Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 44 I Just Don’t Want to Go

After Xue Hongtao sent the message, the 'Comprehensive Three-Level Easy Chat Group' was silent for a minute until a reply broke the silence.

"Half a year ago, my degree was revoked, and half a year later I was invited to give a report at CHEP..."

“This twist is just like in the movie!”

The group immediately became lively. "How could a master's thesis be plagiarized if it can complete this level of research? Is there an inside story?"

"Don't say it out loud, just know it in your heart."

"Is it related to Zhou Kaijun? Zhou Kaijun seems quite upright."

“Knowing people, knowing faces, but not knowing hearts!”

Seeing the lively discussion in the group, Xue Hongtao suddenly felt a sense of accomplishment. He raised his mobile phone, took a photo and sent it to the group.

In the photo, Zhang Shuo is shaking hands with Professor Xiao Hua of Shuimu University.

The discussion in the group immediately changed direction. "Is he Zhang Shuo? His demeanor doesn't look like a doctoral student at all. He doesn't look cowardly or weak. He has a lot of charisma."

"Is the person next to him the leader of the Institute of High Energy? His surname seems to be Cao. I've seen him before. He's the deputy director."

"You're just a PhD student, but you're already so impressive. You even have to give a report at an international conference. I'd be satisfied if I could do that once in my life."

"Can this be put on a resume? I've seen some top scholars whose resumes all say they gave a presentation at a certain conference in a certain year for a certain number of minutes."

"If it were the International Congress of Mathematicians, it would be great. CHEP is also a top conference, but it is still a little behind."

"Isn't Xue Hongtao also attending the meeting? Is he going to give a report?"

"He's just here to gather the crowd..."

Xue Hongtao's face darkened when he saw this, and he immediately corrected him, "What do you mean by just making up the numbers? I was invited by the Institute of High Energy Physics to represent the school as a physics expert."

"So are you going to make a report?"

"..."

Zhang Shuo sat down in the empty seat, with Bao Hexing and Gao Xiaohong on his left and right.

Bao Hexing and Zhang Shuo were quite familiar with each other, so they sat together. In fact, he also had a "secret" mission, which was to reveal the results of the Institute of High Energy Physics to Zhang Shuo in advance.

At the same time, Zhang Shuo also realized that the Institute of High Energy Physics was not without other research, but that this research was relatively novel.

In short, downplay the impact.

Bao Hexing was also a little embarrassed. After sitting for a while, he got straight to the point. "This time, the institute will use your algorithm to analyze the experimental data and publish the results at the conference."

As he spoke, he observed Zhang Shuo's expression and found that he didn't seem to care at all. He felt relieved. "Because the research is relatively new, maybe we can find something in the result graph."

Zhang Shuo understood and nodded.

He really doesn't care.

Experimental research in any direction will enter a bottleneck period after a period of explosive growth.

In the decades since the beginning of particle collision experiments, new discoveries have been made almost every year, from various rapidly decaying particles to neutrinos, and the standard model of particles has been continuously improved.

Later, the existence of the Higgs boson was confirmed.

That was the last major achievement.

Once experimental research reaches a bottleneck period, it becomes difficult to achieve any significant results.

This is the case in the international field of high-energy physics.

CERN has invested heavily in building more powerful equipment, but it only makes the experiments more intense.

Fermilab ranks second in terms of equipment level, but most of its research lags behind Europe, and only its accelerator technology is in the leading position.

Other high-energy physics institutions, including the Institute of High Energy Physics, find it difficult to make any breakthroughs in major directions due to the limitations of experimental intensity.

Zhang Shuo and Bao Hexing chatted briefly, then asked, "Can your experiment measure electromagnetic energy loss?"

"Electromagnetic energy loss?"

Bao Hexing asked doubtfully, "How do we measure this? The energy carried by the proton beam can only be calculated as a whole."

"If it's after a collision, the energy is chaotic and we can't measure the electromagnetic energy, right?"

Zhang Shuo briefly explained the method, "Through detailed experimental calculations, it would be best if it could be refined to the level of collision electromagnetic radiation."

He said and shook his head.

The parameters detected in current particle collision experiments are more focused on the measurement of overall energy and mass, while the measurement of electromagnetic energy loss requires the collection of other information and even the measurement of electromagnetic radiation.

Cao Mengbo and Cui Kaiwen were right behind Zhang Shuo, listening to the conversation between Zhang Shuo and Bao Hexing.

When hearing Zhang Shuo mention "electromagnetic energy loss", Cui Kaiwen smiled and shook his head, whispering to Cao Mengbo, "Zhang Shuo is still an outsider. How can there be any measurement of electromagnetic energy loss in particle collision experiments?"

Cao Mengbo nodded slightly.

Bao Hexing continued to talk about the results of the experimental analysis. "We analyzed 17 small experiments in the past. One of them showed the same result as the previous one, that is, the number of scattered particles in a small area is relatively small."

Zhang Shuo nodded slightly.

This is not surprising; not every experiment results in a discovery.

He asked, "In your results, did you find that the particles were deflected to one side?"

Bao Hexing was stunned for a moment.

Cao Mengbo and Cui Kaiwen also turned their heads in surprise. Cui Kaiwen couldn't help but ask, "How did you know? Have you seen the results?"

"Really?" "Really!"

Cao Mengbo, Cui Kaiwen and Bao Hexing stared at Zhang Shuo and nodded vigorously.

Zhang Shuo said seriously, "At the last experimental meeting, I said that the area with few particles appeared because the force field was chaotic. I still think so now."

"If the force field is chaotic, massive particles may also be affected in the same direction."

He explained and didn't go on.

Cao Mengbo, Cui Kevin and Bao Hexing looked at each other. They simply did not believe in things like "force field chaos" that violated the basic principles of physics.

The problem is, Zhang Shuozhen told the result!

……

The journey from the Capital Airport to Belgium took 13 hours.

The flight they were taking would first fly to Frankfurt, then transfer in Frankfurt, and then take forty-five minutes to reach the Belgian capital of Brussels.

Zhang Shuo slept for a long time on the plane, drank a cup of coffee when he arrived at Frankfurt Airport, and still felt a little tired when he arrived in Brussels.

Others felt much the same way.

Fortunately, we have successfully reached the destination. After walking out of the airport, I feel the charm of European architecture and I feel much more energetic.

The group arrived at the hotel.

The accompanying personnel from the Institute of High Energy Physics will go to the conference hall to submit the list of participants, and others can move freely.

Some people chose to rest in the hotel, while others went to the conference hall, wanting to take a walk around and take a look at the environment.

Zhang Shuo, Gao Xiaohong and several other professors strolled to the conference center together.

The Brussels Conference Center is still very beautiful. There is a large cube glass building in the passage they passed through. It is transparent inside and outside and very beautiful.

They walked and looked around, and soon arrived at the conference center.

The conference center covers a large area, with a total of 27 conference halls. The CHEP conference only occupied three venues, two of which were small conference halls that could accommodate people.

Zhang Shuo and his group went to visit the conference venue. When they arrived at the door, they happened to meet Cui Kaiwen, Bao Hexing and others. They greeted each other and got together.

At this time, several people walked out of the venue.

The leader was a middle-aged white man wearing round-frame glasses. The only thing that was eye-catching was the special gray hair on his temples.

"Mr. Castello!" Cui Kevin waved and shouted.

The middle-aged white man is Roberto Castoro, Sweden's chief data scientist and head of the CERN Experimental Data Center.

Hearing the shout, Castolo looked over here.

He exchanged a few words with the people he was traveling with, then quickly walked over here.

Cui Kaiwen took the initiative to walk over and extended his hand.

Castoro's eyes were fixed on Cui Kevin's back. He seemed not to notice him. He brushed past him and walked straight to Zhang Shuo and asked, "You are Mr. Zhang Shuo, right?"

Cui Kevin put down his hand awkwardly.

Castoro extended his hand to Zhang Shuo and said bluntly, "You can call me Roberto. I sent you a message via email."

"Oh!"

Zhang Shuo suddenly understood and reached out his hand to shake Castolo's hand. "Hello."

"Hello there!"

Castolo said politely, and then asked, "I received your email, but it only contained the two letters I least wanted to see. Why?"

Zhang Shuo pursed his lips, "That means what I mean."

"why?"

Castolo pressed on, “We pay very well, and you can get a doctorate from ETH Zurich.”

"because……"

Zhang Shuo pursed his lips and thought for a long time, then shook his head, "I just simply don't want to go."

He pointed to the front and said, "Mr. Castoro, if you have nothing else to do, we still need to tour the lobby."

Castoro was stunned for a moment, then shrugged and made way. When Zhang Shuo walked over, he turned sideways and shouted, "If you change your mind, you're always welcome."

"Thank you!"

Zhang Shuo nodded slightly at him.

Gao Xiaohong hurried over to catch up with Zhang Shuo and asked curiously, "He is the data expert who invited you to work in Europe? How did you write your reply?"

"Two letters: NO."

"That's all?" Gao Xiaohong didn't quite understand. "Isn't it a bit rude?"

Zhang Shuo said nonchalantly, "I've thought of a lot of reasons, such as wanting to get a doctorate at Soochow University, or not wanting to go to Sweden."

"But the result is the same, so it's better to just say 'NO'."

"That's why I said I'm not good at rejecting others politely..."

(End of this chapter)