7-Series
What theorem relates the work done by an object to the change in the object's kinetic energy?
Work-Energy Theorem
What is the heaviest quark?
Top
What is the ground state energy of the hydrogen atom?
13.6 eV
To what international collaboration was the 2017 Nobel Prize awarded?
LIGO
What is the SPS venmo handle?
@berkeleysps
What word describes a collision that does not dissipate kinetic energy?
Elastic
In what 2 countries is the Large Hadron Collider located?
France and Switzerland
What famous experiment in quantum mechanics has demonstrated the wave-like nature of not only electrons but also atoms and buckyballs?
Double-slit experiment
What is the name of the largest star ever discovered, circa 2010?
VY Canis Majoris
Name one of the two professors pictured in portraits in the SPS room.
Crommie, Reinsch
Which fundamental constant in physics is always independent of an observer's physical state in a single medium?
c (the speed of light)
What are the alternate (European) names for the top and bottom quarks?
Truth and Beauty
What is the name of the relativistic Schrodinger equation?
Dirac equation
In astrophysics, what does 'z' stand for?
Redshift
What is the name of the physics academic fraternity that was established at Berkeley in 1984?
Sigma Pi Sigma
What is the third derivative of position called?
Name 6 of the elements discovered by Berkeley Lab physicists.
astatine, neptunium, plutonium, curium, americium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium, lawrencium, dubnium, and seaborgium
This property of time-evolution conserves probability.
Unitarity
How many Earths can you fit between Earth and the Moon?
~60 (accept between 55-65)
What is the name of either Christmas tree in the SPS room?
Dennis, Denise
What "number" allows one to estimate whether the flow of a liquid will be laminar or turbulent?
Reynolds number
What is the most common decay mode of the Higgs boson?
Gamma-Gamma
What is the name given to a highly excited hydrogen atom often used in quantum information?
Rydberg atom
What is the name of the optical telescope on the roof of Campbell Hall?
Tefler Telescope
How many different kinds of caffeinated beverages are offered in the Snack Shack?
9 (Coffee, Tea, Red Bull, Starbucks Frappucinos, Sprite, Canada Dry, Coke, Mexican Coke, Diet Coke)