From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

Chapter 384 Solve Another Millennium Problem First
"Yes, it is to try to unify the strong interaction force and the electromagnetic interaction force."

"I think, probably only in this way, can we create materials that can resist neutron bombardment."

Looking at the mixed faces of everyone present, Lin Xiao just smiled lightly and said, "At least from the difficulty of realization, the two should be regarded as equivalent."

Listening to Lin Xiao's words, the researchers of these plasma institutes present fell into silence.

Which one of them hasn't worked on nuclear fusion for many years, and also studied it for many years?
But for Lin Xiao's... unconstrained thinking, I still feel a little hard to say.

Indeed, it sounds that the difficulty of the two is probably comparable. Although human scientists have found a way to unify the electromagnetic interaction force and the weak interaction force, they still feel at a loss when it comes to the free strong interaction force.

And if it is really possible to unify the strong interaction force, not to mention that this is not only a heavyweight breakthrough for the physics community, but it may have some significance for the new material proposed by Lin Xiao?

But what if it doesn't make sense?
Finally, Academician Li Gang in front of Lin Xiao finally spoke.

"Academician Lin, how can you be sure that the unification of the electroweak and strong forces will help our problems? After all, even though we have unified the electroweak interaction force, how do we apply this effect? , or still need a certain amount of development, and if the strong interaction force is unified, how should we use it, there should still be a certain distance?"

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "That's a good question."

All the people present immediately fixed their eyes on Lin Xiao. Could there be some way for him to say that?

However, at the next moment, Lin Xiao just leaned back tactically, leaned on the back of the chair, then spread his hands outright, and said, "I don't know."

Everyone: "..."

What Lin Xiao said before was so plausible, as if they could succeed if they solved this problem, they thought that Lin Xiao was at least a little sure, but that's the end?
Looking at the expressions of everyone, Lin Xiao just smiled and said: "Okay, everyone, I know everyone's doubts, but in fact, for everyone, there is no need to have such doubts, after all, we have to study the power of the weak and strong I am the unifying one, of course you can also study with me, I still welcome everyone to join.”

The people present glanced at each other, but in the end, no one stood up and said that they wanted to join Lin Xiao's research.

Just kidding, to study the unification of the strong interaction force in the grand unified theory?

They still don't have the courage to do research in this area. In any case, most of them are from nuclear physics. Nuclear physics mainly studies some content related to the atomic nucleus, but the research on the unified theory is still relatively incomplete. .

If you really want to study the unified theory, you must at least be an all-rounder. You must understand everything from quantum mechanics to nuclear physics, and you must know a lot.

Moreover, even if you really understand everything, the difficulty is still too great. After all, Einstein was pursuing this thing at the beginning, but even before his death, he did not make any major achievements in it. Achievements, even the unified theory of weak electricity, were established after his death.

All in all, the grand unified theory is the common dream of researchers in the physics field, but because it is a dream, it is like a flower in a mirror, a moon in the water, elusive and elusive.

Seeing that no one stood up, Lin Xiao smiled and was not surprised. Probably there are not many physicists in the world who are researching the grand unified theory, so there is no need to expect him to say something, which will attract others to join the team. among the ranks.

Then he spread his hands and said calmly: "Since this is the case, you don't have to worry. You can continue to try your direction. I will go to this remote corner to try and find the way for everyone."

"No matter what, we want to solve the problem of nuclear fusion. If we don't take a few more paths, God knows if we can succeed in the end?"

Seeing Lin Xiao's expression of not worrying about the difficult road ahead, Li Gang couldn't help showing his admiration.

"Academician Lin deserves to be Academician Lin. Probably when solving problems that others thought were extremely difficult in the past, Academician Lin also tried with this mentality at the beginning, right?"

He said with emotion: "It's like a room-temperature superconductor. Before that, who would have thought that a room-temperature superconductor could be born so soon?"

"It's a pity, it's a pity, if I can be younger, I must learn this spirit from Academician Lin."

Lin Xiao smiled heartily and said, "It's not too late to study now."

"I'm old, I don't have that vigor anymore."

Li Gang shook his head, then stood up, patted Lin Xiao on the shoulder, and said, "Then, Academician Lin, I will leave this problem to you, regardless of whether this problem will help us finally solve our problem, at least, if we can Seeing that the strong force can also be unified is good news for those of us who study physics."

Lin Xiao smiled and nodded, "Okay, that's it."

"Ah."

Li Gang nodded, and suddenly pointed to a mathematical formula written by Lin Xiao on the draft paper, and asked, "By the way, Academician Lin, what does the Yang-Mills gauge field equation you wrote here mean? "

"Take it as a goal in my next research."

"Target? You mean..." Li Gang said in disbelief, "Could it be that even the Yang-Mills gauge field existence and mass interval assumptions have become one of your goals?"

Lin Xiao shrugged and said, "Yes, and this is also a place that cannot be bypassed."

"The mass gap problem in the Yang-Mills gauge field is the theoretical key to understanding the strong interaction in quantum chromodynamics."

"If we want to unify the strong interaction force and other forces, we must first understand what the strong interaction force is. If we can't even do this, we don't need to talk about the next few steps."

The people present suddenly felt dizzy again.

It is to unify the strong interaction force, and to solve the mass gap problem of the Yang-Mills gauge field. The former is a common dream of physicists, while the latter is a laurel-like problem in the field of mathematical physics. It is different from the previous The NS equation problems are all juxtaposed problems, and at the same time, they all belong to the seven major mathematical problems of the millennium.

Yes, the problem of the existence of the Yang-Mills gauge field and the mass gap is also one of the millennium problems, and it is also the only problem in the millennium problems that belongs to the particle physics.

Solving this problem is related to the mathematical foundation of theoretical physics. Once it is solved, it will mean the generation of a mathematically complete quantum gauge field theory. The meaning of interaction force.

The strong interaction force refers to the force acting between hadrons, which is the strongest among the four known fundamental forces of the universe, and it is the force that maintains the stability of the atomic nucleus. Similarly, it is also the force that connects quarks.

However, in the process of understanding the strong interaction force, physicists cannot find a reliable approximation method due to the lack of a "small parameter" in physics, so the "small parameter" of the mass gap has become a method to aid understanding.

Therefore, just like this, another millennium problem has emerged, and it is difficult for scientists to go out. Therefore, it is probably based on this reason that the problem of the existence and mass gap of the Yang-Mills gauge field is selected. One of the seven millennium problems.

Regardless of this millennium problem, or the latter problem of unified strong interaction and the other two major interactions, any one of these two is enough to make 90.00% of physicists with nine or more shy away. As a result, Lin Xiao Now it is said that he will launch a charge towards these two issues?
Lin Xiao chuckled: "Relax, relax, it's not a big deal, it's just another millennium problem, haven't I already solved two of them, one more is not too much, and one less is not a lot."

Hearing Lin Xiao's Versailles-like words, the people present immediately realized, yes, the person in front of him has already solved two millennium problems, so maybe he can't solve another one?

Although, this question may sound more complicated, but if it is really done, which one will be simpler?

At least for the researchers of these plasma institutes present, they dare not say that the two problems that Lin Xiao has proved are simpler than the Yang-Mills gauge field problem.

And Li Gang also said with a smile at this time: "I almost forgot about this. After all, it is Academician Lin, the hunter of the Millennium Award. Basically, there is no problem if I think about it."

Lin Xiao was taken aback: "Where did this title come from?"

Li Gang said with a smile: "Isn't this rumored a long time ago? You have already solved the two big prize problems, so you are the Millennium Big Prize Hunter? A prize of 200 million US dollars."

Lin Xiao was speechless.

He had never seen the $200 million bonus.

Although he also had his own reasons for refusing it, but after all, it was 200 million US dollars. If it was converted into RMB, at least he could buy a house in the third ring road in Shangjing with an area of ​​just over [-] square meters.

Don't want it for nothing, but it's a pity that he can only choose not to.

However, the people in front of him couldn't understand the pain in his heart, and he had nothing to explain, so he passed away with a smile.

Afterwards, there was nothing to talk about. After all, the plans for the future were determined, so Lin Xiao officially started his "investigation" trip and visited the Plasma Institute, which also included Dongfang Chaohuan. Carmack device.

After a day of investigation, Lin Xiao was welcomed by the plasma institute and got on the plane to Beijing.

(End of this chapter)