Chapter 259: Gravitational wave

time flies.
In late June, the results of the college entrance examination were finally calculated.
The family gathered around Xiaotong's face and looked at him.
This feeling is almost like the World Cup betting draw.
Xiao Tong looked nervous, and turned to her brother next to him.
"Brother ..."
Lu Zhou patted her shoulder calmly: "Don't be afraid. You won't be afraid to hand over the papers, but you'll be afraid to send them."
"Well……"
Xiaotong hesitated, and finally took a deep breath, and entered the candidate number and admission ticket number.
The score quickly appeared on the screen.
The moment he saw the score, Xiaotong's entire person seemed to be petrified and stayed there.
Not because it was below her expectations.
But because ...
20!
Happiness came so suddenly that Xiao Tong screamed with excitement.
"Brother !!! I took 20 exams !!!"
"It's beautiful, it's my sister."
Seeing this score, Lu Zhou nodded with satisfaction, sincerely happy for his sister.
The liberal arts line of the year was 520, which was a full 00 points higher than the one line. Although it can't compare with the original range, it is also quite powerful.
It may not be enough to apply for Shui Muyan, but Jinling University is still stable.
"Haha, it is indeed my daughter," patted Xiaotong's head, Lao Lu laughed, contented, "I'll go out and buy a drink."
Fang Mei gave him a white glance, and said in a few words: "I drink at noon, can I go to the unit in the afternoon?"
The old Lu Le closed his mouth and said, "No, I took the leave with the leader! I won't go to work today!"
Both children were admitted to college, and at this moment, Lao only felt that he was the happiest person in the world. How can we lose a glass of liquor on this festive day?
The only regret was that the boy Lu Lu had been mixing outside for so long, and even on the foreigner's site, he didn't see him bring a wife back.
When can I hug my grandson, Lao feels that there is probably no regret in this life!
Throughout the day, the family was like a holiday.
Even on the second day, Lao Lu hadn't enjoyed it yet, and he proposed to set up a banquet to entertain friends and relatives.
However, Xiao Tong was afraid of trouble and wasted money, and Lao had to give up.
In the evening, arranged the interview plan for tomorrow, Lu Zhou glanced down on the sofa and hit the king's sister, asking casually.
"Do you want to apply for a major?"
Just after the pit was over, Xiao Tong put down his mobile phone after spraying his teammates, and seriously considered the problem, he said.
"Think it!"
Lu Zhou "Oh?"
Xiao Tong nodded and said firmly, "I plan to report to the financial sector!"
Finance at Jinda University is a liberal arts and science major, and liberal arts and science can report. Although it requires a certain mathematical foundation, it does not develop in the direction of theoretical research, and there is absolutely not much to count.
The most commendable thing is that Xiao Tong finally has his own ideas, instead of asking for help when he encounters a problem.
This is also most comforting to him.
Lu Zhou nodded approvingly: "I have an idea. Can you say why is finance?"
His eyes were shining, Xiao Tong said without hesitation: "The name financial, it sounds like a lot of money!"
Lu Zhou: "..."
He said.
Except for the long stubbornness.
Other places are really like Nima!
Lu Zhou: "In fact, alchemy is also very rich. You listen to the name of metallurgy, and it is much like alchemy."
Xiaotong's face was timid: "Hey? Really?"
Lu Zhou: "Fool you."
Xiao Tong: "..."
...
Some people are happy, others are naturally worried, and the college entrance examination is such a realistic thing.
On the day of volunteering, the computer room of a high school in Jinling, the liberated classmates, gathered here again.
It was said that in the past, the volunteers had to fill in the paper first, and then the school unified input the computer, but their high school now fills in the report by themselves.
Looking at the volunteer form on the computer screen, Han Mengqi pursed her lips without moving the mouse for a long time.
Fortunately, she successfully scored a double a in two science subjects, but the score was in line with Jin Da's admission score line.
To be precise, her score is enough, but whether she can report it or not depends on the number of people reading this year's report.
mathematics……
The Department of Mathematics at Jinling University does not seem to be a strong specialty.
There should not be many people in previous reports ...
After swallowing, Han Mengqi was so relieved that he made up his mind. In the end, he added the numbers of Jinling University and Applied Mathematics on the website.
As for the option to accept the adjustment, she did not want to check it, but hesitated, and finally checked it.
"It must be reported ..."
With her eyes closed, the young girl's small hands clenched her chest and prayed silently.
...
Staying in China until July, Lu Zhou's vacation is almost coming to an end.
Although he wanted to wait until Xiaotong's admission notice came down, it was troublesome to extend the holiday, and he still had things to deal with, so he would not stay in China any more.
After boarding a flight to the East Coast, after a dozen or twenty hours of running, Lu Zhou finally returned to the peaceful town of Princeton.
For most American college students, summer vacation is still at this time, and it will be held from the month to the end of August.
However, for master students, the rules of the school are the rules of the school. When the school returns to the school, of course, the boss has the final say.
In a sense, the rights of American tutors are much greater than domestic ones, because tutors have the right to directly expel graduate students, while domestic tutors even see you as unhappy at most only hold you back from graduation, because the right to fire students is It is in the hands of the school and is generally not used.
Only relative, there are many factors to check and balance power, but this is not mentioned for the time being.
Lu Zhou certainly will not be the kind of unscrupulous mentor who squeezes students, but it will not make them very easy.
According to his request, the three master students who got ffer from him will arrive at the school to report before July 5. If it is a visa issue, he can extend the time to August, but it is best not to drag it too long.
Before assigning them work, he needs to meet with them first to understand their situation.
Putting his luggage in the apartment, Lu Zhou went to the Advanced Institute.
When I went upstairs, I met Edward Witten. Lu Zhou just greeted him, and he greeted him with a look of surprise.
"My friend, you are finally back."
Confused by Mr. Witten's warm welcome, Lu Zhou could not help asking: "... what happened?"
Edward Witten smiled mysteriously and said only one word.
"Gravitational waves."
Hearing this word, Lu Zhou finally reacted and understood what Witten was talking about.
In fact, as early as February of this year, researchers from the lig project team announced that they had successfully detected gravitational wave signals from the merger of two black holes using two detectors of lig.
Related papers, recently published on ARV, are being reviewed by theoretical physicists around the world.
Although Lu Zhou has been on vacation this month, he is not completely out of touch with the dynamics of the academic world, and is always watching new articles on the arv.
Even though the articles on arv may not be useful for every article, the sudden increase in the number of articles in a certain field can explain some problems.
Like last year's 750gev, this year's hot spot in theoretical physics is gravitational waves.
Lu Zhou's tone was envious: "It's ... surprising discovery."
Compared to his "insignificant" discovery, gravitational waves are undoubtedly more shocking.
"Yeah enviable," Witten said sincerely.
The successful discovery of gravitational waves fills the last missing "puzzle" in the experimental verification of Einstein's general theory of relativity.
If Einstein was still alive, with this great discovery, he would definitely win another Nobel Prize in physics for his general theory of relativity.
After all, he won the prize because he successfully explained the photoelectric effect, not the obviously greater theory of general relativity.
But this is obviously impossible, because after 74 years, the Nobel Prize Committee stipulates that the Nobel Prize is only nominated for living people ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Even if an exception is occasionally made to a particularly significant discovery, it is impossible Like the dead.
For gravitation, Mr. Witten is probably the person with the deepest feelings.
Experimental physics found the puzzle of relativity in 00 years. Following this trend, his string theory was afraid that he would not see the day confirmed by experiments in this life.
Next year's Nobel Prize in Physics, with almost no suspense, must belong to MIT's Rainer Weiss and his collaborators.
After all, the discovery of gravitational waves can be engraved on milestones in the course of human history.
After stopping his emotions, Witten cleared his throat and continued: "About gravitational waves, lig invited me to help them with the data analysis. I guess you should not be busy with the subject now, I wonder if you are interested in joining me. Project? If you are interested, I can ask my students to help you book tickets now. "
Lu Zhou thought for a while, but finally declined this very attractive proposal: "Gravity waves are not in my research scope, I'm sorry I can't help, and I will probably be busy in a few days There is no time. "
The system's reward task gave him a lot of freedom. For the consideration of efficiency, it is obviously the best to improve the material science with a lower level.
Moreover, the topic proposed by Professor Witten probably does not involve the core research content of gravitational waves, and the experience of task reward is closely related to academic value.
Don't look at the proposition that gravitational waves are big enough, but maybe you can't even make up 10,000 based on the experience of the academic value reward of the thesis, then you will lose money.
Witten: "What subject of materials science?"
Lu Zhou nodded: "Yes."
Witten sighed and said with regret, "Let's do it, it looks like you've made arrangements. Good luck."