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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 (10[1])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 experiment (10[1])showed time dilation by observing discrepancies in the 2.2-microsecond decay time (-5[1])of these particles after they were produced in the atmosphere (10[1])by cosmic rays. For 10 points, (-5[1])name this unstable lepton with a mass between that of the tauon and electron. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[3])

ANSWER: muons [or mu mesons; accept muon puzzle or muon-catalyzed fusion or Compact Muon Solenoid; reject “mesons”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Hrishit ChaudhuriNYU BCentral Oklahoma3810
Athena Shadden (UG)Texas AIowa6910
Alejandro Prieto Mendoza (D2)Texas DColorado College7210
Cyrus ZhouWUSTL AMcGill E83-5
Gia Harvey-Slager (UG)Texas CVassar B9310
Brynn JonesOregon StateMississippi State99-5
Braden Booth (D2)MissouriNYU A11310
Anthony Gagliano (UG)McGill EWUSTL A1140
Jackson Hopper (UG)Mississippi StateOregon State11410
Sam Macchi (D2)Vassar ATexas B1140
Abhinav Rachakonda (UG)Texas BVassar A1140