Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Chapter 661 Voting on CERNs

At the same time, a seminar on quality gaps was also taking place at CERN headquarters in Switzerland, while experiments were under way at the Jinling Institute of Higher Studies on projects related to "acoustic luminescence” and “acoustic fusion”.

The conference was not well attended, but was essentially attended by leading scholars from today's world of physics, more than half of whom were honoured with the Nobel Prize.

It is no exaggeration to say that if there is still a bomb here, the development of world physics will have to stagnate for at least 50 years...

After walking into the ladder room, Witten sat in an inconspicuous position, some unexpectedly glancing at another scholar at the conference table.

Peter Higgs!

Discoverer of God's particles!

Since returning to the UK 13 years later from CERN, he has rarely appeared in the public eye. Now that he is 91 years old, how could Witten not have expected to see him at this meeting?

But just think about it, this upcoming conference that will determine the future of physics, but it will not be easily missed by anyone who has a stake in a discipline that has instilled youth and sweat in itself.

In the margins leading up to the meeting, Witten took a moment to look around at the scholars in the room and discovered that not only Peter Higgs had appeared here in the wilderness, but many physicists with isolated personalities who barely went out the door, sitting in the staircase room at this moment, waiting quietly for the meeting venue to begin.

“What a surprise," said Jaffi, smiling, sitting next to Witten. "I didn't expect to see so many old friends here that I wouldn't normally see. ”

“Yeah.” Witten nodded with some emotion, and just as he was about to say something, the sound of a microphone audition came out in front of the ladder room.

Chairman CERN, who stood on stage, cleared his voice and opened the meeting.

“On the issue of quality gaps, we have been discussing them for a long enough time and we have been delaying them for a long enough time. ”

“Now the entire theoretical physics community is waiting for our conclusion, and I think instead of allowing the controversy to continue, let the physics community know from our voices for the time being… whether it's right or not. ”

Speaking of which, the councilman paused and continued.

“I therefore propose that views in favour or against be expressed by a show of hands vote. ”

There was whispering in the conference room.

The chairman coughed and raised the volume to continue, watching the riots under the stage.

“If you agree, raise your hand. ”

Boo-hoo!

At least 70 per cent of the people in the conference room raised their right hands one by one.

Staff sitting behind the scenes counted the vote by show of hands and fed the data back to the screen at the front desk.

After looking at the voting data on the screen, the director nodded, indicating that everyone put their hands down and paused for a moment before continuing.

“If you object, raise your hand. ”

Shh...

As before, a number of people raised their hands.

However, there were not many objections, only about 15 per cent, compared to those who raised their hands. And a lot of hands are shaking when they are raised, and it seems that even those who disagree can't hold their views together.

His eyes fell on the elderly in the first row of the conference room, the President said in a respectful tone.

“Mr. Higgs, I noticed you raised your hand twice. May I ask why? ”

Professor Higgs in the front row stood up trembling.

Looking at the chairman standing on stage, he said slowly.

“Mr. President, I raised my hand for the first time because I was temporarily unable to pick out what was wrong with that paper. And I raised my hand for the second time because I opposed such hasty decisions. ”

The director nodded for a long time and said, "I understand what you mean, but we've been discussing it long enough. It's not just me, many people think it's time for a final vote. ”

“I don't think that's enough,” Mr. Higgs continued, "especially first of all, as the proponent of this theory, he has an obligation to be responsible for his own theory, to articulate his views more clearly to us, and to answer the questions of the challengers. During this time, I have been keeping an eye on the news posted on the official website of Jinling University, but Professor Lu does not seem to have any plans to hold a briefing. ”

That sentence has been echoed by many sympathetic voices.

At least half of the opponents agree with Master Higgs.

In particular, another Nobel laureate, Professor Vilzek, nodded in agreement and complained annoyingly to the President.

“I'm not demanding, even if he can't come himself, send a student or an assistant to explain it to us! ”

It is not uncommon to send your own students to do academic reporting instead, and some professors occasionally send their own students to do so when research is busy or simply not interested in more places.

For example, on the New Year's Eve, which presents "Intercosmic Theory," almost all of the reports on ABC speculation will be done by two of his students, while he will report live "control fields” via video link.

Professor Il Lu's current situation is indeed not suitable for going abroad, and most scholars sitting here understand it well.

But even if he doesn't want to go out, why don't you send a student to report him?

After hearing from Professor Wierzek, the Chairman of the CER was silent for a while and spoke.

“With regard to your proposal, I will convey it to Professor Lu. ”

“We shall not discuss the report for the time being, but only the content of the text itself. Does anyone else have any questionable or dissenting views on the theory articulated by Professor Ark on the issue of quality gaps? ”

This time, nobody raised their hands.

Even Mr. Higgs had no opinion.

And Witten, who never raised her hand.

The gaze glanced around the meeting room and the chairman relieved himself with a smile on his face.

Now that none of these bulls have a problem, there shouldn't be any serious problems.

“It appears that we have reached consensus on this issue. ”

“History will remember this day, and we have made great strides in the direction of the doctrine of great unity! ”

After a pause, he continued to say.

“That concludes the discussion on the quality gap. ”

“In addition, as suggested by several professors such as Edward Witten, for the second half of the year to the first half of next year, we will arrange an exploration plan for m particles on the experimental schedule to test the energy zones predicted by Professor Lu in his thesis...”

“Whether or not we can find it in the end, I believe that the experimental data we get from it will make a huge difference in refining our standard model! ”

The CERN meeting came to a close.

And just at the end of the meeting, the world-famous temple of physics made a public statement announcing its endorsement of the Ark's paper on quality gap research, and posted the agenda for next month's meeting on the official website, as well as a realigned experimental schedule.

Breaking news followed.

At one time, all the scholars and gourd eaters who followed the matter boiled down because of CERN's voting results...