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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 (-5[1])from the merger (-5[1])of two of these bodies, known as a kilonova. An upper limit on these bodies’ (-5[1])mass is named for Tolman, (-5[1])Oppenheimer, (-5[1])and Volkov. A “glitch” is a small increase in the frequency emitted by rapidly rotating (10[1])examples of these bodies called (10[1])pulsars. (-5[1])Stars (10[1])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 (-5[1])are named for a subatomic particle? (10[1])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: neutron stars [accept pulsars until read; reject “stars”]
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY875%0%88%93.83
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Shawn RichardsonClemson BGeorgia Tech C27-5
Rafeed Rahman TurjyaGeorgia AClemson A30-5
Daniel ChenEmory OxfordAuburn A45-5
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Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech E51-5
Tarun KotiEmory ASouth Carolina A6610
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Aaryan TomarGeorgia Tech CClemson B10810
Matthew BrayAuburn CFurman10910
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Clark QuenzlerGeorgia Tech EGeorgia Tech A10910
Henry BylinowskiAuburn AEmory Oxford10910
Dylan MissalAlabama ASouthern10910