Chapter 258 busy preparations
What is the significance of investing tens of billions of dollars and gathering thousands of the world's top scientists to create huge machines that are close to the limits of human technology to search for a tiny particle that may exist?
People in 1905 did not understand the significance of the theory of relativity, but today our lives are all affected by it, from satellite positioning systems, nuclear power plants to mobile phone maps, and portable networks. A hundred years later, our lives have changed because of the emergence of the theory of relativity.
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Science is responsible for exploring the laws of the world, and engineering is responsible for studying how these laws can be applied. Our civilization has developed rapidly due to the continuous deepening of the exploration of the laws of the world; even though we still don’t know what the Higgs boson can bring to mankind.
There are no benefits, but people in the future will definitely be grateful for this great discovery.
Truth often comes before application. Newton discovered the three laws of mechanics, and then people can use these laws to guide the design and manufacturing of trains, ships and other moving machinery; Einstein's mass-energy formula allowed mankind to use energy further.
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In 1590, Galileo dropped two iron balls from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, revealing the truth of free fall. Today, we come to the airport, get on a plane and sleep, and when we open our eyes, we can reach the city where Galileo did his experiments;
This is the most intuitive return of scientific experiments.
LHC's experiment to search for the Higgs boson is also an important step in mankind's journey to explore the truth of the universe; to understand the great significance of the Higgs boson, you must first know the noun standard-model, which translates to the standard model
, it is a set of theories describing the three basic forces of the strong force, the weak force and the electromagnetic force and the elementary particles that make up all matter. It belongs to the category of quantum field theory and is compatible with quantum mechanics and special relativity. So far,
The results of almost all experiments on the above three forces are consistent with the predictions of this theory.
This is one of the most concise and accurate descriptions of the truth of the universe that humans have summarized after countless generations of exploration as of the current stage of civilization, and the Higgs boson is the last missing piece of the puzzle in the Standard Model.
Although this model still has many flaws, such as not involving gravity, the electroweak symmetry breaking has not yet been satisfactorily explained, etc. But if the standard model is finally confirmed, it means that human beings' understanding of the truth of the universe has entered a new stage.
, physicists can continue to extend and explore higher-level truths on this basis, and engineers can use this as a basis to create machines that were previously unimaginable to humans, bringing about earth-shaking changes to the entire world.
That’s why the Higgs boson has received so much attention, and people have spent so much money, manpower and energy searching for it; looking at the scale of the development of human civilization, ten billion dollars is nothing.
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A tree that embraces one another is born from the smallest grain; a nine-story platform starts from a base of soil; a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Although the goal is great, it must be achieved step by step in a down-to-earth manner. Lu Qiujian is now accompanying Dr. Evans
The busy and stressful work began.
Ah, my current job is somewhat similar to Magath’s assistant coach Eich Cohen. Cern, like Bayern, spent a lot of money, one of them was used to build LHC, and the other was used to build a luxurious player lineup; and these investments are all
In order to achieve a certain goal, Bayern is aiming for the league championship and the European Champions Cup, while Cern is aiming to discover the Higgs boson.
Magath's job is to maintain the player's condition, formulate appropriate tactics according to the opponent and ensure victory, while Eshkorn assists him in completing these tasks; Evans' job is to maintain the lhc and formulate corresponding experimental plans based on the purpose of the experiment.
Lu Qiujian's job is to assist him in formulating plans.
"Lu, has Lafayette's report been handed in? If not, go and urge him immediately! If his report is not completed, he will not be able to negotiate with Switzerland and France on the power supply issue!" Evans raised his head from the computer.
Come on, even though he had just browsed countless reports and documents, there was no trace of fatigue in his voice.
"It has been handed in, but some of the details were not handled properly. I am revising it! You will be able to see it in about seven minutes!" Lu Qiujian tapped the keyboard with his fingers.
He replied without looking back.
"Very good! We must finish these tasks before the weekend! If we are responsible, it will be too late!" Evans praised. He was very satisfied with Lu Qiujian's work. Not only could he complete his work efficiently and accurately, but he could also
Helping others speed up their work progress, and at the same time helping myself to modify the task allocation plan. This increased the work efficiency of the entire team by 20%.
"Don't worry, according to the current progress, we can complete it ahead of schedule!" Lu Qiujian said firmly. The plan he helped Evans revise was based on his comprehensive consideration of the team members' abilities, personalities, relationships and other factors.
The final adjustment; after the re-adjustment, the past problems of mutual pushback and uneven ability distribution in the group have been greatly alleviated. If we can't keep up with the progress, it can only prove that there is a problem with the progress itself.
With this skill, Lu Qiujian can easily get the position of human resources director in any of the world's top 500 companies, not to mention that he can also identify the team members based on the learning and observation during this period.
The submitted report and deficiencies in the plan were corrected.
Evans is now the most relaxed person in the entire team. He only needs to read the report given to him by Lu Qiujian, then sign his consent and submit it to the committee!
It's great to have such an assistant! I really envy that guy Schifft for being able to find such a good student. Evans expressed the same emotion as Higgs, Witten and others.
He can graduate in two years! Then invite him to work at Cern after graduation! Anyway, I am getting older and it is time to retire in a few years. If he takes over, lhc will definitely play a greater role.
The role of the LHC! The Higgs boson is far from all the purposes of the LHC. There are also many important tasks such as dark matter exploration that need to be completed. During my term, I only need to find the Higgs boson! Others!
Let Lu lead this team to complete the work!
Without waiting until Sunday, all the experimental plans were ready. Lu Qiujian sent the last document to Evans, and then came to him, "According to my calculations, if everything goes well, we will detect the
In the data fed back by the detector, when mγγ=125gev, it was found that the output of double photons increased significantly. This is conclusive evidence of the existence of the Higgs boson!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!