Standard Model - 2024 PACE NSC

Question

The value “violet” is added to this theory in the Pati–Salam model. This theory cannot include the decay products of any R-parity-conserving theory’s LSP, which is a WIMP in the “minimal supersymmetric” version of this (20[1])theory. (20[2])Unobserved (20[1])heavy neutrinos (20[1])are implied by extending this theory with the type (20[1])I (“one”) seesaw mechanism. (20[1])This theory’s gauge interactions (20[1])are explained by (*) grand (10[1])unified theories. (10[2])This theory’s failure (10[1])to explain gravitation (10[1])could be resolved (10[1])by the (10[1])discovery of the (10[1])graviton. (10[3])Columns represent three “generations” (10[2])of this theory in its representation as a four-by-four grid next to the Higgs boson. Three of the fundamental forces are explained by, for 10 points, what theory underlying particle physics? (10[1])■END■ (10[9])

ANSWER: Standard Model [prompt on grand unified theories or GUTs until “grand unified theories” is read by asking “on what theory is that theory based?”] (“LSP” stands for “lightest supersymmetric particle.”)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Hoover B	34	20
Sky Hong	Choate Rosemary Hall	Hunter B	35	20
Sam Cohen	McLean A	Elkhorn North	35	20
Jakub Hel	Hoover A	Saint Joseph	36	20
Janani Gollapalli	Lightridge	Heights	38	20
Ali Hamzeh	Kinkaid	McLean B	47	20
Brandon Torres	Carl Sandburg	Thomas Jefferson A	50	20
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Richard Montgomery B	54	20
Nikhil Kotikalapudi	Great Valley	Norfolk Academic Guild	58	10
Sanjay Shanmuga Perumal	Lambert	Northmont B	60	10
Yash Saxena	Maggie Walker A	Seven Lakes	60	10
Adhav Ravikumar	Innovation Academy A	Stevenson B	63	10
Matthew Wozniak	Freeman	Solon	66	10
Aditya Patnaik	Beavercreek	Innovation Academy B	69	10
Krikor Hachikian	Belmont	Carbondale	71	10
Rohan Kher	Barrington	Winston Churchill B	74	10
Matthew Kohn	Hunter A	Walter Payton B	75	10
Nathan Liang	Thomas Jefferson D	Chattahoochee	75	10
Zacariah Hart	St. Thomas	William Fremd	75	10
Rohan Dalal	Johns Creek A	Detroit Catholic Central B	79	10
Ave Rieger	Northmont A	James W. Robinson	79	10
Harish Lolla	Livingston B	Thomas Jefferson B	110	10
Alex Xu	Canyon Crest	Walter Payton A	111	10
Jacob Barta	Detroit Catholic Central A	Lindbergh	111	10
Jingyi Wu	Stevenson A	Detroit Catholic Central C	111	10
Spencer Thomas	Durham AT	Hastings	111	10
Tyler Song	Winston Churchill A	Johns Creek B	111	10
Liam Reed	Maggie Walker B	Bloomington	111	10
Landon Block	Owensboro	Thomas Jefferson C	111	10
Andrew Zhao	Richard Montgomery A	St. Xavier	111	10
Max Chen	Strake Jesuit	West Point	111	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC	06/08/2024	Y	31	100%	26%	0%	75.55