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A group named for this physicist over n qubits is normalized by the Clifford group. This physicist originated the phrase “not even wrong” to describe unfalsifiable theories. (-5[1])A statement named for this physicist is the origin of the 12th-power repulsive term in the Lennard-Jones potential. A set of two-by-two unitary (10[1])Hermitian matrices named for this physicist are used to describe the coupling of spin to an external EM field. Because their wavefunctions (10[1])are antisymmetric under exchange, fermions obey a result named for (10[1])this physicist (10[1])stating no two of them can have all the same quantum numbers. For 10 points, name this Austrian physicist, the namesake of an exclusion (10[1])principle. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Wolfgang Pauli [or Wolfgang Ernst Pauli; accept the Pauli group or Pauli matrices or Pauli exclusion principle]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Shadmehr Khan (UG)RutgersLehigh26-5
Geoffrey Wu (UG)Columbia AMaryland4910
Mihir Shetty (UG)Columbia BPrinceton7110
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU ANYU C8110
Vincent Zhang (DII)PennSwarthmore B8310
Ashish KumbhardareRowanUniversity of Delaware B10710
Steven McPhillimey (DII)LehighRutgers10910

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2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)10/14/2023Y6100%0%17%83.33