Question
This doctoral mentee of Edward Teller received a Nobel Prize for proposing that the weak force violates parity. For 10 points each:
[10h] Identify this physicist who is the alphabetically latter namesake of a class of non-abelian gauge theories that are the subject of an "existence and mass gap problem."
ANSWER: Yang Chen-Ning [or Chen-Ning Yang or C. N. Yang or Frank Yang or Yáng Zhénnìng; accept Yang-Mills theory]
[10m] This Chinese-American "First Lady of Physics" conducted the experiments that verified Lee and Yang's model of the weak interaction, but she was snubbed for their Nobel.
ANSWER: Wu Chien-Shiung [or Chien-Shiung Wu or C. S. Wu or Wú Jiànxióng]
[10e] Yang collaborated with Wu Tai-Tung to theorize an alternative to the "Dirac" type of these hypothetical particles that carry magnetic charge and contain north or south, but not both.
ANSWER: magnetic monopoles [accept Dirac monopoles or Wu-Yang monopoles]
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| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 34 | 16.47 | 85% | 71% | 9% |