From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

Chapter 201 The first use of root investigation method

"Professor Witten."

At the door of CERN, Lin Xiao walked towards Edward Witten standing at the door, and greeted him with a smile.

"Lin, we meet again."

Edward Witten also nodded towards Lin Xiao.

After shaking hands with Wei Teng, Lin Xiao said, "Have you eaten yet? Let's go have a meal together. If you have something to say, just let me know by the way."

"it is good."

Edward Witten did not refuse, "It just so happens that I haven't eaten yet."

Then they left here, found a restaurant nearby, and ordered a few meals.

But after ordering, the waiter probably recognized Lin Xiao, and exclaimed, "Are you the Lin who discovered the multidimensional space?"

Lin Xiao smiled and waved his hands: "It's probably me, but I didn't discover the multidimensional space. No one can discover it. I just proved the existence of the multidimensional space."

"That's the same."

Of course the waiter doesn't care about the difference, anyway, it's right to be awesome.

Then he took out his mobile phone and asked, "Can I take a photo with you?"

"Of course, but I suggest you take a photo with the two of us." Lin Xiao gestured to Edward Witten who was sitting opposite, "This is Professor Edward Witten, our greatest physicist."

Edward Witten waved his hand with a smile: "Lin, this is your title now, I'm sorry."

Lin Xiao smiled: "It's all the same."

But the waiter was taken aback for a moment, and then looked at Witten in surprise and said, "You are Edward Witten? Wow! I've heard of you too! Goddess Minerva blesses me, I actually met two super physicists today. Scholar, can I take a picture with you too?"

Witten smiled and said, "Of course, my honor."

Then the waiter took a photo with Lin Xiao and said happily, "I'll let the kitchen prepare your food as soon as possible."

"Thank you."

Lin Xiao said OK, and after watching the waiter leave, he said with emotion: "People near CERN seem to know a lot about physics, and I have met them many times."

"Indeed it is."

Witten nodded and said with a smile: "Of course, it is not ruled out that there are some dangerous elements that will pose a threat to the LHC."

"That's true."

Lin Xiao nodded when he thought of those interesting things.

The LHC has indeed been hindered by some people, because some physicists once said that the LHC may create black holes, so that some people feel that the LHC is full of dangers and want to prevent the operation of the LHC.

In addition, some people worry that the LHC may produce unknown harmful substances, which will cause the world to be in danger and other very sci-fi ideas.

This led CERN to set up a safety assessment team to assess the safety of the LHC and then answer questions from the public.

But obviously, this does not make people feel satisfied. There is even a Nobel Prize winner in physics, Frank Wilczek, who has received death threats. At that time, he had actually retired six years ago, and he was completely lying down.

Of course, there is no conclusion about whether the LHC will produce some dangerous substances that are harmful to the world. After all, they cannot imagine any substance that can directly endanger the world after its birth. However, as to whether it can create black holes, It does have a theoretical basis.

According to theory, when particles collide, there will be a certain probability to create a miniature black hole. Of course, according to the theory of black hole evaporation, this kind of miniature black hole will evaporate at the moment of birth, and it is completely impossible to affect the surroundings. So no harm will be done.

So this worry is unnecessary.

But some people just can't stand it, and some people even sneak into the orbit when the LHC is about to start, trying to stop it.

So, why are there so few foreigners?

No more talking about these anecdotes, Lin Xiao asked: "Okay, Professor Witten, can you tell me now, is there anything you want to come to me? You told me on the phone that you want to talk about Genzafa?"

Witten nodded and said, "Yes, Genzafa."

"You said that through calculations, the root check method can reduce the impact of noise to more than 88%?"

"Yes."

Lin Xiao nodded and said with a smile: "After using some of our other noise processing methods, it can probably be stabilized at more than 90%. If you are lucky, 99% is not impossible."

Witten sat a little forward, approached Lin Xiao, and asked as if asking: "Then tell me, is it possible for us to find... strings from the experimental data after most of the noise has been processed?"

"string?"

Lin Xiao was taken aback for a moment, finally he knew the reason for Witten's visit.

He thought for a while and said: "This point may be difficult. After all, we all know that if we want to find the string directly, it may take a lot of collision energy to do it. Of course, we can also try to find it indirectly. For example, when a heavy ion collides to produce a closed string, it will take away a certain amount of energy, if we can verify this part of the lost energy, we will probably be able to find it.”

Speaking of this, he smiled: "Besides, since we can reduce the impact of noise to such a degree, maybe we have a great chance to discover this part of the lost energy?"

Hearing what Lin Xiao said, Witten nodded: "There is indeed this opportunity, and I have considered it before."

Lin Xiao: "However, the mass of the W boson we study uses proton collision data, not heavy ion collision data, so in our project, there may be no way to verify it for you, sorry."

Witten said with a smile: "It's okay, I'm here this time, and I also want to witness with my own eyes how the Gencha method was used for the first time. I am very much looking forward to more 'clear' experimental data, will it reveal deeper truths for us? secret."

Lin Xiao nodded slightly: "I am also looking forward to it."

Whether the birth of root investigation method is meaningful or not depends on the actual situation in the future.

"This is the golden potato cake you ordered."

At this time, the waiter came over with the food they ordered.

"OK, thanks."

The two nodded, took their food, and began to eat.

……

Another week has passed.

In the computer room of the W boson mass measurement project team.

"Now test the program again, don't have another BUG."

Sterling greeted the young programmers present and asked them to test.

Because of the complexity of the root checking method, bugs often appear in their programs, so they have tested the program four times, and this test is the fifth time.

The test started quickly, input a tag, then imported a bunch of data, and then the program started, and this time, there were no bugs at last, and the program continued to run smoothly, until finally, the data was output, and there were many data in it. Marked, because these data contain the characteristics of that mark, and then under the action of the root search method, they were identified.

Now, they can process the labeled data.

"Success!"

"ohhhh!"

"Finally done!"

The programmers present finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then cheered.

In the past few days, it can be said that they have worked hard to make this thing, and they are almost bald.

Now it's finally a success.

"Okay, everyone has worked hard, take a day off, and we still have to be busy for a while."

Sterling clapped his hands and said with a smile.

Hearing this sentence, the programmers who had just breathed a sigh of relief became helpless again. Now that the program is completed, the experimental data will be formally processed in the next few days, and there will be more data to be processed by then.

Of course, although there are some troubles, they are still looking forward to it. After all, that is their purpose. Although they are programmers, they also pursue physics.

So when the time comes, it is time to witness history.

……

In this way, time came to the end of October.

In October in Geneva, the average temperature is around 10 degrees Celsius.

And today, because it is about to enter November, it is even colder, only five degrees Celsius.

The people at CERN put on thick padded jackets. Of course, because the room is provided with cheap heating from Russia, there is no need to worry about the cold outside.

In a computer center room at CERN.

This computer room is very large and can accommodate many people, and there is also a large screen hanging on the wall directly in front, showing their experimental data.

At this time, quite a few people were already standing in the computer room, and even many well-known physicists, such as Peter Higgs, who proposed the Higgs mechanism, also came.

Because, today is the day to clear the 'noise', all the programs have been completed, all the data has been entered, just press a start button, this computer room is connected to more than 140 processors in more than 10 research institutes around the world , will respond to the calculation request, and then process all the proton collision experiment data within ten years after the LHC is built according to the root search method.

It would probably take a long time to process the data generated by billions of collisions, so they used so many processors.

Even Sunway TaihuLight has only 40960 processors.

Of course, this project can get the support of so many research institutes because it is the first application of root investigation method.

Since Genzafa was born, it has attracted the attention of countless researchers all over the world. Everyone wants to know whether it can succeed, and out of respect for Lin Xiao, so many research institutes joined the incident.

However, everyone has not started yet, but is waiting for Lin Xiao's arrival, because this person is responsible for pressing 'Start'.

Not long after, the door opened, and Lin Xiao and Edward Witten walked in.

"Oh, thanks to technology, we can enjoy the warmth."

After closing the door, Witten couldn't help but sigh with emotion from the warmth inside the door, and took off his coat.

Lin Xiao also took off the windbreaker on his body, and said with a smile: "Yes, long live technology."

When the people in the computer room saw the two people coming in, they also called out to them: "Mr. Lin, Professor Witten."

These two are considered to be the number one figures in theoretical physics in the current world, and everyone present should pay respect to them.

The two nodded towards these people and responded with a smile.

At this time, Elizabeth Marcia came up, took the coats for the two of them, and said to Lin Xiao with a smile: "Mr. Lin, we are all ready and waiting for you to come."

"Well, then don't make everyone wait any longer."

Lin Xiao smiled at her, then came to the front of the computer room, turned around, faced everyone present, and said loudly: "Sorry, I kept everyone waiting, so next, let's take a look at the "Mathematical Vaccine" ', believe me, today will open a new era of high-energy physics experiments, and if I can, I would call it a 'high-energy physics revolution'!"

"ohhhh!"

"Great!"

Everyone in the computer room cheered.

Yes, this is a revolution in high energy physics!
In the high-energy physics world in the future, the accuracy of experiments will be greatly improved. This is of course a new era!

"So, let's not talk nonsense, let's start now!"

Following Lin Xiao's words, Sterling came to him with a laptop in his arms and handed it to him.

Lin Xiao took over the computer, and the computer screen was what was displayed on the big screen on the wall behind.

There are several images of spectrum and energy spectrum on it. If the data on it changes after the calculation results come out, and the error correction program does not report an error, it means that they succeeded, and the processing efficiency will be estimated later, then Now is the time to truly witness the results.

And then, as long as you control the mouse and press the 'start' above, the calculation will start.

Lin Xiao raised his head, glanced around the people present, and then without hesitation, controlled the touchpad of the laptop, put the mouse on 'start', and pressed it.

On the big screen, with the click of the mouse, a progress bar jumped out immediately.

The progress bar started to jump, and there was an estimated time below, 67 minutes.

This is the computing efficiency of more than 10 processors. Compared with the data of one billion particle collisions, 67 minutes is already very short.

Then, everyone began to wait.

Of course, as a few minutes passed, people began to chat about their own things. After all, more than 60 minutes is indeed a relatively long time.

Lin Xiao also sat with Witten and several professors and chatted.

A professor said: "This year's Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Penrose and Genzel."

"Well, the Royal Swedish Academy also sent me an invitation."

Another professor nodded.

"It should be Lin's turn next year."

They all looked at Lin Xiao.

Even if there is no experimental proof for the existence of multi-dimensional space, the Nobel Prize cannot be awarded to Lin Xiao in this name, but it is enough for him to win the award just because he solved the problem of vacuum catastrophe, not to mention the root investigation method he is now pioneering. Significance for the high-energy physics community.

Although the Gencha method is a mathematical method, because of its significance to physics, it is enough to win a Nobel Prize in Physics, so if the Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to Lin Xiao in this name, he will be regarded as a mathematician Scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Of course, there are quite a lot of scientists who have won the Nobel Prize in Physics as mathematicians, such as Max Born, and Roger Penrose this year, all of them were awarded as mathematicians.

However, there are still some differences in this, because the root search method is a purer mathematical method, which can not only be used to solve physical problems, but also has an extremely important role in the field of mathematics.

Max Born and Roger Penrose are different, because they both use mathematical methods to develop physics. For example, Max Born explained the wave function statistically, while Roger Penrose discovered The formation of black holes is a language of general relativity, which differs from the root method.

Of course, this will have to wait until next year to be determined.

Perhaps the Nobel Committee felt that Lin Xiao was too young to award him a few years later.

However, this quota will definitely not be able to escape.

Thinking of this, these physicists couldn't help casting envious glances at Lin Xiao.

The Nobel Prize in Physics, this is a kind of recognition for physicists like them.

"Lin, I heard that you don't have a girlfriend yet? Although we are engaged in academics, we also need a romantic life." An old professor said with a smile: "My granddaughter is a master of economics from Harvard University. She is very beautiful. Shall I introduce you?"

"That's enough, old Jimmy, didn't you tell us that your granddaughter had five boyfriends in college?" Another professor next to him did not hesitate to mention the black history of the professor's granddaughter, and then smiled. He said to Lin Xiao: "Lin, my granddaughter is studying history at Cambridge University and is the same age as you. Do you want to think about it?"

"Byron Winston!"

The previous professor suddenly shouted at the professor angrily.

So the two professors quarreled like this, which made Lin Xiao beside him a little bit dumbfounded.

However, Edward Witten on the side whispered to Lin Xiao again: "Lin, I also have a granddaughter..."

Lin Xiao spread his hands helplessly and said, "Mr. Witten, let's not dwell on this issue."

Edward Witten shrugged: "Okay."

When Sterling and the others saw this scene, they couldn't help but find it interesting. That Professor Byron Winston was aggressive in front of them at the beginning, and it's really interesting to look at his current attitude.

Time passed quickly, 67 minutes passed without knowing it.

Finally, the progress bar on the big screen reached 99%, and the remaining time was displayed next to it: 1 minute.

Everyone stopped chatting and stared with bated breath. There were even more people in the computer room than before, because many people who had heard the news also ran over, wanting to witness this historic moment.

The remaining time also jumped from 1 minute to 59 seconds.

58 seconds.

57 seconds.

……

Until the last ten seconds, someone couldn't help but began to read the seconds.

"10!"

"9!"

"8!"

More and more people shouted, as if a rocket was launched.

And the time has finally come to an end.

"1!"

(End of this chapter)