Werner Heisenberg calculated that the force exerted by particles thought to drive this interaction went as the negative fifth power of radius, and differed from experimental values by a factor of one million. That “tentative” theory of this interaction, which predicts a cross section proportional to the square of energy in a four-fermion contact mechanism, was posited by Enrico Fermi. Measurements of gamma ray anisotropy served as a control in an experiment testing a prediction about this interaction made by Lee and Yang. Cooled (*) cobalt-60 atoms in a polarizing magnetic field were found to emit electrons asymmetrically in an experiment testing this force conducted by Chien-Shiung Wu. This parity-violating force is mediated by W and Z bosons. For 10 points, name this fundamental force responsible for beta decay. ■END■
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| Karthik Jayaram | Quatumvirate | Goober Gang | 74 | 15 |
| Stan | Gruh | Mahjonng Masters | 77 | -5 |
| Ryan Rosenberg | Adrianne Lenker 4 Nobel Lit Prize 2K65 | 4 quizbowl pros go Virginia on North Carolina | 77 | -5 |
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| Alex Li | Free Agents 1 | Trip-Hop Quizzer Tricky | 83 | 15 |
| Kai Madgwick | Manchester | Birmingham | 83 | 15 |
| Benjamin Chapman | Toronto B | Toronto Metropolitan | 83 | 15 |
| Calvin Bostleman | Ohio State A | Michigan C | 84 | 10 |
| Bryan Ugaz | Arizona State University A | Carleton | 84 | 10 |
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| Fish Tsai | girl 15 whale i mean they | UCSB | 88 | 10 |
| Leo Law | Project2025BC: Make Assyria Great Again | Billy's Bastion | 88 | 10 |
| Bill Zhao | Keeping Up With the Cardassians | Edwin Laundrorat's Long-Lost Man Unclothès Rat Degrosses | 88 | 10 |
| Anne Fjeld | Alberta | Arizona State University B | 88 | -5 |
| Caleb Ott | Waterloo B | Toronto A | 88 | 10 |
| Jonathan Shauf | Even in Blacksburg There I Am | Somehow Paula Deen Returned | 88 | -5 |
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| Liam Kusalik | Waterloo A | McGill A | 89 | 10 |
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| Athan Juritsch | Toronto E | Toronto D | 95 | 10 |
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| Shishir Bharadwaj | Lexington | Belmont | 116 | -5 |
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