Packet H: Bonus 15
A principle named for this adjective is rejected by David Wiltshire’s timescape theory, which may provide a heterodox solution to the Hubble tension. For 10 points each:
[10m] What adjective names the principle that the universe is isotropic and homogeneous? Einstein called a constant named for this adjective and symbolized with a capital lambda his “greatest blunder.”
ANSWER: cosmological [accept cosmological principle; accept cosmological constant]
[10h] Assuming the cosmological principle, the Einstein Field Equations yield this metric. The spatial components of this metric are multiplied by the square of the scale factor a.
ANSWER: Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric [or FLRW or FRW metric; or Friedmann–Robertson–Walker metric; or Friedmann–Lemaître metric; or FL metric]
[10e] This field’s slight anisotropy was observed by the WMAP and Planck satellites. This “relic radiation” pervades the universe and provides evidence for the Big Bang.
ANSWER: Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation [or CMBR]
<Editors, Other Science> | Packet H
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | 11.88 | 75% | 43% | 1% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JMU B | Liberty C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| NCSU A | Virginia Tech B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Tusculum A | NCSU B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| UNC C | UNC D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| VCU A | Virginia Tech C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Virginia A | Virginia Tech A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| William & Mary A | UNC A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| William & Mary B | Duke A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William & Mary C | JMU A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | Main | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southern California | Main | ✓ | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | Main | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 40% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | Main | ✓ | 9 | 11.11 | 67% | 44% | 0% |
| Florida | Main | ✓ | 3 | 6.67 | 33% | 33% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | Main | ✓ | 11 | 11.82 | 64% | 55% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main | ✓ | 9 | 8.89 | 44% | 44% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main | ✓ | 12 | 11.67 | 83% | 33% | 0% |
| Midwest | Main | ✓ | 9 | 13.33 | 89% | 44% | 0% |
| North | Main | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Northeast | Main | ✓ | 12 | 12.50 | 67% | 50% | 8% |
| Pacific | Main | ✓ | 8 | 8.75 | 63% | 25% | 0% |
| South Central | Main | ✓ | 7 | 8.57 | 57% | 29% | 0% |
| Southeast | Main | ✓ | 12 | 12.50 | 75% | 50% | 0% |
| Upstate NY | Main | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| UK (North) | UK | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | ✓ | 8 | 13.75 | 88% | 50% | 0% |