Question

The isospin and strangeness determine this quantity for hadrons in a formula developed by Okubo and Gell-Mann. When this quantity equals zero, the Dirac equation reduces to the Weyl [vile] equation. Spontaneous symmetry breaking creates bosons with a zero value of this quantity according to Goldstone’s theorem. In a formula named for this quantity, Coulomb, asymmetry, and pairing terms are used to represent the liquid drop model; that (*) “semi-empirical” formula is used to calculate the nucleus’s namesake “defect” in this quantity. A Millennium Prize (10[1])problem (10[1])involves determining (10[1])whether Yang-Mills theory has a “gap” in this quantity. Kinetic energy equals momentum squared over 2 times this quantity. For 10 points, Albert Einstein stated that what quantity equals energy over the speed of light squared? ■END■

ANSWER: mass [accept Gell-Man–Okubo mass formula; accept mass gap or mass defect or semi-empirical mass formula; prompt on m]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Fred GarveyTruman StateWUSTL A8410
Sebastian PujetWUSTL JWUSTL C8510
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeSIUE8710

Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y6100%17%17%93.50
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%50%0%58.50
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y367%0%100%122.50
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y7100%0%57%103.29
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y1100%0%0%112.00
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%0%0%85.33