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Apr 22 2006 8:30AM, Saturday
Session A1 Plenary Session I
Sponsor: APS Chair: John Hopfield, APS President, Princeton University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A
Invited Speakers: Hirohisa Tanaka
Apr 22 2006 10:45AM, Saturday
Session B1 Underground Labs: Plans and Progress
Sponsor: DNP DPF Chair: Hamish Robertson, University of Washington Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A
Invited Speakers: Kate Scholberg, David Sinclair
Session B2 Light Exotic Nuclei
Sponsor: DNP Chair: Michael Thoenessen, Michigan State University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B
Invited Speakers:
Session B3 Laboratory Astrophysics: Supernovae and Jets
Sponsor: DPP GPAP Chair: Paul Bellan, California Institute of Technology Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark C
Invited Speakers: John Raymond
Session B4 Research Talks at the Undergraduate Level
Sponsor: FEd Chair: David Ehrenstein, APS Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Marsalis A
Invited Speakers: Florencia Canelli, Paul Chaikin
Session B5 Cosmology I
Sponsor: DAP FHP Chair: James Ryan, University of New Hampshire Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus B
Invited Speakers: Dennis Danielson
Session B7 Gamma-Ray Bursts and GLAST Sponsor: DAP Chair: Julie McEnery, Goddard Space Flight Center Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus A
Session B8 Nuclear Instrumentation and Applications Sponsor: DNP Chair: Gary Westfall, Michigan State University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland A
Session B9 Hadronic Physics I Sponsor: DNP Chair: Paul Reimer, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland B
Session B11 Focus Session: Recent Results in Quantum Gravity
Sponsor: GGR Chair: William Hiscock, Montana State University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland E
Invited Speakers: Lee Smolin
Session B12 B Meson Decays Sponsor: DPF Chair: James Olsen, Princeton University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland F
Session B13 W and Z Bosons I Sponsor: DPF Chair: Peter Nemethy, New York University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland G
Session B14 Particle Beam Physics and Technologies Sponsor: DPB Chair: Joseph Bisognano, University of Wisconsin Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland I
Apr 22 2006 1:30PM, Saturday
Session C1 Novel Detector Technologies
Sponsor: DPF Chair: John Jaros, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A
Invited Speakers: Harris Kagan, Stephen Magill
Session C2 Hadronic Physics II
Sponsor: GHP Chair: Peter Tandy, Kent State University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B
Invited Speakers: Eric Braaten
Session C3 Very High Energy Cosmic Gamma Rays
Sponsor: DAP DPF Chair: Reshmi Mukherjee, Barnard College Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark C
Invited Speakers: Peter Nemethy
Session C4 Public and Private Funding for International Research
Sponsor: FIP Chair: Arthur Bienenstock, Stanford University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Marsalis A
Invited Speakers: Tom Owens, Arden Bement
Session C5 Cosmology II
Sponsor: DAP FHP Chair: Virginia Trimble, University of California, Irvine Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus B
Invited Speakers: Helge Kragh
Session C6 Ground-Based Gravitational Wave Detection
Sponsor: GGR GPMFC Chair: Benjamin Owen, The Pennsylvania State University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland J
Invited Speakers: Michael Zucker
Session C7 Gravitational Wave Astronomy Sponsor: DAP Chair: Charles Dermer, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus A
Session C8 Nuclear Theory I Sponsor: DNP Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland A
Session C9 Minisymposium: Toward a Universal Density Functional Theory for Nuclei I
Sponsor: DNP Chair: David Dean, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland B
Invited Speakers:
Session C10 Nuclear Science Education for the Nation
Sponsor: FEd DNP Chair: Jolie Cizewski, Rutgers University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland C
Invited Speakers: Edward P. Hartouni
Session C11 SPS Undergraduate Research Sponsor: SPS Chair: Gary White, Society of Physics Students Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland E
Session C12 Accelerator-Based Neutrino Experiments Sponsor: DPF Chair: Hugh Gallagher, Tufts University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland F
Session C13 W and Z Bosons II Sponsor: DPF Chair: Sarah Eno, University of Maryland Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland G
Session C14 Physics of Muon and Polarized Beams Sponsor: DPB Chair: Mike Syphers, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland I
Session C16 DPP Contributed Orals I Sponsor: DPP Chair: Benjamin Chandran, University of New Hampshire Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark D
Apr 22 2006 2:00PM, Saturday
Session D1 Poster Session Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Marsalis Hall B, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Apr 22 2006 3:30PM, Saturday
Session E1 Accelerator and Detector R&D for the International Linear Collider
Sponsor: DPB DPF Chair: Shekhar Mishra, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A
Invited Speakers: Nan Phinney, Harry Weerts
Session E2 Primordial Nucleosynthesis
Sponsor: DNP Chair: Carl R. Brune, Ohio University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B
Invited Speakers: Michael Smith, David Tytler, Benjamin Wandelt
Session E3 Laboratory Astrophysics: Magnetic Reconnection
Sponsor: DPP DAP GPAP Chair: Vincent Chan, General Atomics Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark C
Invited Speakers: Hantao Ji, E.J. Strait
Session E4 Science and Development: Innovation Systems for Fighting Poverty
Sponsor: FIP FPS Chair: Albrecht Wagner, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Marsalis A
Invited Speakers: Tony Marjoram, Daniel Lederman, Thomas A. Weber
Session E5a 50 Years Since the Discovery of Parity Nonconservation in the Weak Interactions I
Sponsor: FHP DPF Chair: Natalie Roe, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus B
Invited Speakers: Tsung Dao Lee, Leon Lederman, Janet Conrad
Session E6 Experimental Tests of General Relativity
Sponsor: GGR Chair: Marc Favata, Cornell University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland J
Invited Speakers: Eric Adelberger, Slava G. Turyshev, John D. Anderson
Session E7 Cosmology III Sponsor: DAP Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus A
Session E8 Minisymposium: the Spin Structure of the Nucleon
Sponsor: DNP Chair: Ernst Sichtermann, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland A
Invited Speakers:
Session E9 Minisymposium: Toward a Universal Density Functional Theory for Nuclei II
Sponsor: DNP Chair: Scott Bogner, Ohio State University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland B
Invited Speakers:
Session E10 Focus Session: K-12 Education
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Peggy McMahan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland C
Invited Speakers:
Session E11 Quantum and Classical Gravity Sponsor: GGR Chair: Kevin Vandersloot, Pennsylvania State University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland E
Session E12 Neutrino Oscillations and Cross Sections
Sponsor: DPF Chair: Petr Vogel, California Institute of Technology Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland F
Invited Speakers:
Session E13 Jet and Fragmentation Studies Sponsor: DPF Chair: Andreas Kronfeld, Fermilab Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland G
Session E14 Few Body Problems Chair: Charlotte Elster, Ohio University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland I
Apr 22 2006 5:00PM, Saturday
Session E5b 50 Years Since the Discovery of Parity Nonconservation in the Weak Interactions II
Sponsor: FHP DPF Chair: Noemie Koller, Rutgers University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus B
Invited Speakers: C.N. Yang
Apr 22 2006 5:30PM, Saturday
Session F1 APS Welcome Reception Sponsor: APS Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Union Station, Grand Hall
Apr 22 2006 7:15PM, Saturday
Session G1 New Reports from Major National Studies
Chair: John Hopfield, Princeton University, APS President Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A
Invited Speakers:
Apr 23 2006 8:30AM, Sunday
Session H1 Recent Results in Flavor Physics
Sponsor: DPF Chair: Jack Ritchie, University of Texas, Austin Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A
Invited Speakers: James Olsen, Brendan Casey, Masahiro Morii
Session H2 Topics in Nuclear Physics
Sponsor: DNP Chair: Donald Geesaman, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B
Invited Speakers: David Dean
Session H3 Ultra-high Energy Cosmic Rays: Experiment and Theory
Sponsor: DPF DAP Chair: Sean Carroll, University of Chicago Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark C
Invited Speakers:
Session H4 New Models for Graduate Education
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Gay Stewart, University of Arkansas Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Marsalis A
Invited Speakers: David Campbell
Session H5 Discovery Prospects at the Energy Frontier
Sponsor: COM Chair: Harrison Prosper, Florida State University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus B
Invited Speakers: Ketevi Assamagan, Ayana Holloway
Session H6 Applications of Free Electron Lasers I
Sponsor: DPB FIAP Chair: Alan Todd, Advanced Energy Systems Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland J
Invited Speakers: Richard Haglund, Henry Helvajian
Session H7 Astrobiology and Planetary Effects Sponsor: DAP Chair: James Ryan, University of New Hampshire Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus A
Session H8 Nuclear Reactions Sponsor: DNP Chair: Peggy McMahan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland A
Session H9 Underground Neutrino Experiments and Proton Decay Sponsor: DNP Chair: Hamish Robertson, University of Washington Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland B
Session H10 Production Studies in e+e- Collisions Sponsor: DPF Chair: Bruce Berger, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland C
Session H11 Relativistic Simulations of Neutron Stars, Black Holes, and Plasmas Sponsor: GGR Chair: Harald Pfeiffer, California Institute of Technology Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland E
Session H12 New Directions in Particle Theory Sponsor: DPF Chair: Abdulmajeed Abdurrahman, Shippensburg University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland F
Session H13 Top Quark Properties I Sponsor: DPF Chair: Reinhard Schwienhorst, Michigan State University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland G
Session H14 Novel Techniques Chair: Ron Mickens, Clark Atlanta University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland I
Session H16 Sherwood I
Sponsor: DPP Chair: John M. Finn, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark D
Invited Speakers:
Apr 23 2006 10:30AM, Sunday
Session I1 QCD: the Lattice Meets Data
Sponsor: DPF Chair: Marcela Carena, Fermilab Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A
Invited Speakers:
Session I2 Applications of Nuclear Science
Sponsor: DNP Chair: Alexander Saunders, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B
Invited Speakers: Stan Majewski
Session I5 Theories of Gravity, Dark Energy, and Cosmology
Sponsor: GGR DPF Chair: Joseph Lykken, Fermilab Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus B
Invited Speakers: Nima Arkani-Hamed, Roman Scoccimarro
Session I6 Applications of Free Electron Lasers II
Sponsor: DPB FIAP Chair: Alan Todd, Advanced Energy Systems Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland J
Invited Speakers: Peter Schaaf, Michael Smith
Session I7 Astroparticle Physics I Sponsor: DAP Chair: Ulisse Bravar, University of New Hampshire Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus A
Session I8 Minisymposium: Nuclei and Nuclear Matter at Non-Normal Density I
Sponsor: DNP Chair: Sherry J Yennello Texas A&M University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland A
Invited Speakers:
Session I9 Minisymposium: Electro-Weak Interactions
Sponsor: DNP Chair: Krishna Kumar, University of Massachusetts Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland B
Invited Speakers:
Session I10 Charm Production, Decay, and Excited States Sponsor: DPF Chair: Gregory Dubois-Felsmann, California Institute of Technology Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland C
Session I11 Focus Session: Initial Data Sets for Numerical Relativity
Sponsor: GGR Chair: Larry Kidder, Cornell University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland E
Invited Speakers: Gregory Cook
Session I12 Higgs Physics I Sponsor: DPF Chair: Thomas Junk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland F
Session I13 Top Quark Properties II Sponsor: DPF Chair: Ann Heinson, University of California, Riverside Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland G
Session I16 Sherwood II
Sponsor: DPP Chair: Zhi Hong Lin, U.C. Irvine Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark D
Invited Speakers: R. Sanchez, J.E. Kinsey, W.W. Lee
Apr 23 2006 1:15PM, Sunday
Session J1 Top is Ten
Sponsor: DPF Chair: Harry Weerts, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A
Invited Speakers: Lynne Orr
Session J2 A High Luminosity Lepton Ion Collider to Study QCD
Sponsor: DPB DNP Chair: Richard G. Milner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B
Invited Speakers: Manouchehr Farkhondeh, Abhat Deshpande
Session J4 Precision Cosmology
Sponsor: DAP GGR Chair: John Beacom, Ohio State University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Marsalis A
Invited Speakers: Joshua Frieman
Session J5 Pioneering Women Astronomers
Sponsor: CSWP FHP Chair: Marc Sher, William and Mary Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus B
Invited Speakers: Katherine Haramundanis, Jill Tarter
Session J6 Laboratory Astrophysics: Dynamo and the Magnetorotational Instability
Sponsor: DPP DAP Chair: Steven Cowley, University of California, Los Angeles Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland J
Invited Speakers: Cary Forest, Daniel Lathrop
Session J7 Astroparticle Physics II Sponsor: DAP Chair: Martin Pohl, Iowa State University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus A
Session J8 Minisymposium: Nuclei and Nuclear Matter at Non-Normal Density II
Sponsor: DNP Chair: William Lynch, Michigan State University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland A
Invited Speakers: Malgorzata Zielinska-Pfabe
Session J9 Double Beta Decay Sponsor: DNP Chair: Andrew Hime, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland B
Session J10 Charm Mixing, Rare D and K Decays Sponsor: DPF Chair: Ian Shipsey, Purdue University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland C
Session J11 Advances in Numerical Relativity I Sponsor: GGR Chair: Bernard Kelly, The University of Texas at Brownsville Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland E
Session J12 Higgs Physics II Sponsor: DPF Chair: Thomas Junk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland F
Session J13 Particle Theory Sponsor: DPF Chair: Joseph Lykken, Fermilab Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland G
Apr 23 2006 2:00PM, Sunday
Session K1 Poster Session: Magnetically Confined Plasma I Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Marsalis Hall B, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Session K15 Panel Discussion with PR/PRL Editors Sponsor: APS Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland K
Apr 23 2006 3:15PM, Sunday
Session L1 Physics at the Energy Frontier
Sponsor: DPF Chair: Robert Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A
Invited Speakers: Beate Heineman
Session L2 Study of Hadron Structure using Spin Polarized Beams
Sponsor: DPB DNP Chair: Fulvia Pilat, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B
Invited Speakers: Mei Bai
Session L3 Advances in Numerical Relativity II
Sponsor: GGR COM Chair: Deirdre Shoemaker, The Pennsylvania State University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark C
Invited Speakers: Thomas Baumgarte, David Garfinkle
Session L4 Women in Science Policy
Sponsor: CSWP FPS Chair: Marc Sher, William and Mary Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Marsalis A
Invited Speakers: Christal Sheppard
Session L6 Scholars at Risk
Sponsor: FIP Chair: Andrew Sessler, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland J
Invited Speakers: Robert Quinn, Yuri Orlov, Hadi Hadizadeh
Session L7 Galaxies, AGNs and Galactic Gamma-Ray Sources Sponsor: DAP Chair: Charles Dermer, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus A
Session L8 Nuclear Astrophysics Sponsor: DNP Chair: Betty Tsang Michigan State University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland A
Session L9 Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ions Sponsor: DNP Chair: Brant Johnson, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland B
Session L10 B Meson Branching Fractions Sponsor: DPF Chair: Masahiro Morii, Harvard University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland C
Session L11 Experimental Gravitation Sponsor: GGR Chair: Duncan Brown, California Institute of Technology Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland E
Session L12 Exclusive D Meson Decays Sponsor: DPF Chair: Todd Pedlar, Luther College Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland F
Session L13 Top Quark Mass Measurements Sponsor: DPF Chair: Eva Halkiadakis, Rutgers University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland G
Session L16 Laboratory Astrophysics I
Sponsor: DPP Chair: Hantao Ji, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark D
Invited Speakers: Michael Brown, Paul Bellan, Stirling Colgate
Apr 23 2006 5:15PM, Sunday
Session M1 APS Award Presentations, Past President's Address, and Lilienfeld Prize Talk
Sponsor: APS Chair: John Hopfield, APS President, Princeton University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A
Invited Speakers: Marvin Cohen
Apr 24 2006 8:30AM, Monday
Session O1 Plenary Session II
Sponsor: APS Chair: William Carithers, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A
Invited Speakers: Nicole Bell, W. Dorland
Apr 24 2006 10:45AM, Monday
Session P1 DPF and DPB Prize Session
Sponsor: DPB DPF Chair: Gerald Dugan, Cornell University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A
Invited Speakers: Savas Dimopoulos
Session P2 Neutrinos II
Sponsor: DNP DPF Chair: Kevork Abazajian, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B
Invited Speakers: Petr Vogel, Hugh Gallagher
Session P3 Innovative Programs in K-12 Teacher Preparation
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Ramon Lopez, Florida Institute of Technology Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark C
Invited Speakers: Ingrid Novodvorsky
Session P4 Gravitational Wave Sources and Phenomenology
Sponsor: GGR DAP Chair: Gabriela Gonzalez, Louisianna State University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Marsalis A
Invited Speakers:
Session P6 The Postdoctoral Experience
Sponsor: FGSA Chair: Minesh Bacrania, APS FGSA Chair Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland J
Invited Speakers: Katherine Frame, Kenneth Hogstrom
Session P7 Cosmic Rays and Solar Physics I Sponsor: DAP Chair: Stefan Westerhoff, Columbia University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus A
Session P8 Minisymposium: Parton Distributions at Larger X : Data and Challenges
Sponsor: DNP Chair: Cynthia Keppel, Hampton University/Jefferson Lab Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland A
Invited Speakers:
Session P9 Minisymposium: Advances in Zero- and Finite-Temperature Lattice QCD
Sponsor: DNP Chair: Ron Soltz, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland B
Invited Speakers:
Session P10 50 Years Since the Discovery of Parity Nonconservation in the Weak Interactions III
Sponsor: FHP DNP Chair: Susan Seestrom, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland C
Invited Speakers: Ralph P. Hudson, M. Ramsey-Musolf
Session P11 Focus Session: Space-Based Gravitational Wave Detection
Sponsor: GGR Chair: John Friedman, University of Wisconsin at Madison Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland E
Invited Speakers:
Session P12 Bs, Bc Lifetimes and Mixing Sponsor: DPF Chair: Nigel Lockyer, University of Pennsylvania Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland F
Session P13 Particle Searches I Sponsor: DPF Chair: Vladimir Litvin, California Institute of Technology Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland G
Session P16 Sherwood III
Sponsor: DPP Chair: Linda Sugiyama, PSFC, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark D
Invited Speakers: J.Y. Ji
Apr 24 2006 12:45PM, Monday
Session 1A Rising Above the Gathering Storm
Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark D
Invited Speakers:
Apr 24 2006 1:30PM, Monday
Session Q1 Neutrinos I
Sponsor: DAP DPF Chair: George Fuller, University of California, San Diego Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A
Invited Speakers:
Session Q2 Implications of QCD Phase Transitions
Sponsor: DNP Chair: Vickie Green, Vanderbilt University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B
Invited Speakers: Ismail Zahed, Paul Stankus
Session Q3 Particle Acceleration
Sponsor: DAP DPP Chair: James Drake, University of Maryland Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark C
Invited Speakers: David Smith
Session Q4 Three-Body Systems
Sponsor: GFB Chair: Werner Tornow, Duke University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Marsalis A
Invited Speakers: Yordanka Ilieva
Session Q5 Evolution: From the Big Bang to Us
Sponsor: FPS FEd Chair: Barbara Levi, Physics Today Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus B
Invited Speakers: Joel Primack, James Kasting, Duane Jeffery
Session Q6 Advanced Acceleration Techniques for Future Energy Frontier Accelerators
Sponsor: DPB Chair: James Rosenzweig, University of California, Los Angeles Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland J
Invited Speakers: Patric Muggli, Warren Mori
Session Q8 Electromagnetic Interactions Sponsor: DNP Chair: Ioana Niculescu, James Madison University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland A
Session Q9 Nuclear Structure Sponsor: DNP Chair: Carlos Bertulani, University of Arizona Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland B
Session Q10 Rare B Decays Sponsor: DPF Chair: Brendan Casey, Brown University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland C
Session Q11 Simulations of Binary Black Hole Mergers Sponsor: GGR Chair: Carlos Lousto, The University of Texas at Brownsville Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland E
Session Q12 Baryons and B Lifetime Studies Sponsor: DPF Chair: William T. Ford, University of Colorado Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland F
Session Q13 Particle Searches II Sponsor: DPF Chair: Beate Heinemann, University of Liverpool Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland G
Session Q14 History of Physics Sponsor: FHP Chair: Robert H. Romer, Amherst College Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland I
Apr 24 2006 2:00PM, Monday
Session R1 Poster Session: Magnetically Confined Plasma II Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Marsalis Hall B, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Apr 24 2006 3:30PM, Monday
Session S1 High Power Proton Drivers for Accelerator-based Neutrino Physics
Sponsor: DPB DPF Chair: Thomas Roser, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A
Invited Speakers: Shoji Nagamiya
Session S2 DNP Prize Session
Sponsor: DNP Chair: Bradley Sherrill, Michigan State University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B
Invited Speakers: Ian Towner, James Truran
Session S3 The Heliospheric Termination Shock
Sponsor: DAP Chair: Martin Lee, University of New Hampshire Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark C
Invited Speakers: Robert Decker, Len Fisk
Session S4 FHP/FPS Award Session
Sponsor: FHP FPS Chair: George Lewis, Peace Studies Program, Cornell University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Marsalis A
Invited Speakers: Paul Richards, David Albright, Yuri Orlov
Session S6 Panofsky Prize Session
Sponsor: DPF Chair: Bill Carithers, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland J
Invited Speakers: William T. Ford
Session S10 Focus Session: Undergraduate and Graduate Education
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Bruce Ackerson, Oklahoma State University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland C
Invited Speakers: Charles Hasty
Session S11 Sources of Gravitational Waves Sponsor: GGR Chair: John Baker, Goddard Space Flight Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland E
Session S12 CP Violation in B Meson Decays Sponsor: DPF Chair: Masahiro Morii, Harvard University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland F
Session S13 Top Quark Production Sponsor: DPF Chair: David Cline, University of California, Los Angeles Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland G
Session S16 Laboratory Astrophysics II
Chair: Parvez Guzdar, University of Maryland Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark D
Invited Speakers: John Goree, Xuan Sun
Apr 24 2006 5:30PM, Monday
Session T2 DNP Business Meeting Sponsor: DNP Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B
Session T4 FPS Business Meeting Sponsor: FPS Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Marsalis A
Session T5 DPB Business Meeting and Reception Sponsor: DPB Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Reverchon AB
Session T7 DAP Business Meeting Sponsor: DAP Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus A
Session T11 GFB Business Meeting Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland E
Session T12 GGR Business Meeting Sponsor: GGR Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland F
Session T14 FHP Business Meeting Sponsor: FHP Chair: Robert H. Romer, Amherst College Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland I
Apr 25 2006 8:30AM, Tuesday
Session V1 Plenary Session III
Sponsor: APS Chair: Brad Sherrill, Michigan State University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A
Invited Speakers: Gabriela Gonzalez, Albrecht Wagner
Apr 25 2006 10:30AM, Tuesday
Session W5 Abrupt Climate Change Scenario
Sponsor: FPS Chair: Tina Kaarsberg, U.S. Department of Energy Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus B
Invited Speakers: Danny Day, Gerald Galloway
Session W15 Poster Session IV: Post-deadline Posters Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Marsalis Hall B, 10:30am-2:00pm
Apr 25 2006 10:45AM, Tuesday
Session W1 Shedding Light on Dark Energy
Sponsor: DPF DAP Chair: Natalie Roe, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A
Invited Speakers: Eric Linder
Session W2 Notes from Underground
Sponsor: DNP DPF Chair: George Fuller, University of California, San Diego Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B
Invited Speakers: Mark Vagins
Session W3 Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts
Sponsor: DAP Chair: Charles Meegan, National Space Science and Technology Center Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark C
Invited Speakers: Neil Gehrels, Dan Reichart
Session W6 Research on Teaching Thermal Physics and Quantum Mechanics
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Paula Heron, University of Washington Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland J
Invited Speakers:
Session W7 Cosmic Rays and Solar Physics II Sponsor: DAP Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus A
Session W8 Minisymposium: Heavy Quark Energy Loss & Flow
Sponsor: DNP Chair: Peter Jacobs, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland A
Invited Speakers: Haidong Liu
Session W9 Nuclear Theory II Sponsor: DNP Chair: Vladimir Zelevinsky, Michigan State University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland B
Session W10 Heineman Prize Session
Sponsor: GGR DPF Chair: Pierre Sikivie, University of Florida Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland C
Invited Speakers: Sergio Ferrara, Peter van Nieuwenhuizen
Session W11 Gravitational Wave Searches Sponsor: GGR Chair: Lior Burko, The University of Alabama, Huntsville Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland E
Session W12 Bs, B*, eta-B decays Sponsor: DPF Chair: Robert Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland F
Session W13 Particle Physics Instrumentation Sponsor: DPF Chair: Stephen Magill, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Cumberland G
Session W16 Sherwood IV
Sponsor: DPP Chair: Eric Held, Utah State University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark D
Invited Speakers: Alexey Arefiev
Apr 25 2006 12:15PM, Tuesday
Session X5 Elements of a Real Energy Strategy
Sponsor: FPS Chair: Anthony Nero, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Pegasus B
Invited Speakers: Nathan Lewis, John German, William Burchill
Apr 25 2006 1:30PM, Tuesday
Session X1 Dark Matter
Sponsor: DNP DPF Chair: Uwe Oberlack, Rice University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A
Invited Speakers:
Session X2 Physical Properties of Partonic Matter
Sponsor: DNP Chair: Vickie Green, Vanderbilt University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B
Invited Speakers: Derek A. Teaney, Stefan Bathe
Session X3 Magnetars
Sponsor: DAP Chair: David Palmer, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark C
Invited Speakers: Kevin Hurley, Tod Strohmayer, Maxim Lyutikov
Session X16 Research on Teaching Large Enrollment Classes
Sponsor: FEd Chair: David Meltzer, University of Washington Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark D
Invited Speakers: