It’s not the point of being sad!
Faced with a difficult problem rarely seen in ten years, Louis Johnson certainly cannot make decisions on his own.
He quickly reported the matter to editor-in-chief Solon.
Solon is the editor-in-chief of "Science-Physics" and one of the core figures of "Science" magazine. He has a very accurate grasp of the trend of international physics.
‘Wind direction’ does not refer to academic direction or research direction. In a certain program, it can be understood as ‘political direction’.
Scientists differ from country to country, and academics also differ from country to country.
International science and technology in various fields have always been dominated by Europe and the United States.
In recent years, influenced by Wang Hao's personal achievements, the dominance in the fields of mathematics and physics has changed.
In the field of physics, the greatest impact is in the field of superconducting technology and theoretical physics.
In the field of superconducting technology, competition is very fierce, because the semi-topological theory related to superconducting has basically become perfect, and naturally there is nothing that can be changed.
Theoretical physics is different.
Annihilation theory replaced string theory and became the most important physical theory in the international physics community.
Annihilation theory was created by Wang Hao personally. He also shaped the foundation of annihilation theory and provided a platform for theoretical development to allow more physicists to participate.
In the past two years, annihilation theory has developed tremendously, with research in many fields and thousands of related research papers.
When a physical theory develops rapidly and expands rapidly, a ‘school’ will naturally form within it.
Two major schools of annihilation theory have gradually formed internationally.
One is the Eastern faction headed by Wang Hao, and the other is the relatively loose European and American faction.
At present, there are no differences in academic directions between the two schools. They both conduct research based on the foundation created by Wang Hao. However, the competition between them is very fierce.
For example, some academic journals have been counting how many papers related to the annihilation theory there are in the Oriental School, and what the total impact factor is; how many papers there are in Europe and the United States, and what the total impact factor is.
Nowadays, the Eastern school still has the absolute advantage, because Wang Hao's research papers are very influential, and he alone even surpasses the entire European and American school.
However, the number and level of scholars participating in research from Europe and the United States are stronger, and they are slowly catching up.
The study of annihilation theory and the competition between Eastern and European schools are the "political direction" of the international physics community.
Solon is very clear about the importance of "political direction". European and American factions, whether they are countries or individuals, hope to regain control of the direction of physical theory research.
After learning that Parsons and Wang Hao had submitted papers at the same time and that their research contents were in direct conflict, he immediately knew what to do.
First of all, Wang Hao’s paper must be published.
Parsons' paper was not rejected directly, but entered the normal review process, that is, it was reviewed by peers.
If the paper has no obvious problems, it can be approved for publication normally.
After Solon made his decision, he also mentioned Louis Johnson, "Of course we cannot reject Parsons's paper. Ledley Parsons is one of the most influential scholars of annihilation theory."
"This is the study of dark matter."
"String theory also has an analysis of dark matter, but no one can prove whether it is correct or wrong."
"Do you understand it?"
Louis Johnson thought and suddenly realized, "Whether it is correct or wrong, we have no way to verify it."
"So the review will proceed as normal and the publication will proceed as normal, right?"
Solon shook his head and said, "You still haven't grasped the key factor. The most important thing is that Parsons is a professor at Florida State University."
"If this paper was written by an Oriental scholar, we could directly reject it because it is contrary to Wang Hao's research."
"But Parsons was not an Orientalist, and he was personally very influential."
"So, what does it matter if you add a theoretical research paper that cannot be proven?"
Now Johnson understood.
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The standard of Parsons's paper is still very high. There are no problems with the mathematical structure and logical framework, and it does not conflict with existing physics. It is also a study done eagerly on the annihilation theory.
Its papers not only passed peer review, but also received very high evaluations.
Greg Howson, a well-known theoretical physicist at Harvard University, commented, "This study provides an in-depth analysis of dark matter and answers some previously unexplained questions."
"The research is of great significance to the development of annihilation theory..."
Greg Howlson is personally very influential. He is a supporter of cosmology and has also done research on string theory. Later, he focused on the direction of quantum field theory and stood on the opposite side of string theory.
Now he turned to study annihilation theory.
In other words, Greg Howerson has been engaged in many directions. He has no academic loyalty and only regards the study of physical theories as his job. But the most important thing is that whether it is cosmology, string theory, or quantum fields,
On both theory and annihilation theory, he has published academic papers in top journals.
This is the most surprising thing, and it is enough to prove the excellence of Greg Howson.
soon.
The journal "Science-Physics" has published a new issue.
When some scholars were browsing the catalog of the new issue, they noticed two papers with directly conflicting contents.
They were immediately shocked.
International public opinion soon became a hot topic, "The journal Science-Physics actually published two directly conflicting papers, one of which is correct and the other is definitely wrong."
"Why would they do that? Doesn't it mean that there must be a wrong research paper?"
"One author is Parsons, and the other is Wang Hao? A direct confrontation between the No. 3 figure and the No. 1 figure in the annihilation theory..."
"This is definitely the biggest news in the international physics community this year."
"Science" magazine will certainly not let public opinion ferment. Their spokesperson explained this, "Both papers passed the review and we were unable to find any problems."
"In addition, research in theoretical physics is not absolutely correct."
"We decided to publish both papers after careful discussion."
"There is no absolute correctness in theoretical physics", one sentence is enough to explain the problem.
There may be a lot of theoretical physics research in top journals every year, such as string theory-related research. Many of them appear in top physics journals, and no one can guarantee their accuracy.
It is understandable that papers with direct conflicting content are being published now.
It's all theoretical physics anyway.
In addition, the authors of the paper are also the focus of public opinion. One is Ridley Parsons, the third figure in annihilation theory, and the other is Wang Hao, the founder of annihilation theory.
Whose study is correct?
A huge controversy occurred in the international physics community.
If it were other research, most scholars would definitely support Wang Hao, because Wang Hao's personal influence is so great that Parsons is simply not comparable.
It's like a college student and a primary school student doing the same math problem. Even if they don't look at the answer, many people tend to believe that the college student is correct.
However, Wang Hao's research conclusion is indeed difficult to accept, because he believes that dark matter is not in the system of annihilation theory.
Brooks Parker, professor of physics at Oxford University, analyzed, "Dark matter is not in the system of annihilation theory. There are two situations."
"One is that dark matter does not exist."
"The other is that dark matter is a product of high dimensions and will not be affected by the annihilation force."
"The latter situation is consistent with the analytical conclusion of string theory, but I believe Wang Hao himself is more inclined to believe that dark matter does not exist."
This is obvious.
There is a fundamental conflict between annihilation theory and string theory. How could Wang Hao believe in string theory's analysis of dark matter?
especially……
String theory's analysis of dark matter sounds too fantastical, and the concept of the so-called 'brane universe' is difficult to gain much recognition in the theoretical physics community.
The general view of many scholars is that the analysis of string theory is only a "barely reasonable" explanation. When there is a better explanation, they will be more willing to believe in the new explanation in the future.
Therefore, many people are more willing to believe in Parsons' research.
Parsons analyzed dark matter based on the annihilation theory, and even related it to the Higgs field theory, answering some previously unanswerable questions, which made it relatively easier to gain recognition.
To be continued...