have logged on to papers or social networking sites, or have gotten angry at ARXIV and Los Alamos National Laboratory, which runs ARXIV.

As for the thesis of the unified theory of strong electricity, they could not imagine when it would appear.

[arxiv collapsed, who has the downloaded paper in his hand, please, attached email: *******]

On the other hand, Los Alamos National Laboratory was also confused after the website was closed.

"Long time no see, my old friend."

Witten smiled and greeted each other, and gave a courtesy hug to his old friend Arthur Jaffe, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Sitting across from him, Arthur Jaffe's wrinkled face also had a smile on his face, and he sighed: "Yes, the last time we met, it was almost ten years ago. ”

Arthur Jaffe, a mathematical physicist who graduated from Princeton University and served as president of the International Association of Mathematical Physics, was one of the two 'original initiators' of the Seven Millennium Problems, widely known in mathematics.

In April 1998, Mr. Langton Clay, the founder of the Clay Institute for Mathematics and a long-time patron of science and education, approached Arthur Jaffe, then a professor of mathematics at Harvard University, to propose the idea of creating a software foundation.

The two hit it off, with Langton Clay providing founding funding, and Arthur Jaffe reaching out to old friends in the math community to come up with ten feasible project proposals.

And the eighth of these is now the most famous - the "Millennium Awards" program

Because of the "millennium" of the year 2000, the topic of the millennium was in full swing around the world, and both Jaffe and Mr. Clay favored this plan.

Subsequently, Alan Conne, Andrew Wiles, and Edward Witten, three top mathematicians joined the program to help review and identify the seven problems.

The Jan-Mills existential-quality gap problem was raised by him and Edward Witten.

For the mathematical community, this is the inheritance of the history of mathematics, and whether it was Arthur Jaffe, or Edward Witten, or other scientific advisory boards or board members, they all considered this project as a century-old inheritance.

Everyone is prepared to wait until the end of the twenty-first century for someone to solve it, or even to be solved.

As a result, no one expected that in just 25 years, four of the seven millennial problems had been eliminated, including the finale of the mathematical physics part of the two millennial problems of Yang-Mills existence and mass gap.

It has to be said that at the beginning of the 21st century, a demonic genius appeared in the world of mathematics, or rather in the academic world, that is rare in a century.

Single-handedly solving the three major millennial problems, and even four in the near future, is one of the few achievements in the past and present.

Sitting in the café, Arthur Jaffe picked up the coffee, looked at the paper on the table, and said with emotion: "I didn't expect that I would be able to see the unified theory of strong electricity in my lifetime." ”

After a slight pause, he looked out the window and added softly, "It would be perfect if Professor Higgs could leave later." ”

Talking about this sad topic, Witten was also silent for a while.

I have to say that in the face of time, whether it is the emperor or the common people, it does not favor anyone and does not stay for anyone.

After this short life, whether it is safe or unwilling, there is no way but to face the arrival of death equally.

He didn't stay silent for long in a sad atmosphere, and after feeling some emotion about his life, Edward Witten picked up the paper on the unified theory of strong electricity from the table, looked at Arthur Jaffe and asked.

"What do you think of the paper on the unified theory of strong electricity?"

Arthur Jaffe thought for a moment and replied, "I've read the paper at least five times, but there are still a lot of things that I haven't fully understood. ”

After a pause, he continued: "I don't think this kind of major paper has a bearing on the future of physics as a whole, and I don't think the two of us can solve it alone. The physics community should hold corresponding meetings and organize multiple scholars to review the manuscript. ”

Witten nodded and said with a smile: "I think so too, so I contacted you to organize a physics conference to conduct a special discussion on this paper." ”

Arthur Jaffe had a big smile on his aging face: "I'd love to help physics in the last few years of my life." ”

"Still."

After a pause, he looked at Witten, and continued: "Compared to the physics conference, I think Professor Xu Chuan has the obligation to take responsibility for his theory. He should be present at this meeting and give us more clarity on his point and answer questions from doubters. ”

Witten nodded and said, "Of course, I will contact him personally about this." It's just that in this case, I'm afraid the location of the meeting needs to be placed in China. ”

"In other words, before and after we have a physics conference, we can ask him to hold a unified report meeting on strong electricity."

Arthur Jaffe waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't be so troublesome, it's better to solve it all at once." We can ask Professor Xu to hold a report meeting first, and then we can organize a physics conference to discuss. ”

Moreover, the most important thing for the theory of the unification of strong electricity is to demonstrate the coupling constant and the unification of energy levels through collision experiments. Physics, after all, has to fall to the ground. ”

Witten nodded, agreeing with Jaffe's opinion.

The two chatted for a while, and Jaffe looked at the paper on the table, and suddenly asked with interest: "By the way, in the paper, I saw the names of you, Higgs and Deligne, this problem, did the four of you solve it together?" ”

"When did you get together to study the unification of strong electricity, there was no news before."

Witten took the coffee and blew on the shallow foam, took a sip, shook his head and replied, "I don't know how much Higgs helped him. But as far as Dligne and I are concerned, it's not a big part of the paper. ”

After a slight pause, he looked out the window and continued, "After he completed the Yang-Mills existential and mass gap puzzle, I joined forces with Deligne to do some research on the unified theory of strong electricity. ”

"Almost two months ago, I learned that he was working on the unity of strong electricity and the theory of the void field, so I gave him the success of our research."

"He added our names to the paper, and to be honest I don't think it's necessary at all, because I know very well how much of my research and Deligne's work takes up the whole paper, which is probably not even a tenth."

Arthur Jaffe keenly noticed a word in Witten's words that he hadn't heard, and asked curiously, "Void field theory?" What is that? ”

Witten thought for a moment and replied succinctly: "It should be his latest research result, a set of theories established for ordinary matter and dark matter, which he named 'Void Field Theory'." ”

He believed that there was not only a Higgs field in the universe, but also a higher void field. When the void field is broken, the symmetry will be broken to form the Higgs field and another field that is currently unobservable by humans."

Witten briefly introduced the content of the previous chat with Xu Chuan, Arthur Jaffe's eyes lit up, and he asked with interest: "Is there a theoretical paper?" I want to see it, even if it's mutilated. ”

Witten shook his head and said, "I don't have it in my hand, when he talked to me about this before, he was studying the unification of strong electricity, and I didn't bother too much." ”

After thinking about it, he then added: "And I guess he probably doesn't have a completed theory in his hand, if you want to understand, you probably have to go directly to him." Alternatively, you can choose to wait for some time. ”

"According to what I know about him, he shouldn't delay too long before he releases the relevant papers."

"Maybe in the second half of this year? Or next year. ”

Jia Fei asked with interest, "Are you sure?" If it was only a year or two, I think I would still be able to wait. ”

Although he is now eighty-seven years old, his body is still quite strong, and after a few more years, he feels that he is completely fine.

What's more, now that the new world of physics is in front of him, even if he is supported by his most hated hanging needle on the hospital bed, he wants to wait until this day comes.

Witten nodded and said, "The competition between CERN and CRPHC needs a finale to end, and I think this should be another bargaining chip in his hand besides dark matter." ”

Arthur Jaffe sighed: "Hearing you say that, he should already have a certain certainty. If this work is confirmed, I can't imagine how brilliant the future of physics is. ”

Witten thought for a moment and smiled, "That's probably a new era in physics. ”

Arthur Jaffe smiled and said, "Don't wait for the future, isn't it now?" ”

"We have found traces of particles beyond the Standard Model, we are about to unlock the secrets of dark matter, and we are about to get a unified model of the three forces that can guide us forward in theoretical physics."

"This is a new era!"