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2005 APS April Meeting

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

Session E1: Physics in Extra Dimensions

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Andrew Cohen, Boston University
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Grand Salon E

Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:30PM - 4:06PM	E1.00001: B-Factory Signals for a Warped Extra Dimension Invited Speaker: Kaustubh Agashe Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:06PM - 4:42PM	E1.00002: Warped Fermions Invited Speaker: Marcela Carena Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:42PM - 5:18PM	E1.00003: Warped Extra Dimensions Invited Speaker: Konstantin Matchev Preview Abstract

Session E2: Hadronic Physics I

Sponsoring Units: GHP
Chair: Ed Kinney, University of Colorado
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Grand Salon F

Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:30PM - 4:06PM	E2.00001: Recent Experimental Results from RHIC and the Search for Non-Hadronic Matter Invited Speaker: Glenn Young Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:06PM - 4:42PM	E2.00002: Overview of Experimental Pentaquark Data Invited Speaker: Curtis Meyer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:42PM - 5:18PM	E2.00003: Generalized Parton Distributions Invited Speaker: Volker Burkert Preview Abstract

Session E3: Rare Isotope Physics and Facilities

Sponsoring Units: DPB DNP
Chair: Jerry Nolen, Argonne National Laboratory
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Grand Salon A/B

Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:30PM - 4:06PM	E3.00001: The Rare Isotope Accelerator: Driver Linac Invited Speaker: Richard York Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:06PM - 4:42PM	E3.00002: ISOL Systems: Design and Physics Potential Invited Speaker: Guy Savard Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:42PM - 5:18PM	E3.00003: Experiments and goals with present and future in-flight separators Invited Speaker: Hans Geissel Preview Abstract

Session E4: Cosmological Constraints on Theories of Gravity and Fundamental Physics

Sponsoring Units: GGR DAP
Chair: Sean Carroll, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Grand Salon C/D

Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:30PM - 4:06PM	E4.00001: Dark Matter and Its Alternatives Invited Speaker: Arthur Kosowsky Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:06PM - 4:42PM	E4.00002: Theories of Cosmic Acceleration Invited Speaker: Mark Trodden Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:42PM - 5:18PM	E4.00003: CMB measurements and early universe cosmology Invited Speaker: Hiranya Peiris Preview Abstract

Session E5: Teaching Special and General Relativity II

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Paula Heron, University of Washington
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Grand Salon G/H

Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:30PM - 4:06PM	E5.00001: Relativity as a General Audience Course: The Inventor's Paradox and the Explainer's Paradox Invited Speaker: Daniel Styer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:06PM - 4:42PM	E5.00002: Computer-Based Interactive Material for Teaching Special and General Relativity Invited Speaker: Wolfgang Christian Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:42PM - 5:18PM	E5.00003: General Relativity in the Undergraduate Physics Curriculum Invited Speaker: James Hartle Preview Abstract

Session E6: The Problem with Visas: The Impact on Universities, National Labs and Industry

Sponsoring Units: FIP
Chair: Helen Quinn, SLAC
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Grand Salon I/J

Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:30PM - 4:06PM	E6.00001: Restrictions on International Exchange: the view from the National Labs Invited Speaker: Charles Shank Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:06PM - 4:42PM	E6.00002: Restrictions on International Exchange: the view from universities Invited Speaker: Alice Gast Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:42PM - 5:18PM	E6.00003: Restrictions on International Exchange: the view from industry Invited Speaker: Ron Webb Preview Abstract

Session E7: Electroweak Physics with W's and Z's

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: John Laiho, Fermilab
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Room 1

Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:30PM - 3:54PM	E7.00001: Study of Z$\gamma$ production Yurii Maravin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM	E7.00002: Search at D\O\ for Inclusive $WZ$ Diboson Events in Trilepton Final States at $\sqrt(s)=1.96$ TeV James Degenhardt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM	E7.00003: A Limit on WW+WZ Boson Production in the Lepton + MET + Jets Decay Channel Jorgen Sjolin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E7.00004: Measurement of the forward--backward asymmetry of muons coming from the decay of $W$ bosons with the D\O\ Detector Sinjini Sengupta Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E7.00005: A New Method for Determining the W Production Charge Asymmetry Boyoung Han Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM	E7.00006: A New Method to Measure the Ratio of W and Z Cross Sections Katherine Copic , Victoria Martin , Michael Schmitt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM	E7.00007: Event Generation for the Run 2 W Mass Measurement Ian Vollrath Preview Abstract

Session E8: B Factory Hadronic Decays and Vub

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: William Trischuk, University of Toronto
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Room 4

Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM	E8.00001: Measurement of BF($B^0\to\pi^-\ell^+\nu$) and BF($B^0\to\rho^-\ell^+\nu$) using neutrino reconstruction Amanda Weinstein Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM	E8.00002: Study of $B\to X_{u}\ell\nu$ Decays on the Recoil of Fully Reconstructed $B$ Mesons with the BaBar Experiment Wolfgang Menges Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM	E8.00003: Measurement of $\bar{B^0}\to\pi^+\ell^-\bar{\nu}$ on the recoil of partially reconstructed $B^0$ decays Alessandro Gaz Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM	E8.00004: Search for quark-annihilation type B-meson decays $B^- \to D_S^- \phi$ and B^- \to D_S^{*-} \phi$ Adam Cunha Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E8.00005: Search for the decays $B^0 \rightarrow D_s^{(*)+} a^-_{0(2)}$ Vitaly Eyges Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E8.00006: Study of $B\to D^{(*)}(n\pi)$ Hadronic Decays Haiwen Zhao Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM	E8.00007: A Search for $B^{0}_{d} \to D_{s}^{(*)-} D_{s}^{(*)+}$ Decays Asish Satpathy Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM	E8.00008: Search for exclusive two body decays $B \rightarrow {D_s}^{*} h$ at Belle R. Luminda Kulasiri Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM	E8.00009: Search for $B^+\to D^{(*)+}K_S^0$ decays Francesco Polci Preview Abstract

Session E9: Neutrino Astronomy

Sponsoring Units: DAP DPF
Chair: Steven Barwick, University of California-Irvine
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Room 5

Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM	E9.00001: Search for Extremely High Energy Neutrinos with AMANDA-II Lisa Gerhardt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM	E9.00002: Search for extraterrestrial point sources of high energy neutrinos with AMANDA-II using data collected in 2000-2002 You-Ren Wang , Paolo Desiati Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM	E9.00003: The Search for Neutrinos from Gamma-Ray Bursts with AMANDA Kyler Kuehn Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM	E9.00004: RICE bounds on cosmogenic neutrino fluxes and interactions Shahid Hussain , Douglas McKay Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E9.00005: Exposing Supernovae with Neutrinos Hasan Yuksel Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E9.00006: Ultrahigh energy tau neutrinos: propagation and tau energy loss Mary Hall Reno , Sharada Iyer Dutta , Yiwen Huang Preview Abstract

Session E10: Focus Session: Numerical Relativity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Manuela Campanelli, University of Texas, Brownsville
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Room 6

Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:30PM - 4:06PM	E10.00001: Solvig Einstein's Equations Using Spectral Methods Invited Speaker: Mark Scheel Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM	E10.00002: Constructing Helically Symmetric Spacetimes Jocelyn Read , Koji Uryu , Shin Yoshida , Benjamin Bromley , John Friedman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E10.00003: Dynamical evolution of quasi-circular binary black hole data Peter Diener , Miguel Alcubierre , Bernd Bruegmann , Ian Hawke , Scott Hawley , Frank Herrmann , Michael Koppitz , Denis Pollney , Edward Seidel , Jonathan Thornburg Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E10.00004: A New Code for Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics in Dynamical Spacetimes Yuk Tung Liu , Matthew Duez , Stuart Shapiro , Branson Stephens Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM	E10.00005: Why Enforce the Hamiltonian Constraint in Numerical Relativity? Beverly K. Berger Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM	E10.00006: Towards Accurate Modeling of Binary Black Holes Dae-Il Choi , Joan Centrella , John Baker , Jim van Meter , David Fiske , Michael Koppitz , Breno Imbiriba , Darian Boggs , David Brown , Lisa Lowe Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM	E10.00007: A global binary black hole metric via asymptotic matching of post-Newtonian and black hole perturbation expansions Nicolas Yunes , Wolfgang Tichy , Benjamin J. Owen , Bernd Bruegmann Preview Abstract

Session E11: QCD

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: John Womersley, Fermilab
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Room 7

Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM	E11.00001: The total hadronic cross section in $e^{+}e^{-}$ annihilation at 7.0-10.3 GeV Surik Mehrabyan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:42PM - 4:06PM	E11.00002: Study of Charm Pair Production at Tevatron Burkard Reisert Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM	E11.00003: Preliminary measurement of the b-jet cross section at CDF Run-II Greg Williams Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E11.00004: Probing strange quark in proton using $p\bar{p}\rightarrow Wc$ at D$\O$} Mahsana Ahsan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E11.00005: Study of the Decay $B^- \rightarrow D_J^0 \pi^-$ Jong Yi Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM	E11.00006: $J/\psi$ Spin Alignment in $p \overline{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96$ TeV Min-Jeong Kim Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM	E11.00007: Subleading Shape Functions in Inclusive B Decays Gil Paz Preview Abstract

Session E12: Instrumentation and Applications

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: E. J. Stephenson, IUCF
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Room 11

Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM	E12.00001: Small, Fast, Gas Detector for High-Energy Electrons E. Norbeck , J.E. Olson , Y. Onel Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM	E12.00002: Qweak Detector Update David Mack Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM	E12.00003: Critical Need for Radiation Damage Tools for Space Missions Ram Tripathi , John Wilson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM	E12.00004: Nuclear imaging of iodine uptake in mouse tissues W.T. Hammond , J.T. Cella , C. McLoughlin , K.J. Smith , R.E. Welsh , E.L. Bradley , M.S. Saha , J. Qian , S. Majewski , V. Popov , M.F. Smith , A.G. Weisenberger Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E12.00005: Neutron-Induced Partial Gamma-Ray Cross-Section Measurements on 238U Using a Monoenergetic and Pulsed Beam at TUNL A. Hutcheson , S.T. Churchwell , A.S. Crowell , B. Fallin , C.R. Howell , J. Kelley , M. Kiser , A.P. Tonchev , W. Tornow , R.L. Walter , R.S. Pedroni , G.J Weisel , J.A. Becker , J.R. Cooper , D. Dashdor , R.A. Macri , N. Fotiades , R.O. Nelson , I. Lantuejoul Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E12.00006: Thermal neutron probe of trace elements in synthetic sapphire for LIGO optics S.C. McGuire , G.P. Lamaze , E.A. Mackey Preview Abstract

Session E13: Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ion Collisions I: Elliptic Flow and Azimuthal Correlations

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Johann Rafelski, University of Arizona
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Room 12

Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM	E13.00001: The effect of chemical freezeout on transverse dynamics in relativistic heavy ion collisions Tetsufumi Hirano , Miklos Gyulassy Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM	E13.00002: Scaling properties of azimuthal anisotropy of mesons and baryons Arkadij Taranenko Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM	E13.00003: $\phi$-meson $v_{2}$ from Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=62.4 GeV Sarah-Louise Blyth Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM	E13.00004: Elliptic Flow in BRAHMS Erik Johnson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E13.00005: Azimuthal Anisotropy at Intermediate Rapidity in $\sqrt{S_{NN}} =$ 200 GeV Au-Au Collisions in PHENIX at RHIC-BNL Benjamin Norman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E13.00006: Search for Conical Flow in Ultra-Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions at RHIC Mark Horner Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM	E13.00007: Comparison of high-pt di-hadron correlations in 62 AGeV and 200 AGeV Au+Au collisions Marco van Leeuwen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM	E13.00008: Jet Properties from Di-hadron Azimuthal Correlations in d+Au Collision Nathan Grau Preview Abstract