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To determine the polarization of these particles, beams of muons were scattered onto lithium-6 deuteride targets in a 2006 experiment in the COMPASS project. The compression of this particle’s fields into tubelike regions explains the linear potential term in the Lund string model. Fusion of these particles is the primary route for producing Higgs bosons at the LHC. These particles (-5[1])were discovered by the TASSO collaboration at PETRA after observing a three-jet event. Still-unobserved spin-2 or spin-3 composites of these self-interacting particles are called “balls” (10[1])of these (10[1])particles. On Feynman (10[1])diagrams, helices represent these particles, whose eight types include “red anti-red” and “red anti-blue.” (-5[1])These vector bosons mediate the formation of nucleons from quarks. For 10 points, name these gauge (“gayj”) bosons that transmit the strong force. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: gluons [accept gluon balls; prompt on glueballs]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Maximilian Niebur (UG)Johns HopkinsColumbia B59-5
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarColumbia C8410
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayPenn8610
Eshan Pant (DII)NYU ARowan8910
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU BHaverford103-5
Arjun Bothra (UG)HaverfordNYU B12510
John John Groger (UG)Columbia BJohns Hopkins12610