Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 72 We must let them use our data for testing!
The time estimated by Luo Yongjun is about right.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Agostini and his party arrived at Soviet University.

The administrative reception staff, Zhang Shuo and others were already waiting at the school gate. They invited Agostini and his party to visit the campus.

Agostini was not the kind of person who followed formalities. He had no interest in visiting the campus. After asking a few questions, he took Zhang Shuo to the administrative building.

Wang Duoju took them to the soundproof office on the second floor.

Agostini took out two contracts and handed them to Zhang Shuo, explaining, "This is a cooperation agreement."

"We signed the agreement electronically, but if we can meet face to face, we will of course sign a paper agreement."

“I still like this.”

Zhang Shuo took the agreement and looked at it carefully.

When scholars conduct collaborative research, they must also sign a formal agreement, which involves the ownership of the results, allocation of project funds, etc.

"This is an equal cooperation agreement. The results belong to you, and also to me and my team. Each party owns 50 percent."

Agostini said seriously, "Although you are alone, I think you are qualified to share half of the results. In the restaurant of the Bruce Conference Center, you unconditionally told me how to modify the algorithm. I am very grateful."

"OK then."

Zhang Shuo agreed and continued reading the agreement.

There is no problem elsewhere in the agreement, the only problem is that there is no project funding.

Agostini explained awkwardly, "This is also one of the reasons for signing the equal cooperation agreement. We don't have the funds."

"Actually, I applied to the CP group for research related to CP destruction. But Francisco refused to approve it and even pushed me out of his office."

He shook his head and added a comment, "How rude..."

Zhang Shuo pursed his lips tightly and said, "I think it's a miracle that you're still alive."

The old professor who came with Agostini, Jan Kalvach Purkinje, also said, "What Burman said is true. We even paid for the round-trip air tickets ourselves."

Zhang Shuo nodded and said, "The good news is that Sudong University will host you and at least reimburse your food and lodging expenses."

“That’s really a thank you.”

"There is another bad news. I don't have any funding, and I don't think it's possible to apply for funding for a project like this..."

Zhang Shuo said, shaking his head.

Their research aims to prove that it is impossible for the CP groups in various high energy institutes around the world to detect CP violation signals.

Such projects are absolutely not acceptable.

The only possible source of funding was the school, but the funding provided by the school was too little, and it was already very good enough that the school could provide food and accommodation for Agostini and his group.

The school also provided other benefits.

The Institute for Advanced Study also prepared a workshop specifically for Agostini and Zhang Shuo's research.

After signing the agreement, Zhang Shuo and Agostini and his team went to the research institute building.

The research institute building has only three floors.

Because there are relatively few researchers, offices on the first and second floors are sufficient, and the third floor is usually left vacant.

The environment required for mathematical research is relatively simple and does not require any experimental equipment. Generally, a computer is enough.

So there are a lot of empty rooms on the third floor, and some of the rooms are very spacious.

The Institute for Advanced Study has prepared such a spacious room. It is not decorated in a big way, but it contains more than a dozen brand-new computers, as well as sofas, tables and chairs, bookshelves, coffee machines and other facilities.

There is even a treadmill at the innermost part, and I don’t know where it was brought from.

"not bad."

Agostini was also very satisfied. He walked outside and took a look. "The most important thing is that it is very quiet. No one disturbs us. Maybe we can start working soon."

Zhang Shuo was not impressed by this suggestion. He shook his head and said, "You just got off the plane, you should adjust to the jet lag first."

"We'll start working tomorrow morning." At the same time, several people in the corridor were discussing with Luo Yongjun in a low voice, "Do you know what kind of research they are doing?"

Luo Yongjun held his head high, curled his lips and said, "Of course I know. Let me tell you. It has something to do with the research on CP destruction signals."

"CP destroyed, you know?"

"They are just making a new algorithm and reanalyzing the experimental data, and maybe they can find the CP violation signal."

In fact, he didn't know the details at all. The only thing he knew was that it was related to the CP signal.

So the above analysis was made.

“Such a big study!”

Several people nearby couldn't help but gasp.

"What's so strange!"

Luo Yongjun said nonchalantly, "Didn't you watch the video? The CHEP meeting? Agostini's research was to analyze CP destruction signals, and later Zhang Shuo pointed out his mistake."

"They are going to correct the algorithm, and then they may make a discovery after further analysis."

He spoke with certainty.

The other people didn’t really believe it, but they could accept the idea of ​​studying algorithms to analyze CP signals.

Analyze it?

How is that possible!
If the CP violation signal is discovered based on the algorithm, it will definitely become the most significant physics breakthrough in the 21st century, and will be more amazing than the discovery of the Higgs boson.

By then, it will be two Nobel Prizes in Physics.

One was awarded to Zhang Shuo and the other to Agostini.

Think about...

Well, I still don’t believe it.

As the few people were talking, Academician Zhou Gang from the School of Physics came over and asked, "Is Agostini here?"

"He is here to do research with Zhang Shuo. An algorithm research is related to the signal of CP destruction?"

Several people nodded in confirmation.

Zhou Gang went to the workshop and took a look. He met Agostini through Zhang Shuo's introduction. When he found that the other party was not interested, he simply left.

He had already obtained the information he wanted. After returning to the Quantum Research Institute, he immediately replied to the Institute of High Energy, "Agostini is here to do research with Zhang Shuo, and it is related to the algorithm for analyzing CP destruction signals."

The Institute of High Energy Physics has been waiting for news.

Tan Zhiming felt that he had lost face. There was already news that Agostini was going to join the CP team, but the other party went directly to Sudong University.

There’s no need to talk about what happened at the airport, since no one else knows about it anyway.

The problem is, Agostini didn't come!
Now I know the news and I feel very surprised. The other party actually went to Soochow University specifically to conduct collaborative research with Zhang Shuo?
Research and analyze the algorithm of cp destruction signal?
He exclaimed to Fei, "Zhang Shuo, although he doesn't understand physics, his algorithm level is really high, and he was recognized by Agostini."

"The last time Agostini published an algorithm on CP, Zhang Shuo pointed out a problem with it. They may be correcting the algorithm."

"If it can be done..."

Tan Zhiming said seriously, "We must let them test our data first!"

"What if something is discovered?"

"By the time……"

Yu Fei thought about it and took a breath.

Tan Zhiming continued, "But the possibility is very low, but there is no harm in trying, right?"

"And we proactively provide data, and I believe they will not refuse."

"Indeed it is."

(End of this chapter)