Chapter 57 57【A global sensation】


    On the fourth day after returning to the United States from Geneva, Xiang Nan took the lead in launching the paper "Charged Higgs Boson in Single-top Production of the Large Hadron Collider."


    Suddenly, one stone stirred up a thousand waves.


    ?Whether Kiko exists has always been an unsolved mystery of physics.


    ?Now, Xiang Nan has pointed out the real existence of Xiangzi by analyzing the experimental data provided by CERN.


    ?This news is nothing short of earth-shattering.


    For a time, everyone was rushing to visit the preprint website and download Xiang Nan’s paper.


    ??Everyone wants to see what reasons he based on when he concluded that Kiko really existed and was observed by the research center.


    Because there were so many people visiting, the preprint website was down for a while.


    This is also a rare thing.


    When people read Xiang Nan’s paper, they have to admire his insights.


    He actually found evidence of Kiko''s existence in the vast sea of ??data.


    This is really awesome.


    You must know that the data generated by this ALICE trial is as large as 12T. Finding Kiko from such a huge amount of data is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.


    ?But Xiang Nan was able to find the traces of Xizi within four days, which is really amazing.


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    Subsequently, Xiang Nan''s paper was included in the industry''s top journal "Journal of High Energy Physics".


    ?Moreover, soon, the outside media received the news and reported it immediately.


    “The luckiest man in history discovered a habitable planet first, and then discovered the God particle! The probability is one hundred thousand times smaller than winning the lottery.”


    Media reports focus on entertainment. In view of the fact that Xiang Nan has successively discovered habitable planets and God particles, these are extremely unlikely events and are quite legendary.


    ?So they all focused their reports on Xiang Nan and gave him all the credit for the discovery of the God Particle. On the other hand, CERN, which actually discovered the God Particle, only mentioned it in the report and became a complete match.


    Because of this, Xiang Nan dominated the scene and became famous for a while, becoming the hottest academic star.


    ?This also makes the senior management of Caltech very satisfied. Dr. Gablehouse and President Seibert have praised him many times, and he has been designated as the winner of the University Award.


    What’s even more gratifying is that the school will strongly recommend him to compete for the MacArthur Genius Grant.


    The MacArthur Genius Award is one of the highest cross-field awards in the United States. It was founded in 1981 and named after John D. MacArthur, the founder of Bank Life Disaster Corporation (not the American five-star general MacArthur.)


    The MacArthur Genius Award aims to recognize creative talents who have played an important role in social development. It selects 20 to 25 outstanding individuals in various fields every year and provides each with a total bonus of US$500,000, allowing them to be more free. Continue to explore.


    Because Xiang Nan has made outstanding contributions in the fields of astrophysics and particle physics, outperforming his peers and leading the group, he has an advantage in competing for the MacArthur Genius Award.


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    ? ? Being a candidate for the MacArthur Genius Grant is good news for Xiang Nan.


    On the one hand, this award is very valuable. Previous winners of the award are leaders in various fields and have made outstanding contributions in their respective fields. Therefore, being able to receive this award also represents recognition of his contribution.


    For one thing, the prize comes with a half-million-dollar prize. Half a million dollars is already considered a huge sum of money to ordinary people.


    ?Although Xiang Nan currently earns enough money to spend, no one would disdain that he has too much money. Love is based on material things. After he has money, it will be more convenient for him to pick up girls.


    Therefore, in order to increase his competitive advantage and further harvest the fruits of victory, Xiang Nan continued his efforts and successively launched "The Higgs boson of LEP and LHC is 98 and 125 GeV respectively", "At the Large Hadron Collider" Two papers, "Z Decay to Four Lepton Observed with CMS Detector," continue to stir up the academic community.???…


    “Raj, you are on full fire now!” Howard said to Xiang Nan enviously while eating in the restaurant.


    Three heavyweight papers were published in less than half a month. Such a high output is really amazing.


    You know, even for a top scholar like Sheldon, publishing three papers in one year is already a big deal.


    ?Peggy also looked at Xiang Nan with burning eyes.


    ?While other experts were still clueless when faced with massive amounts of data, Xiang Nan had already published three heavyweight papers and successfully found traces of Xiko.


    ?This superhuman IQ and incredible luck are really amazing.


    “This ALICE experiment really gave me a lot of inspiration.” Xiang Nan nodded and smiled.


    In the next month or two, he will publish about ten more papers to collect all the fruits of victory from this ALICE trial.


    "It would have been better if I had gone with you." Howard said regretfully.


    Compared with Xiang Nan, he is full of firepower, produces frequent results, and gains both fame and fortune. He has basically achieved nothing in the past half month, and it has been completely wasted.


    "Don''t be sad." Upon seeing this, Xiang Nan quickly comforted, "Our project will start soon. By then, you will also be able to gain both fame and fortune."


    “Yeah.” Howard nodded, becoming excited again.


    They are planning to start the development of a quantum navigation system prototype after the Chinese New Year.


    At that time, once the development is successful, they can apply for patents and cooperate with external companies.


    ? And quantum navigation systems are widely used in the civilian field, and they can make a lot of money from the licensing fees alone.


    “What project are you talking about?” Peggy asked curiously when she saw this.


    “Quantum guidance…” Howard was quick to speak, and when he saw Peggy asking, he immediately showed off.


    When Xiang Nan saw it, he covered his mouth, then turned to Peggy and smiled, "It will be kept secret for now. I will tell you when I have a chance in the future."


    ?Peggy blinked, "Okay."


    Xiang Nan then glared at Howard.


    Quantum navigation system is no small matter. It is the world''s most advanced technology. It is widely used in military and civilian fields. It is extremely valuable and of great significance. How can it be disclosed to outsiders?


    Howard also knew that he almost made a mistake, and suddenly looked embarrassed.


    "By the way, Leonard and Penny seem to have broken up again." He looked for another topic to divert the embarrassment.


    “Not surprising.” Xiang Nan smiled when he heard this.


    Penny hasn’t stopped yet and is very playful. Leonard is an otaku, and from ordinary people''s perspective, he is a very boring person.


    So they can''t play together at all now, and even if they are forced to be together, they will soon separate.


    However, people will always mature. Penny will return to her family sooner or later, and her best candidate is basically Leonard.


    (End of this chapter)