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2006 APS April Meeting

Saturday–Tuesday, April 22–25, 2006; Dallas, TX

Session B1: Underground Labs: Plans and Progress

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPF
Chair: Hamish Robertson, University of Washington
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Landmark A

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 11:21AM	B1.00001: Particle and Nuclear Physics at a Deep Underground Laboratory Invited Speaker: Kate Scholberg Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:57AM	B1.00002: A Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory in the United States Invited Speaker: Eugene Beier Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:33PM	B1.00003: SNOLAB Status, Prospects Invited Speaker: David Sinclair Preview Abstract

Session B2: Light Exotic Nuclei

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Michael Thoenessen, Michigan State University
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Landmark B

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 11:21AM	B2.00001: Studies of Neutron-Rich Nuclei with the MoNA/Sweeper System at the NSCL Invited Speaker: P.A. DeYoung Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:57AM	B2.00002: Nucleon transfer reactions with exotic light nuclei Invited Speaker: Alan H. Wuosmaa Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:33PM	B2.00003: The Structure of $^9$C and $^7$He. Invited Speaker: Grigory Rogachev Preview Abstract

Session B3: Laboratory Astrophysics: Supernovae and Jets

Sponsoring Units: DPP GPAP
Chair: Paul Bellan, California Institute of Technology
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Landmark C

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 11:21AM	B3.00001: Structure of Supernova Remnant Shock Waves Invited Speaker: John Raymond Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:57AM	B3.00002: Modeling Supernova Shocks with Intense Lasers. Invited Speaker: Brent Blue Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:33PM	B3.00003: Modeling Astrophysical Jets in a Laboratory Experiment Invited Speaker: Sergey Lebedev Preview Abstract

Session B4: Research Talks at the Undergraduate Level

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: David Ehrenstein, APS
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Marsalis A

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 11:21AM	B4.00001: Top Quarks and the High Energy Frontier Invited Speaker: Florencia Canelli Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:57AM	B4.00002: Ellipsoids beat Spheres: Experiments with Candies, Colloids and Crystals Invited Speaker: Paul Chaikin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:33PM	B4.00003: Why Is the Universe Accelerating? Invited Speaker: Sean Carroll Preview Abstract

Session B5: Cosmology I

Sponsoring Units: DAP FHP
Chair: James Ryan, University of New Hampshire
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Pegasus B

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 11:21AM	B5.00001: Why Aristotle took so long to die Invited Speaker: Dennis Danielson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:57AM	B5.00002: The New Mysteries of the Cosmos Invited Speaker: Elizabeth Barton Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:33PM	B5.00003: The Future of Cosmic Microwave Background Observations Invited Speaker: John Carlstrom Preview Abstract

Session B7: Gamma-Ray Bursts and GLAST

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Julie McEnery, Goddard Space Flight Center
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Pegasus A

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 10:57AM	B7.00001: Gamma-Ray Bursts Observations with GLAST Nicola Omodei , Charles Meegan , Valerie Connaughton , Neil Gehrels , Jay Norris Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:57AM - 11:09AM	B7.00002: Rapid Spectral Variability of GRBs. A Puzzle Solved? Mikhail Medvedev Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:09AM - 11:21AM	B7.00003: TeV Gamma Ray Astronomy and GLAST Elliott Bloom , Lester Miller Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:33AM	B7.00004: Overview of the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) Large Area Telescope (LAT): Description and Performance Goals Tracy Usher Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:33AM - 11:45AM	B7.00005: Onboard filtering and science processing in GLAST Frederick Kuehn Preview Abstract

Session B8: Nuclear Instrumentation and Applications

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Gary Westfall, Michigan State University
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland A

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 10:57AM	B8.00001: Neutron capture cross sections for AFCI at DANCE Rene Reifarth Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:57AM - 11:09AM	B8.00002: Muon Flux at Proposed US Sites for Underground Labs Kregg Philpott Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:09AM - 11:21AM	B8.00003: Reactor Safeguards using Compact Antineutrino Detectors Nathaniel Bowden , Matthew Allen , James Lund , Adam Bernstein , Celsete Winant Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:33AM	B8.00004: Measurement and modeling of dissolved radon as a tracer of ground water flow in a well Vincente Guiseppe , C.T. Hess Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:33AM - 11:45AM	B8.00005: Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber (MRPC) cosmic ray test system for the STAR Time-of-Flight detector Kohei Kajimoto Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:45AM - 11:57AM	B8.00006: Proposed STAR Time of Flight Readout Electronics and DAQ Joachim Schambach Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:09PM	B8.00007: Front-End Electronics for a Zero Degree Calorimeter Brennan Metzler Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:09PM - 12:21PM	B8.00008: Development of Multiplexed Analog Shaper Electronics for use with Highly Segmented Silicon Arrays Carl Metelko , Sylvie Hudan , Romualdo deSouza , Andrew Alexander , John Poehlman , Matthew Hodek Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:21PM - 12:33PM	B8.00009: Investigation of Limitations on the Photon Tagging Technique at High Energies. Marianna Gabrielyan Preview Abstract

Session B9: Hadronic Physics I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Paul Reimer, Argonne National Laboratory
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland B

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 10:57AM	B9.00001: Bethe-Salpeter Study of Heavy-light Pseudoscalar and Vector Meson Masses Nicholas Souchlas , Pieter Maris , Peter Tandy Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:57AM - 11:09AM	B9.00002: Thermal Time Scales in a Color Glass Condensate Vivek Parihar , Allan Widom , Yogi Srivastava Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:09AM - 11:21AM	B9.00003: Coherent $\phi$-meson photoproduction on deuteron Tsutomu Mibe , David Tedeschi , Stepan Stepanyan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:33AM	B9.00004: Measurement of the Pion's Electric Form Factor Via Pion Electroproduction Tanja Horn Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:33AM - 11:45AM	B9.00005: Overview of the Hypernuclear Spectroscopy Experiment E01-011 at Jefferson Lab. Victor M. Rodriguez Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:45AM - 11:57AM	B9.00006: Excitation Spectra of $\Lambda $ Hypernuclei using the (e,e'K$^{+})$ Reaction Leon Cole Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:09PM	B9.00007: Optical Calibration For Jefferson Lab HKS Spectrometer Lullin Yuan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:09PM - 12:21PM	B9.00008: Searching for $\Phi(1860)^{- -}$ pentaquark state in photo-induced reactions using the CLAS detector J\"{o}rn Langheinrich , Hovanes Egiyan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:21PM - 12:33PM	B9.00009: Search for the $\Theta ^{+}$ Pentaquark with Photoproduction off Deuterium at CLAS Ken Hicks Preview Abstract

Session B11: Focus Session: Recent Results in Quantum Gravity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: William Hiscock, Montana State University
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland E

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 11:21AM	B11.00001: Emergence of the standard model from quantum gravity Invited Speaker: Lee Smolin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:33AM	B11.00002: Black hole peregrinations Eanna Flanagan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:33AM - 11:45AM	B11.00003: Holography and entropy bounds in the plane wave matrix model Aleksey Mints , Raphael Bousso Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:45AM - 11:57AM	B11.00004: Consistent discretization of classical and quantum Regge Calculus Jorge Pullin , Rodolfo Gambini Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:09PM	B11.00005: Horizon Constraints and Stringy Black Holes Steven Carlip Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:09PM - 12:21PM	B11.00006: Loop quantum cosmology in the Schwarzschild interior Daniel Cartin , Gaurav Khanna Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:21PM - 12:33PM	B11.00007: Non-singular cosmological dynamics in Bianchi models of Loop Quantum Cosmology Kevin Vandersloot Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:33PM - 12:45PM	B11.00008: Introducing a Unifying Theory of Relativity and Quantum Mechanics N. Glenn Gratke Preview Abstract

Session B12: B Meson Decays

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: James Olsen, Princeton University
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland F

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 10:57AM	B12.00001: Measurement of branching fractions of $B$-meson decays to final states containing an $\eta^\prime$ and a vector meson Alan Robertson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:57AM - 11:09AM	B12.00002: $\Upsilon(1S) \to \eta^\prime + X $ decays Koloina Randrianarivony Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:09AM - 11:21AM	B12.00003: Searches for radiative $B$ meson decays to $\eta(')K\gamma$ Alfio Lazzaro Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:33AM	B12.00004: Search for $B^0$ meson decay to $\eta^\prime \eta^\prime K^0_S$ Riccardo Pellegrini Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:33AM - 11:45AM	B12.00005: Ratios of Branching Fractions for Hadronic $b$ Meson Decays Boris Iyutin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:45AM - 11:57AM	B12.00006: Study of $CP$ violation in mixing with partially reconstructed $D^{*-} \ell^+ \nu$ events Elisa Manoni Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:09PM	B12.00007: Study of the $B^{\pm} \rightarrow { (K \pi \pi^{0} )}_{ D^{0} / \overline{D^{0}}} K^{\pm}$ through the ADS method Viola Sordini Preview Abstract

Session B13: W and Z Bosons I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Peter Nemethy, New York University
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland G

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 10:57AM	B13.00001: W/Z/Higgs Production at LHC and PDF Uncertainties Fredrick Olness Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:57AM - 11:09AM	B13.00002: Study of Inclusive WZ Events in Trilepton Final States at Dzero James Degenhardt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:09AM - 11:21AM	B13.00003: Search for $WZ$ Production at the Tevatron Kevin McCarthy , Shih-Chieh Hsu , Elliot Lipeles , Mark Neubauer , Frank W\"urthwein Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:33AM	B13.00004: Search for $WZ$ and $ZZ$ Production in the Dilepton Plus Dijet Final State at the Tevatron Jonathon Efron , Beate Heinemann , Richard Hughes , Ben Kilminster , Andy Mehta , Brian Winer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:33AM - 11:45AM	B13.00005: Measurement of $b$ jet Production in Events with a $Z$ Boson in $p\overline{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV Jonathan Wilson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:45AM - 11:57AM	B13.00006: Search for New Physics in the DiElectron Channel at CDF Sam Harper Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:09PM	B13.00007: Search for Narrow di-Muon Resonances in a Wide Mass Range Michael Schmitt , Jane Nachtman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:09PM - 12:21PM	B13.00008: Study of Hadronic Final States in Z Production in Searches for Monojet Signatures at the Tevatron Monica D'Onofrio , Oriol Salto Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:21PM - 12:33PM	B13.00009: A Study of Anomalous Production of Z-Bosons with High Transverse Momentum at the Tevatron Alexander Paramonov Preview Abstract

Session B14: Particle Beam Physics and Technologies

Sponsoring Units: DPB
Chair: Joseph Bisognano, University of Wisconsin
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland I

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 10:57AM	B14.00001: Experimental Investigation of Beam Breakup in the Jefferson Laboratory 10 kW FEL Upgrade Driver Christopher Tennant , David Douglas , Kevin Jordan , Lia Merminga , Eduard Pozdeyev , Haipeng Wang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:57AM - 11:09AM	B14.00002: Controlling wiggler harmonic radiation to minimize FEL cavity mirror damage S.L. Huang , Y.K. Wu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:09AM - 11:21AM	B14.00003: Recent Studies of Coherent Bremsstrahlung Herbert Uberall Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:33AM	B14.00004: Injection, focusing, and acceleration of electrons in the nonlinear 3D laser wakefield. Serguei Kalmykov , Leonid Gobunov , Patrick Mora , Gennady Shvets Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:33AM - 11:45AM	B14.00005: Acceleration of a Train of Micro-Bunches Moving in a Dilute Resonant Active Medium Levi Schachter Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:45AM - 11:57AM	B14.00006: Electron Cloud Investigations in the Fermilab Main Injector Robert Zwaska , Weiren Chou , Ioanis Kourbanis , Alberto Marchionni , Vladimir Shiltsev , Xiaolong Zhang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:09PM	B14.00007: Characterization of Quasi-monoenergetic Neutron Beams from Deuteron Breakup at the 88-Inch Cyclotron Darren Bleuel , Margaret McMahan , Larry Ahle , Lee Bernstein , Lawrence Heilbronn Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:09PM - 12:21PM	B14.00008: Spatially resolved X-ray emission of heavy ion beam interaction with solid matter. Sergey Pikuz Jr. , Olga Rosmej , Anatoly Faenov , Vladimir P. Efremov , Svitlana Korostiy , Abel Blazevic , Alexander Fertman , Igor Skobelev , Henry E. Norman , Dieter H.H. Hoffmann Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:21PM - 12:33PM	B14.00009: An Active X-Band High Power RF Compression System Using an Ultrafast Silicon Switch Jiquan Guo , Sami Tantawi Preview Abstract