APS - 2007 APS Four Corners Section/SPS Zone 16 Joint Fall Meeting

Chair: Clark Snow, Sandia National Laboratories
Chemistry (Bldg. 20) - Room 224

Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:00AM - 11:12AM	J1.00001: Simulated models of perturbed angular correlation (PAC) spectroscopy in a 4-state+S system Jeffery A. Hodges , Michael A. Stufflebeam , William E. Evenson , P. Matheson , M.O. Zacate Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:12AM - 11:24AM	J1.00002: Simulated models of inhomogeneous broadening in perturbed angular correlation spectroscopy (PAC) Michael A. Stufflebeam , Jeffery A. Hodges , William E. Evenson , P. Matheson , M.O. Zacate Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:24AM - 11:36AM	J1.00003: Structural phase transformations with plasticity using the Landau-Ginzburg theory Roman Gr\"oger , Turab Lookman Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:36AM - 11:48AM	J1.00004: How Does Nature Choose? A Combinatorial Approach to Preferred Chemical Ordering in Perovskite Structures. Matthew Lords , Erin Gilmartin , Gus Hart Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:48AM - 12:00PM	J1.00005: AC Conductivity in Hopping Systems David H. Dunlap Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 20, 2007 12:00PM - 12:12PM	J1.00006: Fluxon relaxation in superconductors Kurt Stangel , Ralph Chamberlin , Nathan Newman , Jianyi Jiang , Brian Moeckly Preview Abstract

Chair: Mark Riffe, Utah State University
Chemistry (Bldg. 20) - Room 225

Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:00AM - 11:36AM	J2.00001: Recent Developments in Electronic Structure Methods: The Quasiparticle Self-Consistent GW Approximation Invited Speaker: Mark van Schilfgaarde Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:36AM - 11:48AM	J2.00002: Ab Initio Study of Covalent Functionalization of Defective Carbon Nanotubes by Carboxyl Group Nabil Al-Aqtash , Igor Vasiliev Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:48AM - 12:24PM	J2.00003: Polar oxide interfaces: Understanding the technology of the future using first-principles calculations Invited Speaker: Kristopher Andersen Preview Abstract

Chair: Keith Dienes, University of Arizona
Chemistry (Bldg. 20) - Room 233

Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:00AM - 11:12AM	J3.00001: Effective Field Theories for Kaluza-Klein Modes Sky Bauman Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:12AM - 11:24AM	J3.00002: Generating Order 2 and 4 Free-Fermionic NAHE-Based Heterotic Models Jared Greenwald Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:24AM - 11:36AM	J3.00003: Oscillation Amplitude for Neutrino Wave Packets Luca Visinelli Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:36AM - 11:48AM	J3.00004: Directional recoil rate for direct detection of WIMPs Moqbil Alenazi , Paolo Gondolo Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:48AM - 12:00PM	J3.00005: Signals for Lorentz Violation in Gravitational Experiments Quentin Bailey Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 20, 2007 12:00PM - 12:12PM	J3.00006: Electrodynamic Image Problem of a Moving Charge and a Conducting Sphere Using Conformal Transformations Himal Rathnakumara , Manuel Berrondo Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 20, 2007 12:12PM - 12:24PM	J3.00007: Inertia (mass) as a relativistic property of a fundamental wavefunction. Alexander Panin Preview Abstract

Chair: Jean-Francois Van Huele, Brigham Young University
Physical Sciences (Bldg. 19) - Room 321

Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:00AM - 11:36AM	J4.00001: Einstein's \emph{last} derivation of $E = mc^2$ Invited Speaker: Ralph Baierlein Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:36AM - 11:48AM	J4.00002: Energy Challenges C. Bruce Johnson Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:48AM - 12:00PM	J4.00003: Quantum-mechanical time evolution of Gaussian wavepackets in an arbitrarily time-dependent, spatially quadratic potential: How Bohm makes things simple Gary Bowman , Michelle McMillan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 20, 2007 12:00PM - 12:12PM	J4.00004: What is proportional reasoning, anyway? Keron Subero , Stephen Kanim Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 20, 2007 12:12PM - 12:24PM	J4.00005: A Study of Peer Instruction in Large Enrollment Astronomy Courses Mark C. James Preview Abstract

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