Asymmetries in some partnered examples of these structures may produce a Thomas-Ehrman shift. Some three-component “halo” examples of these structures may also be “Borromean,” since removing any component makes an unbound system. On charts depicting possible examples of these structures, stability occurs between the “drip lines.” Terms proportional to A, A to the two-thirds, and Z squared over A to the one-third quantify the volume, surface, and (*) Coulomb contributions to the energy of these structures, according to a formula derived from the liquid drop model. The mass defect of these structures is proportional to the binding energy required to separate them into their constituent particles. For 10 points, what structures were discovered when a beam of alpha particles was deflected by a gold foil? ■END■
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 100% | 17% | 17% | 84.17 |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 106.67 |
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 100.67 |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 100% | 33% | 0% | 68.33 |
| 2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 4 | 100% | 25% | 0% | 88.25 |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 72.50 |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 97.67 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swapnil Garg | Berkeley A | It's Joever | 27 | -5 |
| Kevin Wang | meet the new weird, same as the old weird | Columbia B | 45 | 15 |
| Ashvin Srivatsa | Epic Games | Amartya Senpai Notice Me | 49 | 15 |
| Ani Perumalla | What is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU | Rollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang | 59 | 15 |
| Daoud | Oxford Hornets | Broken Imperial Nomads | 70 | 10 |
| Adam Fine | Chicago A | WUSTL | 71 | 10 |
| Adam Silverman | nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft | UG Championship Players (and Mazin) | 74 | 10 |
| Krol | Magisters Ludi | Buzzers Karamazov | 75 | 10 |
| Quynh Phung | Purdue | Northwestern | 78 | -5 |
| Taylor | Mojo Shojo | OSU | 78 | 10 |
| Sky Li | The Passion According to C.H. | Cameron et al. | 82 | 10 |
| Stephen Liu | [Insert Lawyer Joke Here] | Berkeley B | 84 | 10 |
| Vincent Du | The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs | Maryland B+ | 84 | 10 |
| Vivek Sasse | Chicago B | Maryland B- | 84 | 10 |
| Daniel Ma | Olmo Bagelry | Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again | 86 | 10 |
| Joel Miles | The Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B | Cornell B- | 94 | 10 |
| Zach Foster | Rollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang | Hutto Hippos | 95 | 10 |
| Natan Holtzman | Stanford A | Stanford B | 99 | 10 |
| Iain Carpenter | Illinois A+ | Michigan | 100 | 10 |
| Milan Fernandez | Milan et al. | Parth et al. | 103 | 10 |
| Raymond Wang | Hutto Hippos | Cornell C++ | 105 | 10 |
| Henry Atkins | Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style | The Vulture's Guide to Buzz | 108 | 10 |
| Hasna Karim | Glass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery | Fan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them | 117 | 10 |
| Eric Wolfsberg | It's Joever | Berkeley A | 119 | 10 |
| Connor Mayers | Maryland A | Rutgers Diaspora | 119 | 10 |
| Andrew Salij | Northwestern | Purdue | 123 | 10 |