If there is any buzzword in the physics community in 2023, it must be the number "1.25".

For a long time, the research of high-energy physics has stopped at the proof of the existence of high-dimensional space, and according to the ADD image-only model of the explanation of gravity and other interactions, the world we see may be glued to a "wall" in the space of extra dimensions, and the electrons, protons, photons, and all other particles in the Standard Model cannot enter the extra dimension, and only the gravitational field lines can extend into the extra dimension.

However, the discovery of the Z particle has given a new explanation to this set of theories based on the image-only model.

That is, although the world we see is glued to a wall of extradimensional space, the electrons, protons, photons, and all other particles in the Standard Model are not inaccessible to the extradimension, but they may themselves be partially present in the curled extradimension, and what we observe is only their projection in the three-dimensional world.

If this conclusion is true, it will be able to effectively explain the previous prediction made by the physics community that Newton's inverse square law will deviate in the sub-millimeter range, that is, when two objects are spaced sub-millimeters, their interactions and spacing will no longer follow the inverse square relationship.

And that's just one of the many things that Z-particles have achieved.

With the discovery of this super-heavy, high-dimensional particle, the entire physics community has been taken to a whole new realm. And that's what excites countless physicists.

At this moment, they are facing not only an unexplored new continent, but also countless treasures hidden in the depths of the jungle......

At the same time, this big event that has caused a sensation in the physics community has not only attracted the attention of people in the physics community.

Because of the prophecy that was put at the end as an "easter egg", the topicality of the entire report meeting was raised to a higher level. Even many ordinary people who didn't know much about physics were shocked by the information revealed in Lu Zhou's words.

Sail faster than light!

All along, this was considered impossible.

Although I don't know how Lu Zhou was able to make such a bold prediction, the thought of the future depicted by that prophecy still makes many people's hearts float a little fascinated.

What does the world look like light years away?

Many people have begun to think seriously about this issue.

At this point, the controversy over the characteristic peaks of the 750Gev has finally come to an end. Voices that once vehemently opposed the IMCRC's experiment have all fallen silent.

It took Lu Zhou two days to compile the contents of the board book at that report meeting into a paper and publish it in the latest issue of the main issue of "Future".

The other two top journals, Science and Nature, have also set up "highilghts" for this paper, and Nobel Prize-level scholars engaged in research in related fields have briefly described the research results.

Generally speaking, only the most important research results are eligible for this treatment.

And no matter how you think about it, this paper on Z particles can undoubtedly be matched with the word "most important". At least for the whole year, physicists around the world have been busy......

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California Polytechnic University.

Looking at the journal in his hand, an old man with a gray beard and no hair held a pen and sat at his desk while quietly watching while meticulously calculating on scratch paper.

The page turned more and more slowly, until the penultimate page, the solemnity on his face gradually turned to a touch of surprise, and it grew as his mouth opened wide.

It took a while for him to squeeze a string of staccato phrases out of his mouth.

“…… Unbelievable. ”

"There's someone who's able to use mathematical tools to this extent."

“…… What a genius! ”

Barry Barish, that's his name. In addition to his name, he has many titles such as the initiator and project director of the LIGO project, a professor in the physics department of the California Institute of Technology, and countless others.

And the other person standing next to the bookshelf in his office at this moment is not small.

His name was Kip Thorne, who is now the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology, and one of the world's top experts in astrophysics under general relativity, and a former scientific advisor to Nolan's film "Interstellar."

Including MIT's Reyner Weiss, the three won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017 for their research on gravitational waves, which shared the prize of SEK 9 million.

Retracting his index finger from the shelf, Thorne unexpectedly glanced sideways at Barish, "He's a genius that many people already know, and I'm even more surprised that you actually understand his mathematical arguments." ”

"It's a little difficult, but I can understand it after reading it a few times," Barish rubbed his sour eye sockets after taking off the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose, and continued, "It just so happens that some time ago I studied his unified theory of algebra and geometry, so I guess I have a little foundation." ”

Thorne said in surprise, "You actually studied that thing?" ”

"A lot of physics students at Caltech are self-taught, and we in our hometown have to learn to keep up with the times, or we will be caught up by those young people," Barish smiled and continued, "Of course, I'm mainly interested in gravitational waves, and whenever we make any new progress in mathematics, we can always find something new in high-energy physics." ”

"Did you find out?"

Barish said with a dry cough.

"Any major discovery takes time...... It can't be so fast. ”

"That's right, but some people can always go against these common sense," Thorne sighed, and said with some schadenfreude in his tone, "Brookhaven National Laboratory must be worried now, and has voluntarily withdrawn from this large-scale scientific research project in which more than fifty research institutes around the world participate, and they are the only ones who can name the research institutes that can be named now." ”

Barish smiled and said, "The main thing is that their press spokesman is too full of words, if it were me, even if I am not optimistic about the experiment of the 750Gev characteristic peak, I will not have the slightest room for maneuver." ”

Of course, there may be some standing and talking without backache, after all, from an outsider's point of view, no matter what beautiful words you say, there is no cost.

Thorne: "What do you think they'll do?" ”

"Deal with those responsible, and then find a step down? After all, standing so high, they must be very cold now. Now that Lu Zhou's prestige in the IMCRC has reached its peak, let alone an overhead council, I am afraid that the council will be abolished directly, and it is estimated that a large number of physicists will follow him. ”

Thorne couldn't help but ask, "...... Is there no one who can stop him? ”

Barish said with a strange look at him.

"Why block? Even the big pit of 750Gev can't bury his myth, what else can do it? How many people may not be able to make some achievements in their field after waiting for a lifetime, since you can see new physics by following him, why not do it? ”

It's better to say that he must be so assertive, to be able to make such great results in such a short period of time, even if he searches through the history of physics, there are only two names he can think of.

Unless, a major failure.

Otherwise, nothing would be able to stop him at all.

If there was a god in physics, he is now. Everybody didn't believe there was a particle there, but he did, and there it was.

"That's what you're saying," sighed deeply because he thought of something, and after a moment of silence, Thorne decided to divert from the previous topic, "Speaking of which, he hasn't won the Nobel Prize yet, has he?" I remember correctly......"

Barish shook his head: "You must be mistaken, he was the Nobel Prize winner in 2018, but he won the Chemistry Prize." It seems that the study of the electrochemical interface structure has opened up reliable computational methods. ”

Thorne couldn't help but curse and said, "This guy is a change. State ......"

Barish said with a smile: "I don't deny that just a few months ago, he solved the 'Grand Unified Theory of Mathematics', and then within a few months he used it in his papers on hyperspace theory and boat particles." If the Nobel Prize in Mathematics had been established, he would probably have to monopolize the medals in recent years. ”

Thorne: "I think he deserves two physics medals for his achievements...... If you count the unified theory of strong electricity, what do you think? ”

After hearing this, Barish and Thorne looked at each other and exchanged a look.

Although they didn't speak, the tacit understanding formed by years of cooperation in research made the two people immediately understand what each other was thinking at this moment.

"I'm going to recommend his name."

"Looks like we're going to go together."

Although two Nobel Prizes are unrealistic, one Physics Prize is certainly not controversial.

This year happens to be an odd-numbered year, and the Nobel Prize in Physics is traditionally awarded to the field of high-energy physics.

The discovery of the Z-particle is undoubtedly the most significant physical discovery of the year.

If even this achievement is not enough to deserve this honor, then what is worth it?

It's almost, no suspense.

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