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2005 APS April Meeting

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

Session H1: Electroweak and QCD at the Tevatron

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Sarah Eno, University of Maryland
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Grand Salon E

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 9:06AM	H1.00001: Electroweak physics at D{\O} Invited Speaker: Douglas Chapin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:42AM	H1.00002: Electroweak Physics at CDF Invited Speaker: William Trischuk Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 10:18AM	H1.00003: Recent QCD Results From the Tevatron Invited Speaker: Vivian O'Dell Preview Abstract

Session H2: Mentoring in Physics Education

Sponsoring Units: DNP FEd DPF DAP
Chair: Michael Thoennessen, Michigan State University
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Grand Salon F

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 9:06AM	H2.00001: Mentoring minorities in physics Invited Speaker: Jorge Lopez Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:42AM	H2.00002: Time to Thrive, Not Just Survive: Accumulating Advantage for Women in Science Invited Speaker: Debra Rolison Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 10:18AM	H2.00003: Alternative Careers for Physicists Invited Speaker: James H. Stith Preview Abstract

Session H3: Education and Exploration of the Universe

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Ramon Lopez, FI Tech
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Grand Salon A/B

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 9:06AM	H3.00001: The Educational Impact of LIGO Invited Speaker: Mario Diaz Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:42AM	H3.00002: Improving Education and Public Outreach Through Astronomy Education Research Invited Speaker: Timothy F. Slater Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 10:18AM	H3.00003: Communicating Science through Exhibitions Invited Speaker: Paul Dusenbery Preview Abstract

Session H4: LHC Upgrades

Sponsoring Units: DPB DPF
Chair: Michael Syphers, Fermilab
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Grand Salon C/D

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 9:06AM	H4.00001: Physics Opportunities at an upgraded LHC Invited Speaker: Giacomo Polesello Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:42AM	H4.00002: LHC upgrade Options and Limitations Invited Speaker: Oliver Bruning Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 10:18AM	H4.00003: Upgrading Luminosity from the Tevatron Through the LHC Invited Speaker: Stephen Peggs Preview Abstract

Session H5: Baryogenesis and the Dark Matter Problem

Sponsoring Units: COM
Chair: Calvin Howell, Duke University
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Grand Salon G/H

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 9:06AM	H5.00001: From Diffeomorphisms to Dark Matter Invited Speaker: Vincent Rodgers Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:42AM	H5.00002: The Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry from Inflationary Gravity Waves Invited Speaker: Stephon Alexander Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 10:18AM	H5.00003: Parsing the WHIM Invited Speaker: Lara Arielle Phillips Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 10:18AM - 10:42AM	H5.00004: Ghost Condensation Neutrino Physics Invited Speaker: Devin Walker Preview Abstract

Session H6: Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Terrorists

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: Henry Kelly, President, Federation of American Scientists
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Grand Salon I/J

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 9:06AM	H6.00001: Is the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator Robust? Invited Speaker: John Ahearne Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:42AM	H6.00002: Can Nuclear Terrorists be Deterred? Invited Speaker: Charles Ferguson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 10:18AM	H6.00003: Need the U.S. resume nuclear weapons testing? Invited Speaker: Benn Tannenbaum Preview Abstract

Session H7: B Factory Radiative Decays, X(3872), Direct BR

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: John Jaros, SLAC
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Room 1

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 8:42AM	H7.00001: Radiative B Decays at Belle Debabrata Mohapatra Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:42AM - 8:54AM	H7.00002: BaBar Searches for Rare Radiative Penguin Decays of B Mesons Remigius Mommsen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:54AM - 9:06AM	H7.00003: Study of $X(3872)\rightarrow J/\psi\pi\pi$ in $B\rightarrow X(3872)K^-$ and $B\rightarrow X(3872)K_S^0$ Frank Winklmeier Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:18AM	H7.00004: Search for $X\to J/\psi \omega$ in the B decays, $B\to XK$ Eric Eckhart Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:18AM - 9:30AM	H7.00005: BaBar Measurements of the Exclusive Radiative Penguin Decays $B \rightarrow K^*\gamma$ and $B \rightarrow K\pi\pi\gamma$ Alexander Samuel Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:30AM - 9:42AM	H7.00006: BaBar Measurement of the branching fraction, photon energy spectrum, and direct $\it{CP}$ asymmetry in inclusive $b\to s \gamma$ decays Erckan Ozcan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 9:54AM	H7.00007: BaBar Measurements of the Rare Flavor-Changing Neutral Current Decay $b \rightarrow s \ell^+\ell^-$ Ingrid Ofte Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:54AM - 10:06AM	H7.00008: Search for $B^+ \to \ell^+ \nu \gamma$ decays at Belle Hong Jun Ahn , Youngjoon Kwon Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 10:06AM - 10:18AM	H7.00009: Direct Measurement of the Branching Fraction of \boldmath{$\Upsilon(4S) \rightarrow B^0 \bar {B}^{0}$} Romulus Godang Preview Abstract

Session H8: Tevatron B Physics I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: John Womersley, Fermilab
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Room 4

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 8:54AM	H8.00001: Analysis of decay-time dependence of angular distributions in$B^0_s \rightarrow J/\psi \phi$ and a measurement of the lifetime difference between $B^0_s$ CP eigenstates Leah Welty Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:54AM - 9:06AM	H8.00002: Study of $\Lambda_b$ using semileptonic decays at the Tevatron Marcus Lewin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:18AM	H8.00003: A study of the decay $\Lambda_b^0\to\Lambda_c^+\pi^-\pi^+\pi^-$ at CDF Brianna Schuyler Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:18AM - 9:30AM	H8.00004: An observation of Cabibbo-suppressed decays $\Lambda_b^0\to\Lambda_c^+K^-$ at CDF Rober Bauer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:30AM - 9:42AM	H8.00005: study of $B^0 \to\phi K_s^0$ and $\Lambda_b \to \phi \Lambda$ decays at CDF Matthew Rudolph Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 9:54AM	H8.00006: Heavy quark studies using $B^+ \rightarrow J/\psi K^{*+}$ Mark Smith Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:54AM - 10:06AM	H8.00007: $B0$ Mixing and Flavor Taggers in Exclusive $B$ Decays at CDF Alberto Belloni Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 10:06AM - 10:18AM	H8.00008: Measurement of $B0\bar B0$ Oscillation Frequency and Calibration of Flavour Tagging with $B \rightarrow D\ell X$ Decays Gavril Giurgiu Preview Abstract

Session H9: Hard X Rays and Gamma Rays

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Fiona Harrison, Caltech
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Room 5

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 8:42AM	H9.00001: SPI/INTEGRAL measurement of the Central radian soft gamma-ray continuum emission Bouchet Laurent , Roques Jean-Pierre Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:42AM - 8:54AM	H9.00002: INTEGRAL/SPI Observations of the Inner-Galaxy Region Roland Diehl , Jean-Pierre Roques Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:54AM - 9:06AM	H9.00003: Recent Results from the InFOC$\mu$S Hard X-Ray Imaging Telescope Jack Tueller Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:18AM	H9.00004: Current Developments towards a Xenon Advanced Compton Telescope Uwe Oberlack , Elena Aprile , Karl-Ludwig Giboni , Daniel Kocevski Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:18AM - 9:30AM	H9.00005: The Galactic Positron Annihilation Medium: Is Ionized Helium A Viable Candidate? Matthew Franking , Benjamin Brown , Jennifer Chapin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:30AM - 9:42AM	H9.00006: The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) Steven Ritz Preview Abstract

Session H10: Sources of Gravitational Radiation

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

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 8:42AM	H10.00001: How big a bump can you make on a neutron star? Benjamin Owen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:42AM - 8:54AM	H10.00002: Gravitomagnetic Love numbers and neutron star stability Marc Favata Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:54AM - 9:06AM	H10.00003: Diagnosing low $T/W$ dynamical instabilities in differentially rotating stars Shin'ichirou Yoshida , Motoyuki Saijo Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:18AM	H10.00004: Astrophysical constraints on EMRIs Shane L. Larson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:18AM - 9:30AM	H10.00005: Self force on a static scalar charge in Schwarzschild spacetime Swapnil Tripathi , Alan Wiseman , Tobias Keidl , John Friedman Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:30AM - 9:42AM	H10.00006: Post-Minkowski action for point-particles and a helically symmetric binary solution John Friedman , Koji Uryu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 9:54AM	H10.00007: Computing self-forces with the Quinn-Wald axioms Alan G. Wiseman , John L. Friedman , Tobias S. Keidl , Swapnil Tripathi , Samuel Gralla Preview Abstract

Session H11: Plasma Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPP DAP
Chair: Melissa Douglas, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Room 7

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 8:42AM	H11.00001: Inconsistency between Keplerian rotation and MHD induction equation; particle-based accretion dynamo Paul Bellan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:42AM - 8:54AM	H11.00002: ``Crystal'' Magnetic Structure in Axisymmetric Plasma Accretion Disks B. Coppi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:54AM - 9:06AM	H11.00003: Investigation of the Coherent Synchrotron Radiation Instability Bjoern S. Schmekel , Richard V.E. Lovelace , Ira M. Wasserman Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:18AM	H11.00004: Plasma Generated Spherules C.J. Ransom , Wal Thornhill Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:18AM - 9:30AM	H11.00005: Examination of Liner Stability During Magnetic Implosion Using Experiments and Simulations Walter Atchison , Rickey Faehl , Don Lemons Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:30AM - 9:42AM	H11.00006: Schmidt Numbers at an Interface between Two Plasmas Ken LaGattuta Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 9:54AM	H11.00007: The Columbus Concept in the Context of a Science Based Approach to Fusion Research M. Salvetti , B. Coppi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:54AM - 10:06AM	H11.00008: Nuclear Diagnostics of Implosion and Fusion Burn at the National Ignition Facility" Cris W. Barnes , Larry J. Casper , Cindy R. Christensen , Gary P. Grim , Joseph M. Mack , John A. Oertel , Douglas C. Wilson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 10:06AM - 10:18AM	H11.00009: Protonic Theory of Dielectric Breakdown of Water James Espinosa , Dmitriy Plaks Preview Abstract

Session H12: Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay and Neutrino Mass

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPF
Chair: Andrew Hime, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Room 11

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 8:42AM	H12.00001: The \textit{Majorana }Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment Reyco Henning Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:42AM - 8:54AM	H12.00002: Analysis of Backgrounds in the Majorana Experiment Dong-Ming Mei Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:54AM - 9:06AM	H12.00003: Calibrating Arrays of Germanium Detectors for Double-Beta Decay Victor Gehman Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:18AM	H12.00004: Using a germanium detector array to mimic double-beta decays to excited states Kareem Kazkaz Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:18AM - 9:30AM	H12.00005: A Low-Background Front-End Electronics Package for Germanium Spectrometers Todd Hossbach Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:30AM - 9:42AM	H12.00006: A High Purity Germanium Diode Operated as a Radiation Detector in Liquid Argon John L. Orrell Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:42AM - 9:54AM	H12.00007: The depth-sensitivity relation (DSR) for underground laboratories Andrew Hime , Dong-Ming Mei Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:54AM - 10:06AM	H12.00008: The KATRIN Experiment: A precision tritium beta-decay measurement examining the mass of the neutrino Keith Rielage Preview Abstract

Session H13: Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ion Collisions II: Theory

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Ralf Rapp, Texas A&M University
Marriott Tampa Waterside - Room 12

Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:30AM - 8:42AM	H13.00001: Centrality Dependence of Bulk Fireball Properties at RHIC Johann Rafelski , Jean Letessier , Giorgio Torrieri Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:42AM - 8:54AM	H13.00002: Particle Production and Bulk Fireball Properties in \mathversion{bold}{$\sqrt{s_{NN}}=130$} and 200 GeV Au--Au Collisions Giorgio Torrieri , Jean Letessier , Johann Rafelski Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:54AM - 9:06AM	H13.00003: Deconfinement energy threshold: analysis of hadron yields at 11.6 \mathversion{bold}$A$ GeV Jean Letessier , Johann Rafelski , Giorgio Torrieri Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:06AM - 9:18AM	H13.00004: Nuclear modifications and parton fragmentation functions in d+Au collisions Adeola Adeluyi , George Fai Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:18AM - 9:30AM	H13.00005: Photon Elliptic Flow and Jet Photon Correlations in Heavy Ion Collisions Rainer Fries Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:30AM - 9:42AM	H13.00006: Pionic interferometry in RHI Collisions Gerald A. Miller , John G. Cramer Preview Abstract