Chapter 419 The show begins (7.4K)
Speaking of cosmopolitan cities.
Most people probably think of these cities:
Magic City, Tokyo, New York.
If only I had more time to think.
Maybe Paris, London, Sydney, Tieling, etc. will be added.
But what few people know is that.
In the southwestern region of Europe, there is an international metropolis that is relatively less well-known.
That's Geneva.
This city, which sounds somewhat similar to a famous money refund scene, has far exceeded many people's understanding in terms of history and economic development.
For example, the famous "Geneva Convention" was signed here.
In addition, famous watches such as Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, and Rolex were also born in this city.
As of now.
The European headquarters of the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the International Labor Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Trade Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross and a series of international organizations are also located in Geneva.
In the Mehan area on the outskirts of Geneva, there is another large-scale scientific research institution that exists in a low-key manner.
That is CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research.
It is the largest particle physics laboratory in the world, with members from almost every European country.
If the name CERN is not familiar to everyone, then almost everyone has heard of the following device:
Large Hadron Collider LHC.
That's right.
This thing is equipment belonging to CERN.
There is also the previously mentioned world’s first website.
Most people may have no idea about this term, but if you mention the World Wide Web, I guess more people have heard of it than the LHC.
Yes, the World Wide Web is also a product of CERN.
CERN's scientific research equipment covers a very large area. For example, the total length of the LHC is 17 miles, and the search for NA32 containing charm quarks also covers an area of tens of thousands of square meters.
However, most of these devices are located underground and are difficult to see with the naked eye.
Therefore, from the surface, there are actually not many buildings at CERN, and there are only a few visitors every day.
But today is different.
At this moment.
In the parking lot of Area W of CERN headquarters, vehicles of all sizes from the outside are constantly entering.
The sounds of brakes, engines, and greetings and conversations came and went, making it look very lively.
As soon as Lucas Hamad Cuellar from Fermilab across the sea got out of the car, a hearty laugh suddenly sounded in his ears:
"Oh, Praise the Lord! Lucas, long time no see!"
Lucas Hamad Cuellar turned his head and immediately showed a row of white teeth after seeing the visitor:
"Lars, it's you, you bastard. I recognized you as soon as I smelled your body odor!"
The Lars in Lucas's mouth is a tall bearded man with brown skin, wearing a pair of black glasses, and some hair can be faintly seen on his hands.
He does look like a master with a strong sense of smell.
Lars didn't care about Lucas's teasing, but walked forward quickly and gave his friend a bear hug.
After separation.
Lucas looked at the two colleagues who got off the car, patted Lars on the shoulder and introduced:
"William, Lisa, let me introduce you."
"This is my college classmate, Lars Donnarumma, who is currently the project supervisor of the BEBC bubble chamber under CERN."
"Lars, these are my colleagues, William Kamahi and Lisa Krisia."
Compared to his enthusiasm for Lucas, Lars was much more polite when facing Lucas's two colleagues:
"Hello everyone, I am Lars Donnarumma, welcome to CERN."
William and Lisa also hugged him politely.
Then, under the guidance of Lars, the group quickly walked towards the conference center not far away.
The parking lot is quite far away from the conference center, so while walking, Lucas also chatted with Lars:
"How's it going, Lars, how many people came to today's press conference?"
Lars moved his chin in the direction of the parking lot and explained:
"Everything went well, there were probably more than 400 people. There were more than 60 large media, more than 50 institutions, and more than 80 university representatives attending the conference, which was not much different from what was expected,"
"In fact, there were several colleges and institutions from Mao Xiong that wanted to participate in the conference, but they were rejected by the CERN Joint Council. Instead, they invited two representatives from the European Womb who were not very good."
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Lucas raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and a sarcastic smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Of course.
As someone who has once spoken out for the furry bear, Lucas was of course not mocking the furry bear, but the CERN Joint Council.
As expected of a standard international organization, this behavior is very "international".
Then he shook his head slightly, putting aside these thoughts that had nothing to do with scientific research, and said to Lars:
"There are more than four hundred people. It looks similar to the one in Neon?"
When he heard the word neon, Lars's face suddenly became gloomy, but he still managed to say:
"Well, after all, it is also a result related to dark matter. Institutions that have the conditions will definitely send people to participate."
"Just like your Fermilab, isn't it also divided into two groups? I heard that the one who went to Neon seems to be Ms. Sarah?"
Lucas nodded, what Lars said was true.
Both press conferences were quite explosive. Anyway, they only cost a little extra for air tickets, which is not a problem for most organizations.
Then he looked at his friend again and joked:
"Lars, look at this, are you confident that you can defeat those neon people?"
"Of course."
When Lars heard this, there was a trace of murderous intent in his eyes, and he looked like he was gritting his teeth:
"Think you can sustain the scene by hiring Atsushi Suzuki? We will make them regret that they fought with us today, the Neon Man of FxxK!"
Not long ago.
After CERN announced a breakthrough in right-handed neutrinos.
Neon's Kamiokande Laboratory announced their discovery of warm dark matter almost immediately.
At the same time, everyone at CERN felt deeply provoked.
The results conference selected by Kamiokande Laboratory happens to be today.
The specific time is even earlier than CERN.
One hour!
Although the external statement of Kamiokane Laboratory is purely coincidental, no one with a brain will believe this statement.
After all, there is an eight-hour time difference between Neon and Geneva, which are not the same time zone at all.
Considering that many visitors would not land until morning, CERN held the press conference at three o'clock in the afternoon.
That is to say, when the Kamiokande Laboratory results conference was held, it happened to be ten o'clock in the evening in Neon.
I would like to ask which country's results conference will start at 10 o'clock in the local evening?
So it's obvious.
Kamiokane Laboratory is here to snipe CERN!
As for the reason.
Naturally, it is because of the feud between Kamiokane Laboratory and CERN.
The conflict between the Kamiokande Laboratory and CERN can be traced back to the 1990s. At that time, the Kamiokande detector was only a phase one project - the current one is called the Super Kamiokande detector.
At that time, the Kamiokande Observatory spent US$100 million to build the prototype of the current Super-Kamiokande, and the expansion required the use of highly sensitive photomultiplier tubes.
At that time, or to be precise, even now in 2022, only Hamamatsu Company can produce 20-inch photomultiplier tubes.
Hamamatsu Company's quotation is very interesting. One stick costs US$3,000 - what is interesting is not the specific price, but the price 30 years ago and it is still the same 30 years later.
It looks like Coca-Cola.
At that time, in order to upgrade equipment, Kamiokande Laboratory purchased more than 11,000 photomultiplier tubes at a cost of more than 30 million US dollars.
As a result, a "tragedy" occurred during water injection in 2001:
Due to improper operation, more than 7,000 photomultiplier tubes exploded inexplicably.
After spending so much money, it turned into 7,000 firecrackers overnight
Kamiokande Observatory could only buy another batch of photomultiplier tubes with tears, and the two parties would deliver the tubes within one year as agreed.
The result was unexpected.
This batch of photomultiplier tubes was retained by CERN through Hamamatsu's internal relationships.
In addition, CERN intercepted not one batch, but a full two years in order to delay the progress of the Kamiokande detector.
This method of business competition is a bit primitive, but it is indeed effective - just like when Uni-President and Master Kong first competed, the most effective way for both parties was to send each other's employees to the supermarket to crush competing products and affect their sales
The Kamiokande detector was delayed for four full years, and it was not until 2006 that it was completely repaired and operational to this day.
If the above content does not make sense, it can be understood that it took four years for your house to be delivered
Other than that.
This four-year extension has very direct consequences:
Neon is permanently missing a Nobel Prize.
The missing Nobel Prize winner is Totsuka Yoji. The project he led at the Kamiokande Laboratory achieved a breakthrough in early 2009 and was recognized as a Nobel Prize-level achievement that year.
But sadly.
Yoji Totsuka passed away due to illness in 2008.
All students who have won the Nobel Prize know this.
The Nobel Prize does not recognize deceased persons posthumously, so Neon is missing a Nobel Prize honor.
Due to the lack of enough candidates to win this honor, it was classified to Kajita Takaaki in 2015 - and Kajita Takaaki can win the award even without this achievement.
Therefore, Kamiokande Laboratory has been competing with CERN since more than 20 years ago.
Then in 2011.
CERN found the Karolinska University Laboratory in Sweden, one of the most famous medical laboratories in the world.
On the pretext of providing free medical testing, a group of relatives of Kamiokande Laboratory employees were invited to Europe.
Then, using their ability to provide high-quality medical treatment as a bargaining chip, they poached more than 30 core employees of Kamiokande Laboratory in one fell swoop.
Since then.
Kamiokane Laboratory has directly become a mortal enemy of CERN.
In order to slap CERN in the face.
Kamiokande Laboratory even did not hesitate to backlog many important results, specifically waiting for CERN to announce relevant content before publishing it to compete in the competition.
Tell the truth.
This is a very risky approach.
Because once a certain result released by CERN is more accurate, Kamiokande Laboratory will waste a lot of manpower and material resources.
But even so.
Kamiokane Laboratories remained unmoved.
Of course.
To a certain extent, this is also because the Neon people do have this confidence-not to mention neutrino-related research, the Kamiokande detector is indeed the top one.
over the years.
Kamiokande has slapped CERN in the face five times, and the conflict between the two parties has reached an irreconcilable level.
Normally, unless you get the management rights of Earth OL and then open a modifier to change the hatred value, there is no possibility of repairing it.
So that's to be expected.
Today's 'beating' won't be the first time, nor will it be the last.
Then under the leadership of Lars.
The group soon arrived at the WA7 Ladder Conference Center where the press conference was held.
Fermilab, which Lucas represents, is one of the most important physics research centers across the sea, and it is also famous internationally. Note that the physics here is not limited to microphysics, but the entire field of physics.
At the same time, Lucas himself is also one of the top leaders in the field of neutrinos.
Although he has not won the Nobel Prize, he has been nominated as a Nobel Prize candidate by the University of Helsinki twice.
It's a pity that he has bad luck.
The first time he lost to the Higgs particle, the last and most important piece of the particle model before the solitary point particle.
As a result, he did not encounter new particles the second time, but tmd hit a gravitational wave
These two Nobel Prizes can be said to be the Nobel Prizes among Nobel Prizes. Even if all the Nobel Prizes are ranked together, these two can firmly rank in the top five - the remaining three include quantum mechanics established by Heisenberg. And the photoelectric effect of old love.
That's not an exaggeration.
In fact, there is not much difference between Lucas and some Nobel Prize winners in terms of strength, but he just lacks luck.
Therefore, CERN specially arranged a very front position for Lucas and others this time, next to representatives of the Leiden Cryogenics Laboratory and the Cavendish Laboratory.
Lars stayed with his friend and introduced him to the internal situation of CERN from time to time.
About an hour later.
The staff on the stage were still debugging the equipment.
However, Lucas faintly noticed that the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became much more subtle.
Just when Lucas was a little confused.
"Hey, Mr. Lucas."
William Kamahi, who was accompanying him, quietly touched his elbow and whispered:
“Neon Man’s press conference has begun.”
Lucas finally understood.
Then he thought of something again and looked up at his surroundings.
Sure enough.
Many visitors had already plugged in their earplugs and secretly looked at their phone screens.
Although most of the institutions to which these guests belong have sent another team, these guests themselves are still somewhat curious.
Lucas was naturally unavoidable, so he turned his head and tentatively said to Lars:
"Lars, look."
Lucas didn't finish the second half of his words, but Lars understood his thoughts and quickly agreed:
"It's okay, Lucas, you can watch it if you want. I'm also curious about what those neon people will announce."
Lucas nodded upon hearing this and took out his phone.
Clicked on the official website of Kamiokane Laboratory.
Then he tinkered and jumped a few more times.
soon.
A picture of a press conference appeared on the screen.
Look at it from the screen.
The layout of the press conference was similar to the conference center where Lucas was located, but the style was more old-fashioned, and the background was also monotonous dark blue.
It seems that even the podium has to be toughened to the end.
At this moment.
There was a serious old man with silver hair standing at the podium, seemingly doing the final proofreading of the content.
Lucas also knew this person, he was the famous Atsushi Suzuki.
He is the discoverer of antineutrinos inside the earth and the founder of neutrino earth science. His achievements and contributions in neutrinos can be ranked among the top ten today.
In addition, his teacher is the 2002 Nobel Prize winner Masatoshi Ochai.
Atsuto Suzuki was once one of the strong contenders for the 2015 Nobel Prize. At that time, many people thought he would win the prize together with Arthur MacDonald, and the support ratio was almost 50-50 with Takaaki Kajida.
Kajita Takaaki's final win was not a surprise, but it also made many Suzuki Atsuto's supporters complain.
However, what is more outrageous than the complaints of those supporters is a comment made by someone in China at that time:
[People who are seventy years old are also fertile, so we can take this opportunity to invite Suzuki Hiroshi to come to the country and provide highly educated and high-quality women to give birth to him. The offspring born in this way must be better than normal Chinese people]< br>
This sentence sounds outrageous, right?
But if you know that the speaker is called Feng Wei, you won’t find it outrageous.
Yes, it was the Fudan professor who said [Neon did not declare war on China, so it could massacre prisoners of war, and the Jinling Massacre was manslaughter] and [Neon killed people because China resisted and caused Japanese casualties]. cerebral palsy. (I wrote this person’s original name, not exaggerating. You can search a bunch of Weibo screenshots on the Internet)
alright.
His eyes returned to reality.
No one knows whether Atsushi Suzuki heard what Feng Wei said. If he didn't take the initiative to answer this question, there might never be an answer.
However, considering Suzuki Atsuhito's identity as the vice president of Tokyo University and his original statement that "Chinese people are not worthy of studying neutrino physics," his attitude towards China is probably not good.
At this moment.
The 78-year-old old man, who also suffers from tuberculosis. Ahem, the little old man has already compiled the report and is looking at the audience with a serious face.
This posture is clearly telling everyone a message:
He's going to speak.
Everyone in the audience became very cooperative and quieted down.
After a while.
Atsushi Suzuki adjusted the position of the microphone with his fingers and said:
"Mina-san, wow wow wow wow"
After introducing your name and identity.
Suzuki Atsushi covered his mouth and coughed twice, calmed his breathing, and continued:
"I am honored to announce a scientific research result to all walks of life today. That is, with the blessing of His Majesty the Emperor, we have officially discovered a particle with the properties of warm dark matter!"
Swish——
at the same time.
A data graph also appeared on the screen behind Suzuki Atsushi.
Atsushi Suzuki turned around, flattened his palms, and introduced on the big screen:
"As you can see, this is a particle with Higgs supersymmetry. Its mass is much smaller than the Planck mass, about 1.9keV/c2."
"In other words, the energy scale of this particle is smaller than the electroweak force, and the coupling constant is around 1015GeV"
I heard this introduction from Atsushi Suzuki.
CERN site tens of thousands of kilometers away.
Lucas suddenly raised his eyebrows.
Super symmetry.
This is a possible mathematical structure in the elementary particle theory, which involves a very, very mysterious theory:
String theory.
As everyone knows.
String theory was originally proposed as Bose string theory, but Bose string theory has two fatal shortcomings.
First.
In order to avoid conformal anomalies, the cosmic framework of Bose string theory must have 26 dimensions - this exaggerated number greatly reduces the credibility of the theory.
second.
Bose string theory cannot explain the emergence of fermions.
In order to resolve this contradiction, theoretical physicists put forward the prediction of supersymmetry.
They believe that the boson in supersymmetry has a fermion as a super partner, which explains the emergence of fermions.
At the same time, due to the introduction of fermions in supersymmetry, the dimensionality of anomalous cancellation is greatly reduced, and it can be established in a 10-dimensional space.
The other 6 dimensions can be curled into Calabiyu space to exist.
Therefore, the prerequisite for verifying superstring theory is to find particles predicted by supersymmetry.
But sadly.
It has been almost 50 years since Wess and Zumino first proposed supersymmetry, but no supersymmetric particles have yet been observed.
If the Kamiokande detector really discovers a particle with supersymmetric properties of the Higgs, then this must be a Nobel Prize-level achievement.
But the problem is
If that’s true
Why don't they focus on the supersymmetry properties and claim that this is a kind of warm dark matter?
The importance of warm dark matter is obviously lower than that of Higgs supersymmetric particles.
Think of this.
An answer vaguely emerged in Lucas's mind:
Could it be
Are there other restrictions on this so-called supersymmetry? (End of chapter)