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, known as a kilonova. An upper limit on these bodies’ mass is named for Tolman, Oppenheimer, and Volkov. A “glitch” is a small increase in the frequency emitted by rapidly rotating examples of these 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? ■END■
ANSWER: neutron stars [accept pulsars until read; reject “stars”]
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Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 8 | 75% | 0% | 88% | 93.83 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 63% | 84.88 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 83% | 0% | 83% | 88.40 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 10 | 90% | 0% | 70% | 95.89 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 56% | 0% | 89% | 97.40 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 60% | 89.40 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 75% | 0% | 75% | 76.17 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 58.67 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Nicholas Fowler | Virginia | Virginia Tech A | 24 | -5 |
Jesse Mindle | NC State | Duke B | 27 | -5 |
Diego Almaraz | UNC A | James Madison B | 30 | -5 |
Justin Reeves | VCU | Duke A | 35 | -5 |
Joseph Cole | UNC B | Appalachian State B | 42 | -5 |
Kevin Cronk | Virginia Tech B | Liberty B | 50 | -5 |
Aidan Jones | Liberty A | Liberty C | 53 | 10 |
Albert Li | Duke B | NC State | 70 | 0 |
Ivan Sumaneev | UNC C | James Madison A | 102 | -5 |
Laura Jones | Appalachian State A | UNC D | 102 | -5 |
Nathan Sprouse | Virginia Tech A | Virginia | 108 | 10 |
Miller Doerr | Liberty B | Virginia Tech B | 108 | 10 |
Laila Peterson | James Madison B | UNC A | 109 | 0 |
Gavin Bramer | Appalachian State B | UNC B | 109 | 10 |
Andrea Owusu | Duke A | VCU | 109 | 0 |
Carly Hemani | James Madison A | UNC C | 109 | 0 |
Michael Eng | UNC D | Appalachian State A | 109 | 10 |