Chapter 134: Astrophysics Journals with No Reviewers

With the intentional publicity and promotion by CCTV and other media, the news that there is a companion star in the hydrogen envelope of Betelgeuse quickly spread.

Not only in China, but also across the oceans and abroad.

It is the nature of all people to eat melons. Whether Chinese or foreigners, they are also very interested in this news that instantly swept social networking sites such as YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook.

There is a companion star in Betelgeuse's body, Betelgeuse is a binary star system, and supernovae that may explode in advance are all eye-catching and eye-catching.

Discussions on major social platforms are endless, and occasionally some ordinary people will notice the method of calculating Betelgeuse, but this thing is only briefly mentioned in one or two sentences in the news, and no details are explained.

However, from this aspect, a lot of questioning parties have also emerged.

Not only questioning the correctness of this calculation method, but also questioning whether there is really a companion star in the hydrogen envelope of Betelgeuse.

There are also doubts about the country in the East, questioning whether they really have the ability to discover this shocking astronomical phenomenon, and are they sure that it is not fabricated false data?

After all, in the eyes of many Westerners, the country in the East has always been backward, whether in economy or scientific research.

In terms of astronomical equipment, there is no top scientific research equipment to show off, and it is impossible for them to discover this cosmic wonder before they have various top astronomical equipment such as the Hubble telescope.

It's like some Chinese people have always questioned that NASA's moon landing plan was a complete scam.

Now, it's their turn to question.

How could there be another star inside a star?

With such a close distance, wouldn't it be sucked into the core by the strong gravity? This is unscientific.

Even if it exists, it would not be discovered under the light of Betelgeuse.

Observing the internal situation of a star is something that only God can do. Humans even speculate on the structure of the earth under their feet.

Of course, the views of ordinary people have not affected the academic community.

Even if there are also many people who question it, they will try to prove it. The astronomical institutions of various countries have announced that they will continue to observe Betelgeuse in the future, which is the best way.

Because according to the publicly available theories and data, the companion star returns about every 23 to 31 days, which means that in the next period of time, if the theory is correct, it will take less than a month for them to re-observe the abnormal data brought by the companion star's return.

The pursuit of truth in the academic community is always the first priority for the development of science.

Just like the paper that Xu Chuan posted on the arXiv preprint server before, many people are questioning whether it is correct or not, but there are more people who hope that this method is correct and successful.

Because if it is correct, the astronomy and astrophysics communities will usher in a booming development.

Just as aerospace exploration is about the sea of ​​stars, which is a distant future that humans can hope for but cannot reach, astronomy also explores the mysteries of the universe and the future of mankind.

In the future, humans may be able to use this method to find a planet suitable for human immigration from the vast and cold universe.

The fluctuations in the astronomy and astrophysics communities are huge, and the fluctuations in the mathematics community are also not small.

The afterglow of the confirmation of the Weyl-Berry conjecture has not completely passed, and the prover has made achievements using the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem.

If I remember correctly, it has been less than four months since the Weyl-Berry conjecture was proved.

In more than three months, he has once again made achievements on the theorem he proved. This speed is really too fast.

Although this achievement is aimed at the astronomical community, it does not affect many mathematicians to look at it.

On the one hand, the speed of producing results one after another is too fast.

It is no exaggeration to say that ordinary mathematicians do not have enough time to fully understand this new theory in three months.

And even if the top mathematicians can fully understand the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem in three months, it is almost impossible to use it to make achievements on this basis.

On the other hand, it is still because of age. Eighteen years old, less than nineteen years old, is too young.

At this age, in most countries in the world, most people may not have compulsory education, but this person has already stood at the top of the mathematics world.

At the University of California, Los Angeles, California, Terence Tao downloaded Xu Chuan's paper from the arXiv preprint server with great interest.

Unlike other top mathematicians, he is much younger and pays great attention to preprint servers such as arXiv.

Although most of the papers and ideas above are rubbish except for those that have been officially published, there are occasionally some ideas that can make people have a flash of inspiration.

Of course, in the mathematics world, if there is not a solid foundation, an idea alone is not of much use.

Inspiration is very important for mathematical researchers, but it also depends on the person.

The same inspiration or idea can be explored in very different ways by two mathematicians with different mathematical foundations.

In front of the computer, Tao Zhexuan opened the downloaded paper and printed it out and held it in his hand.

After chatting with Xu Chuan in Princeton last year, he has been keeping an eye on this young mathematician.

At the age of 18, his achievements in mathematics have already reached the pinnacle of the mathematics world. Such a rising superstar, if nothing unexpected happens, the mathematics world will welcome another talent standing at the top of the pyramid in the future, making great contributions to the development of mathematics.

"Let me see how deep your progress in the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem is."

After muttering, Tao Zhexuan spread out the paper in his hand and looked at it.

Although it is a paper in the field of astrophysics, there is not much knowledge about astrophysics on it. After briefly introducing some information about astrophysics and Betelgeux, the contributor turned his pen to mathematics.

In this paper of less than six pages, mathematical calculations and formulas occupy more than four pages.

".δu/δt＝Δu,t＞０,x∈Ω；u＝０,t≥０,x∈Ω；

".Δ＝∑πj=１δ/δxj"

"Using the separation of variables method, let u(t,x)＝ψ(t)·φ(x), substitute this into equation (1) and take into account the boundary conditions, then for λ＞０, we have: Δφ/φ＝ψｔｔ/ψ＝－λ

"."

".N(λ)=(2π)891n/2"

".N(λ)=(2π)891.986D⊙ω299792.4580.12*λn/2"

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Staring at the mathematical formulas and calculations on the printed paper, Tao Zhexuan looked at them intently.

"Is it a deformation of the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem?"

"First, transform it from isospectral fluctuations into Sobolev space fluctuations, and then introduce mathematical parameters by presenting the amplitude function of periodic oscillations, and then complete the calculation of the mass source in three-dimensional space."

"It turns out that the calculation of celestial body parameters is done in this way using the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem. It's a really clever idea,"

At his desk, Terence Tao muttered to himself while staring at the printed paper.

Although he did not participate in the review of the proof of the Weyl-Berry conjecture, he has read the complete proof process published in the Annals of Mathematics several times.

Although the proof process of the Weyl-Berry conjecture is very difficult, it is not difficult for him to understand it thoroughly.

Even if some astronomical knowledge is mixed into the calculation process he read today, it is not difficult to understand for his IQ of 230.

It doesn't take long to read a paper of less than six pages. In ten minutes or so, Terence Tao read the paper completely.

However, he did not draw a conclusion, but took out a stack of manuscript paper and pen from the drawer.

He read the paper again and verified the mathematical formulas and calculation processes in the paper.

This time it took a little longer. After more than half an hour, Tao, who was lying in front of the desk, put down the black ballpoint pen in his hand, sat up straight and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's amazing. There are no loopholes in the verification process, and judging from the paper, this seems to be only a part of the application of the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem."

"At least, I only saw the calculation process of the mass of Betelgeuse in this paper, but the paper also mentioned the calculation methods of other parameters such as volume, diameter, and movement speed."

"It really makes people look forward to what the complete paper will look like. His expansion of the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem is much deeper than I imagined, and his mathematical ability is stronger than I expected before."

"It seems that in the future, a Fields Medal is destined to be his."

Tao stared at the paper on the desk with a shining eye. In the verification just now, he not only did not find any loopholes and calculation errors, but also keenly realized that different methods are needed to calculate different celestial body parameters.

Of course, the different methods here refer to the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem after different forms of torsion deformation.

No matter how things change, they still remain the same. The Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem is the core thing. It calculates different parameters through boundary values ​​and eigenvalues. This is the core of the application of the theorem.

"I remember that it seemed to have been revealed that Xu Chuan submitted the method of using the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem to accurately calculate the parameter information of distant celestial bodies to the Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics?"

"But are there any professors in the astrophysics community who can review such mathematical papers?"

Staring at the manuscript on the table, Tao Zhexuan suddenly remembered something, and a strange light flashed in his eyes.

From the perspective of submission, this paper should be submitted to a mathematical journal, but I don't know what the boy thought, he actually submitted it to a journal in the astrophysics community.

Although the calculation method does work in astrophysics, he has no doubt that there is no professor in the astrophysics community who can review this paper.

In fact, the Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics is also having a headache about this matter.

The paper on the method of using the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem to accurately calculate the parameter information of distant celestial bodies is indeed extremely important to the astrophysics community.

If the new method that is finally determined is correct, then the astronomy and astrophysics communities will usher in a major change.

The old method exits the stage, and the new method leads the world.

It is no exaggeration to say that such changes have not happened many times in the entire scientific community.

So it is impossible for the Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics to give up the paper that has been submitted to them.

But the reality is that they really can't find a suitable reviewer.

It is true that the Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics is a top journal, but it is in the astrophysics field, not the mathematics field.

There are really few professors who understand mathematics in the entire astrophysics field.

And these few, they have tried, but without exception, all of them were rejected, and the feedback they gave them was that they were not good enough in mathematics and were not able to review this paper.

For this reason, the entire editorial department, from bottom to top, from technical editors to review editors to editors-in-chief, is almost a headache.

If they can't find reviewers again, they have to send this paper back and suggest that the submitter submit it to a mathematics journal.

But no one is willing to give up.

At the headquarters of the publisher Annual Reviews Inc., the editors responsible for reviewing papers gathered in an office.

"Gordon, is there any feedback from Professor Sal Perlmutter?"

In the office, Jens Brooks, editor-in-chief of Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, knocked on the table and asked.

Across the desk, a young editor shook his head and replied: "Just received feedback, Professor Sal Perlmutter said he can't do anything."

Hearing this, Jens Brooks rubbed his temples with a headache.

Saul Perlmutter is an astrophysicist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and the winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Although Sal won the Nobel Prize in Physics for "discovering the accelerated expansion of the universe through observations of distant supernovae", his mathematical ability is also quite good, and he is considered a top mathematical talent in the field of astrophysics.

If even he can't do anything, Jens Brooks really doesn't know who else in the field of astrophysics can review this paper.

It's not that he doesn't want to find a big man in the field of mathematics to review the manuscript, but they don't know any big men in the field of mathematics at all.

Of course, they must know top math experts like Faltings, Deligne, and Terence Tao, but these top experts don't know them.

Astrophysics and mathematics are not in the same system.

It's ridiculous to ask a math professor to review a paper submitted to an astrophysics journal.

Although this paper was written by a mathematician and contains a lot of math content, it is not suitable after all.

"It's really a headache. How about looking for Edward Witten?"

Jans Brooks rubbed his temple and sighed. Professor Edward Witten, who won the Fields Medal, has unquestionable mathematical ability and is also a master in the physics world.

Astrophysics is also physics, so it's more appropriate to hook up with him than to suddenly look for Professor Deligne and others.

And Professor Witten works at Princeton, and maybe his paper can attract the attention of those mathematicians.

Just when he was having a headache, Jens Brooks suddenly heard the excited voice of his subordinates.

"Editor-in-chief, Professor Terence Tao sent us an email, asking if we have found a reviewer for the paper on the method of accurately calculating the parameter information of distant celestial bodies using the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem."

"Terence Tao? The one from the University of California? The one who won the Fields Medal?" Jens Brooks asked quickly.

"Yes, he said that if he can't find a suitable reviewer, he might be willing to take the job."

"Quick, reply to his email!"

"If Professor Tao is willing to take over the review of this paper, that would be great."

Jens Brooks stood up excitedly. Although he didn't know why Terence Tao would take the initiative to ask about this, it was the best news for them.

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