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A 2019 claim that negative mass is carried by these particles complicates their status as Goldstone bosons. These are the typical particles emitted alongside photons when Brillouin ("bree-WANN") scattering contributes to Stokes shift. Beyond the regime in which these particles' energy increases linearly with momentum, maxons and rotons arise. A superconducting "isotope effect" evidences the role of these particles in the association of electrons into (*) Cooper pairs. The relative phase of neighboring lattice particles indicates whether these particles are "optical" or "acoustic." These particles are discrete units of vibration in crystals. For 10 points, identify these quasiparticles named for the Greek word for "sound." ■END■
ANSWER: phonons [accept optical phonons or acoustic phonons; prompt on sound waves]
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Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
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2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 39 | 85% | 0% | 0% | 88.45 |