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Chapter 157: Withdraw the review? It's just like the rumor!
"Is Zhang Shuo's theory correct?"

"This is impossible!"

"Let's not talk about whether the theory is correct or not. Verifying theoretical physics... is not that easy!"

From the history of the development of physics, most theories proposed by scholars are wrong. Physics theories that can be passed down and deeply rooted in people's minds are extremely rare. A correct cutting-edge theory often takes dozens or even hundreds of years from proposal to verification.

For example, the gravitational waves proposed by Einstein were not verified until the beginning of the new century.

Higgs boson, the verification span is sixty years.

It has only been a few months since Zhang Shuo proposed his theory? Compared to the time it took to verify a theory, a few months is simply too short.

The verification process is also amazing. Just by doing a device testing experiment, the corresponding phenomenon was discovered directly. It sounds incredible.

In addition, the theory proposed by Zhang Shuo is only a force-based framework, which can be thought of in many directions, and even many interesting interpretations can be found based on the framework.

For example, "Force is the basis of the existence of the universe and is born before matter", "The four forces are related and may even have the same starting point", and "The four forces are not only unified, but also unified."

and many more.

The contents of these frameworks clearly violate existing physical knowledge, but they cannot be said to be wrong.

Conventional physical cognition is to understand the world from the perspective of matter and energy, while Zhang Shuo's theory analyzes it from the perspective of basic forces. There is no direct conflict between the two.

In the theoretical framework created by Zhang Shuo, in connection with the new direction of the CP group, that is, the "strong electromagnetic interference hyperon decay" experiment, an experimental phenomenon can be analyzed - complex force field.

The reason why it is called a complex force field is because the force field is uncertain. It may be an electromagnetic field, a gravitational field, or a chaotic force field composed of different force fields.

This is because the goal of the experiment is to find the 'intersection point of basic forces'. Once the focus is found, the 'direction of force flow' will be different.

For example, why does the electromagnetic force form a ray, and a "fork in the road" appears at one position of the ray?

When the point moves to a fork in the road, it may naturally go to "another road".

This is an interpretation of the theory.

Some scholars have listened to Zhang Shuo's theoretical report and have a thorough understanding of the theory, but they still believe that the CP group's experiment can truly discover the "intersection of fundamental forces."

Even if the theory is correct, it is very difficult to truly reflect it in practice and make discoveries.

To give a very simple example, if the "gravitational rays" reach a limit, a fork in the road will appear. Then the so-called "fork in the road" must be found on a supermassive black hole.

So they were very surprised when they learned about the experimental findings. "If there is a real discovery, it may mean that Zhang Shuo's theory is correct."

Of course, verifying the theory is not that simple.

Even if it is determined that a complex force field has been created in the experiment, it is necessary to find signals that clearly show the relationship between the basic forces in order to determine that there is an intersection between the four major categories.

This is because the force field may be caused by other factors, such as the process of hyperon decay and motion combined.

The experiment is very complicated and involves many factors, including the earth's gravity, strong magnetic fields, particle decay, electromagnetic forces between particles, and various types of radioactive energies, etc.

No matter what kind of experiment we do, it is impossible to exclude all factors, so we must find clear signals of the correlation between the four forces to confirm the correctness of the theory.

Of course, what is important is that the experiment yields findings.

This will definitely shock the international physics community and may even be an astonishing discovery that will shock the world.

Project Review Committee Office.

After hearing the news, Wang Jin kept shaking his head, "This is impossible, it's just a rumor!"

"Do you believe it?"

"A theory is just proposed, regardless of whether it is correct or not, and then it is verified? This is high-energy physics, not folding a paper airplane to see how far it can fly..."

He laughed as he said this, thinking his example was very interesting. "Anyway, I think it's impossible. They deliberately spread this news, probably to deal with the comments after the New Year, right?"

This statement made others suspicious.

It is not impossible that a "rumor" of a discovery might be spread for the purpose of review after the new year. There would be no consequences anyway, and it would just be passed on among scholars.

If some people believe in it and have expectations for the research, the project review committee will definitely vote in favor.

This idea only lasted for two days.

The Physics Center of the Institute of High Energy Physics attached great importance to the experimental findings. They repeatedly verified the data and conducted several tests on the equipment after the experiment. He finally confirmed that there was no problem.

Then, the high energy platform released an announcement, "In a new experiment, the CP violation research group used a spectrometer detection device to observe the decay process of Corsi hyperons under strong magnetic interference..."

"By observing the changes in particle motion at different time intervals, the research team found that the particle motion was affected by other factors, which manifested as a huge deviation between the particle motion and the estimated value over time..."

"We believe that during the decay of the hyperon, an unknown force field is generated inside the hyperon."

"This unknown force field affects the overall movement of particles, making the whole thing uncontrollable..."

After a series of introductions to the experiment, the announcement concluded by stating that “the specific data content of the experiment and related research will be published in the journal Nature.”

For large institutions, it is much easier to submit to top journals.

After the Institute of High Energy Physics confirmed the experimental discovery, it directly contacted the editorial department of Nature magazine and decided to publish it.

This is because large institutions themselves are the guarantors of research.

It’s not that Nature magazine believes in the research content. In fact, it doesn’t matter whether they believe it or not. What’s important is that the Institute of High Energy Physics is going to publish a very amazing experimental result.

The research results of some experiments cannot be verified in practice. It is impossible for the editorial department to send people to participate in the experiments and check the data one by one. Therefore, the content related to the experiments must be authoritative if it is to be published.

For example, the research team is very famous.

Alternatively, if it is published in the name of a large scientific research institution, it can pass the review directly.

If there is fraud in the experiment, it is actually beneficial to the academic journal. Both Nature and Science have published fraudulent research content, which has caused a lot of controversy and brought huge traffic and attention. The most important thing in this process is that the research that attracts attention is published in the journal.

This represents the authority of the magazine.

The Institute of High Energy Physics did not publish any specific experimental results, nor did it mark any specific content such as experimental data. They simply posted an announcement on the platform, but it was enough to cause an uproar in the academic circle.

What was circulating before was just a rumor, but some people who participated in the experiment said that they had made a major discovery.

Now it is confirmed.

"You really have made a discovery? The gossip is true, no wonder they speak so confidently!"

"Is it so serious? Analysis suggests it's a force field, just as rumored."

"If it is a force field, can it be connected to the macroscopic world? Then can we use it to research applicable technology in the future?"

"So, Zhang Shuo's theory is correct?"

"Lets see……"

Many scholars were surprised, and some scholars in the field of physics couldn't help but study Zhang Shuo's theory.

If the discovery is completely confirmed, Zhang Shuo's theory may become the direction of future high-energy physics research and development!
……

After the Institute of High Energy Physics issued the announcement, Wang Jin has been silent in his office.

He had nothing to say.

Even if you don't believe it in your heart, you have to accept what is happening in front of you.

Will the Physics Center of the Institute of High Energy Physics release false information on pressure test results because of the problems of the CP group?
Of course not.

This is the same as Nature magazine publishing experimental results without reviewing them.

The Institute of High Energy Physics itself is a guarantee for research.

Their reputation, credibility, and authority will become guarantees of the research. Even if the falsification of experimental results is exposed, everything will be affected and many people will be implicated.

Those people are definitely not willing to pay for "experiments that have nothing to do with them".

So the Institute of High Energy Physics must have made a discovery in the experiment.

Whenever he thought of this fact, Wang Jin felt like he was dreaming, having a nightmare.

He didn't want to accept it.

This incident had a huge impact on him personally.

As the chairman of the project review committee, he announced at the meeting the new direction of the review of the CP group, and the reason given was that "the theory has not been internationally recognized."

At that time, Wang Jin and others thought so. Everyone felt that the theory was not good. A new physics theory, a theory that was not internationally recognized, determined the direction of a major project.

How can this be done?
Since I don’t understand this brand new theory, I will naturally not be able to pass the review.

After the theory was published, it was highly praised by Edward Witten, the first authority in theoretical physics.

He himself was also labeled as 'worthless'.

Later, when he was interviewed, he talked about the importance of review and criticism of the CP group for not continuing the experiment. However, the other party ignored him and continued to carry out equipment modification and experiments.

Then, there was a big discovery!

What else can you say now?
People outside might say, “How is the review done? If the project is suspended, the important findings will be lost.”

“Reviews hold back research!”

"If the project had progressed any slower, it would have been suspended. How on earth was the decision made?"

Who else obeys him?
What would scholars outside think?
In the entire academic circle, he would become a laughing stock. As for people outside the academic circle, they had already associated him with "worthless".

Wang Jin felt desperate just thinking about it. He couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Why is it like this?"

"CP team, is there any result already?"

"I did wrong?"

Someone came over to persuade him, "Academician Wang, you should keep a low profile recently. There is already public opinion talking about you."

Wang Jin raised his head and said dissatisfiedly, "Didn't we all decide together? It wasn't just me."

The visitor pursed his lips.

The review of the CP group project was indeed decided by many people together, but who made Wang Jin the chairman of the review committee?
He also gave public interviews, which was equivalent to challenging the CP group head-on.

They did agree to review the new direction of the CP group, but the others were just reviewers. Reviewers were not a job position, they were just invited to participate in the work.

It's just like being a member of an award selection committee, all you have to do is vote when a decision is to be made.

The visitor continued to persuade, "Given the current situation, how about we withdraw the review?"

"Withdraw the review?"

Wang Jin's eyes were full of struggle. He knew that withdrawing the review was the best option, but should he withdraw the review just because the other party had made an experimental discovery?
face……

He still felt unwilling when he thought about it.

When he was hesitating, Dean Wang Changli called him and made a direct choice, "Academician Wang, withdraw the review of the CP group."

“Don’t let the review panel get caught up in public opinion again!”

(End of this chapter)