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Packet J: Bonus 3

The B2FH paper supported Fred Hoyle’s hypothesis that all elements heavier than this element were not formed through BBN. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this element that is proposed to sink beneath a star’s atmosphere over time, thus increasing the rate of turbulent mixing. This element is the heaviest whose distribution is depicted on the Schramm plot.
ANSWER: lithium [or Li; accept lithium-7 or Li-7]
[10e] The brown type of these stars can be identified via the relative abundance of lithium. The white type of these low-mass stars forms after sun-like stars run out of fuel.
ANSWER: dwarf stars [accept brown dwarfs or white dwarfs]
[10m] A major source of lithium is the “classical” type of these phenomena, which are about 1,000 times brighter than their “recurrent” type. The “dwarf” type of these phenomena necessarily occurs [emphasize] below the Chandrasekhar limit.
ANSWER: novae [or novas; accept classical novae or recurrent novae or dwarf novae; reject “supernova” or “kilonova”]
<UW A, Other Science> | Packet-J_Indiana-A_UNC-A_UW-A

HeardPPBE %M %H %
6213.7197%29%11%

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Brandeis BDartmouth A010010E
Harvard ABrown A010010E
Harvard BTufts A010010E
MIT ABU0101020EM

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TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
California2025-02-01✓313.33100%0%33%
Florida2025-02-01✓33.3333%0%0%
Great Lakes2025-02-01✓615.00100%33%17%
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01✓615.00100%33%17%
Midwest2025-02-01✓615.00100%33%17%
North2025-02-01✓316.67100%67%0%
Northeast2025-02-01✓512.00100%20%0%
Overflow2025-02-01✓518.00100%60%20%
South Central2025-02-01✓220.00100%100%0%
Southeast2025-02-01✓310.00100%0%0%
UK2025-02-01✓1012.00100%10%10%
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01✓714.29100%29%14%
Upstate NY2025-02-01✓313.33100%33%0%