Chapter 636: Seeing the Whole Picture From the Perspective of the Public

Each theory has its limitations, but we cannot say that they are wrong, just as Lord Niu's law of universal gravitation cannot explain the problem of Mercury's perturbation, but it cannot negate the entire set of universal gravitation theory. Then came the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics.

In addition, according to the atomic theory, the periodic table of chemical elements has been treated uniformly. Hydrogen, argon, potassium and copper are completely different in chemical reactions, but the atomic theory tells us that they are all composed of electrons and atomic nuclei. The electrons are in different quantum mechanical states vibrating near the atomic nucleus, and the atomic nuclei are composed of protons and neutrons.

Using string theory, these elementary particles may be treated uniformly.

Every physical theory of mankind is like a glimpse of the truth of the laws of cosmic physics from one angle, and every unified summary is like combining these various theories to look at the hidden unknown laws from many aspects.

Just like humans knew magnetism in the Warring States Period, and then the appearance of Si Nan and magnetic needles, and then to the first knowledge of electricity, and then to know that electricity and magnetism are actually the same thing. This process is the process of human cognition of electromagnetic force, one of the four fundamental forces of the universe. Maxwell's equations are correct, but we cannot say that the ancients in the Warring States period did not understand Maxwell's equations, so they thought that the Si Nan they invented was wrong.

Cognition is a process.

Today, humans are the same. When the deuteron nucleus has experienced more than 6,000 astronomical units, and then the protons are separated under the action of the electromagnetic device, and the remaining neutrons collide with the target, it means that humans have once again taken a look at an unknown field, or the unknown side of a field.

If the electromagnetic force, one of the fundamental forces of the universe, is a leopard, then Coulomb's law, electric field strength formula, point charge electric field strength formula, Ohm's law, Joule's law, electric power, Abe's law, Lorentz force formula, magnetic flux formula, pressure, friction, electromagnetic induction formula, Maxwell's equations, and other series of formulas, rules, and laws are all human beings' repeated glimpses of this leopard.

Once you see the head of a leopard, then the tail, then the body, legs, eyes, ears, mouth, nose, skin, and print, you finally get a glimpse of the whole leopard.

The same is true for the grand unified theory. Before humans began to use this astronomical particle collider for experiments, they had already explored it from other aspects, and then obtained various physical achievements, such as the standard leon model, weak interaction parity non-conservation, quantum mechanics, Yang-Mills field theory, special general relativity, electroweak unified theory, etc.

These are all puzzle pieces in the process of human exploration of grand unification. Now, what humans want to obtain from this astronomical particle collider is not the so-called discovery that exceeds all previous discoveries, but the last piece of the puzzle of the grand unified theory, the last glimpse of the leopard in the tube.

This is the expectation of scientists, but they are not sure what can be discovered through the astronomical particle collider. Liu Miyan, the leading scientist of this experimental project, answered the reporter's question: We are not sure either, but it would be best if we can find something.

Yes, this is exploration, not verification, so no one dares to say it.

More than two months later, the data of the first collision experiment was finally transmitted back to the scientific team. As the leading scientist of the scientific team of this collision experiment project, Liu Miyan immediately led the entire team to analyze the data.

After the astronomical particle collider completes a collision experiment, the engineers need to conduct various tests on it, complete the tests to confirm that it is intact, and then eliminate the residual effects of the first experiment, and then replace the experimental parts that need to be replaced, and then conduct the second collision experiment.

Compared with the step-by-step construction, this kind of scientific research work needs to be completed manually, and all humans do it personally.

The moment the astronomical particle collider is turned on, it means that if there is no result, it will not be shut down. This is also the case. When the first batch of data was still being analyzed, the second collision experiment began.

Then came the third and fourth times.

When the third collision experiment was completed, the analysis results of the first experiment were officially completed, and then the scientific team published the results in the scientific journal of human civilization, and did not make a big news broadcast like the first experiment.

In fact, the second, third, fourth and subsequent collision experiments were not as grand as the first one. They were just carried out step by step. After all, ordinary people would not pay attention to boring scientific experiments all the time. They only get excited after successful results.

This is the same in any era. Few people pay attention to the hard work of scientists. Most ordinary people will only shout that scientists are awesome after successful results appear. This phenomenon is the same even in the current human world, because although humans clearly say that they value science and technology, there are so many people in the human world that it is impossible for everyone to focus on scientific careers.

There are also many industries that have nothing to do with scientific research, or various entertainment projects. Many ordinary people are just enjoying the fruits of human development instead of participating in development. Even at the current stage of human beings, hedonism already exists, but it is not mainstream.

This is understandable, and the human government has not used legal means to suppress it, because people know that entertainment is part of life, and we cannot expect everyone to work hard all their lives. Even scientists need appropriate entertainment activities. Moreover, maintaining diversity in life is conducive to the healthy development of the human race as a whole. It is true that humans need to progress, but it does not mean that humans will become a species that can only do scientific research.

Moreover, a diverse social living environment is also helpful for human individuals to maintain active thinking.

In other words, the results of the first collision experiment failed without any unexpected failures. Oh no, it cannot be called a failure, but nothing was found.

The scientific team headed by Liu Miyan still analyzes the data of each collision day and night. Even if they know that the probability of colliding with new phenomena is very small, they still have endless aspirations to do this, which is also their interest.

So as a scientific team, how did they find the answers they wanted in these great collisions of creation!

The answer is the collision phenomenon detected by the detector, that is, the trajectory of the new products formed after the particles are broken after the collision, including their momentum, charge, energy and other parameters.

Humans have installed a large number of high-precision detection instruments in the impact area, including cloud chamber particle trajectory detectors, electromagnetic quantity detectors, hadron energy devices, and so on.