Question

For 10 points each, answer these questions about the scientific career of Chinese-American physicist Chien-Shiung Wu:
[10h] Wu demonstrated the violation of the conservation of this quantity in weak interactions by using cobalt-60 beta decay. With charge and time, this quantity makes up the fundamental CPT symmetry.
ANSWER: parity
[10e] Wu helped develop the process of splitting uranium while working on the Manhattan project, a World War Two-era effort led by J. Robert Oppenheimer whose goal was to develop this weapon.
ANSWER: the atomic bomb [accept Little Boy or Fat Man; accept thermonuclear bombs or nuclear weapons; accept A-bombs; prompt on more general answers such as bombs or explosives]
[10m] After working on the Manhattan project, Wu was the first to study this phenomenon using photons through observing angular correlation. In this phenomenon, particles become interconnected, so the state of one instantly affects the state of another, no matter the distance.
ANSWER: quantum entanglement
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
USN AUSN MS0101020
USN CUSN B010010
VanderbiltMerrol-Hyde0101020

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
Snowball Fight 21/11/2025Y316.67100%67%0%
2024 FARSI @ Columbia12/08/2024N1122.73100%100%27%