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Chapter 1107 - 434: Unexplained Busyness_2

Chapter 1107: Chapter 434: Unexplained Busyness_2

For the Xilin Mathematics Research Institute at the center of the storm...

No, it is now no longer Xilin Mathematical Institute. After adding three academicians, it has officially been renamed as Xilin Advanced Studies Institute.

The building’s location remains unchanged, it’s just a change of name, and the administrative level of the unit has been raised by one level.

Qiao Ze is indifferent to this, but for others, especially those holding formal positions, this is undoubtedly good news.

In addition, the institute is divided into the Mathematics Research Institute and the Physics Research Institute. Naturally, the Physics Institute is mainly organized by Edward Witten.

The results have been very effective.

Professor Witten’s reputation is quite renowned. Although not many believe in M Theory, Professor Witten has a significant number of friends.

Furthermore, with Professor Witten still being a dual Field and Nobel laureate, his appeal in the Western world is even greater. Many Western physicists have joined the Xilin Academic Society, largely due to Edward Witten’s influence.

Lately, Edward Witten’s mind is also in turmoil.

The speed of light is changing...

This topic, since its inception, has shattered the worldview of this M Theory founder.

For ordinary people, this might be considered a new discovery. But for the founder of a theory, it means a doubling of his subsequent work.

M Theory is like Edward Witten’s child, similarly, when designing M Theory, some basic constants were relied upon, including the Planck constant and gravitational constant, naturally also including the speed of light.

If the speed of light is decreasing, then Planck length and Planck time, these quantum gravity scales based on the speed of light, should also vary accordingly. M Theory, as an extension of String Theory, relies on the vibration modes and energy scales which are directly dependent on these basic constants.

Therefore, variations in the speed of light would directly affect the physical properties of strings in M Theory and their behavior in higher-dimensional spaces.

This includes the compactification of higher-dimensional spaces and the evolution of dimensions that will change with the speed of light, requiring an understanding of new physical phenomena and more complex dimensional interactions. Similarly, the particle spectrum during the compactification process in higher dimensions may also change with the speed of light, thereby affecting particle physics and cosmological phenomena.

Moreover, supersymmetry and supergravity, string vibration modes and spectra, and cosmological models relying on the construction of M Theory, all need to be revised.

From the above problems, the most important issue is that the mathematical structure of M Theory needs to be reconstructed.

It is well known that Edward Witten won the Fields Medal by designing the mathematical structure of M Theory. If the speed of light can vary, it implies the mathematical structure of M Theory is insufficient to explain string theory, requiring a redesign of the framework to explain string theory.

Considering his own age, Edward Witten even doubts whether he can complete this work during his lifetime.

This is perhaps the sorrow of theoretical scholars.

The pavilion is built on the theorems provided by predecessors, once theorems cited are wrong, it means the foundation was not laid properly, and the entire theoretical edifice needs to be demolished and rebuilt.

Of course, it’s not just M Theory affected. In fact, once proven, it means everything from Lorentz transformations to Einstein’s field equations, gravitational waves, quantum mechanics, Quantum Field Theory, the Standard Model, high-energy physics, astrophysics, etc...

all these physical level theories need modification, a pile of theories need to be rederived.

The whole theoretical physics community need not do anything else for the next ten years, everyone needs to be busy revising theories together.

Indeed, even Edward Witten hopes that the variability of light speed is not true.

This is perhaps the first time he hopes a mistake exists in Q Theory. Of course, now with the coordination of Xilin Academic Society, many verification works have also begun.

If time is variable, it can actually be verified on multiple levels.

For instance, in high-energy physics, measuring the speed of fundamental particles at different energies is one method of verification. Simply put, if the speed of light is constant, then the measured particle speed at different energies should be consistent with the speed calculated by special relativity.

If the speed of light changes over time, then the measured speed at the same energy will deviate from the theoretical prediction, and this deviation will change over time.

In this regard, CERN has already taken action.

No choice, Huaxia’s own particle accelerator is still under construction, currently unable to conduct this experiment.

Of course, even for CERN, given the current situation, this experiment can’t be completed either, first, speed measurement instruments require higher precision, and also CERN’s current synchrotron radiation source intensity is insufficient and needs optimization.

Yes, given the tremendous impact Q Theory has had in just a few months, many professors in the physics community worldwide are busy proving Q Theory wrong, they need to prove the invariance of light speed, this most basic principle, so that the existing fundamental theorems of physics can continue to be used.

Of course, some are also trying to find theoretical bases to explain those galaxies that shouldn’t be discovered in the universe under the current cosmic model. However, all this is proceeding in a relatively tacit atmosphere.

The physics community had previously proposed the hypothesis that the speed of light was faster in the ancient universe, but that was based on another set of theories, just to explain the uniformity of the current cosmic structure, with a small audience, but has now been brought up again.

Fortunately, at least until now, these messages have not spread outside the academic circle.

However, even if this foundational theoretical revolution were to be transmitted, ordinary people would treat it as a joke.

The speed of light in a vacuum is 299,792,458 meters/second, anyone who has undergone nine years of compulsory education would likely not get it wrong.

Some have even directly asked Qiao Ze, and honestly, Qiao Ze feels quite helpless about this discovery.

He established the Xilin Academic Society with the aim of quickly supplementing Q Theory, to have everyone work together to identify gaps and deficiencies.

But now it seems to have deviated, though it is still good to deviate.

After all, he proposed Q Theory to solve the Grand Unified Theory problem, if the speed of light is variable, then mathematical consistency is needed. For instance, the interaction strength of fundamental forces might also change with the speed of light, many basic mathematical derivations would need to be recalculated and adjusted, especially the evolution of coupling constants.

Therefore, he is currently waiting for the final laboratory results, to determine whether this result which would overturn the physics community can be confirmed.

For this reason, he and Li Jiangao have signed a series of contracts in Xilin, the most significant is "lending" Dou Dou to CERN.

It’s hard to say who benefits more from this agreement.

But there’s no choice, if one wants to use a particle collider to verify whether this theory is correct, the requirements for the data analysis system are extremely high. Although the LHC is already equipped with high energy and precision, ensuring high precision data processing without errors still requires enhancing its computational capabilities at the system level.

Talking about this matter, there’s also an anecdote.

Initially, even the scientists proposing to use Xilin’s artificial intelligence for data verification upgrades didn’t anticipate the matter would progress this smoothly. The reason is simple, although the United States is not a member of CERN, it provides financial support for specific CERN projects through institutions like the DOE and NSF.

Coupled with the relationship between the United States and Europe, and the current relationship between the United States and Huaxia, those who understand, understand. If the United States were to interfere, the difficulty of reaching an agreement would be imaginable.

But magically, after this cooperation was proposed, apart from a few inconsequential congressmen uttering a few ineffectual statements, there was no follow-up. There was no quoting authoritative references to declare such cooperation illegal, nor any creative proposal of bans to interfere and obstruct.

Even when someone in Britain spoke against it, there were notable individuals actively expressing through media that science should be kept to science, and other matters to other areas. Truly, at that time, it left the British spokesperson flabbergasted. During the press conference, they were inarticulate, creating some laughs.

A not quite appropriate explanation is like one side stepping on the brakes, while the other, due to inertia, is still leaping forward...

Overall, it seems after connecting with Xilin, it seems the United States has become more agreeable and easier to talk to.

But for the scientific community, this is undoubtedly great news. Everyone contributes their strengths to complete an important scientific experiment, promoting the development of scientific theory, and saving a lot of time and money. Instead of spending energy and time in endless bickering and internal friction.

The golden autumn of October passes amidst the complex and anxious mindset of the physics community...