I failed a course, and the system became my study supervisor.

Chapter 99: Anomalous Magnetic Moment of Muons? I'm familiar with this.
I spent two months in this leisurely manner, during which time I also participated in two relatively simple projects.

Of course, secret rivalry with Elaine is the norm.

Until one day in early November, Professor Smith's words broke the peace.

"Recently, our laboratory has been focusing on solving a problem."

This was the first time Xu Ling had seen Professor Smith so serious.

Smith continued, "The problem of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon has troubled the academic community for a long time. It's time to solve it!"

I'm familiar with the anomalous magnetic moment of muons! But how is Smith going to solve it?

Xu Ling quickly asked, "Professor Smith, do you have a reliable hypothesis about the anomalous magnetic moment of muons?"

Smith nodded and said, "That's right! If there is a long-range force generated by ordinary atoms acting on the muon spin through axial vector and pseudoscalar coupling,

......"

Before Smith finished speaking, Xu Ling immediately took over:
"And there needs to be a tiny spin energy splitting of about 10^-13 electron volts between the perpendicularly polarized muon states, so that this difference can be eliminated?"

"Have you done any research on this?"

Smith was surprised.

"Haha, my graduation thesis is about this issue."

Xu Ling scratched his head and said.

Perhaps the thesis has not yet been made public on the international database, so Smith has not seen it.

"Have you designed an experiment to verify your hypothesis?"

Smith asked with interest.

experiment?

Xu Ling did design it, but he didn't plan to tell Smith.

Smith's conjecture is the same as his own, which means that this conjecture is very likely to be correct.

And it seems that Smith is still in the stage of designing the experiment. If he is provided with ideas, the results will belong to the United States.

Although it wouldn't be too difficult for Smith to design his own experiment, it would still take time. If Xu Ling had reminded Zhang Zhongyao during this period, perhaps China could have achieved this result faster.

Thinking of this, Xu Ling replied to Smith awkwardly:

“I haven’t designed any experiments yet.”

Smith was not surprised. For someone so young, it was already pretty good to have made the guess.

Taking into account Xu Ling's existing experience, Smith arranged Xu Ling as a core research member of this project, and he was no longer just a supporting role in solving equations.

Elaine standing by was filled with envy and jealousy.

While Xu Ling felt happy, he looked at Smith with a strange look.

Professor Smith, you are inviting a wolf into the house!

As a core researcher, Xu Ling can better grasp the research progress and pass on information to Zhang Zhongyao at any time.

……

After finishing the discussion, Xu Ling looked at the time, calculated the time difference, and made an international long-distance call to Zhang Zhongyao.

"Xu Ling? What's going on?"

Zhang Zhongyao's friendly voice came from the other end of the phone.

"A major event concerning China's science and technology!"

Xu Ling said solemnly.

"Huh? What's the matter?"

Zhang Zhongyao was a little confused.

"Do you still remember my graduation project?"

"Is it the one about the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon?"

"correct."

"Any questions?"

"Smith here has also started studying this problem, and his guess is exactly the same as mine!"

Xu Ling said excitedly, "This shows that this direction has great potential! My paper mentions the idea of ​​experimental verification, so we may be able to surpass him!"

"Indeed, this is an opportunity!" Zhang Zhongyao also realized its importance.

"Then you should start your research as soon as possible. You can try the method in my paper first."

Xu Ling continued.

"it is good!"

……

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Zhongyao took immediate action.

I have to say that being an academician is indeed a great power.

After just a few phone calls, the intention to establish the research group was confirmed.

In just two days, Zhang Zhongyao and a group of people started designing the experiment in the laboratory.

With the direction provided by Xu Ling, progress was made very quickly.

On the American side, Xu Ling finally understood why Zhang Zhongyao called Smith a genius.

After only an analysis and discussion, Smith determined the direction of the first attempt, which again coincided with Xu Ling's.

Moreover, Smith attaches great importance to efficiency, and once the plan comes out, the action begins immediately.

This made Xu Ling surprised and a little worried.

Will Zhang Zhongyao be faster than Smith?

In fact, this worry is somewhat unnecessary.

If the project was given to someone other than Zhang Zhongyao, it might not be possible to catch up, but if it was given to Zhang Zhongyao, the research speed would definitely be the fastest.

If Zhang Zhongyao couldn't do it, then this topic might be destined to be Smith's achievement.

What surprised Xu Ling even more was that Smith did not use simulation technology, but directly started field experiments.

No! Are you in such a hurry?

If you don’t even try the simulation, what if the solution is wrong? Wouldn’t that waste a lot of time and resources?
In this regard, Xu Ling raised his own questions to Smith.

Smith's answer was simple:
"I believe in my method! It won't fail!"

I rely on!

Is this genius?

Xu Ling even felt a little ashamed of himself. He never had such courage when doing experiments.

But at the same time, the pressure on Zhang Zhongyao would be even greater. It was Zhang Zhongyao's habit to run a simulation before the experiment.

One can only hope that Smith made some mistakes in the details.

But is this possible?
Although Xu Ling reminded Zhang Zhongyao, he still gave up on the simulation modeling work that had already been done, wasting a lot of time.

This caused Zhang Zhongyao's progress to lag slightly behind.

Finally, two weeks later, the results were indeed not surprising.

When Zhang Zhongyao's final experiment was only halfway completed, Professor Smith had already announced the completion.

The publication of the paper followed shortly thereafter.

What Xu Ling didn't expect was that Smith gave him a third author.

In response, Smith explained that he greatly appreciated Xu Ling's ability to independently come up with this idea.

Of course, when Smith came out with the results, Xu Ling immediately contacted Zhang Zhongyao.

Upon hearing the news, Zhang Zhongyao felt a little sorry, but he didn't react much.

Because although the results were released later than Smith, it was still the research completed independently by China in the end.

Xu Ling's earlier dissertation can serve as evidence.

By then, China and the United States will have independently completed the explanation and verification of the anomalous magnetic moment of muons at the same time, which may become a good story.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Xu Ling.

……

Time continues to move forward, and more than a month passes in the blink of an eye.

In the blink of an eye, it is the American New Year - Christmas.

(End of this chapter)