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A boson notated with this letter is the weak hypercharge gauge boson and can mix with W3 to form the Z boson and photon. A set of four mesons symbolized by this letter includes the heaviest [emphasize] charged (-5[1])meson, as well as the heaviest neutral mesons to undergo matter-antimatter oscillations. A quantum number represented by this letter equals one-third of the quantity number of quarks minus the number of antiquarks, and is conserved in the Standard Model along with (*) L. The upsilon meson is made up of a quark of this letter paired with its antiquark. Yellow is the anticolor of this color state, the alphabetically first of three. This letter represents the second-heaviest (-5[1])quark, which is (10[1])paired with the top quark in the (-5[1])third (-5[1])generation. For 10 (10[1])points, name this letter which, along with r and g, constitutes color charge. (10[4])■END■

ANSWER: B [accept uppercase or lowercase b; accept B0 (B-zero) or B-sub-c-plus; accept B meson or b quark or B-factories; accept B minus L; reject “beta”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Shaun IyerInnovation Academy AInnovation Academy B37-5
Darren KellisMiltonGeorgia Tech B113-5
Nitish SudhakarGeorgia Tech CInnovation Academy B11610
Joanna XiaoGeorgia Tech DInnovation Academy C123-5
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech AJohns Creek124-5
Sanjay Shanmuga PerumalLambertGeorgia Tech C12710
Arjun NairInnovation Academy CGeorgia Tech D14010
Suhit DamaniInnovation Academy BInnovation Academy A14010
Moses DongJohns CreekGeorgia Tech A14010
Matthew SumanenGeorgia Tech BMilton14010

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