Chapter 307 New Epic and Glory! (Additional Chapter for the Reward From the Helmsman Who Lost a Sheep)

In fact, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is also worried about this year's Nobel Prize.

Of course, their headache is not the discovery of inert neutrinos.

But the technology of "Nuclear Energy Beta Radiation Energy Convergence Conversion Electric Energy Mechanism".

After all, inert neutrinos have not been fully confirmed yet. Even if CERN infers that Xu Chuan's success has a confidence level of 3sigma, it is just a discovery.

In the field of high-energy physics, the confirmation of a new particle or a new thing requires at least 5sigma to confirm that it really exists.

Such strict requirements are because high-energy physics is one of the foundations of building physics. Countless particles and phenomena are the basic materials that constitute the current universe and the foundation of building the physics building.

If there is a problem with a particle, no matter which one, it may cause great turbulence in physics. More seriously, it is not impossible for the entire physics to collapse directly.

So even if inert neutrinos are discovered, it will take some time to verify.

The technology of "Nuclear Energy Beta Radiation Energy Convergence Conversion Electric Energy Mechanism" is different. The scope of this technology is nuclear waste.

For all countries in the world, almost all countries that have the ability to build nuclear power plants are worried about nuclear waste.

Nuclear fuel can be used to generate electricity and benefit mankind, but nuclear waste is extremely difficult to handle. If it is handled carelessly, it will cause major problems in the earth's ecological environment.

Although there are countless stars in the universe, the earth is still the only home for mankind.

Therefore, any country with a little foresight will not handle nuclear waste carelessly.

And the technology of "Nuclear Energy Beta Radiation Energy Concentration and Conversion of Electric Energy Mechanism", even if it only exists in China at present, it still benefits all countries in the world and everyone.

For the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, whether a new technology or new discovery meets the Nobel Prize selection criteria, benefiting mankind is undoubtedly one of the criteria, and it is a criterion with a considerable proportion.

After all, the purpose of Nobel Prize is to reward scientists who have made significant contributions and progress to mankind in the previous year.

Is the technology of nuclear waste reuse qualified?

It must be!

If even this level of technology is not qualified to be selected for the Nobel Prize, other technologies are even less qualified.

However, the owner of this technology, Professor Xu, is extremely young, and he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm last year.

Although the Nobel Prize has been awarded to the same person twice, it has never been awarded to the same person for two consecutive years.

Even Marie Curie, who won the Nobel Prize twice, won it in 1903 and 1911, respectively, with a gap of nearly ten years.

For this reason, the Nobel Prize in Physics selection committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is almost going to explode.

Last year, they quarreled over this extremely young scholar. Is it going to happen again this year?

Headache.

On the other side, Nanjing University.

In the office of the Institute of Physics, Xu Chuan and the physics team of Nanjing University are doing the final finishing work on the mathematical analysis of the second batch of inert neutrinos.

"Finally done!" In front of the computer, Lin Feng crossed his fingers, stretched his waist, turned his head and shouted to the other side: "Junior brother, the data for making up the Daritz diagram has been sent to your mailbox."

Xu Chuan took a look and replied: "Received, hard work, Senior Brother Lin."

Lin Feng complained: "You young man has no martial ethics, relying on your good physical fitness to tough out our group of 30-something old comrades."

Hearing this, other researchers and doctoral students or postdoctoral fellows in the office also followed suit.

"That's right!"

"Since Chuan Shen discovered the inert neutrino this time, he must win another Nobel Prize?"

"Shouldn't this be a treat?"

Xu Chuan smiled and said: "Okay, I'll treat you to a big meal tonight. You can choose the seats. You can order whatever you want. If the inert neutrino can be confirmed, I will give you a bonus. You have worked hard during this period."

"Ulla!"

"Since Chuan Shen is generous!"

"Thank you, boss! The boss is generous!"

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In the office, there was a cheer, and Xu Chuan smiled and continued to sort out the data to draw the Daritz diagram.

These people have been really hard-working during this period. The work that was originally expected to take 20 days to complete was completed in just one week after he joined. It is reasonable to treat them to a meal and give them a red envelope, after all, this is for him.

After processing the second batch of inert neutrino collision experiment data analysis, Xu Chuan integrated the first and second batches of data together, checked them again and again, and sent them to CERN via email after confirming that there were no problems.

Not long after, the reply from CERN came.

Sender-David Gross: "The email has been received. Thank you Professor Xu for your support for CERN's work. We will arrange for researchers to check and verify first. If there are any problems, we will communicate with you in time. If the confidence level of inert neutrinos is confirmed to be above 5sigma, CERN will make this news public as soon as possible."

Since Xu Chuan is not at CERN and cannot go to CERN for a report meeting, the data processing method of inert neutrinos can only be confirmed in this situation.

Of course, this does not take long.

CERN is the holy land of physics. More than 70% of the achievements in high-energy physics come from here. There are countless well-known theoretical physicists who can confirm the Daritz diagram made by Xu Chuan.

This process took five days.

After receiving a reply from Professor David Gross, the director of CERN, on the morning of the sixth day, the mentor of Xu Chuan's mentor called him.

"Hello, Xu, I hope I didn't disturb your research." David Gross greeted Xu Chuan on the phone with a joyful voice.

"I'm glad to receive your call, Director Gross." Xu Chuan replied with a smile.

"Haha, of course, this is definitely something to be happy about."

Gross smiled and said: "After verification by CERN, we have confirmed that there is a new type of particle in the collision data of 120um (rφ direction) of the anti-helium-3 nucleus in the inner tracking system.'

"And it is the inert neutrino you discovered! "

"Congratulations, Xu, you have found the legendary particle beyond the standard model and created a new brilliant and great epic! The entire physics world will change with you! "

Hearing this, Xu Chuan also showed a bright smile on his face and responded: "That's great."

For the physics community, physicists are constantly exploring things beyond the standard model, and any phenomenon beyond the standard model will be studied with the greatest attention.

In high-energy physics and particle physics, neutrino physics is one of the most important research frontiers.

Because neutrinos have the only experimental evidence beyond the standard model of particle physics - neutrino oscillation!

Neutrino oscillation: 'That is, one type of neutrino spontaneously changes into another type of neutrino during flight, such as from an electron neutrino to a muon neutrino or a tau neutrino.'

(This explanation is relatively simple. In fact, neutrino oscillation does not cause neutrino conversion. I put the specific explanation in the author's words. If you are interested, you can go and have a look.)

Neutrino oscillation shows that neutrinos have tiny The mass of is currently, no, it should be said that it is the only phenomenon beyond the standard model that human scientists can observe before.

It almost caused the collapse of the edifice of physics, but fortunately, physicists finally solved this big problem.

Neutrino oscillation is the only physical phenomenon that cannot be explained by the standard model so far, which fascinates countless physicists, but it is just a phenomenon. The physics community still has not found any ions beyond the standard model.

Finding a particle beyond the standard model is still the dream of all physicists.

And now, it appears!

Inert neutrino!

This particle, which may be the composition of warm dark matter in hypothesis, appeared in people's world for the first time and was confirmed to exist!

Although it is currently The data observed by the physics community may be incomplete. Due to the backwardness of the observation equipment, only part of the information of the inert neutrino can be observed, but this is enough.

Even if it is an incomplete particle, it will still change the entire physics community and change people's understanding of the world!

This is the most brilliant glory of physics and an epic that opens a new world!

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Neutrino oscillation: It was proposed by Italian physicist Ponticoff in 1958. If the mass of neutrinos is not zero, neutrinos of different flavors can be transformed into each other, that is, oscillation occurs.

The so-called neutrino oscillation does not refer to the transformation of neutrinos from one flavor to another during the propagation process.

Rather, neutrinos propagate for a period of time (distance) There is a certain probability that the neutrino will show a flavor different from the initial state when it is observed later. A neutrino whose initial state is a flavor eigenstate will not change to another flavor eigenstate during the movement.

. This is very easy to understand. In the neutrino mixing theory, the reason why the flavor transition of neutrinos occurs is that the flavor eigenstate is the superposition of the mass eigenstate. Different mass eigenstates will accumulate phases at different speeds during the movement of neutrinos, which will make the state of neutrinos not always orthogonal to other flavor eigenstates. Therefore, when it is observed, there is a non-zero probability that it will appear in a flavor eigenstate different from the initial state.

This is the correct neutrino oscillation theory.

It does not mean that neutrinos will change into another kind while flying.

(Is it a bit similar to Schrödinger's cat? It is not certain whether it is dead or alive before observation, and it can only be known after observation.)