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Chapter 155 This is awesome!

The project review committee decided to review the CP group, targeting the new direction of the CP group.

Review can be understood as 'prepare for review'.

Not only did the CP group fail to seriously prepare for the "inspection", they also continued to modify the equipment and conduct the first test experiment. The Institute of Physics also conducted a particle collision experiment to cooperate.

This clearly shows that the Institute of High Energy Physics did not take the project review committee's "request for review" seriously.

The project review committee, especially those who thought they had the power to review the project, were naturally very angry.

As the chairman of the committee, Wang Jin was furious when he heard the news. In his opinion, after any project is submitted for review, materials must be carefully prepared and ready to deal with the subsequent review meetings, and the original research can be put aside for the time being.

The Cp group and even the Institute of High Energy Physics did not do this, and they even pretended that nothing happened.

If the project teams and institutions being reviewed have this attitude, what is the point of requesting a review?
Is there any need for the review committee to exist?
The Project Review Committee is the supervisory body for projects of scientific research institutions under the Academy of Sciences. If those who are carrying out the projects ignore the supervision, the project can be directly suspended in other fields.

Wang Jin found that he really had no other choice.

The main thing is the rules here.

Before the formal review meeting is held, the project review committee does not have the right to interfere in the CP group's project work.

No matter how Wang Jin thought about it, he felt depressed. He could imagine what other people in the circle would say. Later, he was so angry that he contacted the dean Wang Changli and talked to Wang Changli about the CP group review.

Wang Changli is the dean and has reached the top of the academic rank. He is very busy at work, but he also noticed that the CP group project was put up for review.

However, Wang Changli will not favor Wang Jin. The difference between the dean and the vice-dean seems to be just the difference between the principal and the deputy, but in fact, the gap in rank is huge, and they are completely two different worlds.

Wang Changli's rank has reached the highest level of scholars, and he usually participates in super-large projects and important decision-making in various fields.

He really didn't take a research project in the field of high-energy physics seriously. The Institute of High Energy Physics has determined a new direction, so he just lets them do it. Why should they ask for review?
Wang Changli felt that Wang Jin was asking for trouble.

A quick glance at this matter will reveal that it must be the review committee that is blocking the project, but no one expected that the Institute of High Energy Physics would support the CP group to this extent. Now the Institute of High Energy Physics has simply ignored it.

Wang Changli did not say it directly, but just said, "For this matter, we should go through the normal process and wait for the review meeting in three months."

"According to the regulations, before the project review meeting, the project team that was submitted for review will not be affected. They can do whatever experiments they want. This should have no impact, right?"

Of course, there are impacts, and the impact is that it makes the project review committee lose face.

In fact, the restrictions on the power of the project review committee in the rules are reasonable, because the scientific research institutions under the Academy of Sciences involve many huge projects. It is impossible to suspend the project work directly because the supervisory committee requests a review.

The sudden suspension of some projects will result in huge losses.

Wang Jin naturally understood this. He even knew that Wang Changli was unlikely to support him. The other party's level was not on the same level as his own. For Wang Changli, a high-energy physics research project might just be something he was interested in. He just wanted to make sure that Wang Changli did not interfere in related matters.

This way, there are no limits on what you can do or say.

The next day, Wang Jin took action. He took the initiative to accept interviews from media reporters, even a face-to-face interview.

He explained the importance of the project review committee. "We are responsible for supervising the projects. Some projects may have problems, including the inability to complete the research, a large amount of funds being wasted, or uncertainty in the direction, etc. All of these need to be supervised."

"Regulation is very important in any field."

"If there is no supervision, some institutions will collude with the project team and embezzle funds and state property, especially for some large projects that cost hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars. We are here to supervise them."

"The problem with the CP group is the uncertainty of their direction. Their new direction is to verify the theory, but the theory was completed by Professor Zhang Shuo."

“I don’t deny that Professor Zhang Shuo is a genius, but if we really want to consider high-investment experiments, shouldn’t we all sit down and discuss it together?”

"Review is not censorship. The purpose is to study whether the new direction is feasible..."

"The results of it?"

"They are still insisting on doing the experiment. I personally disagree with this approach."

Wang Jin's meaning was very clear, he was expressing his dissatisfaction with the CP group for conducting the experiment without the approval of the review committee.

At the same time, the CP group was also accused of "wasting funds".

Of course, the premise is that nothing can be found in the research.

If we insist on conducting experiments and fail to find anything, it will naturally be a waste of funds and national property.

Research has found...

Do not make jokes!
Regardless of whether the direction the CP group is looking for is right or wrong, the review meeting is very close.

They are doing experimental research in the field of high-energy physics, and it is very good if they can produce results in high-energy physics research every few years.

How many months?
It would be good enough if I could complete the experiment completely.

After the content of Wang Jin's interview was released, it immediately caused a wave of discussion in the public opinion.

To some extent, what Wang Jin said makes sense, for example, his explanation of the review committee.

Regulation is, of course, important.

If external supervision is lost, scientific research institutions and project teams can collude with each other and easily embezzle a large amount of project funds.

Wang Jin has always maintained a neutral attitude when talking about the experiments of the CP group, except that he personally opposed conducting experimental research during the review period.

This statement still received support from some people.

Of course, there is more opposition.

"What he said makes some sense, but I trust Zhang Shuo more. Someone said it well: scientific research relies on people rather than directions. Zhang Shuo is the kind of person who is very trustworthy!"

"It's normal for the CP team's new direction to be reviewed, but it's also OK for the experiment to continue. After all, the transformation has been ongoing. If it's suspended because of the review, wouldn't it delay the original plan?"

"The question is, Zhang Shuo's theory is supported by Edward Witten, why not withdraw the review?"

"According to the grapevine, someone is embarrassed."

"Shh, can't say, can't say."

……

When public opinion was in turmoil, all the major universities and research institutions cooperating with Gaoneng did not care whether to review the projects or not.

The Institute of High Energy Physics is going to conduct a new particle collision experiment, and the CP group has also opened up some data analysis cooperation.

This is a rare opportunity.

They immediately sent scholars to participate in the experimental analysis.

Over the next week, many scholars and important figures arrived at the experimental base.

The experimental base was visibly busy. Zhang Shuo was very much looking forward to the experiment. To others, it was just a test experiment, but he was looking forward to new discoveries.

【Task 1】

[Research project name: Strong electromagnetic interference hyperon decay research to find chaotic force fields (difficulty assessment: D). ]

[Completion of experimental device: 100% (difficulty assessment: A). ]

【Progress: 0.913%.】

(The remaining progress requires 10 scientific research coins.)
When Zhang Shuo saw the system task data, he became even more excited about the experiment.

The research difficulty is assessed to be only D-level, and it can be said that discoveries can be made once the device is completed and experiments are conducted.

To be on the safe side, Zhang Shuo still spent a coin, but found that it was completely meaningless. The ideas that came to his mind were still no different from "normal experiments."

Think about it.

This is an experimental task, and the difficulty lies in the subsequent experimental data analysis.

Before conducting an experiment, you can only prepare for it.

Although he wasted a scientific research coin, Zhang Shuo did not feel heartbroken. He was just looking forward to the results.

In the previous life, the experiment of 'strong electromagnetic interference with the strong force between quarks' was conducted to find clear signals to prove the relationship between the four basic forces.

What is going on now is 'strong electromagnetic interference hyperon decay', which can also be understood as 'strong electromagnetic interference weak force'. The signal of weak force is unclear and the intensity differs by many levels. It is difficult to find the relationship signal between the four basic forces, but it is very easy to discover the 'chaotic force field'.

On the morning of the experiment, Zhang Shuo stayed in the spectrometer detection group, checking the hyperon capture and detection signals, and paying attention to the spectrometer detection and the operation of the external strong magnetic equipment.

The basic physics group conducted particle collision experiments.

This can be said to be a familiar process. Similar experiments have been carried out for 30 years without any mistakes.

At the experimental base, close to the particle collider pipeline, one can clearly hear a 'buzzing' sound, which also includes the sound of strong electric current, making it feel very noisy.

During particle collision experiments, hyperons are created through high-speed collisions of particles.

Hyperons will be observed and studied through spectrometer detection devices.

When the particle collision experiment is in progress, hyperons are continuously produced, and the hyperons are captured and analyzed by the spectrometer detection device at a very fast speed.

It can be said that after the particle collision experiment, the CP group's experimental work was completed.

The two are carried out simultaneously.

Because this was the first test experiment, the number of hyperons captured was relatively small, but a large amount of data was still detected. The next step was the complicated work of data analysis.

A team of several hundred people also began busy analysis work.

……

Last year, when Zhang Shuo participated in the data analysis of particle collision experiments, he was still a young doctoral student following Luo Yongjun.

Now he has become one of the 'office bosses'.

Zhang Shuo did not have to do any basic data analysis work. Instead, he sat in the review group office of the CP group, drinking tea and chatting with Deng Yunshan, Xiao Jinchao, and Zhao Chunhua.

Zhao Chunhua came to check on the work of the CP group.

Deng Yunshan and Xiao Jinchao are both academic group leaders, responsible for the subsequent review of data reports.

It's not their working hours yet.

Xiao Jinchao was discussing theoretical issues with Zhang Shuo. "According to my understanding of the theory, our experiment is to use strong electromagnetic interference to search for an unknown complex force field phenomenon in hyperon decay. Is that right?"

"Completely correct."

Zhang Shuo immediately looked up at Xiao Jinchao and exclaimed, "Professor Xiao, your theoretical level is very high!"

"Uh~~"

Xiao Jinchao felt strange being praised by Zhang Shuo, mainly because Zhang Shuo was a young man in his twenties, but considering that his theory was praised by Edward Witten, and that he had already achieved so many results...

call!
He adjusted his mindset and continued to ask, "What kind of experimental performance will that be?"

"You said it's a complex force field." Zhang Shuo smiled, "What is the most intuitive impact of a complex force field? Of course it involves the movement of particles."

He gave a slight reminder.

Xiao Jinchao thought about this, but he was still a little unsure. "Does this mean that complex force fields will affect the movement of hyperons? In our experiment, the movement deviation of the time interval measurement will be very large?"

Deng Yunshan also reacted, "Will it be so obvious? Will it directly affect the movement of hyperons?"

Zhao Chunhua also asked doubtfully, "Will this complex force field have such a big impact?"

He finished his comment, "If we can make such a clear discovery, it would be worthwhile to invest several hundred million to modify the equipment. It seems that this is the direction of future CP group experiments!"

Zhang Shuo smiled.

He was about to say something when he heard a shout from the door, "Look at this!"

It’s Qian Zhiguo.

He walked in with a stack of documents and immediately said, "Look at this data, particle motion analysis, data measured at the second time node, the overall particle motion is 4 points lower than we expected..."

"Although it's just a rough calculation, the deviation is too large. Is there a problem with the detection?"

Qian Zhiguo put the document on the table and looked around, then found something strange.

Xiao Jinchao, Deng Yunshan, and Zhao Chunhua all looked at him with surprised eyes, and then shouted out at the same time.

Xiao Jinchao: "Are you sure?"

Deng Yunshan: "Did you really find anything? A deviation of four points?"

Zhao Chunhua looked at Zhang Shuo and asked a very strange question, "You didn't direct and act in the film yourself, right?"

"What's your reaction?"

Qian Zhiguo was a little confused.

Zhao Chunhua took a deep breath and sighed, "The particles have a clear motion deviation. This is amazing!"

(End of this chapter)