After lunch, Ma Xisen, Coyle and others also knew enough not to disturb Chen Zhou.

After Chen Zhou also cleaned up, he took the time and took a short rest.

It’s good to refresh yourself for the afternoon question and answer session.

Chen Zhou didn't believe that the scene that was so hot in the morning changed in the afternoon?

Therefore, he must be prepared for a fierce battle.

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Zhou left the lounge and headed to the lecture hall.

Walking on the road to Stanford University, Chen Zhou felt helpless.

A report meeting allowed everyone in the school to get to know him.

However, compared to the helplessness on Chen Zhou's face, the classmates who met Chen Zhou on the road all had excited faces.

There is no other reason, this is a walking Nobel Prize candidate!

And there is a great possibility that he will win the Nobel Prize this year!

Wouldn't you be excited to be able to observe such a big shot up close?

Entering the morning lecture hall, Chen Zhou looked at the three people in the lecture hall with some surprise.

He had arrived early enough because he wanted to avoid the enthusiastic people.

But he didn't expect that there was someone in the lecture hall who came earlier than him.

Friedman, one of the three, noticed Chen Zhou as soon as he came in.

He waved to Chen Zhou: "Chen Zhou, come here."

Chen Zhou heard the sound, walked towards the three of them, and greeted politely: "Professor Friedman, Professor Glashow, Professor Witten, why are you here so early?"

"I was dragged here by them..." Friedman smiled and pointed at Glashow and Witten, "these two discussed for an entire afternoon, from the standard model of particle physics to superstring theory, which can be regarded as the transformation of particles.

The contents of physics research were discussed one by one."

Chen Zhou looked at Glashow and Witten in surprise.

As far as Chen Zhou knows, Glashow is a firm skeptic of superstring theory.

He believes that superstring theory is a subject that has nothing to do with physics.

Because superstring theory cannot provide experimentally testable predictions.

He also tried to prevent superstring theory from entering the Harvard physics department, but Harvard University still accepted superstring theory.

For this reason, Glashow himself chose to leave.

Therefore, Chen Zhou was very puzzled, how did Glashow "communicate" with string theory expert Witten? And how did they "communicate"?

Chen Zhou had already met Edward Witten, a historian who had won the Fields Medal and hoped to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.

However, this was the first time Chen Zhou met Sheldon Glashow, the father of the "Standard Model of Particle Physics" and known as the prototype of the protagonist "Sheldon" in "The Big Bang Theory".

This is a truly genius figure in theoretical physics in the world of modern physics!

At the beginning of his research on elementary particles, Glashow discussed the unification of weak interaction and electromagnetic interaction on the basis of gauge field theory, and predicted the existence of neutral weak currents.

This is also known as the earliest Standard Model of particle physics.

Later, Glashow proposed charm quarks and the suppression of the GI process, and solved the theoretical non-renormalizable problems caused by the unequal number of quarks and leptons.

This theoretical research result was also confirmed with the discovery of charm quark in 1974.

Later, together with his collaborators, he proposed a large-scale system that unifies weak interaction, electromagnetic interaction, and strong interaction based on the Weinberg-Salam model, electroweak unified theory, and quantum chromodynamics.

unified theory.

This can be regarded as an effective first step towards a "grand unified theory" regarding the four fundamental forces.

Due to these research results, Glashow won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979!

It is no exaggeration to say that the Standard Model of particle physics is one of the most significant achievements in physics in the twentieth century.

The glue balls discovered by Chen Zhou and others are also under the Standard Model and provide evidence supporting the Standard Model.

In addition, Glashow's research results have also been widely used in super accelerators, space laboratories, space science, superconducting electromagnetics, cryogenic technology, medical imaging, biomedicine...

This is why Chen Zhou believes that Glashow is a true master of theoretical physics.

While Chen Zhou was observing the gray-haired old man, Glashow was also observing Chen Zhou.

Glashow is also very curious about today's protagonist.

Chen Zhou withdrew his gaze and asked, "Professor, what are you talking about?"

Hearing Chen Zhou's words, Friedman first glanced at Witten, and then said with a smile: "Witten, didn't you just say that Chen Zhou will launch an attack on superstring theory sooner or later?"

Witten chuckled and said, "Professor Friedman, did we bet $10?"

Before Friedman could reply, Glashow had already said: "It's 20 US dollars, 10 US dollars per person."

Witten smiled and shook his head: "Okay, then it's 20 US dollars."

Chen Zhou also realized at this moment, how dare these big guys bet on himself?

So what should I answer later?

Are you helping your mentor and Professor Glashow to bully Professor Witten?

Or are you helping Professor Witten, who has multiple identities, to bully the other two Nobel laureates?

Obviously, Chen Zhou's random thoughts are just random thoughts and have no other effect than being redundant.

Witten already continued: "However, the result of this bet cannot be known now, and the future events cannot be determined now."

Friedman and Glashow looked at each other, smiled and shook their heads in unison.

Seeing this, Witten immediately said: "I am not cheating. Although we may not see the moment when the bet is fulfilled, our descendants can witness it."

After saying that, Witten smiled and winked at Chen Zhou.

Chen Zhou smiled helplessly.

Did he not expect that Professor Witten, at his age, would be so playful?

But soon, Chen Zhou realized that he had thought wrongly.

After Friedman and Glashow reluctantly agreed to the $20 bet.

Witten said slowly: "Although the future is determined by the present, none of us know which decision is the real future. Therefore, we can only do our best now and leave the future to young people.

"

Friedman and Glashow put away their smiles and nodded.

The three of them fell into silence.

Chen Zhou looked at the three of them and finally understood.

Glashow and Witten may not be discussing which theory is correct, but simply the future of physics.

People who have reached this age may feel more and more inadequate.

I will miss the past more and look forward to the future.

After a moment, Glashow looked at Chen Zhou and said, "Did you think of the C-C model from a mathematical perspective or a physical perspective?"

Hearing this question, not only Chen Zhou was stunned for a moment, but Friedman and Witten on the side also didn't react.

Although he didn't know why Glashow asked this question, Chen Zhou replied truthfully: "It's both, just like gauge field theory, which is not only a difficult problem in physics, but also a difficult problem in mathematics.

"

In fact, Chen Zhou himself couldn't tell whether that flash of inspiration was the dominance of mathematical thinking or the flash of physical thinking.

If you really want to think about it carefully, you can't tell the difference.

Starting from the ‘asymptotic freedom’ of quantum chromodynamics, it is closely related to quantum chromodynamics and Yang-Mills gauge field theory.

And this already belongs to the category of both mathematics and physics.

Glashow nodded slightly, he had already got the answer.

After a pause, Glashow said slowly: "I have read all five of your papers. From your undergraduate paper, it can be seen that you have profound physical intuition and superb mathematics.

ability."

Speaking of this, Glashow glanced at Witten on the side again: "In this regard, you are actually very similar to Professor Witten. He is also a mathematician."

Professor Witten also put away his sentiments at this moment and chuckled softly: "Professor Glashow, I am not a mathematician, I am a history student..."

Glashow ignored the old naughty boy and continued: "This is your advantage, what you have always relied on, and an important reason why you were able to discover the C-C model."

"The C-C model not only solves the 'color confinement' problem, it also improves quantum chromodynamics and the standard model, opens the way for glue ball experiments, and also takes the first step for you to study gauge field theory in the future."

"I believe that with such physical intuition and mathematical ability, you will definitely be able to find a path that will make physics shine!"

Chen Zhou was slightly stunned. He didn't expect Glashow to give him such high praise.

It’s not because of the gauge field theory that Glashow mentioned. This is something he mentioned in the report meeting.
To be continued...