Chapter 637 Research and Analysis Work

In the process of exploring science, everyone hopes that the results will be unexpected, because unexpectedness means new unknown discoveries.

A few months later, Yue Yuan, who was very concerned about the astronomical particle collision experiment, also left the Tianqin and came to the operation command center of the ion collider to understand the results of the second collision.

The so-called operation command center is actually a workplace composed of work cabins. However, because of the good scientific and technological strength of mankind, these work cabins are built very spacious, so that the scientists working here will not feel claustrophobic due to the small space.

When Yue Yuan arrived at the scene, all kinds of scientific researchers were still busy with their own work. There was no welcoming ceremony, so they just greeted casually when they passed by. Going straight to the central hall, Yue Yuan walked directly to Liu Miyan who was fiddling with something in front of the large computer screen.

After taking a look, Yue Yuan knew what Liu Miyan was doing. He was processing the data of the second collision. A schematic diagram of the simulation collision process and results could be seen on the computer screen.

Although Yue Yuan is not a top scientist, his scientific literacy is not bad after years of study and cultivation. He is now roughly equivalent to the level of a senior scientific researcher, so he can see at a glance what those researchers and scientists are doing.

After coming to Liu Miyan, Yue Yuan did not say too much. The two of them exchanged a few words casually, and he continued to analyze the data with Liu Miyan. Yue Yuan did not ask much, he just wandered around and watched these scientists and researchers work.

So he saw a whole set of experimental analysis processes.

He saw some staff members doing data preprocessing, that is, preprocessing the raw data collected in the experiment, removing noise, correcting detector response, etc. This step is mainly to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data.

Some are in the process of reconstructing particle trajectories. Particle collision experiments will produce a large number of particles. It is necessary to reconstruct the movement process of particles through the trajectory data measured by the detector, so as to master a series of physical properties of particles. This step involves complex calculation processes such as pattern recognition and fitting orbits.

The researchers who are doing this part are not only doing it themselves, but also have strong artificial intelligence to support the calculation process behind them. The addition of strong artificial intelligence has undoubtedly made the work of researchers much simpler, which can be regarded as a joint work of humans and strong artificial intelligence.

There is also a group doing physical measurement of experimental products. They mainly undertake the previous process, that is, reconstructing particle orbit analysis data, so as to measure the momentum, mass, spin and other physical properties of particles. This process requires great precision, because the precise strategy of these physical quantities is crucial to studying the properties of particles and their interaction forces.

There is also a working group doing data analysis and interpretation process, that is, statistical analysis and model fitting through processed data, so that scientists can draw conclusions and explain experimental results based on these things.

This process involves data processing technology and theoretical model application. It can be said that each position has different focuses and requires researchers with different expertise in different fields to work.

It can be seen that scientific exploration is a matter of collective wisdom.

After walking around, Yue Yuan returned to the position where he entered the hall of the Operation Research Center. Seeing Liu Miyan still working hard, he cast his eyes on the large screen in the center of the hall, which is mainly used for demonstration of the experimental process.

So he saw the schematic diagram and demonstration animation of the neutron collision. In the picture, it can be clearly seen that two beams of neutrons bombarded each other in the collider. Of course, most of them missed the target, and a small number of neutrons that collided with each other were smashed after the light, and an animation with arrows indicating the direction and particle type appeared.

It was also marked that the collision was soft and hard.

After the soft process of the collision occurred, the experimental products marked as junk particles were immediately ejected outward. They came from the interaction between quarks. The hard process is the production of gluons. The hard process first produces Higgs particles, and then the Higgs particles immediately decay into a bottom quark and an anti-bottom quark.

Now this group of scientists and researchers are studying the various physical properties of these products, so as to reverse what happened in the collision process? What physical process led to the result? And what happened to the interaction between those "junk particles" and what kind of interference did it cause to the experiment.

I don't know how long it took, maybe because he was busy with the things at hand, Liu Miyan finally had time to come to Yue Yuan and began to introduce the entire data processing process to him one by one.

"You have been analyzing for a while. When will there be results?" After listening for a while, Yue Yuan followed Liu Miyan to a set of workbenches and asked.

"I have analyzed all the data on hand. I will summarize the data after others upload their own parts. The results will be available today." Liu Miyan answered loudly.

"Well, I will wait for a while." Yue Yuan leaned on a work chair and turned his head to glance at the busy researchers.

After this round of understanding and Liu Miyan's explanation, Yue Yuan had a better understanding of the data analysis process of the collider experiment. He felt that it would be no problem to be one of the researchers next time.

For the next half an hour, Yue Yuan talked with Liu Miyan one sentence at a time, mostly about the topic of particle collision experiments.

About half an hour later, a voice pulled Liu Miyan back to his work station.

Yue Yuan, who was present, naturally followed him.

Liu Miyan sat down immediately before returning to his workbench, and then connected various signal lines of human-computer interaction to his work clothes, while his hands operated back and forth between the physical operation panel and the virtual connection screen.

As he operated, the data on the several display screens in front of him kept changing, and various curves and various summary models gradually took shape in his hands.

In places that Yue Yuan could not see, Liu Miyan also directly retrieved a group of data from the human civilization database through the human-computer interaction network for comparison and reference. Those were valuable technical information left by predecessors. Although Liu Miyan was a top physicist, he was also a person and could not remember everything, so his work also needed a powerful database support.

If it were in the Earth era, this process would be to find and take out books one by one from the bookshelf for reading. Fortunately, human technology is now advanced, and we can directly connect to the Human Science Database Center through the human-computer interaction system for search and browsing.