Chapter 189 I don’t understand, but I am deeply shocked

Last night, Xu You finally found the inspiration for deriving the formula by piecing together a large amount of information fragments in his mind.

As soon as he saw this formula, Xu You was able to immediately associate it with the corresponding image.

"It sounds incredible. Would you mind showing it to me?"

"certainly."

Xu You was naturally not shy about telling Qiao Sen anything, and generously showed him the formula and the derivation process.

Qiao Sen looked at the derivation process on Xu You's paper and his brows furrowed.

"To be honest, I don't quite understand it."

Qiao Sen tried very hard to understand Xu You's thinking.

Even so, Qiao Sen could only understand a small part of the whole process and could not fully understand Xu You's thinking.

Xu You wanted to explain it to Qiao Sen, but found that he didn't seem to know how to explain it.

It would be difficult to understand Xu You's ideas without personally experiencing the experimental process and repeatedly thinking about the connection between the experimental data.

"Teacher, if you do all the experiments completely and think over and over again about the connections between these data, I believe you will understand them."

Hearing Xu You's words, Qiao Sen also smiled.

"These experiments cannot be repeated casually. Unfortunately, my ability is limited and I cannot help you judge whether this theory is correct. I also do not recommend that you seek out other experts. After all, if too many people have looked at this theory, there is no telling what problems may arise."

Xu You also understood what Qiao Sen meant.

Not everyone is as worthy of Xu You's trust as Qiao Sen.

If it was really copied by someone else, it would be difficult to explain.

"Xu You, I have been with you for such a long time, I definitely have confidence in you. I suggest you organize this result and submit it directly. I guess the editors can't be sure whether your theory is correct or not, so let them decide whether it can be published."

Xu You also preferred this option and asked Qiao Sen:

"Teacher, which journal should I submit this research result to?"

"The journals with the highest impact factors are definitely Nature and Science, and the school offers the highest bonuses for publishing papers in these two journals. But I don't recommend submitting your paper to Nature and Science. This is because N/S prefers popular science articles, and your paper is too professional and purely theoretical. N/S basically does not publish purely theoretical articles."

Xu You didn't care much about the bonus. After all, there was no point in giving Xu You hundreds of thousands of bonuses.

"Then teacher, is it more appropriate to vote for PRL?"

Xu You still remembers that the first project he worked on under Wang Xiangwu was submitted to PRL.

"Yes, my suggestion is to submit to PRL. PRL is a top journal in the physics community, and the scientific research results published are very solid and rigorous. For example, the gravitational wave detection that won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017 was published in PRL. Moreover, PRL is a letter-type journal, so the review process will be faster. You don't have to wait for a long time like you would for Nature."

Thinking of the achievement of gravitational wave detection, Xu You couldn't help but get excited.

I guess this achievement of mine might win me a Nobel Prize in Physics.

However, Xu You quickly calmed down. It was not even certain whether it could pass the review, so why think so far ahead?

In the days that followed, Xu You began the intensive work of writing his thesis.

For letter-type journals like PRL, the number of words in the paper is much less than that of ordinary SCI.

But because of this, the article needs to be very short and concise, and use very concise language to clearly explain complex issues.

It is also a huge test for the author's ability to express himself.

Xu You spent a long time polishing this short 3,500 words.

Only after he was completely satisfied with the article did Xu You submit it.

After completing the paper submission, Xu You could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Anyway, my project has finally come to an end.

Xu You was somewhat worried that the reviewers of PRL might reject his paper because they could not understand his theory.

After all, Qiao Sen couldn't fully understand his own theory.

The professional capabilities of PRL's reviewers may be stronger than those of Qiao Sen, but not much stronger.

However, when I think about myself now, I already have a relatively rich resume and have published many articles in PRL and N/S.

I believe that even if the reviewers cannot fully understand the paper, they will not easily reject it.

And after submitting this paper.

Xu You also has no plans to start a new project right away.

Because it’s almost the end of the semester.

In this semester, Xu You still has to take more than 20 exams.

If all goes well, Xu You will be able to prepare for his undergraduate thesis defense next semester.

For Xu You, reviewing before the final exam was easy and enjoyable.

Compared to scientific research work, where even the direction is difficult to determine.

For final review, you just need to read the books and do some exercises.

With such intense study, Xu You doesn’t need to go back to the rented house and can just stay in the dormitory.

Xu You’s roommates can finally see Xu You as an undergraduate again.

"Xu You will have to ... I feel like studying for ten exams is already hard enough."

"Xu You came back to study for the final exam after finishing his research project. It's like when you just beat the boss in the game and then come back to kill the monsters."

"That's true. No matter how many monsters there are, they are not on the same level as the boss. Guess who will be the second in the academy this time."

At the end of this semester, Xu You still successfully completed the exam for each subject within 30 minutes.

For Xu You, this period of time was just a time to adjust his state and to complete his study credits.

…

United States.

Physical Review Letters journal office.

Two reviewers were looking at an article and exchanging opinions with each other.

"Can you understand what's inside?"

"Seriously, I can only understand part of it."

"Yes, me too. But I think the significance of this article is extraordinary."

"Yes, I think so."

The reason they have such an idea is because this article explains the mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity.

Moreover, it is not just explained from a certain angle or a certain special case.