Lu Zhou turned around, and the pen in his hand began to dance on the whiteboard.
Lines of calculations appeared on the whiteboard, as if he were waving a magic wand.
[V1=(1/2)(mu md)ΨΨ (1/2)(mu-md)(uu-dd)]
[Mπ2=(1/2)(mu md)u003c0|ΨΨ|0u003e/Fπ2]
[...]
Lu Zhou looked at the equations on the whiteboard. He smiled satisfactorily and nodded.
Not bad.
He felt like he was in the zone, as if he had stepped into a mysterious void, and that he was infinitely close to the end of truth.
Even though this sounded a little arrogant, it was what he truly felt.
Lu Zhou spent a few seconds savoring this mont before he took a deep breath and began to concentrate again. The tip of his pen began to move again; it was like his brain was connected to the universe...
The real difficulty regarding the elentary particle hidden in the hyperspace was in the abstract mathematical operations of the high-dinsional space.
When it ca to physics, any equations involving higher dinsions beca quite complicated.
The calculations involved were complex and esoteric.
Whether it was the logical operations or the nurical calculations, this was the ultimate test of a physicist’s mathematical skills.
Fortunately, Lu Zhou knew mathematics like the back of his hand.
The “mathematics Grand Unified Theory” was also of huge help. One could make the argunt that it reduced the difficulty of the problem by a whole magnitude.
Most abstract things couldn’t be represented by graphical images at all. However, if they could be uniformly described in an intuitive mathematical form, everything would beco much simpler.
Of course, this might be convenient for Lu Zhou, but for the vast majority of physicists who were not in the field of mathematics, especially those that did not understand the “mathematics Grand Unified Theory”, these steps did not seem so intuitive...
This was difficult, even for the experts.
Professor Frank Wilczek was sitting next to Witten, and when he looked at the whiteboard, he was completely fazed.
Honestly, mathematics had never been his strong suit. Only a few of his students were able to make achievents in mathematics.
If he were good at mathematics, he wouldn’t have collaborated with Lu Zhou, who was just an intern, on the 750 GeV project.
He resisted the urge to speak for a long ti.
Finally, he couldn’t help but speak to Witten.
“What is he writing?”
Witten didn’t answer his friend’s question. He stared at the whiteboard with a solemn look in his eyes.
Unlike most other people, he was a Fields dalist level expert in the fields of topology and partial differentiation. This made it easier to digest the theories that were being presented to him right now, albeit only slightly.
Maybe if he were a bit younger, it would be a bit easier. But now, just keeping up with Lu Zhou’s rhythm took almost all of his brainpower. Even though he wanted to answer Frank Wilczek’s question, he had no ti.
In the blink of an eye, the whiteboard was full.
When the staff mber began dragging another whiteboard from the side, Witten took the advantage and explained to his confused old friend.
“... Basically, he used an abstract mathematical thod to build an extra-dinsional model similar to the ADD. This model has a dinsion n and contains so strange properties... Let’s call it the Lu Zhou chanism. By using the experintal data obtained by the high-energy collider, he was able to test his model in higher dinsions. This explained the weird 750 GeV characteristic peak signal that appeared frequently, but it had an insufficient confidence level.”
Frank Wilczek was baffled. He scratched his head and replied, “What do I have to do to understand these things?”
Witten said in an uncertain tone, “Maybe read so books on algebraic geotry and the Principia Mathematica... Or maybe just give up, it might be too late.”
“... Jesus, when did mathematics beco this difficult?”
Witten sighed and spoke.
“If you’re talking about algebraic geotry, it’s been like this since the middle of the previous century.”
A new whiteboard was dragged onto the stage.
Lu Zhou spent half a minute organizing his thoughts before he grabbed a pen and continued to write.
It was like he was reciting a beautiful poem; lines of obscure calculations were written on the whiteboard. Everyone in the audience was quiet; there wasn’t even a single sound in the venue.
Lu Zhou was completely imrsed in his own universe. Even his breathing was synchronized with his writing.
The only sound in the venue was the pen squeaking on the whiteboard.
Ti quickly went by.
The audience watched Lu Zhou intently.
In fact, even though these calculations might be a little too difficult to understand for most people, so people could still feel the brilliance.
So people were suddenly enlightened.
Edward Witten squinted; a flash of excitent crossed his face.
The closer Lu Zhou got to the end of his proof, the more people began to understand the mystery written on the whiteboard.
Even though this was still difficult to interpret.
It was much easier than before.
Finally, he began to write down the last line on the whiteboard.
[Z =...]
Lu Zhou put down the marker and turned to face the silent lecture hall. He spoke in a calm and loud voice.
“I might have forgotten to ntion that the argunt regarding the existence of the Z particle was finished 27 lines ago. The last 27 lines is a proof regarding the properties of the Z particle I thought of just then. I’m quite surprised at myself; I thought I would have to spend a few weeks trying to solve it.”
Lu Zhou glanced at the whiteboard, then looked back at the audience. He suddenly smiled.
That smile was like the first ray of sunshine after a rainstorm. It seed to have blown away all of the dark clouds hovering above people’s heads.
Perhaps being in a good mood made it easier to solve problems.
He paused for a second and continued, “Every object is made from atoms. When we first nad this word, its aning was the elentary particles that made up matter. In fact, as physics continues to advance, we soon discovered that atoms can be subdivided.
“Soon, we discovered electrons, neutrons, protons, followed by quarks, leptons, Higgs particles, etc.
“What would happen if we keep on dividing?
“I’m afraid that no one can answer this question at the mont. We can use phenonological models such as the ADD to prove the existence of n-dinsional space, while M theory predicts that n=11, but we don’t know what exactly is in this space. We just know that in the three-dinsional world, the high dinsional object is a ‘string’ for us.
“Just like the sphere I ntioned in the beginning, if the 2D people only rely on their eyes, they will never understand what that infinitely small black dot is. Maybe the space above them is full of small spheres, and the shadows constitute the world that they observe.
“The sa applies to the 3D space.
“The light we see, the air we breathe, the water we drink... Divide them infinitely many tis, maybe we will end up with small black spots.
“This includes the Z particle. I don’t dare to say that what we see at the mont is its full form. Perhaps what I revealed is only a projection in an X-1 dinsion. And that it has even greater hidden secrets behind the hyperspace.
“Perhaps this is the curse of being three-dinsional creatures.
“Perhaps when our civilization is advanced enough, when we can fully discover all of the dinsions of the universe, when we can observe the eleventh-dinsional ‘string’... At that ti, we will be able to fully observe the small sphere and see a complete picture of the universe.”
Lu Zhou smiled again.
“As the final treat for this seminar, I will copy the great physicists and make a bold guess.
“Perhaps one day in the future, when our civilization becos advanced enough, when the solar system can no longer provide enough energy for us...
“We will use the hyperspace to achieve interstellar navigation on the magnitude of light years. We will be able to travel across star systems and galaxies!”
There was no response from the audience.
Obviously, everyone was still in shock.
Lu Zhou felt a little disappointed at the fact that there was no applause. He was about to put down his marker, bow to the audience, and walk off stage.
However, he suddenly rembered sothing. He imdiately turned around and looked at the whiteboard.
“... Almost forgot sothing important.”
Lu Zhou smiled awkwardly and wrote down one final line on the whiteboard.
[Z(n)= 0~1.25TeV, if and only if n=3, Z=750 GeV.]
“750 GeV is the energy it forms in three-dinsional space. Unsurprisingly, 1.25 TeV is the upper bound of its theoretical mass while its rest mass in a three-dinsional space is 0.
“Go ahead and try to prove wrong! The data collected from the Lunar Hadron Collider supports this conclusion.
“And the last 27 lines of calculations deals with the mass of the Z particle. One day, we will build a more advanced collider, and you will see that I am correct.”
Lu Zhou placed the marker on the whiteboard tray and looked at the silent audience. He rested his hands on the podium as he spoke.
“As you guys can see, this particle is much heavier than what we had thought.
“It’s far heavier than the 750 GeV that we can observe.
“Physics is far beyond the Standard Model.
“Thank you.”
He bowed and walked down from the stage.
The second he turned around, thunderous applause flooded the venue...
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