Question

According to a 2005 paper by Fischer et al, this quantity for the host star is a strong predictor of whether gas giants are likely to be detectable using Doppler spectroscopy. In 2022, astronomers discovered that objects in the C-19 stellar stream had an unusually low value for this quantity. High values of this quantity inhibit the reduction of outward pressure during pair production, thereby preventing pair-instability supernovae. Population (*) II stars located at the halos of spiral galaxies are low in this quantity, while Population III stars have values of this quantity near zero. This quantity is denoted Z in the equation “X plus Y plus Z equals 1,” where X and Y represent the abundances of the two lightest elements. (10[1])For 10 points, name this quantity (10[1])which measures the proportion of elements heavier than helium (10[1])in a star. ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: metallicity [prompt on Z before mention]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Arnav SoodCarnegie MellonMichigan A12010
Jacob GoodsonOhio State AMichigan State12610
Ariel FaederPittsburghMichigan B13510
Aditya PatnaikOhio State BOhio State C1390
Michael DurrantOhio State COhio State B1390

Summary

2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%33%0%85.33
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%0%50%110.50
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y4100%0%25%118.50
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%40%0%77.80
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%0%0%104.00
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y3100%0%33%118.33
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y475%0%0%127.00
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y888%25%0%86.00
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y2100%0%0%103.50