Chapter 755: Winning the Nobel Prize with a Mentor

(An unexpected update! Are you surprised? Ahem. I will add 1/2 for the boss because he lost a sheep)

Xu Chuan is very clear about the ideas of Witten and Deligne.

They feel that their contribution to the theory of strong electric unification is not enough to make them co-authors.

But in his opinion, this theory of strong electric unification was originally completed by them together.

Whether it is to use the EW theory to derive the three most important parameters of the grand unification node, or to further prove that the three microscopic forces are unified under the mass of high-quality particles and realize the closed loop of the standard model.

Or to construct the Lagrangian value after unification, and introduce the mass coupling constant and determine the vacuum expectation value of the magnetic moment anomaly.

It can be said that these are all very important achievements in the theory of strong electric unification.

These achievements helped him save a lot of time and provided some inspiration and ideas.

In Xu Chuan's opinion, there is no problem at all to be co-authors, it's just the size of the contribution.

Moreover, he must consider whether this is a unique opportunity in the lives of the two mentors who have the greatest influence on his life in the academic world.

That's right, it's the last chance to win the Nobel Prize in the rest of your life.

As long as the strong-electric unified theory is proven to be true, the Nobel Prize in Physics is doomed.

For both Witten and Deligne, this is probably the last and most likely chance to get in touch with the Nobel Prize in their lives.

After all, the two professors are already in their seventies or eighties.

For Witten, although his string theory will not be able to escape the Nobel Prize if it is proven to be true.

But to prove string theory is not something that can be done in this century or even the next century.

For Deligne, it is even more difficult to win the Nobel Prize.

After all, he is a pure mathematician and it can be said that he rarely steps into other fields.

If you want to win the Nobel Prize by mathematical research, there is only a slight possibility unless you apply mathematics to other disciplines such as astrophysics like him.

Missing this opportunity to unify the strong-electric unified theory, whether it is Witten or Deligne, the hope of winning the Nobel Prize in this life can only be said to be infinitely slim.

Xu Chuan must consider this for the two old men who taught him physics and mathematics without reservation in their past and present lives, and for the mentor who gave him his research results on the unification of strong electricity at the most critical moment.

As for the "dirty" things between CERN and the United States, it is not that there is no way to solve them.

In the office, after thinking for a while, Xu Chuan stood up and walked towards the administrative office of the president of Nanjing University.

In the building, the president of Nanjing University, Tan Shaoyuan, was handling official business at hand. Seeing Xu Chuan coming, he quickly stood up with a smile on his face and warmly welcomed him:

"Hey, rare guest. What wind brought you here?"

Tan Shaoyuan smiled and stood up and walked to the closet, took out a can of tea that he was reluctant to drink, and prepared to make tea.

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "There are mainly two things that I want to trouble the school with."

Tan Shaoyuan smiled and said, "Academician Xu, just say it. As long as our Nanjing University can help, it will naturally be our duty."

Xu Chuan did not delay and said directly, "The first thing is about the unified theory of strong electricity. I need to hold a report meeting, so I want to ask if it is convenient for the school."

"Convenient! Absolutely convenient! What's inconvenient about this!"

Before Xu Chuan finished speaking, Tan Shaoyuan quickly replied with a bright smile on his face.

A report meeting on the unified theory of strong electricity, a report meeting of this level, no matter which school or country it is placed in, will rush to hold it.

Don't talk about whether it is convenient or not, even if there are no conditions, you must create the conditions. If there is no auditorium, you must build one specially.

If Xu Chuan hadn't been busy these days and didn't come to Nanjing University, he would have gone there himself.

After all, this kind of conference that shows its image to the international community not only enhances the academic influence and honor of colleges and universities, but also the political achievements of the school, the entire Jinling City, and even the entire province and the entire country.

This level of conference cannot be held without the world's top scholars producing top results.

Even various government-organized conferences, even higher-level and larger-scale conferences, cannot surpass it in influence in the academic community.

To a certain extent, the report conference on the theory of strong-electric unification has surpassed the most important biennial International Conference on High Energy Physics in the physics community.

After all, although the International Conference on High Energy Physics is important, it can also be said to be a conference that determines the future development and research direction of theoretical physics.

But no matter what, in front of the biggest crown in the theoretical physics community, such as the theory of strong-electric unification, they are not qualified to watch.

For Nanjing University, even if Xu Chuan did not mention it, they would take the initiative to come to the door and rush to do it.

"Then I'll trouble the president."

Xu Chuan reached out to take the tea handed over by Tan Shaoyuan and said with a smile.

"No trouble, no trouble. What's the trouble? I hope this kind of 'trouble' will come more often."

Tan Shaoyuan said with a smile, his face full of happiness and joy: "Leave the academic conference to Nanjing University. I guarantee there will be no problem."

After a pause, he looked at Xu Chuan with a smile and continued to ask: "What about the second thing? Academician Xu."

Xu Chuan thought for a while and said, "The second thing is that I want to start an academic journal. I want to know if the school has any opinions or suggestions here."

For the academic community, academic journals are an extremely important part of the entire academic system.

It is actually very simple to start an academic journal. Just follow the legal requirements for the establishment of academic journals.

Especially for scholars like him, it is just a matter of words in China. No matter from which aspect, the country will support it 100%.

They will even take the initiative to help him arrange various preliminary preparations.

But it is not so easy to do a good academic journal and make it an authoritative journal.

First of all, starting an academic journal, especially a top-level journal, requires extremely high professionalism, including professional knowledge in editing, publishing, and distribution.

Secondly, starting a journal requires a lot of connections, and it also requires a lot of effort and time.

For example, invitations for review, especially papers in top journals, generally only those truly top scholars have the ability to complete the review in a targeted manner.

And the connections and accumulation required are unimaginable for ordinary people.

Especially in China, given the current academic environment in China, it is even more difficult to find a journal.

In the "Blue Book on the Development of Science and Technology Journals in China (2017) Edition" compiled by the National Science and Technology Association in 2018, it is clear that:

Most of the high-level papers in China's advantageous disciplines are published in foreign journals.

Data show that from 2007 to 2016, the number of papers published by domestic institutions in SCI-indexed Chinese science and technology journals only accounted for 9% of the total number of SCI papers published;

Simply put, only 9 out of 100 SCI journal papers were published in domestic SCI journals, and the remaining 91 were published in foreign SCI journals.

This is not only because Western countries have long monopolized the development of basic science, but also has something to do with the domestic academic environment and some policies.

In fact, China should have had top journals, or the ability to run top journals.

At the end of the last century and the beginning of this century, when a considerable number of today's doctoral and master's supervisors were still postdoctoral fellows and young teachers, the overall quality of good Chinese journals such as first-level academic journals was relatively high.

Because colleges and universities had not yet begun to expand enrollment at that time, there were relatively few scientific researchers, and graduates with a master's degree could still find teaching positions in colleges and universities, and publishing many articles was not a necessary requirement for promotion.

At that time, the top domestic journals attached great importance to the evaluation of articles, and they were high-standard and principled.

But later, colleges and universities expanded enrollment, master's degree enrollment, and doctoral degree enrollment. Publishing articles in journals became a necessary condition for students to graduate, teachers to be promoted, and year-end awards.

Submission and publication have become a business, and core journals will never worry about lack of manuscripts, and the seller's market is eternal.

Under the concept of a society based on human relations and deep-rooted concepts, there is no doubt that journals have "double standards" for authors and articles.

Talents with titles are directly invited to submit articles, professors are given priority for submission, those with national fund support are given priority, and manuscripts by master's first authors are not accepted, and manuscripts by lecturers from second-tier universities are not accepted.

So that after the introduction of the SCI evaluation system, it was widely welcomed by domestic colleges and scholars, and also brought a strong shock and far-reaching impact to the Chinese scientific community.

This is not only because SCI is in English and looks high-end and international, but also because foreign peer review and double-blind review are relatively fairer and more transparent, which is what a person who focuses on academic work needs.

To be honest, a large part of domestic journals are rotten to the core.

For the academic community, top journals represent authority, influence, and a necessary condition for graduation, promotion and awards.

Of course, in the field of basic disciplines, the fact that Western countries control the mainstream development is also one of the reasons.

Almost the vast majority of top papers use English by default, which represents the cutting-edge theories and technologies in the academic community. If you are not used to English, you will inevitably fall behind.

For all these reasons, the development of domestic academic journals can be said to be a very "rotten" thing.

Although the above has been working hard, for the domestic academic community, it is a pity that there is still no top journal.

PS: There will be another update in the evening. It's the end of the month. Please vote for the month!

In addition, Yaoi has counted the previous scattered rewards from some big guys, and is preparing to add more chapters little by little. However, due to the long time span, there may be some that cannot be counted. Sorry, I will add more chapters for those that have not been counted.

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