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2005 APS April Meeting

Saturday–Tuesday, April 16–19, 2005; Tampa, FL

Session B1: Neutrinos I

Sponsoring Units: DPF DNP
Chair: Boris Kayser, Fermilab
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Grand Salon E

Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:45AM - 11:21AM	B1.00001: Atmospheric and Accelerator Neutrino Experiments Invited Speaker: Mark Messier Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:21AM - 11:57AM	B1.00002: Neutrino Oscillation Measurements with Reactors Invited Speaker: Robert McKeown Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:57AM - 12:33PM	B1.00003: Double-beta decay and the neutrino Invited Speaker: Steven Elliott Preview Abstract

Session B2: Observational Cosmology

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Bernard Sadoulet, University of California-Berkeley
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Grand Salon F

Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:45AM - 11:21AM	B2.00001: Prospects for Observational Insights into the Nature of Dark Energy Invited Speaker: Rachel Bean Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:21AM - 11:57AM	B2.00002: The Sunyaev-Zeld'ovich Effect Invited Speaker: Pengjie Zhang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:57AM - 12:33PM	B2.00003: Weak Gravitational Lensing and Dark Energy Invited Speaker: Bhuvnesh Jain Preview Abstract

Session B3: From Lattice QCD to Nuclear Physics

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: T. Schaefer, North Carolina State University
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Grand Salon A/B

Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:45AM - 11:21AM	B3.00001: Nucleon matrix elements from lattice QCD Invited Speaker: William Detmold Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:21AM - 11:57AM	B3.00002: Lattice QCD and Nuclear Physics Invited Speaker: Paulo Bedaque Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:57AM - 12:33PM	B3.00003: Neutron Matter Equation of State from Nucleon Effective Field Theory on the Lattice Invited Speaker: Dean Lee Preview Abstract

Session B4: To the Heart of the Matter: Frontiers in Nuclear Science

Sponsoring Units: CSWP DNP
Chair: Gail McLaughlin, North Carolina State University
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Grand Salon C/D

Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:45AM - 11:21AM	B4.00001: Doubly magic character of $^{78}$Ni - complex studies of simple nuclei Invited Speaker: Chiara Mazzocchi Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:21AM - 11:57AM	B4.00002: What Have We Learned from the Nucleon Spin Structure? Invited Speaker: Xiaochao Zheng Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:57AM - 12:33PM	B4.00003: Nuclear collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider - exploring the phase diagram of QCD Invited Speaker: J.L. Klay Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 12:33PM - 1:09PM	B4.00004: Search for Pentaquarks at CLAS in Photoproduction from Protons Invited Speaker: Raffaella De Vita Preview Abstract

Session B5: Teaching Special and General Relativity I

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Richard Price, University of Texas-Brownsville
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Grand Salon G/H

Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:45AM - 11:21AM	B5.00001: Relativity in the Physics Curriculum: Where, When, and What? Invited Speaker: William Hiscock Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:21AM - 11:57AM	B5.00002: You Mean Now? Investigating Student Understanding of Time in Special Relativity Invited Speaker: Stamatis Vokos Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:57AM - 12:33PM	B5.00003: Making Special Relativity as Simple as Possible (But No Simpler than That) Invited Speaker: N. David Mermin Preview Abstract

Session B6: Space Weaponization and Missile Defense

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: Benn Tannenbaum, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Grand Salon I/J

Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:45AM - 11:21AM	B6.00001: What Should Space Be Used For? Physical and Political Guidelines Invited Speaker: Laura Grego Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:21AM - 11:57AM	B6.00002: The FAS Advisory Committee Report on Weapons in Space Invited Speaker: Leonard Weiss Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:57AM - 12:33PM	B6.00003: Missile Defense and Space: What's Changed? What Hasn't? Invited Speaker: Philip E. Coyle, III Preview Abstract

Session B7: B Factory CP Violating Angles Gamma and Beta

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: William Carithers, University of California-Berkeley
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Room 1

Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:45AM - 10:57AM	B7.00001: Study of tag-side CP violation with a partially reconstructed $B\to D^{*}l\nu$ decays Francesco Renga Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:57AM - 11:09AM	B7.00002: Time Dependent Asymmetries in $b \to s\bar s s$ Transitions Emanuele DiMarco Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:09AM - 11:21AM	B7.00003: Measurement of branching fractions and CP asymmetries for $B\to \eta^\prime$ K Giordano Cerizza Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:21AM - 11:33AM	B7.00004: Measurement of the time-dependent CP asymmetry in B^0\to \pi^+\pi^-$ decays and observation of direct CP violation in the decay $B^0\to K^+\pi^-$ Xuanzhong Li Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:33AM - 11:45AM	B7.00005: Study of $ B^0 \to D_{s}^{(*)+} \pi^{-},\ D_{s}^{(*)+} \rho^{-},\ D_{s}^{(*)+} K^{-}$ Decays Toyoko Orimoto Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:45AM - 11:57AM	B7.00006: CP violation in $B \to D^{(*)}\bar{D^{(*)}}$ decays Timofei Piatenko Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:57AM - 12:09PM	B7.00007: Study of $B^+\to D^0 K^{*+}$ decays Guillaume Therin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 12:09PM - 12:21PM	B7.00008: Branching ratio and decay asymmetry measurement of $B^- \to D^0 K^-$ with $D^0 \to \pi \pi \pi^0$ Qinglin Zeng Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 12:21PM - 12:33PM	B7.00009: A study of $B^{0}\rightarrow \overline{D}^{0} (D^{0}) K^+ \pi^-$ decays Chih-hsiang Cheng Preview Abstract

Session B8: Top Quark Physics I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Sarah Eno, University of Maryland
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Room 4

Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:45AM - 10:57AM	B8.00001: Di-lepton Top mass measurement in CDF using kinematic method Tuula Maki Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:57AM - 11:09AM	B8.00002: All-hadronic Top Mass measurement in CDF using matrix element method Gheorghe Lungu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:09AM - 11:21AM	B8.00003: Di-lepton Top Quark Mass Measurement with the Neutrino Weighting Algorithm Simon Sabik Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:21AM - 11:33AM	B8.00004: Top quark mass measurement in the lepton plus jets channel at CDF with a matrix element method Adam Gibson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:33AM - 11:45AM	B8.00005: Measurement of the top quark mass in the lepton+jets channel at CDF using the template method Jahred Adelman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:45AM - 11:57AM	B8.00006: Top mass measurement in the lepton plus jets channel at CDF with a multivariate method John Freeman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:57AM - 12:09PM	B8.00007: Measurement of the top quark mass in the dilepton channel at CDF using a matrix element method Andrew Kovalev Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 12:09PM - 12:21PM	B8.00008: Measurement of the Top Quark Mass with an {\em in situ}\ W$\to q\bar{q}\prime$ Calibration at CDF Jean-Francois Arguin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 12:21PM - 12:33PM	B8.00009: A method for measurement of the top quark mass using the mean decay length of b hadrons in t-tbar events. J.M. Lamb , C.S. Hill , J.R. Incandela Preview Abstract

Session B9: Searches for Exotic Particles I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Janet Conrad, Columbia University
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Room 5

Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:45AM - 10:57AM	B9.00001: Search for Scalar and Vector Third Generation Leptoquarks with one $\tau$ Decaying to a Muon Stan Forrester Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:57AM - 11:09AM	B9.00002: Search for Scalar and Vector Third Generation Leptoquarks with one $\tau$ Decaying to an Electron Takashi Akimoto Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:09AM - 11:21AM	B9.00003: Search for Second Generation Leptoquarks Xiaofei Song Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:21AM - 11:33AM	B9.00004: Search for third generation leptoquarks with the D\O\ detector Sergey Uzunian Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:33AM - 11:45AM	B9.00005: Search for a heavy fourth generation $t\prime$\ quark in Lepton plus Jets channel at CDF Eric Cochran Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:45AM - 11:57AM	B9.00006: Search for long lived neutral particles with the D\O\ detector Todd Adams Preview Abstract

Session B10: Gravitational Waves: Ligo Scientific Collaboration Results

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Gabriela Gonzalez, Louisiana State University
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Room 6

Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:45AM - 10:57AM	B10.00001: A Time Series Waveform Consistency Test for Binary Inspirals in LIGO data Andres Rodriguez , Gabriela Gonzalez , Evan Ochsner , Peter Shawhan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:57AM - 11:09AM	B10.00002: Broadband Search for Continous-Wave Gravitation Radiation with LIGO Vladimir Dergachev , Dave Chin , Keith Riles Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:09AM - 11:21AM	B10.00003: Coherent wide parameter space searches for gravitational waves from neutron stars using LIGO S2 data Xavier Siemens Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:21AM - 11:33AM	B10.00004: Incoherent wide parameter-space searches for gravitational waves from neutron stars using LIGO S2 and S3 data Gregory Mendell , Michael Landry Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:33AM - 11:45AM	B10.00005: Search for inspiraling black holes with the LIGO gravitational wave detectors Alexander Dietz Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:45AM - 11:57AM	B10.00006: New LIGO Results in the Search for Gravitational-Wave Bursts Laura Cadonati Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:57AM - 12:09PM	B10.00007: Results of searches for low-mass binary coalescences on LIGO data Eirini Messaritaki Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 12:09PM - 12:21PM	B10.00008: Searching for gravitational radiation from known radio pulsars using LIGO data Brian O'Reilly Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 12:21PM - 12:33PM	B10.00009: The Search for a Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background Valery Frolov Preview Abstract

Session B11: Society of Physics Students I

Chair: Gary White, AIP/SPS
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Room 7

Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:45AM - 10:57AM	B11.00001: Inverse Scattering/ Inversion of Gamows Formula Sohang Gandhi Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:57AM - 11:09AM	B11.00002: Applying Quantum Mechanics on Simple Graphs Samson J. Alva Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:09AM - 11:21AM	B11.00003: Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo William Holmes Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:21AM - 11:45AM	B11.00004: Negative Ions of Bucky-dumbbells Olga Ovchinnikov , Robert Compton Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:45AM - 11:57AM	B11.00005: Spatial Resolution of CT/PET Images Daniel Mitchell Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:57AM - 12:09PM	B11.00006: Video-Based Motion Analysis Paul French , Joel Peterson , Julie Arrighi Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 12:09PM - 12:21PM	B11.00007: Resonant-cavity tests of Lorentz invariance Alexander Petroff , Matthew Mewes Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 12:21PM - 12:33PM	B11.00008: Studying Flame Structures in Free Fall. Dmitriy Plaks , James Espinosa , Elizabeth Nelson , Zade Coley , Cathy Tran , Nesha Hyatt , Ben de Mayo Preview Abstract

Session B12: New Developments in Instrumentation

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: E. Norbeck, University of Iowa
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Room 11

Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:45AM - 10:57AM	B12.00001: A Deuteron Polarimeter for an EDM Search E.J. Stephenson , G. Noid , C.J.G. Onderwater Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:57AM - 11:09AM	B12.00002: Investigation of Electron-beam Production of Neutron-Rich Radioactive Ion Beams J.J. Das , J.R. Beene , W.T. Diamond , J.D. Fox , J.W. Johnson , D.W. Stracener , M.J. Saltmarsh Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:09AM - 11:21AM	B12.00003: Extending Physics Capabilities of the PHENIX Detector with Calorimetry at Forward Rapidities Vasily Dzhordzhadze Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:21AM - 11:33AM	B12.00004: Development of Polarized Solid Targets for Spectroscopic Studies with Radioactive Ion Beams. J.P. Urrego-Blanco , C.R. Bingham , A. Galindo-Uribarri , B. van den Brandt , P. Hautle , J.A. Konter Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:33AM - 11:45AM	B12.00005: Sub-segment interaction-point determination for 32-fold segmented high-purity Germanium detectors D.-C. Dinca , C.M. Campbell , T. Glasmacher Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:45AM - 11:57AM	B12.00006: Precision Mass Measurements with LEBIT at MSU G. Bollen , D. Davies , A. Doemer , J. Huikari , D.J. Morrissey , A. Prinke , R. Ringle , P. Schury , S. Schwarz , T. Sun , L. Weissman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:57AM - 12:09PM	B12.00007: Octupole Excitation of Trapped Ion Motion for Precision Mass Measurements G. Bollen , R. Ringle , P. Schury , S. Schwarz , T. Sun Preview Abstract
	B12.00008: A One-Dimensional RICH Detector with Wavelength Shifter Readout -- Principle and Monte Carlo Simulations Naipy Perez , Brian Beckford , Joerg Reinhold Preview Abstract

Session B13: Mini-symposium: Heavy Flavor Production at RHIC

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Saskia Mioduszewski, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Room 12

Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:45AM - 11:21AM	B13.00001: Heavy Flavor Production at RHIC Invited Speaker: Thomas Ullrich Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:21AM - 11:33AM	B13.00002: Charm study via electron hadron azimuthal correlations Sotiria Batsouli Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:33AM - 11:45AM	B13.00003: Preliminary Results on Open Charm Production in Au+Au Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=200 GeV Haibin Zhang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:45AM - 11:57AM	B13.00004: $J/\psi$ polarization study at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV Au+Au collision of PHENIX experiment Hai Qu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:57AM - 12:09PM	B13.00005: Nuclear modification of electrons from heavy flavor decays at RHIC Jamil Egdemir Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 12:09PM - 12:21PM	B13.00006: Heavy flavor production in p+p collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 200$ GeV Sergey Butsyk Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 12:21PM - 12:33PM	B13.00007: Measurement of heavy quark production through the semi-leptonic decay channel in d+Au and p+p collisions at RHIC Weijiang Dong Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 12:33PM - 12:45PM	B13.00008: Single Muon Production at Forward Rapidity in p+p Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200GeV Donald Hornback Preview Abstract