Lu Zhou found himself on fire.

And it's still very thorough.

Although this kind of thing was not once or twice, this time it was completely out of his expectations. He thought that after the paper was thrown out, it only sensationalized the physics community. I didn't expect even the headlines of the Washington Post to be arranged for him.

Not just that.

For this news, Columbia TV also went to Professor Sakkande of Stanford University to do a special interview with the science.

As one of the founders of string theory, Professor Saskande can be said to be one of the veterans in the field of theoretical physics. Although the study of z-particles is not his specialty, the general theory of relativity and the curvature of space and time, his The research is still quite representative.

Facing the interviewer of Columbia TV, Professor Saskande, sitting in his own lab, thought for a while and pulled out a blank sheet of paper for drafting from his desk.

"Do you see the paper in my hand?"

Interviewer: "I saw... but Professor Saskande, is there anything special about it?"

"I assume that it represents three-dimensional space, point a is the earth, b is the neighboring star that is 4.22 light years away from us, now I connect them with a straight line..."

As he said, Professor Saskande used a ballpoint pen to draw a line and two ab points on white paper.

Looking at the confused interviewer, he continued.

“Usually, we go from the solar system to the neighboring stars, that is, from a to b, even if we ignore all kinds of complicated orbital changes, along a straight line straighter than the Golden Gate Bridge, we are actually far away. Because our universe is actually distorted, like this..."

Said, the old professor smashed the white paper in his hand and put it in front of the interviewer.

"Do you see it? This is what our universe really looks like. The white paper representing the 3D space is like a paper ball, because the gravitational force spread throughout the universe is distorted in the higher dimensional space."

"You can see that a and b are very close, and the two pieces of paper may stick together, maybe even less than the distance of a fingernail... but this is in a higher dimension than the three-dimensional space. ”

"Because we are three-dimensional creatures, we can't leave the paper, so the distance we actually walked through can only be the straight line drawn on paper."

Saying, Professor Saskande unfolded the paper ball in his hand, pointing to the creased, creased paper and the straight line printed on the paper, continuing.

"This line is the path that the Falcon Rocket has to go through."

"And if it's a speed engine, this path won't appear on paper at all, he will go straight in the 4D or 5D... and so on.

"like this!"

The paper was re-smashed into a ball, and Saskande directly ran through the paper ball with a pen in his hand.

Looking up at the stunned interviewer, the white-haired old man smiled and continued.

"You can understand nature is the best."

"I really don't understand, you understand that we may have found a way to cut corners."

"Through this method, it may take half a day or half an hour to go to Mars in the future."

"If I still can't understand it, I can't help it."

The show is still going on.

But in the second half, there is not much nutrition.

Lifting the remote control and turning off the TV, Lu Zhou, sitting on the sofa in the living room, gave his own evaluation of the program that evaluated his research results.

"The very vivid interpretation, the idea is quite novel... nothing wrong."

The only problem is probably that it is too optimistic.

Even if the z-particle has such a magical feature that can act as a bridge, it is still too difficult to use it to achieve a speed-speed voyage... at least not as much as what can be done in 50 years.

Of course, as a popular science program, Professor Saskande is still quite good.

Especially for those who lack space imagination, imagine the universe as a group of papers that are tied together. Everyone is a black dot on paper. This is indeed a very simple method.

However, Director Li, who is sitting across from Lu Zhou, seems to have misunderstood what he meant.

I saw this old man's hands clasped the armrests of the leather sofa, the excited beard was shaken off, and the old face was red as if he could have heart disease at any time.

“Is it true? Will it take only half an hour to go to Mars from Earth?”

Hearing this unreasonable statement, Lu Zhou Khan.

"...half an hour is too exaggerated, and this is just a theory. Do you understand the theory? Even if it is an easy-to-understand atomic bomb, there are more than 20 papers from the mass equation to Otto Hahn's uranium fission paper. Years."

Not to mention that z-particles are more difficult to stabilize than ordinary subatomic particles. A large number of subatomic particles such as mesons, quarks, gluons, and photons have not been fully developed. Now consider it. It is still too early to use z particles to solve practical problems.

The advancement of science takes time to settle, and only after the time is ripe can it become a technology in the real sense.

Lu Zhou does not know how long it will take this day.

Just based on experience, at least you have to wait until the next century.

When thinking about this, Lu Zhou’s eyes kept staring at the finger of Director Li holding the arm of the sofa.

He is not very worried that this old man has a heart attack. This guy's heart is more powerful than he imagined. The only thing that made Lu Zhou worry was that he had ruined his sofa.

He likes this sofa quite.

Many world-famous or soon-to-be-known physicists and mathematicians have sat here and have had coffee with him.

Not to mention any historical relics, at least it has to be a bit commemorative.

Hearing that Lu Zhou had denied the idea of ​​being able to arrive at Mars within half an hour, the expression on Director Li’s face could not help but show a disappointment. The rising blood pressure gradually dropped back, and some regretted.

"That is... can't you just take a shortcut to Mars?"

Drinking a sip of coffee with a blank expression, Lu Zhou thought about it, and suddenly sighed and said.

"...It’s not impossible."

For a moment, the blood pressure that Director Li had just descended rose up again at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This last toss, but did not toss him out of trouble.

I saw the old man sitting up straight, staring at Lu Zhou with almost fanatical eyes, and said with sincerity.

"How to do?"

"Start with the verification theory first," put down the coffee cup in his hand. Lu Zhou looked at him seriously and continued, "For example, send a z-particle clock to Mars orbit."

Secretary Li then asked: "And then?"

"then?"

The eyebrows were gently lifted, and Lu Zhou smiled and leaned back on the sofa.

"Then we will send a pair of photons in the past."