Great Country Academician

PS: I don’t know why yesterday’s article was blocked by review, and it took me a long time to repost it.

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

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

The former solves years of problems in the particle physics community, while the latter affects the future of the entire high-energy physics community.

It can be said that with one's own power, the entire high-energy physics community is moved, and even to a certain extent, it can influence the decision of the CERN council. There are not many such people in the development of high-energy physics.

And every time such a person appears, it is enough to promote the development of science.

dark matter? dark energy?

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

For some reason, Gross, who was obviously past seventy years old, felt a slight rhythm in his calm heart.

This may be the prospect of 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 dumbfounded smile.

He actually put the burden of scientific development on an 18-year-old boy who has only met a few times, which is too incredible.

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

In fact, if Xu Chuan hadn't calculated the ideal search decay channel for the coupling of the Higgs and the third-generation heavy quark Tang Chuan, and jumped in the queue to apply for a new collision experiment, the scientific research teams of the three domestic universities would have gone back up.

After all, everyone has their own affairs 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 will probably take another week?"

"I was planning to go back these two days, but two days ago, Professor Gross came to me and said that I would like to hold another report or two at CERN to explain the calculation of Higgs and the third generation A method for Yukawa coupling energy-level channels of heavy quarks."

Chen Zhengping raised his head and said, "This is a good thing. If it wasn't for the school's sudden incident, I would have stayed and listened to it."

"If your method can be used universally, it will be of great significance to the high-energy physics community."

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

"This time we were able to find the Yuchuan coupling energy level channel between the Higgs and the third-generation heavy quark. In fact, a large part of it was due to the Standard Model and previous experimental data. These things confirmed the inevitability of the Higgs decay."

"If it is a brand new particle, such as a supersymmetric particle, it will be more difficult to find it."

Based on this point, Xu Chuan does not mind holding a few more lectures at CERN to explain the calculation method.

If it is universal and can use this method to calculate other unknown particles, such as axion particles, dark matter, dark energy, and inert neutrinos, he may not be so easy to agree.

These things are all his future achievements, and they are not so kind to others.

High-energy physics studies the future of mankind, but many things may not have much effect when they are first discovered, but after 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 math and physics can inspire others.

It's like building an atomic bomb.

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

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

What's more, everything about mathematical and physical theories is public.

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

Xu Chuan nodded. Reimbursement is a normal thing, and the accommodation, air tickets and daily expenses are not cheap. He lived in Geneva for three or four months and spent more than 100,000 yuan.

"I'm going first, you have to pay attention to safety, whether it's here or in Princeton."

Chen Zhengping patted Xu Chuan on the shoulder and left CERN with his luggage.

The scientific research teams from domestic universities returned to China one after another. On the seventh floor of the huge hotel, there were only two or three kittens left, and the rest of the rooms were vacant.

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

One is to wait for the news that Hua Guo joined CERN, and the other is to wait for the promised report to unfold.

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

There was good news and bad news.

The bad news is that Huaguo's application to become a member of CERN was eventually rejected by the council.

The good news is that the voting for the application for associate membership was delayed, and the voting at today's meeting did not start. CERN's member representatives need to re-deliberate and then vote again.

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

Xu Chuan had never heard of Hua Guo joining CERN in his previous life, whether it was a member state, an associate member state, or a member state.

With the urgency of these people in Western countries, if you really want to join CERN, the price you pay will definitely far exceed the benefits you can get from CERN.

This is the stark reality that many people only see the former and not the latter.

So Xu Chuan never expected to join CERN and become a member state. This is indeed an unrealistic dream, or in other words, there are too many things to pay.

Instead of sharpening your head and blending into other people's circles like this, it's better to build a large and powerful particle collider to play by yourself.

Compared with the nearly hopeless member states, associate members and member states are actually promising.

Although relative to formal member states, associate members and member states do have fewer rights and interests, such as no voting rights on the council, and unable to participate in CERN's major development decisions.

However, associate members and member states are also permanent in CERN, and they can carry out cooperative projects with CERN and participate in the procurement of technology and equipment produced by CERN, and can also apply for jobs at CERN and participate in its training and internship programs.

Compared with the voting rights of the council and the development of major issues, what is really lacking in China is to make up for some lack of technology from CERN, and to use CERN to cultivate its own physics talents.

After staying at CERN for five days, after a report meeting.

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

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

The blue and white plane slowly landed at the Philadelphia Airport through the sky. Xu Chuan dragged his luggage and walked out of the airport facing the fiery red sunrise, and was about to stop a taxi on the side of the road to return to Princeton.

But maybe it's cooler in the morning? There were not many taxis on the side of the road, and when they stopped a few cars, they all said that they were not going out of 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 small red car stopped in front of him.

"Hi, Brother Chuan."

The car window was rolled down, and a familiar voice came. Xu Chuan took a closer look, and it turned out to be Lin Feng.

"Brother Lin, why are you here?"

Seeing Lin Feng, Xu Chuan was a little surprised. Didn't this brother return to Princeton long ago? How did this happen at the Philadelphia airport.

"I'm here to pick up my girlfriend. You just came back from CERN? Are you going back to Princeton?" Lin Feng asked with a smile.

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

Xu Chuan immediately asked curiously, it is human nature to eat melons, and he had never heard of this before.

Hearing this, Lin Feng smiled a little embarrassedly, and said, "As for the past one or two months, you actually know her."

"I know you too?"

Xu Chuan was even more curious. Who was the person he knew?

Lin Feng smiled, and said mysteriously: "You will know later, get in the car first, and I will 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 came to pick up his girlfriend, and the co-pilot seat must be reserved. He still knows this common sense.

In the car, the two chatted for a while.

Suddenly, a figure knocked on the co-pilot's 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.

"Hey, Nunnally Kessler?"

Seeing the person clearly, Xu Chuan was surprised and swears. No wonder Lin Feng said he knew him too.

This is really familiar, but I didn't expect it.

Nunnally Kessler, a member of the project team when he was working on the 'Proton Radius Puzzle' problem at CERN.

Among the group of five improvised at that time, apart from himself, the most outstanding one was this Nunnally Kessler, and she was also the only girl.

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

"Hi, Xu, long time no see. Congratulations on discovering the Yukawa coupling phenomenon between Higgs and the third-generation heavy quark."

Seeing Xu Chuan, Nunnally Kessler looked very surprised, and then greeted Xu Chuan enthusiastically.

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

"More than a month ago, Lin was a very good person." Nunnally Kessler looked at Lin Feng in the driver with a little shyness and replied.

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

Seeing Nunnali Kessler's shy appearance, Xu Chuan clicked his tongue twice and gave Lin Feng a thumbs up. It was enough to eat dog food when he got in the car.

Lin Feng smiled and said, "It's okay, we're planning to get married next year."

"So fast?"

Xu Chuan glanced at Lin Feng in surprise. According to the fact that the two met in mid-August, by the beginning of next year, the time will be half a year.

We got married within half a year after we met. Although this speed cannot be called a flash marriage, it is relatively 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 concentrating on 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 too young, I'm both thirty-one this year, and Kessler is twenty-nine. It's too late to get married."

Hearing this, Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Then congratulations, remember to treat me to a wedding wine."

Lin Feng said that he was thirty-one, but he was not exaggerating at all.

It is normal for academics to marry late.

In China, one is about 22 years old after graduating from a university, three years as a graduate student, three to five years as a doctoral student, and about 30 years old after graduating from a doctoral degree.

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

And Lin Feng is now studying physics with Edward Witten, and he is already a postdoctoral fellow. Compared with his degree, Lin Feng is still young at this age.

Normally, a postdoctoral researcher should be around thirty-four or five years old.

Lin Feng smiled and nodded, "Of course, I have to give you a big red envelope when the time comes. You are our matchmaker. Without you, we would not have known each other."

Chatting, the three of them headed towards Princeton. Along the way, Lin Feng and Nunnally Kessler were more talking, while Xu Chuan sat behind and became a shining light bulb, eating dog grain.

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

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

Xu Chuan: "Take a test if you have time. There is no rush to buy a car. Anyway, I don't have anything to use the car for the time being."

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

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

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

In his two lifetimes, he was over fifty-five years old together, not to mention talking about girlfriends, he had never even held a girl's little hand.

girlfriend? Is it really that fun? Do you want to find one to try? Just who to look for?

Xu Chuan was thinking, and just as a figure appeared in his mind, his thoughts were interrupted by the ringing of the mobile phone.

I took out my phone and saw that it was a call from an unfamiliar number starting with 0046.

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

"Hi, hello, is this Mr. Xu Chuan?"

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

"Hello, Mr. Xu Chuan, this is the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Professor Anri Rodling organized by the Disciplinary Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences."