Question
The four potential couples to a quantum field named for this scientist in the interaction Hamiltonian of quantum electrodynamics. In the non-relativistic limit, this scientist’s namesake equation reduces to the Pauli equation. Anti-commutation rules must be applied to quantize this physicist’s namesake field, since the anticommutator of this physicist’s namesake (*) gamma matrices equals two times the metric tensor. This physicist created bra-ket notation to simplify quantum mechanical expressions. This physicist co-names the quantum statistics for identical particles with half integer spins with Enrico Fermi. For 10 points, name this English physicist who used his namesake field equation to predict the existence of antimatter. ■END■
ANSWER: Paul Dirac [or Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac]
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Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Yashwanth Bajji | Michigan A | SIUE B | 38 | 15 |
Stan Melkumian | Purdue A | WUSTL | 53 | 10 |
Ezra Santos | Chicago C | Chicago B | 62 | 10 |
Matt Schiavone | Purdue B | Chicago D | 62 | 10 |
Robert Condron | Chicago A | Ohio State C | 67 | -5 |
Mitchell Indek | Michigan B | Ohio State A | 67 | 10 |
Rohan Navaneetha | Ohio State B | Missouri | 83 | -5 |
Matthew Westley | Purdue C | SIUE A | 83 | 10 |
Jacob Goodson | Ohio State C | Chicago A | 103 | 0 |
Summary
2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 75% | 25% | 25% | 54.67 |
2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 75% | 13% | 25% | 60.83 |