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A type of these particles has an X charge of negative five or a “B minus L” of negative one in the SO(10) (“S-O-ten”) grand unification theory. A mechanism that predicts unobserved “heavy” instances of these particles diagonalizes a matrix such that the off-diagonal components are the Dirac mass and are much smaller than the second diagonal entry. A mechanism involving these particles was the subject of a 1990s experiment at Los Alamos that used a liquid scintillator tube. (10[1])Unobserved instances of (10[1])these particles that have right-handed chirality are termed “sterile.” (10[2])Detectors like Super-Kamiokande (10[3])attempt to observe mass oscillations of these particles. For 10 points, name these extremely light leptons that only interact through the weak force and gravity. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: neutrinos [accept antineutrinos; accept sterile neutrinos; accept neutrino oscillation]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Gus VanskikeMaryland BJohn Jay College7710
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AHaverford B8010
Richard NiuCornell BGeorge Washington A8910
Isaac MammelMaryland APenn B8910
Emma ByronRutgers ANYU B9210
Eshan PantNYU AGeorge Washington B9210
Chauncey LoColumbia CVassar A9210
Arjun BothraHaverford AYale A11810
Jem BurchYale AHaverford A1180

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