Chapter 133: Astrophysics Journal where reviewers cannot be found
With the intentional publicity and promotion by CCTV and other media, the news that there is a companion star in Betelgeuse's hydrogen envelope quickly spread.
Not only domestically, but also spread across the ocean to foreign countries.
It is the nature of everyone to eat melons. Whether they are Chinese or outsiders, they are equally interested in this news that instantly hit YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites.
There is a companion star in Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse is a binary star system, and a supernova may explode in advance, which attracts people's attention.
There are endless discussions on major social platforms. Occasionally, some people in the general public will notice the method of calculating Betelgeuse, but this thing is only briefly mentioned in one or two sentences in the news without explaining it in detail.
However, from this aspect, many questioning parties have also emerged.
Not only does it question the correctness of this calculation method, but it also questions whether there really is a companion star in Betelgeuse's hydrogen envelope.
There are even more doubts about that country in the east, questioning whether they are really capable of discovering this shocking astronomical phenomenon. Are they sure it is not fabricated fake data?
After all, in the eyes of many Westerners, the country in the East has always been backward, whether it is economy, scientific research and other aspects.
In terms of astronomical equipment, there is no top-level scientific research equipment. It is impossible for them to discover this wonder of the universe before they have Hubble Telescope and other top-level astronomical equipment.
Just like some Chinese people have always questioned whether NASA's moon landing plan was a complete scam.
Now, it's their turn to question.
How could there be another star inside a star?
If it is so close, won't it be sucked into the core by strong gravity? This is unscientific.
Even if it exists, it is impossible to be discovered under the light of Betelgeuse.
Observing the internal conditions of a star is simply something that only God can do. Humans can even speculate on the structure of the interior of the earth beneath their feet.
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Of course, the opinions of ordinary people have not affected the academic world.
Even if there are many people who doubt it, they will try their best to prove it. Astronomical institutions in various countries have announced that they will continue to observe Betelgeuse in the future. This is the best way.
Because according to published theories and data, companion stars return approximately every 23 to 31 days, which means that in the next period, if the theory is correct, they will be able to observe the return of companion stars again in less than a month.
The abnormal data brought.
The academic world’s pursuit of truth and the development of science always come first.
Just like the paper Xu Chuan had previously posted on the arxiv preprint server, many people were questioning whether it was correct, but there were also more people who hoped that this method was correct and successful.
Because if it is correct, the world of astronomy and astrophysics will usher in a booming development.
Just as space exploration explores the stars and the sea, a distant future that is within reach of mankind, so astronomy explores the mysteries of the universe and the future of mankind.
In the future, humans may be able to use this method to find a planet suitable for human immigration from the vast and lonely universe.
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The world of astronomy and astrophysics is experiencing great fluctuations, and the world of mathematics is also experiencing great fluctuations.
Before the lingering heat of proving the Weyl-berry conjecture had completely passed, the prover made use of the Xu-weyl-berry theorem to achieve results.
If I remember correctly, it has been less than four months since Weyl-Berry's conjecture was proved.
It took more than three months to once again produce results on the theorem I proved. This speed is really too fast.
Although this achievement is aimed at the astronomical community, it does not affect many mathematicians from turning their attention to it.
On the one hand, the speed of producing results one after another is too fast.
It is no exaggeration to say that for ordinary mathematicians, three months is not enough for them to fully understand this new theory.
And even if top mathematicians can thoroughly understand Xu-Weyl-Berry's theorem in three months, it is almost impossible to use it to produce results on this basis.
On the other hand, it's because of my age. Eighteen years old, not yet nineteen years old, is too young.
At this age, in most countries around the world, most people may not have compulsory education, but this person is already at the top of the mathematics world.
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California, University of California, Los Angeles, Tao Zhexuan downloaded Xu Chuan's paper from the arxiv preprint server with great interest.
Unlike other top figures in the mathematics world, Daniel, who is much younger in age, still pays a lot of attention to preprint servers such as arxiv.
Although excluding those papers that have been officially published, most of the papers and ideas above are rubbish, but occasionally there are some ideas that can make people shine.
Of course, in the world of mathematics, if you do not have a solid enough foundation, relying on an idea alone will not be of much use.
Inspiration is very important to mathematics researchers, but it also varies.
The same inspiration or idea can be explored in the hands of two mathematicians with different mathematical skills. There is a huge difference.
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In front of the computer, Tao Zhexuan opened the downloaded paper, printed it out and held it in his hand.
After chatting with Xu Chuan at Princeton last year, he has been paying attention to the young mathematician.
At the age of eighteen, his achievements in mathematics have already reached the pinnacle of the mathematics world. With such a rising super star, it is no surprise that the mathematics world will welcome another person who stands at the top of the pyramid in the future.
Talents have made great contributions to promoting the development of mathematics.
"Let me see how far you have progressed in the xu-weyl-berry theorem."
After muttering something, Terence Tao spread out the paper in his hand and read it.
Although it is a paper in the field of astrophysics, it does not contain much knowledge about astrophysics. After briefly introducing some information about astrophysics and Betelgeuse, the author turned his attention to mathematics.
In this paper, which is less than six pages long, mathematical calculations and formulas occupy more than four pages.
"... δ2u/δt2＝Δu, t＞0, x∈Ω; u＝0, t≥0, x∈阸福
"...Δ=∑πj=1δ2/δx2j..."
"Using the separation of variables method, let u(t,x)=ψ(t)·φ(x), substitute this into equation (1) and take the boundary conditions into account, then for λ>0, we have: Δφ/φ=ψtt
/ψ=-λ......
"...."
"......n(λ)=(2π)?891.986d⊙w||nλn/2...."
"...n(λ)=(2π)891.986d⊙w.4580.12*λn/2..."
"..."
Staring at the mathematical formulas and calculations on the printed paper, Tao Zhexuan watched intently.
"Is it a deformation of the xu-weyl-berry theorem?"
"First convert it from an equal-spectral fluctuation into a Sobolev space fluctuation, and then introduce mathematical parameters by presenting an amplitude function of periodic oscillation, and then complete the calculation of the three-dimensional space mass source."
"It turns out that this is how we use the xu-weyl-berry theorem to calculate the parameters of celestial bodies. It's really a clever idea,"
At his desk, Terence Tao murmured to himself while staring at the printed paper.
Although he did not participate in the review of the proof of the Weyl-berry conjecture, he had read the complete proof process published in the "Annals of Mathematics" several times.
Although the proof process of Weyl-berry's conjecture is very difficult, it is not difficult for him to understand it.
Even though some astronomical knowledge was incorporated into the calculations he saw today, it is not difficult to understand for his IQ of 230.
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It didn't take long to read a paper of less than six pages. In about ten minutes, Tao Zhexuan read the paper completely.
However, he did not draw a conclusion, but took out a stack of manuscript paper and pen from the drawer.
Read the paper again and check the mathematical formulas and calculation processes in the paper.
This time it took a little longer. After more than half an hour, Tao Zhexuan, who was lying in front of his desk, put down the black ballpoint pen in his hand, sat up straight and let out a long sigh of relief.
"It's really amazing. No loopholes can be found in the calculation process, and judging from the paper, it seems that this is only a part of the application of xu-weyl-berry's theorem."
"At least, I only saw the calculation process of Betelgeuse's mass in this paper, but the paper also mentioned the calculation methods of other parameters such as volume, diameter, and motion speed."
"It really makes people look forward to what the complete paper will be like. His expansion of the xu-weyl-berry theorem is much deeper than I imagined, and his mathematical ability is stronger than I previously expected."
"It seems that in the future, a Fields Medal is destined to be his."
Tao Zhexuan stared at the paper on his desk with dazzling eyes. In the calculation just now, he not only did not find any loopholes or calculation errors, he was also keenly aware that different methods were needed to calculate different celestial parameters.
Of course, the different methods here refer to the xu-weyl-berry theorem after different forms of torsional deformation.
The core of the theorem is the xu-weyl-berry theorem, which calculates different parameters through boundary values and eigenvalues. This is the core of using the theorem.
"I remember, it seemed that it was reported that Xu Chuan submitted the xu-weyl-berry theorem to accurately calculate the parameter information of distant celestial bodies to the Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, right?"
"But in the astrophysics community, are there any professors who can review papers at this level of mathematics?"
Staring at the manuscript paper on the table, Terence Tao suddenly remembered something, and a strange light shone in his eyes.
From the submission point of view, this paper should be submitted to a mathematics journal, but I don’t know what the young man thought, but he actually submitted it to a journal in the astronomy and physics community.
Although the calculation method does apply to astrophysics, he has no doubt that there is no professor in the astrophysics community who can review this paper.
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In fact, the "Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics" is also having a headache about this matter.
The paper on the method of accurately calculating the parameter information of distant celestial bodies using the xu-weyl-berry theorem is indeed extremely important to the astrophysics community.
If the new method finally determined is correct, then the world of astronomy and astrophysics will usher in a major change.
The old methods are withdrawing from the stage, and the new methods are leading the world.
It is no exaggeration to say that there are not many such changes in the entire scientific community.
Therefore, it is impossible for the Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics to abandon the paper that has been submitted to them.
But the reality is that they really can't find suitable reviewers.
"Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics" is a top journal, yes, but it is for the astrophysics community, not the mathematics community.
In the entire astrophysics community, there are really few professors who understand mathematics.
They have tried all these, but all of them were returned without exception. The feedback given to them was that they did not have enough mathematical ability and were unable to review this paper.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! For this reason, the entire editorial department from bottom to top, from the technical editor to the review editor to the editor-in-chief, is almost having a headache.
If they can no longer find reviewers, they will have to send the paper back and recommend that the contributor submit it to a mathematics journal.
But no one is willing to accept it.
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At the publisher headquarters of annual reviews inc., the editors responsible for reviewing papers are gathered in an office.
"Gordon, is there any feedback from Professor Sal Perlmutter?"
In the office, James Brooks, editor-in-chief of the Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, knocked on the table and asked.
Across the desk, a young editor shook his head and replied: "I just received feedback, and Professor Sal Perlmutter said there is nothing he can do."
Hearing this, James Brooks rubbed his temples with a headache.
Sal Perlmutter is an astrophysicist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a physics professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and the winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Although Sal won the Nobel Prize in Physics for "discovering the accelerating expansion of the universe through the observation of distant supernovae," he is also very good at mathematics and is considered a top mathematical talent in the astrophysics world.
If even he can't do it, James Brooks really doesn't know who else in the astrophysics community can review this paper.
It's not that he doesn't want to find senior figures in mathematics to review the manuscript, but that they don't know any senior figures in mathematics at all.
Of course, they must know top mathematics experts like Faltings, Deligne, and Terence Tao, but these top experts do not know them.
Astrophysics and mathematics are not the same system at all.
There is no such thing as asking a mathematics professor to review a paper submitted to an astrophysics journal.
Although this paper was written by a mathematician and contains a lot of mathematical content, it is ultimately inappropriate.
"It's really confusing. How about looking for Edward Witten?"
James Brooks rubbed his temples and sighed. Professor Edward Witten, who had won the Fields Medal, had no doubt about his mathematical ability, and he was also a master in physics.
Astrophysics can be considered physics, so it would be more appropriate to hook it up instead of suddenly going to Professor Deligne and the others.
Moreover, Professor Witten works at Princeton, so maybe the paper will attract the attention of those mathematicians.
Just as he was having a headache, James Brooks suddenly heard the excited voices of his subordinates.
"The editor-in-chief, Professor Terence Tao, sent us an email, asking if we have found any reviewers for the paper on the Xu-Weyl-berry theorem method for accurately calculating the parameter information of distant celestial bodies."
"Tao Zhexuan? The one from the University of California? The one who won the Fields Medal?" James Brooks asked quickly.
"Yes, he said he might be able to take the job if no suitable reviewers were found."
"Quick, reply to his email!"
"It would be great if Professor Tao is willing to take over the review work of this paper."
James Brooks stood up excitedly. Although he didn't know why Terence Tao would take the initiative to ask about this matter, for them, this was the best news.
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ps: To report the status, my body temperature has stabilized a lot. Although it is still around 38.3 or 4, it has at least stabilized. However, my throat hurts badly and the muscles in my arms and thighs are severely sore.
Mentally, I'm a little worse than the day before yesterday. My head is foggy. I hope I can recover a little after getting up. If this continues, I'll probably have to stop watching.
Yawei doesn’t want to stop updating. If he doesn’t get points, he can exchange for a leave slip. If he stops updating, he won’t be able to attend full attendance, ┭┮﹏┭┮.