Chapter 530

In the living room, Er Miao was lazily lying on the sofa, and the two young people were also doing their own things.

Xu Qingzhou was still thinking about the CERN experiment.

Detecting the Higgs boson partner particle in the LHC's 14 TeV energy region, it belongs to the neutralino, with a mass of 500 GeV, about 4 times the Higgs mass, and a spin of 1/2 (fermion), forming a supersymmetric pair with the Higgs (spin 0, boson).

However, the information currently captured by the LHC is just this; things like decay modes, coupling strength, etc., still need subsequent determination.

This will again require countless collision experiments.

But... actually, one can also infer a thing or two using the Standard Model.

Xu Qingzhou squinted, calculating in his mind. Just speaking of decay modes, the neutralino might decay into a Z boson + photon (Zy), or generate Standard Model particles like W bosons, leptons through chain decay, and be accompanied by missing energy...

Ding~

On the table, his phone screen lit up, sending email notifications one after another.

Without a doubt, it definitely wouldn't be quiet these few days.

Xu Qingzhou sat helplessly. Although he often acted cool with netizens, this time he really just wanted to find something to pass the time. He didn't expect the calculations to go so much more smoothly than expected, determining the partner particle's range in mid-February.

What was even more unexpected was that Richard and the others were even smoother; after a year without progress, they found this partner particle in the latter part of the month.

He could already imagine that the particle physics community would definitely be lively for a while.

In the Standard Model, the Higgs particle is the core for explaining the origin of mass, but it doesn't involve unsolved mysteries like dark matter, neutrino mass, etc. The existence of partner particles might point to new physics frameworks like supersymmetric theory, such as neutralinos or composite Higgs models.

Long before, some physicists speculated that the neutralino in supersymmetric theory, which is the partner particle discovered this time, might be a component of dark matter.

In short, this is definitely a small revolution for particle physics.

"But this has nothing to do with me. I don't have any extra thoughts on high-energy physics or anything; it's too mysterious. Quantum mechanics, condensed matter, nuclear physics—these kinds of things are more fun."

Xu Qingzhou said this in his heart, starting to think about future career planning... but his thoughts were quickly interrupted by the restless girl.

Song Yao, lying on him, was just refuting him while one hand was blindly touching inside his clothes.

She was just refuting that she wasn't seducing him; actions speak louder than words.

Pfft~ nymphomaniac.

"Can't say it's not... the school beauty Song's soft fingertips sliding across the skin really feels quite comfortable. No wonder Er Miao likes being petted; it's just that this scene is a bit familiar." Xu Qingzhou squinted and thought for a while.

Whoa, remembered.

Isn't this exactly what he often does? When staying with Song Yao, his claws are always restless; it's just that now the position has suddenly changed, and the one being taken advantage of has become him.

But this is also quite normal... The school beauty Song likes to reverse the natural order the most.

He had long since seen it; this girl enjoys the feeling of pressing him under her body. Simply put, she's bad at it but loves to play.

And she's a cold goddess; in reality, she's incredibly wild.

At this time, the phone on the table rang.

Xu Qingzhou pushed the school beauty Song on him and said unhappily, "Enough touching, right? If you've touched enough, let me take the phone to answer the call."

"I'm checking if you've gotten fat."

Song Yao said righteously, pulling her hand out of Xu Qingzhou's sweater and sitting up cross-legged.

Xu Qingzhou said while taking the phone, "That's great; can I help you check later too?"

"You try."

Song Yao proudly lifted her chin.

Xu Qingzhou shook his head helplessly, secretly thinking this girl is just a double-standard monster; she can touch, but if he touches back, he gets beaten.

Complaining, Xu Qingzhou picked up the phone and noticed it was a call from Professor Gu Zhizhong.

Before Xu Qingzhou could speak, the old gentleman on the other end of the phone said in an incredibly surprised tone, "You kid, aren't you doing superconducting thin films? Why did you run off to do particle physics, and even help find that partner particle?"

Xu Qingzhou laughed, "It just happened that I had nothing to do during the New Year, so I helped out a bit; it didn't take much energy."

"..."

Gu Zhizhong's tone was complex: "Didn't take much energy... If that group of physicists heard this sentence of yours, I don't know how long they'd be depressed..."

"I was just lucky."

The master and apprentice started chatting, while Song Yao took a deep breath, calming the small ripples in her heart, covering her slightly hot face to cool down.

Damn it...

She summarized a pattern.

Around her period, she always wants to stick to Xu Qingzhou.

Like just now, if Professor Gu hadn't called, she might have already stripped Xu Qingzhou's clothes off.

On the other end of the phone, Gu Zhizhong asked, "Is your superconducting thin film going smoothly?"

Xu Qingzhou said in a deep voice, "There's still some gap from the data of the most cutting-edge laboratories, but overall it's already quite good. For more detailed situations, if things go smoothly, it will be organized and announced in the next few days; you can look forward to it."

"You kid are playing riddles with me."

Gu Zhizhong laughed dumbfoundedly, thinking to himself, could it be that it only reached industrial grade a while ago, and this time... it's estimated there's another breakthrough, starting to impact commercial grade.

He said in a tone of emotion, "I remember you used to say you were quite good at physics; now it seems you really weren't being humble with me."

At the time, he even complained that this kid didn't know how to be humble at all; now he could only sigh that this young man is truly a monster.

"Still working hard to learn from all the seniors."

Xu Qingzhou replied happily.

"I heard the Organization Department recently organized experts again to discuss your materials research institute... The result, well, is also coming out." Gu Zhizhong mentioned another matter.

Xu Qingzhou said in a relaxed tone, "No rush, I still have four or five months before returning to the country."

Director Zhang Xiaohui from the Organization Department had called at the end of January, wanting to convey his apologies, saying they were still discussing specific matters.

"You really can stay steady... Also, you kid have the confidence now; agreeing is definitely a nail in the coffin—unless they have something wrong with their brains. Now it's nothing more than discussing details like funding, site selection, and preferential policies."

Xu Qingzhou said with a smile, "You know, some things in the country really aren't that convenient; I just hope to have a pure research environment."

"Yes, on this point, I understand your thoughts."

The two chatted for a few minutes and hung up the phone.

Xu Qingzhou hadn't put down the phone yet when Academician Chu Jiangfeng's call came again, of course, also to ask him about the partner particle.

The second month of 2019 passed.

In early March, Xu Qingzhou accepted interviews from several media outlets, and what followed was a crazy life of working overtime. Four people, divided into two small groups, working overtime to iterate on the superconducting thin film.

(End of chapter)