The two pieces of news were released almost at the same time.

Everyone who saw these two pieces of news, without exception, was a little confused.

What does this mean?

The PEP collider was shut down just after it discovered the rubber ball?

This operation... is too incomprehensible, right?

Since it is a collider that can discover glue balls, how much of it should continue to be used for research, right?

Moreover, the glue ball has just been discovered. There are still too many things worth exploring about the properties of the glue ball itself.

Or is there something inside?

At the same time, there are also many people and many research institutions who only pay attention to the news that the rubber ball was discovered.

They are waiting for further news from SLAC.

Because, if SLAC's collider can detect rubber balls, then the experimental conditions they have must also be able to detect rubber balls.

At present, SLAC has only released the news that the rubber ball was found. They still have a chance to talk about the remaining contents of the rubber ball.

Although the remaining results are far less outstanding than the discovery of the rubber ball itself.

But for any research institution, the remaining research results are enough to make them excited.

After being shocked and confused by these two sudden announcements.

Someone soon speculated on the current situation of SLAC from these two pieces of news.

In this world, absolutely no one would choose to "retire" at the most glorious moment, and there would never be a collider laboratory that would choose to immediately decommission the collider that had just completed the experiment one second after discovering new particles.

, perform shutdown.

The reason for this situation is that it is basically certain that the move to shut down the collider was already made by SLAC.

The news that shocked the world this time is most likely the last effort made by SLAC to this end.

Of course, outsiders have no way of knowing the details.

But judging from the results, SLAC started with brilliance and ended with brilliance.

Saying farewell to one's former glory with a sound that shocked the world can be regarded as a successful retirement.

As these two pieces of news spread, media all over the world were rushing to report the news.

The most commonly used words are probably "to be proud of" and "to retire with success".

And Friedman's name appears almost invariably in all reported news.

Because everyone felt that under such conditions, SLAC was able to continue the rubber ball experiment and eventually discover the rubber ball during the limited time when it had already made plans to shut down the collider.

Friedman must have been the one who played the biggest role.

Many people even believe that Friedman can win another Nobel Prize in Physics when he retires.

It can also be regarded as the highest affirmation of this outstanding physicist's life career.

And this time, the SLAC incident can be regarded as a good story.

At the same time, the attention of physicists around the world has also been attracted to SLAC.

Many research institutions are also in contact with SLAC to ask if they have any intention of holding a high energy physics conference.

Of course, this high-energy physics conference is more about rubber balls.

SLAC has remained silent regarding the different reactions from various parties.

Even the US physics community, which has always been active, has not issued any statement.

It's like they are all waiting for an opportunity.

Different from the attention from the outside world, the researchers of the rubber ball experiment still followed the established plan at the seminar and advanced the post-experiment work in an orderly manner.

After Friedman left McGerson's office, he also made a special trip to find Chen Zhou and others.

Friedman asked everyone not to respond to relevant remarks for the time being.

If people ask, just tell them the results of the experiment and the fact that the rubber ball was discovered.

We will wait until the paper is completed and SLAC is ready to discuss the matter.

Chen Zhou, Cross and others all understand this.

Chen Zhou estimated that there is a high probability that SLAC has changed the way it treats these colliders.

Although it is still a decision to shut down, the order will never be implemented as rigidly as before.

There should be an honorable "retirement ceremony."

In Chen Zhou's dormitory, Cross and Chen Zhou were busy working on the final experimental paper.

Cross was actually quite puzzled. There was definitely no one who could understand the paper on the final experimental results better than Chen Zhou.

Moreover, from theory to experiment, Chen Zhou was basically the one leading everything.

Therefore, in the writing process of the final thesis, he was actually not needed at all.

But why did Chen Zhou still pull him?

Chen Zhou naturally saw Cross' doubts, but did not explain too much.

"Cross, how long will it take to process the data for the experiment?"

Chen Zhou, who was filling in the content of his paper with his eyes always looking at the computer screen, asked casually.

Upon hearing this, Cross stopped the pen in his hand, turned to look at Chen Zhou, and then replied: "Based on the progress, it should take another two days."

Chen Zhou whispered to himself: "If we only have two days, we can finish it before April 1st..."

Cross didn't hear Chen Zhou's words clearly and asked doubtfully: "What did you say?"

Chen Zhou looked away from the computer screen, turned to Cross and smiled: "I mean, if we solve the follow-up matters quickly, I can go back to MIT and continue to study my Goldbach conjecture."

Cross was slightly stunned when he heard this. He had already forgotten that Chen Zhou was actually a mathematician.

Moreover, he has won the Cole Number Theory Award, the highest honor in the field of number theory, as well as two major mathematics awards in China, and is an emerging mathematics giant.

After hesitating for a moment, Cross asked: "Aren't you going to continue studying the glue ball? Although we have discovered the glue ball, we have not yet understood many of its properties, which are of great research value.

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Chen Zhou did not directly answer Cross's question, but said: "SLAC will definitely not carry out the collider experiment again, and Professor Friedman will probably do it after this experiment."

, truly taking a back seat..."

"If you want to continue research on rubber balls, you should ask Professor Friedman and see if he has any good suggestions."

Cross frowned slightly: "What about you?"

Chen Zhou smiled and said: "Of course I won't give up on the rubber ball I discovered with my own hands, and I also discovered many interesting things waiting for me to find out."

When he said this, Chen Zhou's eyes inadvertently glanced at the collection of wrong questions lying beside him.

There was indeed a lot more interesting to him than continuing the rubber ball experiment.

However, as he said, he will not give up on the research on the rubber ball itself.

After a pause, Chen Zhou added: "However, it will be almost a year since I came to MIT, and I have to solve my graduation thesis first."

Cross nodded slightly, but soon realized something was wrong.

He asked in surprise: "You've only been here for a year, haven't you? Are you already starting to prepare for your graduation thesis?"

Chen Zhou nodded affirmatively: "Isn't the doctoral thesis from the Department of Physics ready-made? That's why I said that if we want to return to the study of Goldbach's conjecture, we can't let the graduation thesis from the Department of Mathematics hold us back, right?"

As if he was afraid that Cross would misunderstand, Chen Zhou explained: "Don't worry, the graduation thesis in the Department of Physics is just the previous theoretical research content. I will clearly separate it from the final thesis on the rubber ball experiment."

Cross couldn't hear the rest of what was said at this moment, and besides, he believed that Chen Zhou could figure out the thesis.

Just what Chen Zhou said in front of him already made Cross stunned.

The theoretical research content of the glue ball experiment, that is, after in-depth research, the research content of the strange quantum number glue ball, this is a Nobel Prize-level paper!

If you put it together with the paper that Chen Zhou had submitted before his vacation, it would be a research paper on the same topic.

The only thing missing is the final experimental paper, but it doesn't matter much.

Moreover, Chen Zhou’s paper in the Department of Mathematics actually did not intend to use the mathematics paper he had submitted previously, but Goldbach’s conjecture!

Is this kid planning to win the world's top prizes in mathematics and physics all at once?

Cross, who thought of this, couldn't help but look at Chen Zhou.

Chen Zhou raised his head and looked strangely at Professor Cross, who had a very expressive expression.

Is this surprise? Helplessness? Or envy?

"Professor Cross, what's wrong with you?"

Hearing Chen Zhou's voice, Cross said with a strange expression: "Well, when you get the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Fields Medal, remember to treat me to dinner..."

When Chen Zhou heard this, he smiled softly and said: "Don't worry, Professor Chris, you are my full-time driver..."
To be continued...