Question

One type of these bodies ceases to emit radiation at the so-called “death line.” A 2017 multi-messenger astronomy breakthrough involved measuring both gravitational waves and a gamma-ray burst from the merger of two of these bodies, (-5[1])known as a (-5[1])kilonova. (-5[1])An upper limit on these bodies’ mass is named for Tolman, Oppenheimer, and Volkov. (10[1])A “glitch” is a small increase in the frequency emitted by rapidly rotating examples of these (10[1])bodies called pulsars. Stars whose mass is just above the Chandrasekar limit form one of these bodies after a supernova instead of a white dwarf. For 10 points, what extremely dense celestial bodies are named for a subatomic particle? (10[2])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: neutron stars [accept pulsars until read; reject “stars”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Karthik Krishnamurthy (DII)USCUCLA D35-5
Annika Larson (DII)Claremont AClaremont C38-5
Nick Machin (UG)UCLA AUCSD39-5
Ayush Patel (DII)UCLA CUCLA E5310
Jacob Cohen (UG)UCLA BClaremont B6910
Sumukh Murthy (UG)UCSDUCLA A10810
Ishan Pachauri (DII)UCLA DUSC10810
Alan Kappler (DII)Claremont CClaremont A10910

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY875%0%88%93.83
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%63%84.88
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY683%0%83%88.40
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1090%0%70%95.89
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY956%0%89%97.40
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%60%89.40
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY875%0%75%76.17
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%33%58.67