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This particle is the heaviest theorized to occur in a stable three-particle mixture proposed by Bodler and Witten. The “eta–eta-prime puzzle” concerns two composite particles with different numbers of this particle. Pair production of this particle occurring from gluon fusion is used to determine the formation of QGPs. This particle occurs in the lightest lambda baryons. (-5[1])Electric charge and a property characterizing this particle were proposed to describe (10[1])the “eightfold (10[1])way” classification (10[1]-5[1])of mesons and hadrons. (10[1])This fundamental particle is the lightest to have an isospin of zero. The unusually long lifetime of kaons is due to this (10[1])particle, since they consist of one of these second-generation particles along with an up or down quark. (10[1])For 10 points, name this quark paired with charm. (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: strange quark [or sideways quark; accept strangeness or strange matter or strangelets; accept s quark; reject “squark”]
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California2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%105.00
Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%106.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%123.67
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%98.33
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%20%113.60
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%98.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%98.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%123.50
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%20%98.80
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y7100%0%57%116.43
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%123.67

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Benjamin LiuOxford COxford A55-5
Alex BakerCambridge CImperial A6710
Chris LevesleyWarwick ACambridge A6910
Kevin FlanaganBristolWarwick B7110
Albert NyangLSECambridge B71-5
Joel CrossleyManchesterNYU C7510
Delia CropperOxford AOxford C9710
Linus LuuCambridge DSheffield11410
Hamish CampbellDurhamSouthampton B12310
Rachel BenthamCambridge BLSE12410
Lewis StrachanCambridge EOxford B12410
Cormac StephensonSouthampton AImperial B12410