Chapter 133 Press Conference

The astronomy exchange meeting was completed, and Xu Chuan also got the answer he wanted from this meeting.

The companion star will not affect the magnetic poles of Betelgeuse, but it may affect the time of supernova explosion, which depends on the current life stage of Betelgeuse.

If Betelgeuse has only reached the early stage of red supergiant, then the companion star will have no effect. If it has reached the late stage, at the stage of carbon fusion and oxygen fusion, there is a probability that the supernova will explode in advance.

This is almost the best result.

Although the time of supernova explosion is still uncertain, it also retains a glimmer of hope.

Xu Chuan has no doubt that after this result is fully announced, the astronomical structure of the world will focus on Betelgeuse for at least one or two years in the next.

In other words, at most one or two years, we will know which stage of late red supergiant Betelgeuse is in.

The exchange meeting was completed, and the participants dispersed. In the office of Su Dingqiang, the dean of the School of Astronomy and Space Science of Nanjing University, there were still several top astronomical leaders.

Such as Academician Fu Gongli and Academician Wang Shouguan who had quarreled in the meeting before, and the stationmaster of the Southern Yunnan Observatory.

Xu Chuan was also in the office, but he was called by Su Dingqiang.

"President Su, Academician Fu, Academician Wang" Xu Chuan respectfully greeted the bigwigs in the room.

"Xu Chuan is here, come and sit down, have a cup of tea first." Su Dingqiang smiled and stood up to pour a cup of tea.

"President, you want to see me?" Xu Chuan took the tea with both hands, thanked him and asked.

"Well, the reason I asked you to come here this time is mainly about the disclosure of your scientific research results and the discussion of the press conference."

Su Dingqiang smiled and said: "Your discovery this time is of great significance to the astronomical community. After discussion at the headquarters of the Astronomical Society, it was decided that our Nanjing University would hold a press conference to fully disclose the results and process of this time."

"Of course, I still need to ask for your opinion. If you are willing, you can make it public. If you are not willing, you can keep it temporarily, or you can only make those things public."

"I want to ask what you think. After all, the discovery of Betelgeuse this time is a scientific research project led by you."

Xu Chuan thought for a while and said: "I have no objection to the disclosure of these things. The discovery of a companion star in Betelgeuse this time is actually just an accident."

"It's just that the method I use to calculate the precise mass of Betelgeuse has just been submitted to the Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics and has not yet been reviewed. Should this also be fully disclosed at the press conference?"

Hearing this Su Dingqiang pondered for a moment and said, "It's up to you. You can make it public now or after the paper is reviewed. If you make it public now, don't be too confident at the press conference."

"For example, don't be tricked by those reporters and make sure that your theorem can be used to calculate the parameter information of celestial bodies in the universe."

"These things can be said, but you have to wait until your paper is reviewed and confirmed. If you say them now, you won't give people excuses, which will have some impact on your academic career."

"Of course, our school will help you with your speech. If you have any requirements and how to say it, we will write it for you according to your ideas. You just need to read it at that time, and you don't have to worry too much."

"In addition, there are some differences between the astronomical community and the mathematical community. The astronomical community, especially the field of cosmic stars, is basically based on observational data, and different telescopes, different angles, different times and places will bring about significant data differences. "It's not like the mathematical community, where the answers are fixed. ””

“As long as the core calculation process of your calculation method is correct, it is normal even if other people use this method to calculate Betelgeuse and get different results.”

Academician Wang Shouguan smiled and added: “Xu Chuan, after your paper is reviewed, how about holding two more exchanges in Beijing or Nanjing University?”

“Your method of using the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem to accurately calculate the parameter information of distant celestial bodies is a bit too profound for the astronomical community. People with insufficient mathematical foundation cannot understand it at all, let alone use it to calculate other cosmic bodies.”

“So I would like to ask you to hold a few more exchanges. Flow meeting, explain this aspect in detail. It is rare that our Chinese astronomy community is at the forefront of the world for the first time. There is no reason not to use this advantage to maintain it. "

Xu Chuan nodded and said: "That's no problem. I have the responsibility to carry forward the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem and help the development of the astronomy community."

"It's just that the paper has not been reviewed yet, and it is still unknown whether it can be reviewed."

Hearing this, Academician Wang Shouguan smiled and shook his head, saying: "Your teacher is right, you are so humble. If I were your age and had your achievements, I probably wouldn't even know my last name."

Xu Chuan smiled and said nothing.

Everyone has a frivolous age and time, and he has experienced it. When he first made a major achievement in college in his previous life, he was also about to float to the sky.

But now, he has experienced it once, and when facing these things again, he is naturally much calmer.

Of course, making an achievement, no matter how big or small, will bring him a sense of accomplishment, satisfaction and fulfillment, which are eternal and unchanging.

The breakthrough for oneself is far more satisfying and memorable than watching soap operas and watching short videos, but it is also more difficult to achieve.

The former requires you to persist in continuous efforts, read various books, understand and integrate, calculate various data, and complete various experiments, and finally you can harvest such a little result.

The latter only requires you to lie in bed and open your mobile phone, computer and tablet. The difficulty of the two is completely incomparable.

But correspondingly, the feedback and sense of accomplishment brought by the former are enough for you to savor for a long time, or even for a lifetime.

And the latter, you may see a plot that makes you laugh in the previous second, but you may forget it in the next second.

The end of the astronomical exchange meeting does not mean that the impact of the Betelgeuse observation and scientific research experiment has ended.

Soon, the School of Astronomy and Space Science of Nanjing University and Purple Mountain Observatory jointly held a press conference for the whole country.

As the leader of the Betelgeuse observation and scientific research experiment, Xu Chuan undoubtedly became the spokesperson of this press conference in order to expand his fame.

After all, whether it is the calculation of the parameters of the Betelgeuse star, the discovery of a companion star in the hydrogen envelope of Betelgeuse, or the method of using the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem to accurately calculate the parameter information of distant celestial bodies, they are all his achievements.

Although several seniors from the Department of Astronomy of Nanjing University also participated in it, their contribution was only to collect some data, which was not irreplaceable.

Of course, he only needs to prepare for the report on stage. Other things, such as determining the organizers and participants, including relevant leaders, relevant personnel, and media reporters, drawing up a detailed invitation list, meeting agenda, timetable, and press conference site layout plan, have nothing to do with him.

Nanjing University will help prepare.

In addition, there is another spokesperson for this press conference besides him.

It is the assistant prepared by Nanjing University for Xu Chuan.

After all, this is the first time he has hosted and participated in such a press conference. At that time, in addition to the relevant experimental data reported, there will definitely be questions from news media reporters.

If faced with some questions that cannot be answered or are difficult to answer, the role of another spokesperson will be reflected.

Soon, the day of the press conference arrived. In the auditorium of Nanjing University, Xu Chuan, wearing a suit and tie, opened the PPT and finished his report after the assistant spokesperson beside him finished a series of nonsense such as welcome.

"My report is finished, and the next step is the question-and-answer session for reporters."

On the podium, Xu Chuan completed his report step by step, and then opened the reporter's question-and-answer session.

Hearing this, the assistant spokesperson beside him glanced at him, alerted himself and was ready to deal with any emergency that might happen next.

Xu Chuan noticed his movement, turned his head slightly and glanced at him, and gave him a reassuring look.

He was very familiar with press conferences. Many of his achievements in his previous life, especially those in the field of materials, would be announced through press conferences. He was very experienced in dealing with such things.

Not to mention that this was in China, and there were always reporters' Q&A memorandum outlines at such press conferences in advance, that is, what questions the reporters would ask and the scope of the questions would be discussed and prepared in advance.

Of course, he only knew yesterday that reporters had Q&A memorandum outlines for today's press conference.

In order to prevent unexpected situations at the press conference, Nanjing University can be said to have taken great pains.

"Hello, Xu Chuan, will the discovery of a companion star inside Betelgeuse have an impact on it? Can you explain it in detail for everyone?"

As soon as Xu Chuan finished speaking, a black microphone was handed over to him, a reporter from CCTV.

At today's press conference, in order to expand its influence, Nanjing University invited many reporters from famous TV stations, the Press and Publication Administration, newspapers and other institutions, including CCTV.

A few came, most did not, but with CCTV, it was not important whether others came or not.

Xu Chuan: "In theory, the companion star in the hydrogen envelope of Betelgeuse will not have an impact on it."

After briefly answering the questions of the CCTV reporter, the next questioning session was much more intense, and the microphones were pushed into Xu Chuan's mouth.

After selecting a few reporters to briefly answer some questions, this press conference was considered a complete success.

The next day, with the reports of various news programs, the major astronomical event of the discovery of a companion star in Betelgeuse directly became a hot search.

News 1: "Betelgeuse may be a binary star system"

News 2: "Jinling University scientists recently discovered another star in Betelgeuse"

News 3: "Major discovery, Jinling University."

The first batch of newspapers and periodicals that published the news were basically official newspapers and periodicals, and they were quite cautious in their wording. Although Xu Chuan's discovery did shock the astronomical community, it was still something that had not been completely confirmed.

Of course, the titles of those self-media editors and marketing accounts are all eye-catching.

"Shock! It exists in Betelgeuse, which may trigger a supernova explosion in advance! 》

"Beware, Betelgeuse may explode in advance, what should humans do then? 》

"Dangerous Betelgeuse, 700 million times larger than the sun, may explode at any time? 》

"Is it true that Betelgeuse has exploded? Jinling University scientists give the answer. 》

On the Internet, the titles of various self-media and marketing accounts are more exaggerated and eye-catching than each other, and the stupid netizens also buy into this trick, click on it one after another, and then cry out that they have been deceived.

"Fuck, another clickbait. I was so scared. I thought Betelgeuse was going to explode tomorrow."

"A bunch of clickbait. But Nanjing University is amazing. They can even discover stars inside stars."

"That's normal. Nanjing University's astronomy department is awesome. It ranks in the top three in the country."

"I'm afraid it's Nanjing University's astronomy department that's awesome this time."

"? Not Nanjing University?"

"Last year's top scorer in the college entrance examination, the one called 'Xu Chuan', didn't you read the news on CCTV? He calculated that there is a star inside Betelgeuse this time. It has nothing to do with Nanjing University's astronomy department."

"??? Calculated? What the hell, can such a thing be done?"

"It seems that he used the world-class mathematical conjecture he proved before to do it. I'm not sure, but I heard that he has the hope of winning the Fields Medal in two years."

"Fuck? Has the hope of winning the Fields Medal in two years? I remember he was only 18 years old? He will only be 20 years old in two years."

"Well, it's definitely enough for his achievements. A world-class conjecture, that The difficulty of Weil's conjecture is comparable to the difficulty of Model's conjecture proved by Faltings and Weil's conjecture proved by Deligne. The only problem is that he is too young. "

"If he wins the award in two years, he will be eight years younger than the youngest Fields Medal winner, Professor Pierre. "

"Fuck, if he wins the Fields Medal at the age of 20, it would be too scary. He will set the record back eight years at a time. "

"It will probably be difficult to get it in two years, but it will definitely be won in the future. "

"It seems that no one in our country has won the Fields Medal yet?"

"Qiu Chengtong has won it. "

"But when he won the Fields Medal, he was not a Chinese national. He returned to China in his later years. To be precise, no Chinese mathematician has ever won the Fields Medal, but we can look forward to it in the future. At least Xu Chuan is very promising. "

ps: My temperature rose to 39.2 yesterday. I took medicine to suppress it a little. My chest tightness has worsened a lot. My throat is itchy and coughs severely. It hurts to swallow and eat.

In addition, my mental state has declined a lot, and I can't concentrate. It took me six or seven hours to write these 4,000 words.

Only one update today, sorry.