In fact, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is also having a headache over this year's Nobel Prize.
Of course, what troubles them is not the discovery of sterile neutrinos.
It is the technology of "Nuclear Energy Beta Radiation Energy Concentration and Conversion into Electric Energy Mechanism".
After all, sterile neutrinos have not yet been completely confirmed. Even if CERN infers that Xu Chuan's success has a 3sigma confidence level, it is just a discovery.
In the field of high-energy physics, the confirmation of a new particle or a new thing requires at least 5 sigma to confirm that it really exists.
Such strict requirements are because high-energy physics is one of the foundations of physics. Countless particles and phenomena are the basic materials that make up the current universe, and they are also the basis for building the edifice of physics.
If there is a problem with any particle, no matter which one it is, it may cause great turbulence in physics. More seriously, it is not impossible that the entire physics will collapse directly.
Therefore, even if sterile neutrinos are discovered, it will take some time to verify them.
The technology of "Nuclear Energy Beta Radiation Energy Concentration and Conversion into Electric Energy Mechanism" is different. The scope of this technology is nuclear waste.
For countries around the world, almost all countries that have the ability to build nuclear power plants are troubled by nuclear waste.
Nuclear fuel can be used to generate electricity and benefit mankind, but nuclear waste is extremely difficult to dispose of. Careless disposal will cause major problems in the earth's ecological environment.
Although there are countless stars in the universe, the earth is still the only home for mankind.
Therefore, any country with a little foresight will not dispose of nuclear waste indiscriminately.
And the technology of "Nuclear Energy Beta Radiation Energy Concentration and Conversion into Electric Energy Mechanism", even if it currently only exists in China, it still benefits all countries in the world and everyone.
For the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, whether a new technology or discovery meets the selection criteria for the Nobel Prize and whether it benefits mankind is undoubtedly one of the criteria, and it is also a very important criterion.
After all, Nobel established the Nobel Prize to reward scientists who have made significant contributions and progress to mankind in the previous year.
Is this technology eligible for nuclear waste reuse?
must have!
If technology of this level is not qualified to be selected for the Nobel Prize, other technologies will be even less qualified.
However, the owner of this technology, Professor Xu, is extremely young and even won the Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm last year.
Although the Nobel Prize has never been awarded to the same person twice, it has never been awarded to the same person for two consecutive years.
Even Marie Curie, who won the Nobel Prize twice, won it in 1903 and 1911 respectively, with a gap of nearly ten years.
For this reason, the Nobel Prize Selection Committee in Physics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences almost had their heads exploded.
They had a falling out last year over this extremely young scholar. Is it possible that they will have to do it again this year?
big head.
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On the other side, NTU.
In the office of the Institute of Physics, Xu Chuan and the NTU physics team are putting the finishing touches on the mathematical analysis of the second batch of sterile neutrinos.
"Finally done!" In front of the computer, Lin Feng crossed his fingers, stretched, turned and shouted to the other side: "Junior brother, the data for fabricating the Daliz diagram has been sent to your mailbox."
Xu Chuan took a look and replied: "I got it, thank you for your hard work, Senior Brother Lin."
Lin Feng complained: "You are a young man who doesn't have martial ethics. You rely on your physical fitness to defeat us, a group of thirty-something veteran comrades."
Hearing this, other researchers, doctoral students or postdocs in the office also complained together.
"that is!"
"This time Sichuan God discovered the sterile neutrino, why won't he win another Nobel Prize?"
"Isn't this a treat?"
Xu Chuan smiled and said: "Okay, I'll treat you to a big dinner tonight. You can choose the location. You can order whatever you want. If the inert neutrino can be confirmed, I will give you a bonus. It has been really hard for you all during this time.
Already."
"Ula!"
"The God of Sichuan is grand!"
"Thank you, boss! The boss is very generous!"
"..."
There was cheering in the office, and Xu Chuan smiled and continued to sort out the data and draw the Dalitz chart.
These people have really worked hard during this period. The work that was originally expected to take twenty days to complete was completed in one week after he joined. It is also appropriate to treat guests to dinner and send red envelopes or something, after all, they are doing things for him.
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After analyzing the second batch of sterile neutrino collision experiment data, Xu Chuan integrated the first and second batches of data together, checked them carefully again, and after confirming that there were no problems, sent them via email.
CERN.
It didn't take long for the reply from CERN to arrive.
Sender - David Gross: "The email has been received. Thank you Professor Xu for supporting CERN's work. We will arrange for researchers to check the calculations first. If there are any problems, we will communicate with you in time. If it is confirmed that it is inert
The confidence level of neutrinos reaches above 5sigma, and CERN will make the news public as soon as possible."
Since Xu Chuan is not at CERN and cannot go to CERN to hold a report meeting, the data processing method of sterile neutrinos can only be confirmed in this situation.
Of course, this doesn't take long.
CERN is a holy place in the physics world. More than 70% of the results in high-energy physics come from here. There are countless well-known theoretical physicists who can confirm the Dalitz diagram created by Xu Chuan.
This process took five days.
After receiving a reply from CERN Director Professor David Gross, Xu Chuan’s mentor’s mentor called him on the morning of the sixth day.
"Hey, Xu, I didn't disturb your research." David Gross greeted Xu Chuan on the phone with a joyful voice.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I'm glad to receive your call, Mr. Gross." Xu Chuan responded with a smile.
"Haha, of course, this is definitely something to be happy about."
Gross said with a smile: "After verification by CERN, we have determined that there is a new type of particle in the collision data of 120um (rφ direction) of the antihelium-3 nucleus of the inner tracking system."
"And it is the sterile neutrino you discovered!"
"Congratulations, Xu, you have found the legendary particle that is beyond the standard model and created a new glorious and great epic! The entire world of physics will change with you!"
Hearing this, Xu Chuan also showed a bright smile on his face and responded: "That's really great."
For the physics community, physicists are constantly exploring things beyond the standard model. Any phenomenon beyond the standard model will receive the most attention.
In high-energy physics and particle physics, neutrino physics is one of the most important research frontiers.
Because neutrinos have the only experimental evidence that exceeds the standard model of particle physics - neutrino oscillations!
Neutrino oscillation: 'That is, one type of neutrino spontaneously changes into another type of neutrino during flight, such as an electron neutrino transforming into a muon neutrino or a t neutrino.'
(This explanation is relatively simple. In fact, neutrino oscillation does not cause neutrino conversion. I have included the detailed explanation in my own words. If you are interested, you can read it.)
Neutrino oscillation shows that neutrinos have a tiny mass. It is currently, no, it should be said to be the only phenomenon that human scientists can observe that exceeds the standard model.
It almost caused the building of physics to collapse, but fortunately, physicists finally solved this big trouble.
Neutrino oscillation is the only physical phenomenon that cannot be explained by the standard model so far. It has fascinated countless physicists. However, it is just a phenomenon. The physics community has still not found any neutrino that exceeds the standard model.
external ions.
Finding a particle beyond the standard model is still the dream of all physicists.
And now, it appears!
Sterile neutrinos!
This particle, which may be hypothesized to constitute warm dark matter, appeared in the human world for the first time, and its real existence was confirmed!
Although the data currently observed by the physics community may be imperfect and limited by the backwardness of observation equipment, only part of the information of sterile neutrinos can be observed, but this is enough.
Even if it is a incomplete particle, it will still change the entire world of physics and change people's understanding of the world!
This is the most brilliant glory of physics and an epic that opens up new horizons!
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