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2006 APS April Meeting

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

Session E1: Accelerator and Detector R&D for the International Linear Collider

Sponsoring Units: DPB DPF
Chair: Shekhar Mishra, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Landmark A

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 4:06PM	E1.00001: Accelerator Design and R{\&}D for the ILC Invited Speaker: Nan Phinney Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:42PM	E1.00002: Superconducting RF R&D for the ILC Invited Speaker: Hasan Padamsee Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:42PM - 5:18PM	E1.00003: ILC detector R{\&}D and design studies. Invited Speaker: Harry Weerts Preview Abstract

Session E2: Primordial Nucleosynthesis

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Carl R. Brune, Ohio University
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Landmark B

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 4:06PM	E2.00001: Light Elements on Fire: Nuclear Information for Big Bang Studies Invited Speaker: Michael S. Smith Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:42PM	E2.00002: Observations of the Light Element Abundances and the Cosmological Baryon Density Invited Speaker: David Tytler Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:42PM - 5:18PM	E2.00003: CMB-BBN complementarity Invited Speaker: Benjamin Wandelt Preview Abstract

Session E3: Laboratory Astrophysics: Magnetic Reconnection

Sponsoring Units: DPP DAP GPAP
Chair: Vincent Chan, General Atomics
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Landmark C

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 4:06PM	E3.00001: The Dynamics of Magnetic Reconnection in the Solar Atmosphere Invited Speaker: Spiro Antiochos Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:42PM	E3.00002: Magnetic Reconnection in a Laboratory Plasma Invited Speaker: Hantao Ji Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:42PM - 5:18PM	E3.00003: Magnetic Reconnection in the DIII-D Tokamak Invited Speaker: E.J. Strait Preview Abstract

Session E4: Science and Development: Innovation Systems for Fighting Poverty

Sponsoring Units: FIP FPS
Chair: Albrecht Wagner, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Marsalis A

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 4:00PM	E4.00001: UNESCO and the use of Science to Combat Poverty Invited Speaker: Tony Marjoram Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:00PM - 4:30PM	E4.00002: The World Bank View of Science, Technology and Economic Development Invited Speaker: Daniel Lederman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:30PM - 5:00PM	E4.00003: NSF and Development Invited Speaker: Thomas A. Weber Preview Abstract

Session E5a: 50 Years Since the Discovery of Parity Nonconservation in the Weak Interactions I

Sponsoring Units: FHP DPF
Chair: Natalie Roe, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Pegasus B

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 3:57PM	E5a.00001: New Insights to Old Problems Invited Speaker: Tsung Dao Lee Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:57PM - 4:24PM	E5a.00002: Cracks in the Mirror: Saga of a 36 Hour Experiment Invited Speaker: Leon Lederman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:24PM - 4:51PM	E5a.00003: Do left-handed neutrinos have rights too? Invited Speaker: Janet Conrad Preview Abstract

Session E5b: 50 Years Since the Discovery of Parity Nonconservation in the Weak Interactions II

Sponsoring Units: FHP DPF
Chair: Noemie Koller, Rutgers University
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Pegasus B

Saturday, April 22, 2006 5:00PM - 5:27PM

E5b.00001: In which direction is the door? Invited Speaker: C. N. Yang Preview Abstract

Session E6: Experimental Tests of General Relativity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Marc Favata, Cornell University
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland J

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 4:06PM	E6.00001: Tests of the Gravitational Inverse-Square Law at the Dark-Energy Length Scale Invited Speaker: Eric Adelberger Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:42PM	E6.00002: Science, Technology and Mission Design for the Laser Astrometric Test of Relativity Invited Speaker: Slava G. Turyshev Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:42PM - 5:18PM	E6.00003: Anomalous Acceleration of Pioneer 10 and 11 Invited Speaker: John D. Anderson Preview Abstract

Session E7: Cosmology III

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Pegasus A

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 3:42PM	E7.00001: Singular behavior in Lema\^{i}tre-Tolman-Bondi cosmological models and the difficulties in using them as realistic models of the Universe Ali Vanderveld , Eanna Flanagan , Ira Wasserman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:42PM - 3:54PM	E7.00002: In Search of B-modes: Deconvolution Map-Making for CMB Polarization Observations Charmaine Armitage , Benjamin Wandelt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:54PM - 4:06PM	E7.00003: Black Hole Formation during a Cosmological QCD Phase Transition Todd Springer , Joseph Kapusta Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:18PM	E7.00004: Force-free Magnetosphere of a Kerr Black Hole and Energy Extraction Govind Menon , Charles Dermer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E7.00005: CMB Tomography: Reconstruction of Adiabatic Primordial Scalar Potential Using Temperature and Polarization Maps. Amit P. S. Yadav , Benjamin D. Wandelt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E7.00006: Gravitational lensing by 3-d matter distributions Thomas Kling Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:42PM - 4:54PM	E7.00007: The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Project David Gilmore Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:54PM - 5:06PM	E7.00008: Magnitude-Redshift Relation for Supernovae Ia, Time Dilation, and Plasma Redshift. Ari Brynjolfsson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 5:06PM - 5:18PM	E7.00009: The shrinking Hubble constant. Russell Collins Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 5:18PM - 5:30PM	E7.00010: Initial Conditions for Cosmic Evolution Using GRMHD Equations David Garrison , Cindi Ballard , John Hamilton Preview Abstract

Session E8: Minisymposium: the Spin Structure of the Nucleon

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Ernst Sichtermann, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland A

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 4:06PM	E8.00001: The Spin Structure of the Nucleon -- Present Knowledge and Open Questions Invited Speaker: Werner Vogelsang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:18PM	E8.00002: Double Longitudal Spin Asymmetry Measurement and Cross-section for Inclusive Jets at $\sqrt{s}$=200 GeV in polarized p+p collisions Julie Millane Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E8.00003: Spin Structure in the Resonance Region Frank R. Wesselmann Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E8.00004: Measurement of the double spin asymmetry A$_{LL}$ from inclusive charged pion production in polarized p+p collisions at 200 GeV. A. Kocoloski Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:42PM - 4:54PM	E8.00005: Indirect Determination of the GDH Integrand on the Deuteron near Photodisintegration Threshold M.A. Blackston , M.A. Ahmed , B.E. Norum , B. Sawatzky , H.R. Weller Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:54PM - 5:06PM	E8.00006: The Generalized GDH Sum Rule: Measuring the Spin Structure of $\mathrm{^3He}$ and the Neutron using Nearly Real Photons Jaideep Singh Preview Abstract

Session E9: Minisymposium: Toward a Universal Density Functional Theory for Nuclei II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Scott Bogner, Ohio State University
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland B

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 4:06PM	E9.00001: Density Functional Theory from Effective Field Theory Invited Speaker: Richard Furnstahl Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:18PM	E9.00002: Isoscalar Giant Dipole Resonance within Fermi Liquid Drop Model Oleksiy Pochivalov , Shalom Shlomo Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E9.00003: Fully self-consistent Hartree-Fock RPA calculations for nuclear giant resonances Tapas Sil , Shalom Shlomo Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E9.00004: New effective nucleon-nucleon interaction for mean-field approximation Au Vuong , Shalom Shlomo Preview Abstract

Session E10: Focus Session: K-12 Education

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Peggy McMahan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland C

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 4:06PM	E10.00001: Online Physics Education Resources from the American Museum of Natural History Invited Speaker: Robert Steiner Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:30PM	E10.00002: A Traveling Physics Demonstration Show for Northern Kentucky. S. Nutter , M. O. Zacate , L. Kinne Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:30PM - 4:54PM	E10.00003: Improving High School Physics Through An Outreach Initiative Nouredine Zettili Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:54PM - 5:18PM	E10.00004: Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Program Opens New Avenues for Effective Technology Integration into Education Franco Paoletti , Lisa Marie Carlucci Preview Abstract

Session E11: Quantum and Classical Gravity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Kevin Vandersloot, Pennsylvania State University
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland E

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 3:42PM	E11.00001: Effects of nonzero neutrino masses on black hole evaporation William Hiscock , Daniel Bambeck Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:42PM - 3:54PM	E11.00002: Quantum effects in Spherically Symmetric Traversable Wormhole Spacetimes William Hirsch Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:54PM - 4:06PM	E11.00003: Back Reaction of the Hawking Radiation Cecile DeWitt-Morette Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:18PM	E11.00004: Quantum Gravity Modulates Fermion Field Strength during Inflation Richard Woodard , Shun-Pei Miao Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E11.00005: Quantum mechanical healing of classical singularities Deborah A. Konkowski , Thomas M. Helliwell Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E11.00006: Quantum Geometrodynamics of the Bianchi IX Cosmological Model Ruslan Vaulin , Arkady Kheyfets , Warner Miller Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:42PM - 4:54PM	E11.00007: Nambu-Goldstone Modes in Theories with Spontaneous Lorentz Violation Robert Bluhm , Alan Kostelecky Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:54PM - 5:06PM	E11.00008: Energy Localization and the Taub Solution Paul Halpern Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 5:06PM - 5:18PM	E11.00009: Unifying Gravity and EM: A Riddle You Can Solve Douglas Sweetser Preview Abstract

Session E12: Neutrino Oscillations and Cross Sections

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Petr Vogel, California Institute of Technology
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland F

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 3:42PM	E12.00001: The MIPP experiment and its application to neutrino beam simulations Andrew Godley Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:42PM - 3:54PM	E12.00002: Neutrino Neutral Current Cross Section Measurement in NOMAD Qun Wu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:54PM - 4:06PM	E12.00003: Measurement of Neutrino Induced Quasi-Elastic Cross Section Jae Kim Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:18PM	E12.00004: Neutrino Cross Sections at MiniBooNE Zelimir Djurcic Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E12.00005: Constraining intrinsic $\nu_e$ events in the MiniBooNE beam Kendall Mahn Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E12.00006: CCpi0 events at MiniBooNE Laura Jeanty Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:42PM - 4:54PM	E12.00007: MINERvA High-Statistics Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering using a Fine-grained Detector Minsuk Kim Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:54PM - 5:30PM	E12.00008: Tanaka Dissertation Award Talk: Evidence for Neutrino Flavor Oscillations in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Invited Speaker: Alysia Marino Preview Abstract

Session E13: Jet and Fragmentation Studies

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Andreas Kronfeld, Fermilab
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland G

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 3:42PM	E13.00001: Inclusive Jet Production using the Midpoint Algorithm in Run II at CDF Craig Group Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:42PM - 3:54PM	E13.00002: Study of $q\bar q \gamma$ and $gg\gamma$ Fragmentation Using Hadron Production In Radiative $\Upsilon$ Decays Hannah Swift Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:54PM - 4:06PM	E13.00003: Two-particle momentum correlations in jets at the Tevatron Sergo Jindariani , Andrey Korytov , Alexandre Pronko Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:18PM	E13.00004: Study of Cell Energy Thresholds in CMS Calorimeters for Jet Reconstruction James Dolen , R. Demina , C. Justus , P. Tipton , M. Zielinski , A. Bhatti Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E13.00005: Study on the Effects of Layered Threshold Cuts on Noise in the CMS Calorimeter Dylan Predergast , R. Demina , J. Dolen , R. Harris , P. Tipton , M. Zielinski Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E13.00006: Forward Proton Detection at D\O Murilo Rangel Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:42PM - 4:54PM	E13.00007: Calibrating the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter using $\pi^0$'s Jingzhi Zhang , D. Gong , Y. Kubota , R. Rusack , Y. Gerstein Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:54PM - 5:06PM	E13.00008: QEDXQCD Exponentiation and Shower/ME Matching at High Energies B.F.L. Ward , Scott A. Yost Preview Abstract

Session E14: Few Body Problems

Chair: Charlotte Elster, Ohio University
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland I

Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:30PM - 3:42PM	E14.00001: Influence of the N*1440 and N*1535 Resonances in Intermediate Energy pp and np Scattering Ch. Elster , A. Schwick , A. Gardestig , F. Hinterberger Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:42PM - 3:54PM	E14.00002: Microscopic approach to scattering states in $^5$He Hartmut M. Hofmann , Gerald M. Hale Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:54PM - 4:06PM	E14.00003: Proton -- $^{3}$He Elastic Scattering at Low Energies B. M. Fisher , C. R. Brune , H. J. Karwowski , D. S. Leonard , E. J. Ludwig , T. C. Black , M. Viviani , A. Kievsky , S. Rosati Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:06PM - 4:18PM	E14.00004: Comparison of results for $N+N$ scattering at low energies G. M. Hale , C. P. Liu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E14.00005: Neutron-deuteron scattering in configuration space Vladimir Suslov , Mikhail Braun , Branislav Vlahovic Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E14.00006: Novel approach to effective interactions for many-body calculations Ionel Stetcu , Bruce R. Barrett , Ubirajara van Kolck Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:42PM - 4:54PM	E14.00007: Calculation of the two-body scattering T-matrix in Configuration Space George Rawitscher Preview Abstract