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📅 MIT Science Bowl 2024🎓 HS🔄 Round 12#️⃣ Question 1🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

Your next bonus is visual. Shown in the image is a diagram of a muon undergoing decay. Answer the following two questions about the diagram: 1) What is the general name of such diagrams used to compute quantum relativistic particle interactions? 2) This process can occur even though the intermediate W boson is more massive than the muon. What is the term for such a particle, which is not real but mediates the interaction temporarily?

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