After Xiao Yi accepted USTC's invitation and became Mathematics Department's professor at the Institute of Physics, his name as "Professor Xiao" became justified.
Although researchers at Mathematics Research Institute and Physics Research Institute could be called professors in the past, in the final analysis it was just because in academia, researchers were accustomed to being called professors.
There are still some differences between the two professional titles.
After that, the news that he became the professor of USTC spread quickly and immediately caused a shock in USTC.
Xiao Yi, really became their professor!
For a time, students across the school were discussing this matter.
[Holy shit, what I said back then came true! A few days ago, I posted a message on the hot search topic where Scholar Xiao graduated, hoping that Scholar Xiao would come back to teach at our USTC. As a result, today he became our professor!]
[I am super! Awesome!]
[Haha, Fields Medal winner comes to teach in our school. Which other university in the country has this treatment?]
[Fortunately, the time for filling out the application form for the college entrance examination has passed. Otherwise, if Scholar Xiao had become Professor USTC before filling in the application form, the score line would probably have gone up by several dozen points.]
[Where is that guy from Beijing University? say! Scholar Xiao is coming to our school now! Is there anything else you want to say?]
[By the way, in this case, do we have to call Professor Scholar Xiao? Gan!]
[It's okay, others can't shout even if they want to!]
The entire USTC students were celebrating.
On the other side, Joint Examination Group was even hotter inside.
[Damn it, you guys!]*n.
Countless non-USTC students have expressed their deep resentment to USTC people.
USTC-Ye Cheng: [I'm so sorry, who made Brother Xiao ours? You'd better stop thinking about it!]
USTC-Song Ziyang: [Hahaha, then play music and dance! Whose college doesn't have Fields Medal? No way, right?]
USTC-Luo Qiao: [Sorry, I am a student from University of Science and Technology of China, School of Mathematical Sciences, yes, the terminator of twin prime numbers, The prover of Goldbach Conjecture, the cracker of Millennium Prize Problems, the prophet of X particle... Professor Xiao Yi is the professor of our college. What school are you in?]
Today's USTC students started to talk like crazy, so much so that the entire group chat seemed to be ruined.
In the end, Jiang Long, as the administrator, could only activate the Great Suppression Technique again, and then banned all USTC's people one by one.
[USTC-Ye Cheng was banned by the administrator for 7 days]
[USTC-** was banned by the administrator for 1 day]
[USTC...]
[USTC-Xiao Yi was banned by the administrator for 1 day]
Beijing University-Lu Ping: [?]
Beijing University-Chen Muhua: [?]
Qinghua-Jiang Long: [!]
Qinghua-Jiang Long: [Damn, you banned the wrong person, Scholar Xiao shouldn't have noticed, right?]
[USTC-Xiao Yi has been unbanned]
Qinghua-Huo Wen: [Lao Jiang, so brave!]
[Big courage!]*n
Of course, Xiao Yi naturally didn't realize that he had been banned by mistake.
Now, he is receiving a call from Academician Pang Cheng and has no time to care about Joint Examination Group.
"Are you leaving now?"
"No, no, am I still the researcher of Institute of Physics?"
"You... sigh." Pang Cheng sighed, and finally said, "Well, the conditions offered by Fei City are indeed good, and it is indeed better for you to stay there."
Although emotionally speaking, he does not want Xiao Yi to leave.
But considering the conditions given by Fei City, Pang Cheng doesn't think anyone will refuse.
According to the information revealed so far, 200 million is used to build a laboratory with Xiao Yi as the center. Basically, as long as Xiao Yi is still alive, or has not resigned, then this laboratory is probably equivalent to Xiao Yi's possessions.
This is not only an honor, but also a real benefit.
Neither Shangjing nor Institute of Physics can provide such conditions.
The reason is very simple. There are too many scholars here, too many top scholars, and similarly, there are more mountains.
Spending two hundred million on one person will definitely encounter unimaginable resistance.
This even exceeds the money Qinghua spent on Yao Ban.
But this is also easy to understand. Yao Qizhi was almost sixty years old when he came back, and his energy in scientific research is naturally not as good as that of young people. Xiao Yi is only nineteen years old this year. God knows how many more achievements he can produce in the future that will shock Scientific Community and shock people's attention?
In the end, Pang Cheng could only say, "Then I won't advise you anything. I hope you can achieve more results in Fei City. In addition, remember to come back often. After all, as you just said, you are still a member of our research institute."
Xiao Yi smiled and said, "Of course."
We talked for a few more words and finally hung up the phone.
Putting down the phone, Xiao Yi also felt a little emotional. There were many people calling him from Shangjing. The principals of Beijing University and Qinghua University all called him, hoping to let him teach there.
However, facing Hui Province and the budget of at least 200 million given by Fei City, they could only sigh and express that they did not have such great courage.
Of course, even in Hui Province and USTC, the 200 million resistance is not completely gone.
Now, USTC is probably having a meeting over there.
However, he should not worry about this matter and wait for Principal Bao Hexin to send him good news.
For now, it would be better for him to focus on the most important things.
Looking back at the table in front of him, the scrap paper above contained some of his thoughts on the mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity during this period.
"Currently, specifically, in a strongly correlated system of electrons, the local electron density fluctuation caused by iron vacancies enhances the interaction between electrons, and this enhanced interaction should be the main reason for the electron pairs to form a stable paired state, at least with a high probability..."
"But how exactly this process is implemented is still a problem. Whether it is mathematical or physical phenomena, I have not yet found the reason."
He groped his chin. "Mainly because I did too few experiments..."
"If we can observe more high-temperature superconductors and obtain more experimental data... and then use [Material Mastery], we will have a chance to figure it out."
He shook his head helplessly.
Unfortunately, if you want to activate the effect of Material Mastery, experimental data alone is not enough, you must also have samples.
Otherwise, he can find a lot of experimental data to strengthen his understanding.
Of course, this condition of Material Mastery is relatively easy to understand. After all, the internal structures of different samples cannot be exactly the same. There will always be some differences.
Therefore, comparison of samples and experimental data can help understanding.
What's more, who knows whether the data on the Internet is fake?
"Well, you can go to the laboratory at School of Materials Science in a few days. Although their laboratory at Luo Mingya is not as well equipped as a professional condensed matter laboratory, it can still be used."
Thinking of Luo Mingya's laboratory, Xiao Yi also recalled this slightly anti-Tiangang sect.
I don't know what their current situation is.
Shaking his head slightly, he then looked at the scratch papers in front of him again and began to think.
At the same time, on the other side.
In the conference room of USTC, a group of leaders of USTC, as well as academicians and professors, were sitting, discussing things.
What they discussed was precisely the investment related to the introduction of Xiao Yi.
"In principle, I agree with this matter. Xiao Yi is indeed a world-famous scholar. He has indeed made profound achievements in mathematics and physics. Of course I will not refuse to invite him to come to us. This will be beneficial to improving the image of our province and our USTC."
At this time, an old academician expressed his opinion.
"However, I have always maintained my previous thinking. It would be too much to invest 200 million or even 300 million in just one person."
"It's just a mathematical physics laboratory. 50 million is already too much. If the remaining funds can be used to support other projects, even if it is 1 million to support one project, I don't know how many can be supported. Just take the remaining 150 million, which is equivalent to 150 projects!"
"Or we can use part of the funds to support projects where we have already made breakthroughs, such as our Quantum Information project. Maybe it can help us achieve breakthroughs in some of our existing key points."
"Principal Bao, I said this, I believe you also know it."
Bao Hexin, who was sitting in front, glanced at the old academician, smiled, and said, "So, Academician Chen means that I have agreed with Xiao Yi that at least 200 million yuan will be spent, and three-quarters of it will be divided by you?"
"For a mathematics Physics Research Institute, 50 million is enough." Academician Chen said, "What's more, I didn't say that the remaining 150 million will be given to our Quantum Information key laboratory. The microscale laboratory must need this funding more than us. There is also the synchrotron radiation laboratory, and of course many professors in our school also need funding."
Bao Hexin said, "Then do you think if only 50 million is allocated to Xiao Yi in the end, how much will it affect the province's impression of us?"
Academician Chen smiled and said, "President Bao, you don't need to scare me with this matter. As the most important university in Hui Province, our leaders will understand."
Bao Hexin nodded slightly, but felt very disappointed in his heart.
USTC has a nickname on the Internet, called Huaguo University of Quantum Science and Technology, because USTC has a bunch of research institutions related to Quantum Information technology.
There are Quantum Information Key Laboratory, Quantum Physics and Quantum Information Research Department, in addition there are Quantum Information Innovation Research Institute, Quantum Information National Laboratory of Science, etc.
Therefore, the "Quantum Information power" has become a major force in USTC, and has also become the main reason why USTC has invested heavily in Quantum Information technology over the years.
Regarding this point, Bao Hexin has nothing to say. After all, they have indeed made a lot of achievements on Quantum Information.
And this does not affect USTC's educational strength. After all, students cannot feel this aspect.
However, Bao Hexin is dissatisfied with the idea that they now want to allocate some of the funds from wooing Xiao Yi.
He turned his head and looked at another person, another leader of USTC Quantum Information, Academician Pan Wei.
"Academician Pan, what do you think? You are also the executive vice president of our school. I hope you can think about it from the perspective of the development of the school."
Academician Pan Wei said, "Principal Bao, before that, I would like to ask first, why are you planning to provide 300 million yuan to Xiao Yi now? This is an additional 100 million yuan compared to before."
"This is what Xiao Yi requested." Bao Hexin said, "And the province has no objection to this. At most, it needs a meeting to discuss it."
"Xiao Yi asked for it?" Pan Wei shook his head and said, "Principal Bao, I know that you want to bring a top mathematician to our school, a Fields Medal, but let me be honest, a mathematical physics laboratory really does not need so much money to build."
Bao Hexin smiled, "Then guess, why didn't the province refuse? That's an extra 100 million! Why do you think the province agreed without any objection?"
Hearing this question, many people present frowned, including Academician Pan.
The previous Academician Chen said, "Isn't it because of Fields Medal?"
Although it is said that Xiao Yi is also a candidate for Nobel Prize in Physics, everyone present knows that this is just a nice thing to say. Before winning, he will never be a Nobel Prize winner.
Bao Hexin said, "Forget it, I won't hide it from you. Xiao Yi wants to study the high-temperature superconducting mechanism and a new type of high-temperature superconducting material."
"According to what he said, the high-temperature superconducting material he plans to study has the opportunity to replace the industrial position of niobium-titanium alloy. You should be aware of this significance, right?"
Upon hearing what Bao Hexin said, all the academicians and professors in the field of Quantum Information present could not sit still.
"What?!"
"How is that possible!"
"Principal, are you sure?"
Bao Hexin stretched his body, leaned on the back of the chair, and said, "These are the original words of Xiao Yi. It depends on whether you believe it or not."
Later, these Quantum Information experts looked at me and I looked at you, and they all looked like they couldn't hold it.
Bao Hexin It is very clear why this matter can make them react like this.
That's because of the importance of high-temperature superconductors to quantum computers.
There are currently two directions for quantum computers, one is superconducting quantum computers and the other is optical quantum computers.
The latter, the realization of optical quantum computers is too difficult and is simply not feasible in the short term. It requires efficient single photon detection and control, highly accurate and stable optical devices, and the stability of generating and controlling entangled photon pairs. Each of these is an extremely difficult challenge for the current scale of human technology.
The former, superconducting quantum computers, is quite feasible, and even now has some mature applications. However, the main problem with superconducting quantum computers is the requirements for superconducting materials.
The superconducting materials currently used in superconducting quantum computers are pure niobium or pure aluminum. The superconducting critical temperatures of these two are 9.2k and 1.2k respectively, so this requires the use of a very expensive cooling system and expensive liquid helium.
As for why high-temperature superconductors are not used, it is because the current high-temperature superconductors often fail to meet the needs of superconducting quantum computers. In terms of various properties, they are not as good as pure aluminum or pure niobium.
And if Xiao Yi can really develop a high-temperature superconductor that can replace niobium-titanium alloy in the industrial field...
Maybe it can help their quantum computers achieve major breakthroughs?
Finally, they looked at Bao Hexin again.
That Academician Chen asked, "Principal Bao, are you sure about this?"
Bao Hexin spread his hands and said very ruthlessly, "I don't care, you believe it or not. Anyway, high-temperature superconductors have nothing to do with my research field. On the contrary, they have a lot to do with you Quantum Information."
"However, I will just say one thing." Bao Hexin showed a sly smile, "Superconducting materials are one of the main bottlenecks limiting the breakthrough of quantum computer technology. If you can use better superconducting materials, maybe you can directly become the number one from the main force in the international Quantum Information?"
Bao Hexin's words made Academician Chen and the others curse in their hearts.
These words were obviously meant to arouse their excitement.
But unfortunately, they were really moved.
The most important thing is that they have to admit that Xiao Yi's words are very weighty and worthy of their belief.
Because they all know that Xiao Yi has really studied materials and superconductivity.
Those who study physics know the name Absolute Electronic Computation.
However, at this moment, someone in the conference room who was not related to them spoke.
"Principal Bao, I finally know why you invited us over."
The man pointed at Bao Hexin and said helplessly.
Plasma Institute, Academician Li Jiangan.
Li Jiangan said, "Although this is your USTC matter, and it originally had nothing to do with our plasma institute, but now, I have to express my opinion."
"It's a good thing for all of us that Xiao Yi is willing to come to us, so I think you guys are doing Quantum Information, so it's better not to say so much."
"What's more, what if someone really develops this superconductor?"
"Academician Pan, and Academician Chen, do you think so?"
The Plasma Research Institute is the main research institute in China that studies nuclear fusion technology. It is also located in Fei City and is also one of the benchmark research institutes of Fei City.
Nuclear fusion is also a technology closely related to superconductors. Without superconductors, this technology would be impossible to achieve. After all, quantum computers still have the direction of light quantum, which does not require superconductors.
Therefore, Academician Li took a stand.
As he said, the reason why Bao Hexin invited him over was because he expected that he would speak for Xiao Yi.
For a time, the balance in the minds of these academicians and professors at Quantum Information finally began to tilt to the other side.
In the end, after they made eye contact, Academician Pan said, "I... have no objections, Principal Bao, I agree with this matter."
Academician Chen also nodded and said, "I have no objection."
Others nodded.
For them, they are willing to take a gamble for the possible high-temperature superconductor.
Bao Hexin laughed and said calmly, "Okay, I will convey the results of the discussion to the province."
Once the resistance was gone, the matter passed almost immediately.
Moreover, it is not just 200 million, nor 300 million, but 500 million!
Three hundred million comes from the province, and the other two hundred million comes from the funding application form Xiao Yi, as well as the application sent to the top by provincial leaders.
In the end, 500 million, with Xiao Yi as the core, a laboratory spanning the three fields of mathematical physics, condensed matter, and materials will be built to start construction at Fei City Science Island.
However, what to name this laboratory has become a tangled matter.
First of all, the three main fields involved in the laboratory cannot be given an accurate abbreviation, and if it is called Xiao Yi laboratory directly, it is not very good. After all, naming a laboratory after a person's name is usually named in memory of a scientist after his death.
Although there are some such as Shing-Tung Yau Mathematical Science Center, they are not laboratories after all.
Until the end, after referring to Oak Forest National Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and other famous laboratories named directly after the region where they are located, and after conducting research and discussions with units at the provincial and national levels, as well as taking into account the opinions of Xiao Yi, the name of this laboratory was finally decided - Science Island Laboratory.
It means that I hope this laboratory can also become a world-famous top laboratory!