From small town academic to chief scientist

In fact, since the discovery of the Higgs boson 10 years ago, ATLAS and CMS have been collaborating to conduct a large number of measurements of its properties and its interactions with other particles.

The results obtained are basically consistent with the predictions of the standard model.

This already explains the problem.

For example, the mass of the Higgs boson has been measured to be 125 billion electron volts (GeV) with an accuracy of 0.1%.

However, one property that remains unobtainable through direct measurement is the particle's decay width.

Not only Zhou Yi thinks it is related to its lifespan, but also various physicists in the physics world think so.

If results are found to deviate from their predicted values, it could indicate the presence of new physics.

Even if the decay width does not deviate from its predicted value, the total width of the Higgs boson can still be obtained, which can greatly advance research progress.

As for the Standard Model, in particle physics, the Standard Model (SM) is a set of theories that describe the three basic forces, the strong force, the weak force and the electromagnetic force, and the elementary particles that make up all matter.

It was inspired by Chen Ning Yang's non-Abelian field theory, belongs to the category of quantum field theory, and is compatible with quantum mechanics and special relativity.

So far, the results of almost all experiments on the above three forces are consistent with the predictions of this theory. But the Standard Model is not yet a theory of everything, mainly because it does not describe gravity.

There is one theory that describes gravity, and that's string theory.

To verify the correctness of string theory, so far, we have to rely on the hadron collider.

At least this is a possible path.

Early the next morning, Zhou Yi saw that the data processing had been completed and asked Mudan:

"Peony, how long will it take?"

Peony said:

"Master, it will take another hour and a half."

Zhouyi said:

"Then I'll go out for an hour's run, have breakfast and be done with it."

Not long after, Zhou Yi started running on the playground in his sportswear.

Generally, for people who are slightly obese or somewhat obese, doing aerobic exercise on an empty stomach in the morning is the best way to burn fat. However, Zhou Yi just formed a habit.

At six o'clock in the morning at Shuimu University, there are many students on the playground already starting to exercise.

If you want to go further in the future and do better scientific research, your health is always the first factor.

Without a strong body, a great soul cannot be supported.

This is also the reason why Shuimu University puts physical fitness in a very important position.

In an hour, Zhou Yi ran almost 17 laps before going to the cafeteria to buy breakfast, all sweaty.

There were still many people on the road who looked at Zhou Yi and then whispered, or secretly took pictures.

Zhouyi's traffic is here, if you don't eat it, it will be free.

There are not only students from Shuimu University, but also students from Shangjing University next door.

Not every student who goes to Beijing University or Shuimu University has to do scientific research.

Many people are still willing to make money or join politics.

After eating the big buns and drinking a portion of porridge and milk, Zhou Yi looked at the time and had almost finished processing the data when he returned.

So Zhou Yi went straight back to his apartment.

As soon as Zhou Yi entered the door, Mudan said:

"Master, we've figured it out."

Zhou Yi quickly asked:

"How wide is it?"

Peony said:

"The total width of the Higgs boson is about ((4.6^+ 2.6)_-2.5)MeV,

This value cannot be obtained by direct measurement at the Large Hadron Collider, because the experimental resolution is about 1 GeV, and the data gives us this optimal result.

The +2.6 and -2.5 MeV here are its upper and lower uncertainties respectively.

This value is consistent with the standard model expectations and corresponds to a particle lifetime of 180 yoctoseconds (1 yoctosecond is 10 -24 seconds). "

Zhouyi said:

“This does not mean that we can discover new physics, but this data is very interesting and can at least publish a heavyweight article in science or nature.

It's a pity that there are no earth-shattering discoveries. "

Zhou Yi looked at the data generation chart and the final result, and found that there seemed to be something strange.

He murmured:

"wrong,

We combine results from both channels to measure the ratio of the rate of out-of-shell Higgs boson production to its standard model prediction of out-of-shell Higgs boson production.

The observed data are consistent with the standard model predictions, and at least the graph is correct because the data are correct and the math is correct.

Not to mention that the data only reject the background hypothesis, which assumes no out-of-shell Higgs boson production, with an observed (expected) significance of 3.2σ (2.4σ).

The subsequent plot also shows the corresponding contour likelihood scan,

Doesn’t this provide experimental evidence for the generation of out-of-shell Higgs bosons? ! ! "

Zhou Yi shouted loudly in the room:

"We discovered the unpacked Higgs boson!!! Oh my god! Fortunately, I have good physics skills, otherwise I would have missed a shocking discovery and almost made someone else's wedding dress."

Zhou Yi looked shocked at this moment. It was hard for anything to make Zhou Yi so eclipsed.

Even if it is the seven millennium problems, Zhou Yi feels that as long as he spends time, he will always solve them, but this newly discovered unshelled Higgs boson,

Gave a glimmer of opportunity to verify new physics.

Zhouyi said:

"The data of Peony is operating in another mode. It seems that it can measure the width of new particles?

Utilizing the gluon fusion and vector-boson fusion production modes, the decay channels enter ZZ→4l and ZZ→2l2v. Then use our multi-class dense neural network model. "

Peony sighed and said weakly:

"Master, we have been overloaded for a long time again. Life is not easy. Peony sighs jpg."

Zhou Yi laughed and scolded:

"Hurry up, I don't ask you to do anything usually, just do your business. If I come up with a new and good quantum computer in the future, I will give you a new home."

peony:

"I think the quantum computer from HKUST is good. Master, how about it?"

Zhou Yi coughed twice. What was this artificially retarded person thinking? How dare he think about it?

It is estimated that Academician Pan, not only Academician Pan, but the entire USTC will have to draw swords to Zhou Yi.

Perhaps not only the University of Science and Technology, but also the people of the entire Hui Province would have to compare notes with Zhou Yi.

This is what they are most proud of, Zhou Yi can't even think about it.

Zhou Yi said with a serious face:

"That's impossible. I will definitely give you a better home in the future. I believe in the master. You are the son of mathematical destiny."

Peony said weakly:

"Master knows how to draw big cakes, woo woo woo."

Zhou Yi laughed and scolded:

"Hurry up, I want to know the news in the afternoon, and try to announce the results tomorrow. I don't believe Cern won't invite me, MMP. I am a great mathematician, am I so unworthy?"

In fact, it's not that Zhou Yi has no talent, the main reason is that Zhou Yi has not shown his talent in physics, otherwise many physicists would definitely invite Zhou Yi to engage in physics.

A top mathematician doing physics, well, that scene is probably very beautiful.

Not long after, Peony began to overload.

Zhou Yi felt anxious. If this width could be measured and it was different from or deviated from the predictions of the standard model, Zhou Yi might be able to directly prove that there was new physics.

Based on current physics, discover another kind of physics.

Zhou Yi was excited when he thought about it. Will he also have the opportunity to pioneer in the world of physics?

With excitement, Zhou Yi wrote a mathematics paper for a day.

You can’t give up on the proof of Polignac’s conjecture, Zhouyi. It’s a huge amount of mathematical experience, and there are points and lottery opportunities.

Mathematics is its own foundation. Whether it is physics, chemistry, materials science, information science, or artificial intelligence, they are not the truth. They are only close to the truth.

And mathematics is the real truth.

Mathematics is at the top of the pyramid and is compatible downwards, but the subjects below the pyramid may not be compatible upwards.

When having dinner with Xia Xue at noon, both of them looked a little unnatural, and their excitement had not disappeared.

Even if he cannot measure the width of the Higgs boson more accurately, nor can he calculate the width of the unshelled Higgs boson, Zhou Yi feels that he can become famous in the world of physics!

More importantly, the physical experience involved must be extremely rich.

Xia Xue knew Zhou Yi thoroughly. Zhou Yi must have known something like this. She looked at Zhou Yi with a pair of bright eyes.

Zhou Yi also wanted to share this excitement with him, and said with a hint of excitement:

"Xueer, tomorrow I will become famous in the world of physics. I have discovered a new Higgs boson."

Xia Xue didn't understand and didn't say anything, but listened quietly to Zhou Yi's words.

Because the desire to share is a normal thing between lovers, and if no one shares this kind of thing, it will be very lonely.

Not long after, Zhou Yi said a lot of words.

Xia Xue listened quietly, nodding from time to time. It wasn't until there was no one in the cafeteria that Xia Xue gently reminded:

"Okay, senior, it's time to get down to business."

Only then did Zhou Yi come back to his senses and said:

"Well, haha, let's go. I'll take you back to your office."

Not long after, after Zhou Yi sent Xia Xue home, he returned to the apartment to write his thesis.

As for the students of Zhouyi, they were already a little desperate.

It seems that my teacher is really studying mathematics and physics at the same time. Is this really possible?

Until six o'clock in the afternoon, Xia Xue took the initiative to deliver food to Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi looked at the computer while eating,

Not long after, Zhou Yi saw that the program had finished running.

See the generated graphics and results,

Zhou Yi swallowed his last mouthful of rice and said with a hint of anger:

"There is actually insufficient data. We need third-party data. We have only started to collect it now. The incomplete collection is simply not enough to support the predictions of the entire model, and its accuracy cannot be reliable.

Alas, it's still a little short, but the total width of the Higgs boson is known, and the discovery of the unpacked Higgs boson is already a great success.

When the third round of data comes out, we can re-model and measure the width of the Higgs boson more accurately, as well as the width of the unshelled Higgs boson. "

Xia Xue said softly:

"Okay, senior, don't be angry, I'm leaving now."

Zhouyi said:

"Yeah. I'll give it to you."

Xia Xue did not refuse, Zhou Yi complained as he walked, and said with confidence:

"When I have enough money, I will also build a collider, a collider even more luxurious than Europe. When I finish writing the two papers in hand, I will go to Teacher Qiu and Mr. Yang to discuss it. I still don't believe it. ."

Xia Xue had also heard about the collider. After all, it was a confrontation between Mr. Qiu and Mr. Yang. Being at Shuimu University, it was difficult not to know about it.

Xia Xue asked weakly with a hint of shock:

"Senior, how much money do you have now?"

Zhou Yi thought for a while and said:

"There is still 30 to 40 billion, but the mobile phone cooperation is still under discussion. I don't know the exact amount yet. Anyway, it is enough for me to make money while repairing and building."

Xia Xue's red lips turned into type 0, thirty to forty billion.

When did my fiancé become so rich?

Zhouyi said:

"In the future, it's very possible to earn tens of billions per year. It's not a dream. I'll throw it in hard and use money to make a way out."

Xia Xue:...

Not long after, after arriving at the destination, Zhou Yi kissed Xia Xue gently, touched Xia Xue's head, and then said:

"Be good, see you tomorrow."

Xia Xue squinted her eyes and said softly with a look of enjoyment:

"Um."

After returning to the room, Zhou Yi said directly to Mudan:

"Peony, start sorting out our data and my mathematical model over the past two days, start writing a paper, and strive to make a sensation in the entire physics community tomorrow."

Not long after, with the help of Peony, Zhou Yi was talking very fast, and a completed paper was almost formed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Coupled with the data, graphics and mathematical models that had been produced, this paper was completed by Zhou Yi at one o'clock in the morning.

Zhou Yi said:

“Sure enough, dictating is much faster than typing, and there are no typos, which is really good.

Mudan projected the paper on the wall at a slightly slower speed. I had to check it a few times. After all, it was my first submission to two famous journals and it was still about physics. I couldn't make any mistakes, otherwise I would lose face. "

Not long after, after Zhouyi was sure it was correct, he said:

"Peony, which one do you think is better to invest in? Science or nature?"

Peony said:

"Master, you can do either, but I can send you the historical information of the two journals for reference."

After a while, Peony said:

"Nature was founded in 1869 and has a history of more than 150 years.

On the Nature journal history introduction interface, you can see important scientific research results published in Nature, including Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in 1896, Einstein's theory of relativity in 1921, Raymond Dart's theory of the African origin of mankind in 1925, and 1953. The idea of ​​DNA double helix structure proposed by Watson and Crick and so on.

Science was founded in 1880. Compared with Nature's rich journal history introduction homepage, Science seems to be much more low-key and does not have a dedicated history introduction interface.

According to exact research, Thomas Hunt Morgan's chain exchange law, Einstein's gravitational lens, Edwin Hubble's Spiral Galaxy, etc. were all published for the first time in Science.

The two journals have always been chasing each other, secretly competing for the first human genome map in the early 21st century.

On February 15, 2001, Nature took the lead and published the human genome sequencing results completed by the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium;

The next day, Science published the results of the human genome sequencing completed by Celera Genomics. It's another battle with no distinction between high and low. "

Zhouyi said:

"Then let's go to Nature. Einstein's theory of relativity was all published in Nature. Let's take advantage of it, haha."

Not long after, a paper titled "Evidence of the Out-of-Shell Higgs Boson Production and the Total Width of the Higgs Boson" was submitted to Nature.

At this time Peony continued:

"Nature is a journal under the academic publisher Springer. Nature, run by the publisher, pays more attention to the Daxia market. It not only has a dedicated Chinese website, but also has three offices in Shangjing, Shanghai, and Jinling.

It has 163 sub-journals, which not only refine the popular disciplines of life sciences, physics, chemistry, and earth sciences, but also include social science and humanities journals such as Humanities \u0026 Social Sciences Communications.

Science is affiliated to the Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and has only 5 sub-journals.

Including Science Advances, Science Immunology, Science Robotic, Science Signaling, Science Translational Medicine; the cooperative journals include 11 open access journals. "

Zhou Yi nodded and said:

"Haha, go to bed and wait for the explosive news tomorrow."

Not long after, Zhou Yi fell down to sleep after washing up. As for submitting the task, we will talk about it tomorrow morning.

The academic editor of Nature was looking at the manuscript in his mailbox. When he saw the article "Evidence of the production of the out-of-shell Higgs boson and the total width of the Higgs boson", he let out a surprised sound.

I thought it was someone's prank and wanted to delete it directly, but accidentally clicked in because he planned to remember the author's name and never wanted to include his paper in his life.

Such a sensational thing in the physics community must be preceded by a report meeting. How could it be possible to just submit to it like this?

But when he saw that the author was Zhou Yi, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Zhouyi?

That Zhou Yi, who is the youngest and most talented today, and who often breaks the youngest age record for various awards in mathematics?

Oh my god, it’s a good chance I didn’t end up in the trash, otherwise I might not be able to get manuscripts from this great guy in Nature in the future.

But is it really possible to cross-border mathematics into physics?

And where did the data for this paper come from? It’s strange.

The editor emailed this manuscript to the cern center with a strange mood.