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In their namesake “puzzle,” these particles have a higher-than-expected detection rate in the LHC Forward experiment. The Higgs boson was discovered by both the ATLAS collaboration and the Compact Solenoid detector named for these particles. An inconsistency in the Standard Model is the 3.5-standard-deviation discrepancy between this particle’s measured and predicted g-factor. By increasing the reduced mass of hydrogen, these particles are hypothesized to catalyze a type of cold fusion. (10[1])The Rossi–Hall (-5[1])experiment showed time dilation by observing discrepancies in the 2.2-microsecond decay time (10[1])of these particles after they were produced in the atmosphere by cosmic (10[1])rays. For 10 (10[1])points, name this unstable (-5[1])lepton (10[1])with a mass between that of the tauon (10[1])and electron. ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: muons [or mu mesons; accept muon puzzle or muon-catalyzed fusion or Compact Muon Solenoid; reject “mesons”]
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Matthew SiffYale ANortheastern A6910
Christopher DechDiamond BrandeisBowdoin A71-5
Rohan GaneshanHarvard ATufts B8310
Andres CordobaYale CCarabrandeis9510
Emmet ThomsenBrown ATufts A9810
Derek FinoClark ABoston University A102-5
Cindy ZhouBoston University BAmherst A10310
Graham LucasBowdoin BYale B11110
Evan LuccaBowdoin ADiamond Brandeis1140
Yrwin BatanMIT ABrandeises Brew1140