Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 636: Seeing the Whole Picture from the Perspective
Every theory has its limitations, but we cannot say they are wrong, just like Lord Niu's law of universal gravitation cannot explain the perturbation of Mercury, but we cannot deny the entire theory of universal gravitation. Then the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics appeared.

Also, according to atomic theory, the periodic table of chemical elements is treated uniformly. Hydrogen, argon, potassium and copper behave completely differently in chemical reactions, but atomic theory tells us that they are all composed of electrons and atomic nuclei. The electrons are in different quantum mechanical states vibrating near the nuclei, and the nuclei are all composed of protons and neutrons.

Using string theory, these elementary particles may be given a unified treatment.

Every physical theory of mankind is like a glimpse into the truth of the physical laws of the universe from a certain angle, and every unified summary is like combining these theories to look at the hidden unknown laws from many aspects.

Just like humans knew about magnetism in the Warring States Period, then the Si Nan and magnetic needle appeared, then they first knew about electricity, and then they knew that electricity and magnetism are actually the same thing. This process is the process of human cognition of electromagnetic force, one of the four fundamental forces in the universe. Maxwell's equations are correct, but we cannot say that the ancients in the Warring States Period did not understand Maxwell's equations and that the Si Nan they invented was wrong.

Cognition is a process.

The same is true for humans today. When the deuterium nucleus travels for more than 6,000 astronomical units, and then the protons are separated by the electromagnetic device, and the remaining neutrons slam into the target, it means that humans have once again taken a look at an unknown area, or the unknown side of a certain area.

If the electromagnetic force, one of the fundamental forces of the universe, is a leopard, then Coulomb's law, electric field strength formula, point charge electric field strength formula, Ohm's law, Joule's law, electric power, Abe's law, Lorentz force formula, magnetic flux formula, pressure, friction, electromagnetic induction formula, Maxwell's equations and other series of formulas, rules and laws are all human beings' glimpses of this leopard.

First you see the leopard's head, then its tail, then its body, legs, eyes, ears, mouth, nose, skin, and patterns, and finally you get a glimpse of the whole leopard.

The same is true for the grand unified theory. Before humans began to use this astronomical-grade particle collider for experiments, they had already been spying on it from other aspects, and then came up with a variety of physical achievements, such as the standard leon model, parity non-conservation of weak interactions, quantum mechanics, Yang-Mills field theory, special and general relativity, electroweak unification theory, and so on.

These are all puzzle pieces in humanity's exploration of the grand unified process. Now, what humanity wants to obtain through this astronomical-grade particle collider is not the so-called discovery that surpasses all previous discoveries, but the last piece of the puzzle of the grand unified theory, the last glimpse of the leopard in the tube.

This is what scientists hope for, but they are not sure what can be discovered through astronomical particle colliders. Liu Miyan, the leading scientist of this experimental project, answered a reporter's question: We are not sure either, but it would be great if we could discover something.

Yes, this is exploration, not verification, so no one dares to make any promises.

More than two months later, the data from the first collision experiment was finally transmitted back to the scientific team. As the leading scientist of the scientific team of this collision experiment project, Liu Miyan immediately led the entire team to start analyzing the data.

After completing a collision experiment, the astronomical particle collider needs engineers to conduct various tests to confirm that it is intact, eliminate the residual effects of the first experiment, and then replace the experimental components that need to be replaced before conducting a second collision experiment. Compared with the step-by-step construction, this kind of scientific research work needs to be completed manually, and it is all done by humans.

The moment an astronomical particle collider is turned on, it means that it will not be shut down unless there is any result. This is also true. When the first batch of data was still being analyzed, the second collision experiment began.

Then the third and fourth time
When the third collision experiment was completed, the analysis results of the first experiment were officially completed. The scientific team then published the results in a scientific journal of human civilization, but did not make a big news broadcast like the first experiment.

In fact, the second, third, fourth and even subsequent collision experiments were not as grand as the first one. They were just carried out step by step. After all, ordinary people would not pay attention to scientific experiments that are boring to them all the time. They only get excited after getting successful results.

This is the same in every era. Few people pay attention to the hard work behind scientific workers. Most ordinary people will only shout that scientists are awesome after successful results appear. This phenomenon is the same even in the present human world. Although humans clearly say that they value science and technology, there are so many people in the world, and it is impossible for everyone to focus on scientific undertakings.

There are also many industries that have nothing to do with scientific research, or various entertainment projects. Many ordinary people are just enjoying the fruits of human development instead of participating in it. Even at the current stage of human beings, hedonism already exists, but it is not mainstream.

This is understandable, and the human government has not used legal means to suppress it, because everyone knows that entertainment is part of life, and we cannot expect everyone to spend their entire lives working hard. Even scientists need appropriate entertainment activities. Moreover, maintaining diversity in life is conducive to the healthy development of the human race as a whole. It is right for humans to progress, but it does not mean that humans will become a species that only knows how to do scientific research.

Moreover, a diverse social living environment also helps human individuals maintain active thinking.

Having said that, the result of the first collision experiment was no unexpected failure. Oh no, it cannot be called a failure, but nothing was discovered.

The scientific team headed by Liu Miyan is still analyzing the data of each collision day and night. Even though they know that the probability of creating new phenomena is very small, they still have endless longing to do this, which is also their interest.

So, as a scientific team, how did they find the answers they wanted in these great impacts of creation?
The answer is the collision phenomenon detected by the detector, that is, the motion trajectory of new products formed after the particles are broken into pieces after the collision, including their momentum, charge, energy and other parameters.

Humans have installed a large number of high-precision detection instruments in the impact area, including cloud chamber particle trajectory detectors, electromagnetic quantity detectors, hadron energy devices, and so on.

(End of this chapter)