Question
Density perturbations named for the constancy of this quantity are fluctuations in relative energy densities that are contrasted with primordial adiabatic density perturbations. Setting this quantity to zero and solving for rho in the first Friedmann equation gives the critical density. W·MAP’s measurement of the (*) density parameter as 1.02 implies that this quantity is zero. Negative values of this quantity imply a hyperbolic universe. Gravitational lensing results from an increase in this quantity’s magnitude near massive objects that can be analogized to placing a weight on a stretched piece of fabric. For 10 points, name this geometric quantity whose global value would indicate whether the universe is flat. ■END■
ANSWER: curvature of the universe [accept isocurvature density perturbations]
<Lalit Maharjan, Science - Astronomy> ~24781~ <Editor: David Bass>
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Summary
2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 33 | 67% | 0% | 0% | 91.27 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Rushil Murikinati | Plymouth | Troy | 45 | 0 |
Camden Williams | Mexico | Thomas Jefferson A | 50 | 0 |
Shreyas Singh | University Lab | Mira Loma | 54 | 0 |
Michael Karpov | Barrington A | Chattahoochee A | 63 | 10 |
Aryan Pathak | Lake Highland | Maggie Walker C | 63 | 10 |
Anish Jindal | Parkway West | Hoover B | 63 | 0 |
Ali Hamzeh | Kinkaid | Solon | 63 | 10 |
Russell Dillak | Northmont B | Belvidere | 64 | 10 |
Kaiwen Xiao | Irvington A | Barrington B | 64 | 0 |
Arnou Thammarak | New Brighton | Johns Creek B | 64 | 0 |
Bernie Jin | Winston Churchill B | Dunbar | 65 | 0 |
Sophie Higgs | Richard Montgomery | William Fremd | 65 | 10 |
Sky Hong | Choate Rosemary Hall | Stevenson A | 66 | 0 |
Aaryan Sumesh | Thomas Jefferson C | Hinsdale Central | 67 | 10 |
Brielle Rach | Rockford Auburn B | Elkhorn North | 72 | 0 |
Vardhan Agnihotri | St. Mark's | Detroit Catholic Central A | 72 | 10 |
Thomas Belcher | Saint Joseph | Winnebago | 73 | 10 |
Ella Sheffield | Mercer County | Heights | 81 | 0 |
Timothy Porter | Maggie Walker A | Norris | 84 | 10 |
Tarun Devi | Chattahoochee B | Northmont A | 87 | 0 |
Sean Harbison | West Point | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 90 | 0 |
Joseph Harrison | Detroit Catholic Central C | Hunter B | 90 | 0 |
Charles Heydt | Midtown | Rockford Auburn A | 103 | 10 |
Jeffrey Xu | Johns Creek A | Detroit Country Day | 105 | 0 |
Ave Rieger | Northmont A | Chattahoochee B | 107 | 0 |
Braden Booth | Dallas County | Winston Churchill A | 107 | 10 |
Matthew Kohn | Hunter A | Thomas Jefferson B | 107 | 10 |
Anila Moparthi | Lincoln-Way East | John Adams B | 107 | 10 |
Hayden Qi | Johns Creek B | New Brighton | 107 | 10 |
Monit Karmaker | Stevenson A | Choate Rosemary Hall | 107 | 0 |
Dennis Yang | Troy | Plymouth | 107 | 10 |
Hayden Ley | Washington | Norman | 107 | 0 |
Tony Han | Carbondale | John Adams A | 108 | 10 |
Charlie Bork | Elkhorn North | Rockford Auburn B | 108 | 10 |
Brayden Ferrell | Heights | Mercer County | 108 | 0 |
Kaushik Gollamudi | Barrington B | Irvington A | 108 | 10 |
Jiaxu Liu | Detroit Country Day | Johns Creek A | 108 | 10 |
Eric Hu | Maggie Walker B | Moberly | 108 | 10 |
Aiden Dombrosky | Hoover B | Parkway West | 108 | 0 |
Dylan Cheng | Thomas Jefferson A | Mexico | 108 | 10 |
Aatreyo Bhattacharyya | Mira Loma | University Lab | 108 | 0 |
Riona Duncan | Walter Payton | Innovation Academy A | 108 | 0 |
Adhav Ravikumar | Innovation Academy A | Walter Payton | 108 | 0 |
Varun Venkatagiri | Innovation Academy B | Waukee | 108 | 0 |
Anthony Chalhoub | Detroit Catholic Central B | Woodland | 108 | 10 |