Chapter 165 Expanding China’s Influence at CERN

Xu Chuan did not jump to conclusions about Mo Kun using the results of his discussion with Professor Artur Avila.

After all, the other party may have communicated with Professor Avila and obtained Professor Avila's permission. Although he did not tell him, it is indeed possible.

He may have been ignored.

Compared with Artur Avila, a top mathematician who won the Fields Medal, he is much worse in terms of age, results, qualifications, status and other things.

The other party may have ignored him, an 18-year-old young scholar.

Although this is very unpleasant, from the perspective of national conditions, this is indeed possible.

And to be honest, even if the other party used their academic results without his and Professor Avila's consent, this is not a rare thing in the academic world.

Having been engaged in research in the academic world for so many years, Xu Chuan has seen a lot of similar things.

Journal editors reject manuscripts and then plagiarize them for publication; tutors occupy students' student results and exploit students; academic fraud and other things.

Not only have he seen it, he has also experienced it himself.

In his previous life, when he was studying physics with Edward Witten at Princeton, he made a small physics achievement on gravity during his doctoral studies and submitted it to a journal called "Classical Gravity and Quantum Gravity".

But it was rejected by the other party during the review.

He didn't care too much at the time. After all, it was normal for a submitted paper to be rejected. Even for Nobel Prize-level bigwigs, their papers were rejected sometimes.

But not long after that, Xu Chuan unexpectedly discovered that his paper was simply modified and published in this journal.

And the author of the paper was a review editor of this journal.

This naturally made him angry, and he found the journal to which he submitted the paper to complain and ask for an explanation.

But it didn't have much effect at first, after all, he was just an ordinary doctoral student.

It is not uncommon for the review editors of journals to steal papers and theories from contributors in the academic world. It can even be said that it happens every year.

Although the journal "Classical Gravity and Quantum Gravity" replied that it was investigating after receiving his complaint, there was no further action. Even his stolen paper was not withdrawn and it was still posted.

Later, Xu Chuan found his mentor Witten and, with the help of Princeton University, successfully asked the journal to withdraw the paper and apologize.

Not every journal and every review editor can uphold professional ethics. Top journals are better in this regard, but similar things happen occasionally.

Moreover, "Classical Gravity and Quantum Gravity" is not a top TOP journal. Although it can reach the threshold of SCI, its impact factor is only at the level of Zone 3 and Zone 4 in SCI.

This kind of journal does not value its reputation as much as top journals.

When such things happen, their first reaction is not to strictly investigate their review editors, but to find a way to cover up and keep things quiet.

Xu Chuan has experienced many similar things and has heard of many. Therefore, academic plagiarism can no longer arouse too much emotion for him.

Scum, there are everywhere, not just in academia.

But cleaning up the bad guys is everyone's duty.

If it is confirmed that this professor named Mo Kun plagiarized and used their achievements without his and Professor Artur Avila's consent, Xu Chuan will try every means to deal with this matter.

Plagiarism is a very bad thing for the academic community, because many people will think that they can plagiarize other people's achievements to gain fame and fortune without their own research and discovery, and some people will follow suit.

And if this kind of thing is not resolved, how will scholars from other countries see it?

Not only will it make many people mistakenly believe that China's academic community is created by plagiarism, but it will also have a very bad impact on later scholars, and many people will think of taking a shortcut.

Unless he and Professor Avila both directly acquiesce to this matter and do not pursue it.

But this is obviously impossible. Putting aside Professor Avila, Xu Chuan is not such a character.

Others have directly stolen his academic achievements, and they still want him not to pursue it. It's not like this in their dreams.

After reading Professor Mo Kun's paper, Xu Chuan picked up his mobile phone and sent a message to Hu Xingjian.

"Thank you, I received it."

This senior brother Hu took the initiative to call him to inform him of this matter, and he had to remember this friendship.

After writing an email and sending it to Professor Arthur Avila, Xu Chuan got up again and went downstairs to eat.

It must be said that his mood was definitely affected by this incident.

The good mood brought by the most ideal search decay channel for the Yukawa coupling of Higgs and the third-generation heavy quarks calculated before was almost dissipated at this time.

Although I know that such things are inevitable in the academic world, and although I have experienced a lot in my previous life, anyone would be upset if such things happened to me.

Professor Avila has not replied to his email yet, but Xu Chuan knows in his heart that this is most likely a plagiarism incident.

Because he knows that even if Professor Mo ignores him, Professor Avila will not ignore him.

A Fields Medal winner still has this integrity.

In the restaurant, Xu Chuan ordered some food casually, and just as he sat down, the phone rang again.

It was his mentor Chen Zhengping who called.

When the call was connected, Chen Zhengping's excited voice came over: "You calculated the most ideal decay channel for the Yukawa coupling of Higgs and the third-generation heavy quarks?"

Xu Chuan nodded and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, it should be."

"Where are you now?"

Xu Chuan looked up at the restaurant and replied, "I'm eating at a restaurant called 'Vasali Italian Restaurant' across the street from the hotel where we live."

"Okay, wait there, I'll be there soon."

On the other end of the phone, Chen Zhengping said something and hung up the phone in a hurry.

He arrived faster than Xu Chuan expected. Before he finished his meal, the mentor arrived.

"Have you applied for a report meeting at CERN?"

Chen Zhengping rushed to the restaurant and the first thing he asked was whether Xu Chuan had applied for a report meeting at CERN.

Xu Chuan stopped the knife and fork in his hand, shook his head and said: "Not yet, but I have sent emails to Professor Witten and Professor Gross, and there should be no problem with the report meeting."

"Can we cooperate with domestic research teams in this experiment?"

Hearing this, Chen Zhengping asked anxiously: "At present, people from Nanjing University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Jiaotong University are still here, and can cooperate with you to complete the data analysis work."

The team that can enter CERN can be said to be the top team in China.

For example, Nanjing University, led by Chen Zhengping, an academician of the Research Institute, has three physics doctoral students, a postdoctoral fellow, and a formal researcher at CERN.

Such a lineup can be said to be quite luxurious.

And Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Jiaotong University are even more.

These two universities are currently one of the pillars of the domestic physics community. There are more people coming than Nanjing University. Not only are the leaders of the research institutes, but the students who follow them are all doctoral students. Jiaotong University even arranged three full professors from the School of Physics.

Such a luxurious team is for nothing else but to make more achievements.

It is not only an honor for individuals and universities, but also for China to have more say in CERN, and to join CERN and become a member of CERN.

That's right, as of 2016, China is still not a member of CERN.

Without this identity, Chinese researchers have been affected in their scientific research work and development at CERN.

First of all, if China lingers outside CERN for a long time, it will not be in line with China's current and future international status, and it will be difficult to make full use of the various technologies born in CERN.

Secondly, without the status of a member state, it is impossible to apply for CERN's scientific and technological achievements authorization.

Don't simply think that CERN is just a physics research institution.

The scientific and technological achievements born from the Large Intense Particle Collider are not just in physics.

CERN has applied a large number of research results in the fields of medicine and biomedicine, aerospace, security, Industry 4.0, cultural heritage, energy technology, etc. These application fields involve all aspects of the main technologies and are widely used.

For example, beam instruments and systems, superconducting magnet technology, ultra-low temperature cooling technology, ultra-high vacuum technology, industrial control, magnet technology, particle tracking and heat determination, radiation protection and monitoring, radio frequency and sensors, superconducting technology, etc.

Every year, knowledge transfer institutions organize and hold various academic conferences, lectures, exhibitions and other activities around CERN's related research and technology application fields, and announce the latest R&D trends, scientific research progress and convertible technological achievements.

This makes CERN a source of global innovation and creativity, and continuously provides new ideas for the innovative application of various knowledge and scientific and technological technologies.

According to the relevant CERN regulations, its top projects such as the authorization of scientific and technological achievements and the cooperation plan for high-tech talent training are only for member countries, and non-member engineering and technical personnel have no right to participate.

If you want to obtain the latest technology and cultivate first-class engineering and technical talents through CERN, you have no choice but to become a member.

Although some domestic scientific research institutions have established some cooperative relations with CERN, the participating topics are limited to basic research in particle physics. In terms of high-tech cooperation, without the status of a member country, it is almost impossible to participate.

The country has been working hard in this direction, but the results are not very high.

Xu Chuan's calculation of the most ideal decay channel for the Yukawa coupling between Higgs and the third-generation heavy quarks has brought about this opportunity.

If we can take advantage of this opportunity to successfully find the Yukawa coupling phenomenon between Higgs and the third-generation heavy quarks, there is no doubt that China will take more initiative in the subsequent research on Higgs particles in LHC.

For example, the subsequent Yukawa coupling experiment between Higgs and the second-generation light quarks.

LHC has only so many resources. If China takes a bite, it can make more achievements, and it is not impossible for a Nobel Prize to be born.

CERN has issued many Nobel Prizes, and high-energy physics and particle physics have always been the core of the physics community.

More importantly, if we can take advantage of this opportunity to promote China to become a member of CERN, the value will be even greater.

Hearing this, Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment and asked, "Won't it delay your work?"

He originally planned to temporarily pull a team out from CERN as he did before to solve the "proton radius mystery".

After all, the top university teams such as Nanjing University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and Jiaotong University all have their own research tasks.

Top scientific research teams basically will not let their time go to waste; they have more scientific research funds, but they also have more missions.

Chen Zhengping smiled and shook his head, saying: "How can this be called a delay? Others don't even have such an opportunity."

"If your calculation is correct, this will be a turning point for CERN. Perhaps in the future, CERN will focus more on the calculation of search energy levels. After all, this can save CERN millions or even tens of millions of gold in collision funds."

Xu Chuan thought about it and said, "Then I'll trouble you, teacher."

Since Chen Zhengping took the initiative to find him, Xu Chuan did not hesitate. After all, he really needed a team to help him complete the data analysis.

He was confident enough in his data calculations, and more importantly, he knew the data when CERN discovered the Yukawa coupling phenomenon between the Higgs and the third-generation heavy quarks in 2018.

The collision energy level and decay data were not much different from the data he calculated.

This means that if the collision experiment is carried out according to his calculated data, the Yukawa coupling phenomenon between the Higgs and the third-generation heavy quarks will definitely be discovered.

He naturally welcomes the domestic universities to participate, after all, the benefits should not flow to outsiders.

Hearing this, Chen Zhengping smiled and said, "Then I will thank you on behalf of others."

This experiment, whether or not the Yukawa coupling phenomenon between the Higgs and the third-generation heavy quarks can be discovered, is an opportunity for the three universities.

After all, it is quite difficult to apply to CERN for an independent LHC collision experiment.

And the data generated by each independent collision experiment has huge potential value.

Because no one knows whether there are particles that are not predicted by the standard model hidden in these data.

Moreover, if it is confirmed that the data calculated by Xu Chuan is accurate, it will provide a huge boost for China to join CERN as a member country.

After all, if he can do it once, maybe he can do it a second time.

Although each collision experiment is different, as long as it succeeds once, it may save millions or even tens of millions of dollars.

Such temptation is huge for CERN.