Question
The stability of matter in devices where this process occurs is determined by the Kruskal–Shafranov limit. For this process to occur, the “triple product” of density, confinement time, and plasma temperature must exceed a minimum value by the Lawson criterion. This process releases energy for atoms found to the left hand side of the peak of binding energy. Fleischmann and Pons incorrectly claimed to have achieved the “cold” form of this process. In the CNO cycle in stars, hydrogen is converted to helium via this process. For 10 points, name this process in which nuclei are merged together to create heavier nuclei. ■END■
ANSWER: nuclear fusion [accept nuclear fusion reactor or magnetic confinement fusion reactors; accept cold fusion or magnetic confinement fusion; prompt on nuclear reactors; prompt on confining a plasma until “confinement” is read; prompt on confinement until “confinement” is read; reject “nuclear fission”]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 59.00 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 53.50 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 17% | 69.33 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 11 | 100% | 0% | 18% | 67.73 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 61.10 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 45.60 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 13% | 57.00 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 56.33 |
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Kappler (DII) | Claremont C | USC | 23 | 10 |
| Alec Riso | Cornell D | RIT C | 27 | 10 |
| Matthew Westley | Purdue A | Illinois D | 27 | 10 |
| Yuki Brown (DII) | Miami B (UG) | Michigan State B | 30 | 10 |
| Matthew Wang | UBC B | UW Chastity | 30 | 10 |
| Parker McCoig | Tennessee A | Southern | 30 | 10 |
| Fish Tsai (DII) | UCSD | UCLA E | 30 | 10 |
| Pranaav Senthilkumar | Cornell C | Penn State | 32 | 10 |
| Leonard Castine (DII) | Penn B (DII) | Maryland B (DII) | 32 | 10 |
| Dennis Yang (DII) | Michigan A (UG) | Miami A (UG) | 35 | 10 |
| Sidhant Chaliha (DII) | Princeton A (UG) | Columbia A (UG) | 35 | 10 |
| Ethan Ma | Illinois B | Notre Dame C | 35 | 10 |
| Chase Barrick (DII) | Lehigh A (UG) | Maryland A (DII) | 37 | 10 |
| Ishaan Singh | Purdue B | Illinois A | 38 | 10 |
| Daniel Chen | Emory Oxford | South Carolina A | 39 | 10 |
| Malachi Ledford | Tusculum | VCU | 39 | 10 |
| Jesse Mindle | NC State | James Madison A | 40 | 10 |
| Jesse Mindle | NC State | James Madison A | 40 | 10 |
| Neilesh Shroti (UG) | Columbia B | NYU B | 40 | -5 |
| Kenny Shaffer (UG) | Ohio State A (UG) | CWRU B (DII) | 45 | 10 |
| Zachary Kant | Emory A | Belmont | 49 | -5 |
| Beckett Gilmore (DII) | Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | Ohio State B (DII) | 50 | 10 |
| Quinn Vaughen | RIT B | Binghamton C | 51 | 10 |
| Sam Konkel | Chicago A | SIUE | 54 | 10 |
| Annika Larson (DII) | Claremont A | Claremont B | 55 | 10 |
| Alex Lin (DII) | Rutgers B | Penn A (DII) | 57 | 10 |
| Anthony Fangqing Yu (UG) | UCLA A | UCLA B | 60 | 10 |
| Ayush Patel (DII) | UCLA C | UCLA D | 60 | 10 |
| Jack Stuhlman (DII) | Lehigh B (DII) | Rowan A (DII) | 60 | 10 |
| Sebastian Pujet | WashU A | Notre Dame B | 60 | 10 |
| Jacob Puthipiroj | Northwestern A | WashU B | 60 | -5 |
| Henry Nonnemaker (DII) | CWRU A (UG) | Michigan State A | 61 | 10 |
| Clark Quenzler | Georgia Tech E | Furman | 61 | 10 |
| Kevin Cronk | Virginia Tech B | UNC A | 61 | 10 |
| Darrien Liang | UW Wrath | Boise State | 62 | -5 |
| Aaryan Tomar | Georgia Tech C | Tennessee B | 62 | -5 |
| Azura Gollamudi | Northwestern B | Purdue C | 64 | 10 |
| Paul Cantave (UG) | Rutgers A (UG) | NYU A (UG) | 65 | 10 |
| Brian Chen | Cornell G | Binghamton A | 67 | 10 |
| Tianyu Xu | Georgia Tech A | Georgia A | 67 | 10 |
| Jeffery Xu | Georgia Tech D | Vanderbilt B | 67 | 10 |
| Elijah Quan (DII) | Michigan C | Miami C (DII) | 68 | 10 |
| Alexzander Lawrence (DII) | West Virginia B (UG) | CWRU C (UG) | 68 | 10 |
| Henry Bylinowski | Auburn A | Clemson B | 68 | 10 |
| Jonathan Bost | Liberty B | UNC D | 68 | 10 |
| Soren Heydari | UNC C | James Madison B | 68 | 10 |
| Greta Hong (DII) | Bard A (UG) | Fordham A | 68 | 10 |
| Sammy Carstens | U of Rochester B | Cornell F | 70 | 10 |
| Joseph Cole | UNC B | William & Mary | 70 | 10 |
| Maya Kvaratskhelia | Notre Dame A | Indiana | 70 | 10 |
| Gregory Stone | ESF | Cornell A | 71 | 10 |
| Aksel Malatak | Syracuse | Cornell B | 71 | 10 |
| Aidan Roullet | RIT A | Cornell E | 71 | 10 |
| Aidan Keenan | U of Rochester A | Binghamton B | 71 | 10 |
| Zoe Vlamis (UG) | Michigan D (UG) | Ohio State C (DII) | 71 | 10 |
| Alan Fan | UW Envy | UBC A | 71 | 10 |
| Stefan Stealey-Euchner | Arizona State A | UW Greed | 71 | 10 |
| Skand Parvatikar | Arizona State B | UW Gluttony | 71 | 10 |
| Coy Mier | Auburn C | Clemson A | 71 | 10 |
| Gavin Bramer | Appalachian State B | Liberty A | 71 | 10 |
| Emmett Cho | Chicago B | Iowa B | 71 | 10 |
| Stella Brown | UW Sloth | UW Lust | 72 | 10 |
| John Mcqueen | South Carolina B | Alabama A | 74 | 10 |
| Cameron Wiliams | Appalachian State A | Duke B | 74 | 10 |
| Will Hackbarth | Virginia | Liberty C | 80 | 10 |
| Jack Ogletree | Auburn B | Vanderbilt A | 82 | 10 |
| Nathan Whittington | Tennessee B | Georgia Tech C | 85 | 10 |
| Samay Math | WashU B | Northwestern A | 88 | 10 |
| Jacob Bieri | Boise State | UW Wrath | 101 | 10 |
| Justin Hetrick | Belmont | Emory A | 101 | 10 |
| Rico-Ian Banting (UG) | NYU B | Columbia B | 102 | 10 |