Round 12: Tossup 1
An equation named for this scientist governs the time-evolution of the phase-space distribution function for a system of particles and contains force, diffusion, and collision terms. At zero chemical potential, Gibbs factors equal this scientist’s factors, which equal the exponential of minus E over kT. A constant named for this scientist relates temperature to kinetic energy by the equipartition theorem. This scientist’s tombstone is engraved with the equation “S equals k log W,” which sets entropy proportional to the log of the number of microstates. For 10 points, what Austrian “father of statistical mechanics” co-names a distribution of particle speeds with James Clerk (“clark”) Maxwell? ■END■
ANSWER: Ludwig Boltzmann [accept Boltzmann transport equation; accept Boltzmann constant; accept Boltzmann factor; accept Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution]
<Editors, Physics> | Packet L
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | TUH | Conv. % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | 5 | 60% | 40% | 66.00 |
| UK (South) | UK | 8 | 100% | 0% | 73.00 |
| Southern California | US | 7 | 86% | 14% | 62.83 |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | 9 | 78% | 33% | 69.71 |
| Great Lakes | US | 12 | 75% | 58% | 81.00 |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | 6 | 67% | 33% | 104.00 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | 12 | 58% | 50% | 71.57 |
| Midwest | US | 9 | 89% | 0% | 56.50 |
| Northeast | US | 12 | 67% | 17% | 79.88 |
| Pacific | US | 8 | 75% | 25% | 88.50 |
| Southeast | US | 12 | 75% | 33% | 79.33 |
| Upstate NY | US | 5 | 100% | 20% | 98.40 |