Lunar surface research base.

Physics Research Division.

Sitting in the control room of the Lunar Hadron Collider, in order to pass the boring time before the experiment, Dr. Torik, who was sitting in front of the console, opened his mouth to talk to Yan Xinjue, who was sitting next to him.

"You Chinese people are more stubborn than I thought."

Looking at the scholar from the United States, Yan Xinjue asked.

"Why do you say that?"

"Almost half of the physics community thinks that the characteristic peak of 750GEV is just a joke played by God and us, but your Professor Lu still firmly believes that there must be something there...... Even CERN has done enough experiments to prove that it is indeed an ordinary quantum fluctuation. ”

"I'm afraid I'll have to correct your wording."

"What word?"

"It would be more accurate to replace stubbornness with attachment to the truth, among all the people I know, he is probably the one who has taken this value to the extreme," Yan Xinjue continued with a smile, "What's more, even if half of the physics community is not optimistic about this topic, isn't there still half of the physics community agreeing with his guess?" ”

While he had reservations about the second half of the sentence, Dr. Torrick was visibly more surprised by what he said in the first half.

"Wait, what do you mean...... Do you know him? ”

"Of course, we're alumni."

Yan Xinjue was embarrassed to say that he was a senior brother, firstly, because his achievements were too far behind, and there was a suspicion of climbing a relationship to say so, and secondly, he didn't want to leave the impression that he was entrusted with such a heavy task by relying on the relationship of Lu Zhou...... Even if it's very likely to be true.

However, his scruples seem to be unnecessary.

Dr. Torik didn't seem to be focused on the things he was thinking about, but on something else, and he immediately continued with interest.

"Can you tell me about him? Ever since I read Professor Hardy's memoirs, I've been very interested in his story. But alas, that memoir only has a Princeton section. ”

Yan Xinjue was confused and said: "Memoirs? What memoirs? ”

"It was written by a student who taught Lu Zhou at Princeton, who is now a professor of mathematics at the University of São Paulo and a well-known mathematician."

Looking at Dr. Torrick, who suddenly became enthusiastic, Yan Xinjue raised his arm with some headache and glanced at the time, stopping his chatter.

"Let's talk about this topic in an hour......

"Fifteen minutes to go."

……

14 minutes and 21 seconds to be exact.

At this moment, the headquarters of the IMCRC in Shanghai.

Standing in front of a huge floor-to-ceiling screen, everyone in the ground synchronization command center was nervously and busy waiting for this moment to come.

Some people joke that the cost of each IMCRC experiment is like a test launch of an intercontinental missile, and although this metaphor is a bit out of tune, it is really about the same number when converted.

Walking into the control room, Frank Verzek took a freshly printed paper, walked straight to Lu Zhou's side, and asked in a low voice.

"Collision energy 1250tev? Aren't you looking for the characteristic peaks of the 750gev? Why is the energy parameter set so high? ”

With his hands behind his back, looking at the busy control room not far away, Lu Zhou smiled and said, "1250tev, 1260tev, and 1300tev to be exact." ”

Frank Verzek: "......"

OK.

To be rich is to be capricious.

The energy span of these three sets of experiments has covered the maximum proton collision energy of less than 30 TEV of the CERN collider.

Thinking of this, Frank Verzek couldn't help but sigh softly in his heart.

"It's probably the most expensive pyrotechnic in human history."

"That's inevitable," Lu Zhou smiled, narrowed his eyes, and continued, "After all, it illuminates the future of all of us. ”

The experiment is almost ready.

Walking from the front of the control room, Luo Wenxuan took a deep breath and looked at Lu Zhou and said seriously.

“…… Units are ready to start experiments. ”

Lu Zhou nodded and glanced at the time on his watch.

There is 1 minute and 30 seconds left before the agreed time.

It's almost time to get started.

Lowering his arm, he commanded.

"Let's get our machines moving."

"Charge the superconducting magnet!"

Luo Wenxuan nodded, suppressed the excitement in his voice, and said cleanly.

"Yes!"

……

The signal of readiness for the experiment spanned a distance of 360,000 kilometers and was received by the lunar research base.

Huge amounts of energy poured out of the energy storage facility like a raging flood and gathered along the superconducting ring, brewing a terrifying magnetic field.

Under the shroud of this huge magnetic field, even the cosmic rays that were wantonly shuttling around were distorted.

The moment the time reached the hour, Dr. Yan Xinjue, who was standing in the control room of the lunar research base, immediately pressed the button in his hand.

As if pulling the trigger of a rifle, two invisible protons burst out of the firing gun, distorted by the magnetic field, and staggered into a point in an X-shape.

There are no brilliant sparks.

But the intersection of that moment, the brilliance on the energy spectrum of the detector, is so dazzling.

Under the impact of 1250TEV of energy, the two protons are like smashed watermelons, breaking apart under the invisible microscopic world, disintegrating into elementary particles smaller than atoms.

With the excited look reflected in his pupils, Lu Zhou stared intently at the image presented on the spectrum, refusing to take his eyes off for a moment.

For a scholar, no matter how many times you look at such a picture, you will never get tired of it.

The first round of collisions is complete!

The energizing state of the superconducting magnet was not lifted, and the staff stationed at the lunar research base quickly adjusted the experimental parameters, and the second round of collision experiments was immediately started!

And this is also the most critical round.

It directly determines whether the part of the speculation about the mass loss problem in the collision experiment of high-energy particles mentioned by Lu Zhou in the paper can be established!

Didn't wait long, didn't even have time to hold your breath.

The two protons collided again, creating brilliant "sparks" on each probe.

Witnessing the data presented on the big screen, Witten's tense face finally put a hint of surprise on it, and muttered to himself in a voice of disbelief.

"You guessed it......"

Frank Verzek was also stunned.

Although his mathematical ability is not as good as Witten's, he still sees something unusual from the raw data on the screen, but he can't say where this unusual place is.

It was just a faint instinct that told him......

What is coming next may upend his understanding of the microcosm.

"God ......"

Subconsciously pronounced the old man's name, but other than that, he really didn't know how to express the shock in his heart.

Standing in front of the two, Lu Zhou didn't speak, just stood there with his fists clenched.

Not enough!

The second round of experiments, while sufficient to illustrate some problems, was not enough to test all the points in his paper.

He was waiting for the third round of experiments.

As long as the data of the third round of experiments is as expected!

He would be able to prove his conclusions right!

Under the watchful eyes of all the expectant eyes, the third round of experiments finally began......

Two protons collided at a point.

Brilliant sparks bloom again.

Looking directly at the screen, Lu Zhou's pupils instantly contracted, and then gradually expanded.

The black pupils were already filled with excitement.

Three experiments, exactly as expected!

"Finally ......"

"Let me find you......"

The cheers and applause resounding in his ears silently muttered this soft mutter.

The ghost hidden behind the quantum fluctuations finally took off all its disguise at this moment, and went violently without warning. Exposed in front of everyone.

Although that's just raw data that hasn't been processed......

But does this make any difference to a scholar with a mathematics grade of lv10?

For him, at least, it was only a matter of time before they were translated into a language that everyone could understand......