Question

This physicist names a gauge transformation based on the generating function “minus the position vector dotted with the vector potential at the origin.” A phenomenon predicted in this physicist’s PhD thesis, which was detected 30 years later in doped calcium fluoride, is measured in namesake units equal to “10-to-the-minus-50 centimeters-to-the-fourth seconds per photon.” (-5[1])This physicist first predicted two-photon (10[1])absorption. In 1949, this physicist and J. Hans D. Jensen (-5[1])independently developed a model that incorporates the Woods–Saxon potential, predicts 2, 8, 20, and 28 (10[1])to be the first few magic numbers, and considers distinct layers of protons (-5[1])and neutrons in analogy to the way electrons surround the nucleus. For 10 points, name this co-creator of the nuclear shell model, whose married surname (10[1])provides the name of a unit abbreviated (10[3])“GM.” ■END■ (10[1]0[14])

ANSWER: Maria Goeppert Mayer [or Maria Goeppert Mayer; accept Goeppert Mayer transformation or Goeppert Mayer transformation]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nikhil ChellamNorthwesternNYU52-5
Adam FineChicago AMinnesota A5710
Simon GorbatyDukePenn67-5
Alex AkridgeIndianaCornell A8210
Connor BlakeChicago BStanford95-5
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AWaterloo12010
Andrew WangIllinoisIowa State12710
Isaac MammelMarylandGeorgia Tech12710
Geoffrey WuColumbia ANorth Carolina A12710
Raymond ChenToronto ABerkeley A1290
Swapnil GargBerkeley AToronto A1290
Karthik PrasadCornell BChicago C1290
Max HodesChicago CCornell B1290
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYUNorthwestern1290
Rohan ShelkeBerkeley BNorth Carolina B1290
Ivvone ZhouNorth Carolina BBerkeley B1290
Andrew HannaPennDuke1290
Ryan HumphreyTexasPurdue1290
Tim MorrisonStanfordChicago B1290
Ben WismathToronto BRutgers12910
Aidan FeinVanderbiltMinnesota B1290
Albert ZhangColumbia BVirginia1290
Joseph ChambersVirginiaColumbia B1290
Bryan UgazArizona StateYale B1290