Great Country Academician

Following Professor Deligne, the two walked through the campus of Princeton, where Princeton University and the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study were close together, and they could walk there.

Across the campus, the two came to Edward Witten's office all the way.

After knocking on the door, Deligne walked in without waiting for a response.

In the office, Wei Teng, who was wearing a striped shirt, turned his head and took a look when he heard the movement. After seeing that it was Deligne, he asked the research assistant in the office to make some coffee.

"Why are you here?" Edward Witten asked curiously after taking a small sip of the coffee.

Although he and Deligne are good friends and professors at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, there are not many opportunities for the two to get together and communicate.

On the one hand, the center of his research is physics, and on the other hand, he has been working at the European Atomic Energy Laboratory all year round, and his work site is not here in Princeton.

Deligne took a sip of coffee, and then briefly explained his reason for coming.

"So that's the case." Edward Witten nodded, suddenly understanding.

However, he directly declined Professor Deligne's request and refused to accept Xu Chuan as a student.

"It is not necessary to be his tutor. If he is interested in physics, I welcome him to come and communicate at any time. I will teach him as my own student."

Regarding Witten's refusal, neither Deligne nor Xu Chuan had any surprises.

Witten can be said to be the true favored son of heaven, the father of contemporary string theory, and is hailed as the successor of Einstein by the physics community.

Such a person's aura is naturally beyond imagination. Now that Xu Chuan has become a student of Professor Deligne, he will definitely not be accepted as a student again.

But fortunately, Xu Chuan had already prepared for it. He knew his mentor in his previous life very well, and the manuscript materials he handed to Professor Deligne before were a stepping stone.

On the side, Professor Deligne was not moved when he heard Witten's rejection, and handed over the manuscript in his hand.

"Don't rush to refuse, Witten, you should read this first."

Edward Witten did not go to receive the manuscript immediately, but looked at Professor Deligne suspiciously.

Deligne glanced at Witten, and said in a low voice: "This is Xu Chuan's research on physics. Although I don't understand physics, the mathematical methods above are quite subtle. Maybe you should take a look."

"If you and I are both geniuses, he is an evildoer. His talents in mathematics and physics are beyond your imagination. In terms of talents alone, neither of us can compare to him."

"The history of modern mathematics and physics has developed for hundreds of years, and I can find very few people who are comparable to him in terms of talent."

"Maybe, you can give him the hope of string theory and M-theory."

Hearing this, Edward Witten was a little moved, and couldn't help looking at Xu Chuan. He knew the character of Professor Deligne very well. He was an extremely harsh person. In his field, it could be said that there was no room for a grain of sand. .

To be able to make such a high evaluation of the young man in front of him, and even to say that string theory and M theory were handed over to him is simply unique.

Without the slightest hesitation, he took the stack of manuscript papers from Professor Deligne, bowed his head and flipped through them.

"The Mystery of the Proton Radius, A Mathematical Method to Accurately Calculate the Proton Radius"

Seeing the title on the manuscript paper, Wei Teng was slightly stunned. As a professor in the field of theoretical physics and high energy physics, he knew exactly what the mystery of the proton radius was.

It's just that this problem is not in the scope of his research. He is not very interested in this kind of fundamental work, but this does not deny the value of solving the problem of proton radius.

Protons are the building blocks of atomic nuclei, consisting of three charged quarks held together by the powerful nuclear force.

But its boundaries are blurred, like a cloud.

The physics community does this by relying on charge density, similar to the density of water molecules in a cloud; and the proton radius is the distance from the boundary to the core where the charge density drops below a certain energy threshold. The proton radius can be measured by studying the interaction between electrons and protons and electron scattering experiments, or by using electron or muon spectroscopy to observe the difference between atomic energy levels.

If the radius of the proton cannot be accurate, it is no exaggeration to say that the foundation of particle physics will collapse in half.

Although he had certain doubts about the contents on the manuscript paper, Edward Witten continued to read patiently.

No matter what is on the manuscript paper, whether it is correct or not, even if it is completely wrong, something can be seen from it.

At least, whether the boy in front of him is really worthy of the evaluation of his friend Deligne can be seen from it.

In the office, Wei Teng stood there holding the manuscript paper, and there was light flowing in those brown-green eyes.

One minute·····

two minutes...

five minutes·····

Professor Witten has stood there in a motionless posture for more than ten minutes, but the manuscript paper in his hand has only opened the cover of the first page.

Seeing Witten like this, the corner of Professor Deligne's mouth curled into an arc, and without disturbing him, he found a seat and sat down by himself, blowing the coffee foam in the ceramic cup.

As for Xu Chuan, he watched the layout of Weiteng's office indifferently.

He was quite sure about the calculation of the mystery of the proton radius.

Because in later generations, the proton radius is not a puzzle, but a value that has been accurately measured.

He knows the method of measuring the radius of the proton very well, but what he is doing now is not to steal other people's future achievements, but to start from mathematics and use mathematics to analyze this puzzle, instead of relying on particle pairs like physicists. Collider to confirm.

Of course, the support of particle collider collision data is essential, no matter how perfect the theory is, it also needs practical support.

Just like Professor Witten, his theoretical breakthroughs and achievements in string theory and M theory are unparalleled. If confirmed, he will usher in a new era and take over the fate of the physics world from Einstein's theory of relativity .

But unfortunately, even in his previous life, before he was reborn, Witten and the physics community still failed to find the supersymmetric particles that support string theory and M theory.

Without the support of supersymmetric particles as the theoretical basis, Witten has never been able to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.

As the most famous award in the world, the Nobel Prize is more inclined to physicists who have made practical achievements. There are too many theories in the physics world.

If the Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to a theory that has not been fully proven, if this theory is falsified in the future, then the glory of the Nobel Prize will suffer a major blow.

Even Einstein wrote this in his telegram from the Swedish Academy of Sciences:

"The decision of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to award you the Nobel Prize in Physics last year took into account your work on theoretical physics, especially the law of the photoelectric effect, but did not consider the value of your theory of relativity and gravitation after it has been proven in the future."

Einstein won the vacant Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921. The official award speech is:

"for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".

"For his contributions to theoretical physics, in particular for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect."

Of course, although Einstein's award-winning reason is mainly the law of the photoelectric effect, the Nobel Prize Committee also expressed respect for the theory of relativity.

PS: I feel like I might be cold again, MMP

The convenience store downstairs opened its doors this morning, and the boss was gone. I went to her place to buy some things in the morning, but at noon, I started to have chills, body chills, and itchy throat and other symptoms.

There is a sentence MMP must say.

I hope this blessing is a cold, day~ta~Da~yeah.