Packet D: Tossup 11

The setup for CRDS consists of an analyte in one of these systems where intensity exponentially decays over the ringdown time. 2012 (-5[1])Nobel Prize in Physics winner Serge Haroche recreated Schrödinger’s cat by firing Rydberg atoms into one of these systems. (-5[1])RF signals are input and output into a pair of these systems called the catcher and buncher of a klystron tube. (-5[1])A high-finesse one of these systems that selectively transmits light composes a Fabry–Pérot (-5[1])interferometer. (-5[6])A prototypical model of a blackbody is as (-5[1])one of these (10[1])systems (10[1])with a small hole cut into it. (-5[7])A laser (10[1]-5[2])contains a resonant one of these (10[1])systems (-5[1])formed out of (10[1])two (10[3])mirrors (10[2])that surrounds (-5[1])its gain medium. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])name these physical (10[1])systems consisting of a hollow space (10[1])in (10[1])which (-5[1])confined (-5[1])photons (10[1]-5[2])can bounce (-5[1])back and (-5[1])forth. (-5[1])■END■ (10[5]0[61])

ANSWER: optical cavities [or optical cavity; or cavity resonators; or resonant cavities; or optical resonators; prompt on waveguides; prompt on resonators by asking “what specific type of resonator?”; prompt on interferometers; prompt on Fabry–Pérot interferometers until read by asking “what sort of physical system is a Fabry–Pérot interferometer made of?”]
<GC, Physics> | Packet D - UBC B, Oxford A, Waterloo B, CWRU A
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
John MarvinChicago AIllinois B21-5
Alex AkridgeIndiana APurdue A40-5
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayColumbia B61-5
Jaiden LiUCSD BUCLA A74-5
Shiva TegullaCentral Florida AFlorida C75-5
Calvin BostlemanOhio State AMichigan B75-5
Nathaniel MartinBrandeis BBrandeis A75-5
Annika LarsonClaremontMissouri A75-5
Matthew HeTexas ATexas A&M A75-5
Matthew SumanenGeorgia Tech CLouisville B75-5
Chris LevesleyWarwick ASouthampton A83-5
Swapnil GargBerkeley ABerkeley B8610
Alec RisoCornell ARochester8710
Abby SmithBerkeley CBerkeley D94-5
Ariel FaederPittsburghMichigan A94-5
Neal SenguptaNorth Carolina CVCU94-5
Dustin SandersChicago DNotre Dame A94-5
Sriram KoritalaIllinois CPurdue B94-5
Rohan GaneshanHarvard ABowdoin B94-5
Snehan SarochLouisville AWashU B94-5
Connor KahnNC State AWilliam and Mary9610
Jake MarkusDartmouth BYale96-5
S. A. ShenoyGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech B96-5
Thomas GlotfeltyVirginia Tech ASouth Carolina B10210
Connor BlakeChicago BNorthwestern B103-5
David BassJohns Hopkins ARutgers A10610
Andrew NucciUCLA BUC Santa Barbara10710
Jonathan HuangMITBowdoin A10710
Ryan RosenbergNYU ANYU B10710
George MatsumuraWashington AMinnesota A10810
Mia Clark-WebbOxford CBirmingham10810
Ethan RirieUCSD CArizona State110-5
Yash MandaviaIllinois AChicago C11310
Michael WuSouthampton AWarwick A11310
Eli O'Sick JohnsonBinghamton BPenn State113-5
Jack LewisBruinTennessee B116-5
Aditya PatnaikOhio State BMichigan C11910
Mason YuBrownSouthern Connecticut State12510
John John GrogerWashU ASewanee12610
Xavier BornhorstMaryland BSwarthmore127-5
Peter SmithBinghamton ARIT128-5
Andrew HarmsMichigan StateOhio State C12910
Ayaan JajodiaDartmouth AHarvard B129-5
Jason QinColumbia ACatholic129-5
Gus ReddingImperial BMontpellier131-5
Owen GilroyTexas BMurray State A133-5
Danny FisherWarwick BManchester134-5
Rishabh DaveBerkeley DBerkeley C1350
Karthik JayaramUCLA AUCSD B1350
Scott SibleyUC IrvineUCSD A1350
Fish TsaiUCSD AUC Irvine1350
Peyton LeggCentral Florida BCentral Florida C1350
Thomas TibbettsCentral Florida CCentral Florida B1350
Alex OlsonFlorida BFlorida A1350
Nicholas NguyenFlorida AFlorida B1350
Khanh NguyenFlorida CCentral Florida A1350
Todd MaslykMichigan APittsburgh1350
Dennis YangMichigan BOhio State A13510
Owen BanksDukeJames Madison B1350
William CowperthwaitNC State BJames Madison A1350
Erin WilliamsJames Madison ANC State B1350
Zachary BornsteinVirginia Tech BLiberty A1350
Josh SchmidtLiberty AVirginia Tech B1350
Abby KeithLiberty BNorth Carolina A1350
Nick SmemoeNorth Carolina ALiberty B1350
Fern FangVCUNorth Carolina C1350
Joseph ChambersVirginiaNorth Carolina B1350
Noah FineNorth Carolina BVirginia1350
Gabriel DoddsLiberty CWake Forest1350
Adam HolbrookWake ForestLiberty C1350
Stephen WalshNorthwestern BChicago B1350
Jacob FinleyNotre Dame AChicago D1350
Timothy ChiuNorthwestern DChicago E1350
Eric LipsutzChicago ENorthwestern D1350
Shardul ParthasarathyIllinois BChicago A1350
Emily JustakIndiana CIndiana B1350
Nermeen RahmanIndiana BIndiana C1350
Cooper StringerNorthwestern CNotre Dame B1350
Noah McRedmondNotre Dame BNorthwestern C1350
Matthew WestleyPurdue AIndiana A13510
David NickelPurdue BIllinois C1350
Jeremy RyuBowdoin BHarvard A1350
Jonathan SchnipperBrandeis ABrandeis B1350
Yixi YangYaleDartmouth B1350
Zoe WangCarleton CollegeIowa State1350
Drew WetterlindIowa StateCarleton College1350
Braxton DavisMissouri AClaremont1350
Safiya HasanMissouri BWashington B1350
Alan FanWashington BMissouri B1350
Charles JohnsonTexas A&M ATexas A1350
Camrun ScottMurray State ATexas B1350
Parker McCoigTennessee AAlabama B13510
Elokkin Pate-GeamesTennessee BBruin1350
Nathan WooleryLouisville BGeorgia Tech C1350
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech D1350
Camden WalkerWashU BLouisville A1350
Sawyer SmithMississipi StateAlabama A1350
Jackson McDonaldAlabama AMississipi State1350
Joel DickerSouthampton BCambridge A1350
Oscar DespardCambridge ASouthampton B1350
Ali HamzehEdinburgh ACardiff13510
Kai MadgwickManchesterWarwick B13510
Dillon GeorgeCatholicColumbia A1350
Zachary JosephColumbia BJohn Jay1350
Ben HellmanSwarthmoreMaryland B1350
Yiwei JiangNYU CMaryland A1350
Mattias EhatammMaryland ANYU C1350
Mark TawfikRutgers BMaryland C1350
Ian ParsonsMaryland CRutgers B1350
Teigue KellyPenn StateBinghamton B1350
Derek LiCornell CCornell B1350
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell BCornell C1350
Cade ReinbergerRITBinghamton A1350

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (North)Main Site333%33%86.00
California (South)Main Site425%50%107.00
FloridaMain Site30%33%
Great LakesMain Site475%50%127.67
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site922%11%99.00
MidwestMain Site922%56%124.00
NortheastMain Site633%67%116.00
OverflowMain Site425%25%108.00
South CentralMain Site20%100%
SoutheastMain Site729%57%130.50
UKMain Site667%50%122.75
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site825%38%106.50
Upstate NYMain Site425%50%87.00