Free Web NovelChapter 639: Chapter 363: Enthusiastic Institute of High Energy Physics_3
"Zhao Yi, who’s that?"
Li Sheng shook his head, not wanting to explain further.
The quiet Institute of High Energy Physics during the National Day holiday suddenly bustled with excitement. Many people returned to the institute during the break to discuss how to entertain Zhao Yi. The preparations were even more serious than for a leader’s inspection.
What others didn’t know was that the High Energy Institute indeed had good reason to be enthusiastic about Zhao Yi, as he was one of the most influential figures in China’s particle physics community.
If it were twenty years ago, the High Energy Institute with its electron-positron collider would have been the top dog in China’s physics community, not needing to pay any heed to others.
But now, things were different.
As times change, so has the importance of the High Energy Institute, which has been declining so much that it now lacks any presence.
Chinese physicists flocked to participate in the European Organization for Nuclear Research’s collision experiment data analysis work, but few people cared about the experiments conducted by the High Energy Institute’s electron-positron collider.
The reason was simple.
The performance of the electron-positron collider could no longer keep up with the times and couldn’t meet the current international physics community’s needs for the research of microscopic physics.
At present, the international physics community’s research on microscopic physics mainly revolves around the refinement and verification of the particle standard model. The collision experiments conducted by the European Organization for Nuclear Research aim to find new particle data and evidence that supports the particle standard model through large-scale collision experiments.
The High Energy Institute’s electron-positron collision experiments, on the other hand, lag far behind, and failing to keep up with the times means being eliminated.
Although the electron-positron collider is still the only collider in China, its collision data is mostly insignificant, and it lacks appeal. It isn’t even as attractive as studying the data shared by the European Organization for Nuclear Research.
As the electron-positron collider fell behind, so did the influence of the High Energy Institute.
Those who work at the High Energy Institute feel like they are stuck in a "retirement home" because their research has been stagnant due to the limitations of the collider’s performance.
Many people thus look forward to the construction of a new collider, confident that the experienced High Energy Institute can play a vital role in the development of research surrounding the new collider.
The construction of a collider in China is currently controversial, and the ones with the most say in the matter are the top physicists. free𝑤ebnovel.com
Zhao Yi is one of them.
Insiders all know that his influence is even more substantial than Yang Zhenning’s because his achievements have arguably surpassed Yang’s. frёewebnoѵēl.com
In the higher-ups’ discussions about building a collider, they only "consult" Yang, but they "ask" Zhao Yi. If Zhao Yi opposes the idea, the collider cannot be built.
His opinion is of great importance.
So when they heard that Zhao Yi needed collision experimental data and would personally come to the High Energy Institute, all the staff became eager with anticipation, and they even prepared for his visit.
The next afternoon, Zhao Yi, with a sports bag slung over his shoulder, accompanied by his first assistant Qian Hong, drove to the High Energy Institute in a casual manner. Upon arriving at the entrance, he found he had to stop the car.
There were two rows of people standing in front of the High Energy Institute, all looking enthusiastic.
In the middle, a balding middle-aged man was standing, with two pretty women holding flowers on either side of him...
What was going on?
Presenting flowers?
Zhao Yi got out of the car, looking puzzled.
The middle-aged man at the entrance led a group of people to greet Zhao Yi; from afar, they heard the neat chants of the two rows of people, "Welcome, welcome, warmly welcome!"
"Welcome, Professor Zhao, to the High Energy Institute!"
"Welcome, Professor Zhao, to guide our work..."
