I just want to be a quiet scholar

Chapter 531 On Dao Superstring
Shen Qi, the two-time Nobel Prize winner, wants to recruit a group of talents in the field of theoretical physics to conspire for great things.

The state supports, the industry responds enthusiastically, and the applicants are enthusiastic.

In a short period of time, hundreds of resumes were gathered at Shen Qi Mathematics Research Center.

The central theoretical physics section is headed by Shen Qi and Wei Teng, two "Fei + Nuo" double masters, both of whom are living legends.

Being able to join such a research institution is very attractive to physicists.

Under the age of 40, with a Ph.D. in physics or about to graduate, who has published at least one article in SCI as the first author... There are too many applicants who meet these rigid standards.

After the primary selection, Shen Qi Mathematics and Physics Research Center left a third of the resumes, and the owners of these resumes were all excellent scholars.

Good character, political qualifications, correct thinking and attitude... The evaluation criteria of these soft indicators are relatively flexible. After review, the center left [-] resumes.

The preliminary examination and re-examination will be completed by Shen Qi's subordinates. The [-] applicants who will enter the final PK stage will be interviewed by Shen Qi one by one. In the end, half of them will come to the center and become Shen Qi and Wei Teng's physics assistants.

In the central conference room, Shen Qi sat upright with a smile on his face.

The first interviewer was dignified, with an elite appearance, and he introduced himself without being humble or overbearing: "Hello, Professor Shen, my name is Wei De, Wei Xiaobao's Wei, Daode De, 35 years old this year, undergraduate student in the Physics Department of Shuimu University , Master and Ph.D. in Oxford, under the tutelage of Professor Jack Bruce. I have been working in the UK after my Ph.D., mainly researching field theory on Riemannian surfaces and topological string theory. I have published nine SCI papers, and jointly wrote an academic monograph with Professor Bruce. has been published in England and India..."

Shen Qi made an apologetic gesture and interrupted the applicant's standardized self-introduction: "Dr. Wei, let's get to the point. I've already read what's written on the resume."

Dr. Wei shuddered, slightly nervous.

After all, he is a scientific research elite graduated from Oxford. Dr. Wei's on-the-spot reaction was quite alert. He quickly recovered his calm and confident demeanor. Lang Lang said: "I am qualified in politics, correct in thinking and attitude, honest and trustworthy, and I care about my motherland. I went to study in the UK. , During work, I never forget to review the core values ​​of socialism, and often remind myself that science knows no borders, but scientists have a motherland.”

"Well said!" Shen Qi clapped his hands and laughed.

Dr. Wei's body shook again, this time with ease, finally making Boss Shen happy.

Shen Qi shook hands with Dr. Wei: "Welcome back to the motherland, Dr. Wei, we are colleagues now."

Dr. Wei was very excited: "Professor Shen will give me more advice in the future!"

Shen Qi is quite satisfied with Dr. Wei's quality in all aspects. This returnee scholar has achieved fruitful academic achievements, and his major is suitable, which meets Shen Qi's recruitment requirements.

As for the treatment of Dr. Wei, it is determined by the state, anyway, it will not disadvantage outstanding scholars who return to China for development.

The interviewees entered the meeting room one by one, and chatted and had conversations with Shen Qi.

Most of these interviewees have overseas study experience, and many of them are currently working in overseas scientific research institutions and studying for Ph.D.

People are found by the state, and the state takes this opportunity to pull a group of outstanding scholars in basic theory back to the country for development.

These scholars are very good. Shen Qi originally only wanted ten people, but in the end he changed his plan and left 15 people.

The research team of the center's basic physics grew overnight. Including Sha Dongdong and Dr. Qu, two old employees who had never been abroad, [-] Ph.Ds in physics formed a super strong theoretical research team. They have received training from different systems, and now they have only one goal, to follow Shen Qi to challenge the century-old problem in physics.

Before M-theory, all subatomic particles were thought to be made of tiny superstrings.

M-theory adds an even more mysterious substance called a "brane" to the spectrum of matter that makes up subatoms, which is like a physiological membrane, but with up to nine dimensions.

The question now is, what is the more fundamental building block of matter, is the membrane that makes up the strings or is it the other way around?
Or there are some more basic material units, but people have not thought of it?

Does one of these two substances really exist, or is M theory just a fascinating brain game?

With these enigmatic questions of the century, the [-] doctors in the center will launch a powerful impact on M theory under the leadership of Shen Qi and Wei Teng.

Witten flew from the United States to the Chinese capital, and when he saw Shen Qi, he was filled with emotion: "I have been studying superstring theory all my life, and the research achievement that won me the Nobel Prize in Physics is actually the Navier-Stokes equation. "

"Life is always full of surprises." Shen Qi smiled.

Whether he can win an award for his research on superstring theory is no longer important to Witten, because he is already the winner of the nomination.

The remaining thing is to prove whether the research topic that a scholar has devoted his life to is the correct proposition.

Shen Qi and Wei Teng gathered together again. They discussed M theory and superstring theory with [-] fundamental physics researchers in the center, trying to find a breakthrough.

There is no doubt that Witten is a leader in superstring theory and the most authoritative expert in this field.

Among the three major research achievements that set off the first superstring theory revolution, Witten participated in and led two of them, laying a solid foundation for the development of superstring theory.

However, to this day, Witten still regrets the first superstring theory revolution.

Because of a problem that existed at that time, until now, Witten has not been able to fully explain it clearly.

"We assume that a stuntman is walking a tightrope. For a stuntman who can only move back and forth along the wire rope, the wire is one-dimensional. Do you have any doubts about this assumption?" Witten told his dozen Chinese colleagues Speaking of it, he showed an embarrassed expression: "Sorry, I am old and really can't learn Chinese, so please allow me to communicate with you in English."

"You can use English, Edward." Shen Qi said, he knew that Wei Teng could speak a few words of Chinese, such as "nihao", "thank you", "mud is beautiful" and other simple daily expressions.

It is too difficult for the old man to expect Wei Teng to explain his superstring theory clearly in Chinese.

"Okay, let's continue. For a stuntman, the wire rope is one-dimensional, but when we magnify the wire rope ten thousand times, we found that there are ants crawling on its surface. For tiny ants, the surface of the wire rope It’s two-dimensional.” Wei Teng straightened a rope casually, and he is good at using common objects to describe profound physical phenomena or theories: “It’s just that stuntmen don’t know this second dimension because it’s small and crooked. That is to say, a surface that should have two dimensions looks like a one-dimensional curve from a distance. Do you have any questions?"

"No." Including Shen Qi, none of Weiteng's Chinese colleagues raised objections.

Because the direction of space, that is, a part of the dimension is too small, the phenomenon that the dimension is actually reduced is called "compactification"... This is one of the research results of the first superstring theory revolution.

Eighteen Chinese and one American can sit together and gather at Yanda University to jointly tackle the most profound physics problems. Everyone must agree in strategy, that is, to recognize the main research of the first superstring theory revolution results.

If there is no consensus on this general direction, then there is no need to continue discussing the following matters.

At the time of the first superstring theory revolution, Witten believed that if the 9-dimensional superstring theory was reduced to the extra six dimensions, it would become a theory of three-dimensional space.

In fact, there were quite a few people who questioned or even opposed Witten's theory at that time, but Witten fought back one by one, tyrannical and unconvinced, thus establishing his academic status as the No. 1 superstring theory.

However, the biggest thorn in Weiteng's heart is that he cannot explain a very critical problem in his theory, that is, why choose the "Kabila-Qiu Chengtong space" with an absolute value of Euler's number of 6?
Go ask Professor Qiu Chengtong, he looks innocent, it’s none of my business, when I proved the “Kabila-Qiu Chengtong space”, I never heard of Edward Witten and dimensionality reduction theory.

(End of this chapter)