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2006 APS April Meeting

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

Session J1: Top is Ten

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Harry Weerts, Argonne National Laboratory
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Landmark A

Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:15PM - 1:51PM	J1.00001: Top at Run II and LHC Prospects Invited Speaker: Eva Halkiadakis Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:51PM - 2:27PM	J1.00002: Single Top Production Invited Speaker: Reinhard Schwienhorst Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:27PM - 3:03PM	J1.00003: Top Theory Invited Speaker: Lynne Orr Preview Abstract

Session J2: A High Luminosity Lepton Ion Collider to Study QCD

Sponsoring Units: DPB DNP
Chair: Richard G. Milner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Landmark B

Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:15PM - 1:51PM	J2.00001: Design Considerations for a High Luminosity Lepton Ion Collider Invited Speaker: Manouchehr Farkhondeh Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:51PM - 2:27PM	J2.00002: Study of spin structure of the nucleon using a lepton-ion collider Invited Speaker: Abhat Deshpande Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:27PM - 3:03PM	J2.00003: The glue that binds us all: probing gluonic matter with an electron-ion collider Invited Speaker: Raju Venugopalan Preview Abstract

Session J4: Precision Cosmology

Sponsoring Units: DAP GGR
Chair: John Beacom, Ohio State University
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Marsalis A

Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:15PM - 1:51PM	J4.00001: Recent Results from WMAP Invited Speaker: Lyman Page Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:51PM - 2:27PM	J4.00002: Probing Dark Energy with Galaxy Clusters Invited Speaker: Joshua Frieman Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:27PM - 3:03PM	J4.00003: Dark Energy and Cosmic Sound Invited Speaker: Daniel Eisenstein Preview Abstract

Session J5: Pioneering Women Astronomers

Sponsoring Units: CSWP FHP
Chair: Marc Sher, William and Mary
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Pegasus B

Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:15PM - 1:51PM	J5.00001: Henrietta Leavitt: Turn of the Century Trailblazer Invited Speaker: Jean Turner Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:51PM - 2:27PM	J5.00002: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: A Stellar Pioneer (The Dorritt Hoffleit Lecture) Invited Speaker: Katherine Haramundanis Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:27PM - 3:03PM	J5.00003: Never A Team Member; Suddenly A Team Leader! Invited Speaker: Jill Tarter Preview Abstract

Session J6: Laboratory Astrophysics: Dynamo and the Magnetorotational Instability

Sponsoring Units: DPP DAP
Chair: Steven Cowley, University of California, Los Angeles
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland J

Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:15PM - 1:51PM	J6.00001: Angular Momentum Transport in Accretion Flows Invited Speaker: Jeremy Goodman Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:51PM - 2:27PM	J6.00002: Magnetic Field Generation in the Madison Dynamo Experiment Invited Speaker: Cary Forest Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:27PM - 3:03PM	J6.00003: Magnetorotational and dynamo instabilities in liquid sodium experiments Invited Speaker: Daniel Lathrop Preview Abstract

Session J7: Astroparticle Physics II

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Martin Pohl, Iowa State University
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Pegasus A

Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	J7.00001: Ultrarelativistic Magnetic Monopole Flux Constraints from RICE Daniel Hogan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	J7.00002: Pair production with neutrinos in an intense, background magnetic field Todd Tinsley Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	J7.00003: Astrophysical Searches for Lorentz Violation Matthew Mewes , Alan Kostelecky Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	J7.00004: Dispersive Extinction Theory of Cosmic Red Shift -- An Alternative to the Big Bang Theory Ling Jun Wang Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	J7.00005: A Newtonian Solution to the Missing Matter Problem Gary Hunter , Alan Martinez , James Espinosa Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:15PM - 2:27PM	J7.00006: The St.- Petersburg State University Experiment that discovered the Photon Acceleration Effect Konstantin Gridnev , Russell Moon , Victor Vasiliev Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:27PM - 2:39PM	J7.00007: Thermalization Tendency of ElectroMagnetic Radiation in Transit Through AstroPhysical Mediums C.F. Gallo Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:39PM - 2:51PM	J7.00008: Einstein's concept of space as energy field, or dark matter as property of space Jacques Leibovitz Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:51PM - 3:03PM	J7.00009: Matching Scherrer's k essence argument with alterations of di quark scalar fields permitting an eventual cosmological constant dominated inflationary expansion Andrew Beckwith Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 3:03PM - 3:15PM	J7.00010: An Origin for Gravity and Electromagnetism when Mass and Specific Density are Statistical Intensive Parameters Geoffrey Holstrom Preview Abstract

Session J8: Minisymposium: Nuclei and Nuclear Matter at Non-Normal Density II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: William Lynch, Michigan State University
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland A

Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:15PM - 1:51PM	J8.00001: Mechanism of Isospin Equilibration in Semi-Peripheral Heavy Ion Reactions Invited Speaker: Malgorzata Zielinska-Pfabe Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	J8.00002: Constraining properties of neutron stars with heavy-ion reactions Bao-An Li , Lie-Wen Chen , Che Ming Ko , Andrew W. Steiner Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	J8.00003: Density dependence of the symmetry energy in the equation of state of asymmetric nuclear matter D.V. Shetty , S.J. Yennello , G.A. Souliotis Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:15PM - 2:27PM	J8.00004: Nucleon Diffusion Observables in heavy ion reactions ManYee Tsang Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:27PM - 2:39PM	J8.00005: Studying the symmetry energy of excited projectile-like sources August L. Keksis , M. Veselsky , G.A. Souliotis , E. Bell , J. Garey , M. Jandel , S. Parketon , C. Richers , A. Ruangma , D.V. Shetty , E.M. Winchester , S.J. Yennello Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:39PM - 2:51PM	J8.00006: Exploring the Evolution of the Symmetry Energy of Hot fragments from the Compound Nucleus towards Bulk Multifragmentation G.A. Souliotis , A.S. Botvina , D.V. Shetty , A.L. Keksis , E. Bell , M. Jandel , M. Veselsky , S.J. Yennello Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:51PM - 3:03PM	J8.00007: Neutron-Proton Transverse Emission Studies as a Signature of the Asymmetry Term of the Nuclear EOS Michael Famiano , William Lynch , Tsang Betty , Lee Sobotka , Robert Charity , Komarov Sergei , Andrew Rogers Preview Abstract

Session J9: Double Beta Decay

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Andrew Hime, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland B

Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	J9.00001: Status of EXO-200 Francisco LePort Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	J9.00002: A linear ion trap for the Enriched Xenon Observatory EXO Bj\"orn Flatt , Ralph DeVoe , Giorgio Gratta , Matthew Green , Jesse Wodin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	J9.00003: Pulse Shape and Segmentation Analysis in Germanium Detectors for Double-Beta Decay Victor M. Gehman , Steven Elliott , Dongming Mei , Albert Young , Henning Back Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	J9.00004: Neutron-induced Background for Double-Beta Decay Experiments via Inelastic Scattering Processes Dongming Mei , Steve Elliotts , Victor Gehman , Andrew Hime , Kareem Kazkaz Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	J9.00005: An update on the Majorana-Gerda simulation package (MaGe) Michael Marino Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:15PM - 2:27PM	J9.00006: Verification of the Majorana-Gerda Simulation Package (MaGe) A. G. Schubert Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:27PM - 2:39PM	J9.00007: Updates on Cuoricino and CUORE Thomas D. Gutierrez Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:39PM - 2:51PM	J9.00008: A Search For Two-Neutrino Double-Beta Decay of $^{130}Te$ To The First Excited $0^{+}$ State in $^{130}Xe$ With The CUORICINO Detector Iulian Bandac Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:51PM - 3:03PM	J9.00009: Status of CUORE: Bolometric Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Reina Maruyama Preview Abstract

Session J10: Charm Mixing, Rare D and K Decays

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Ian Shipsey, Purdue University
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland C

Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	J10.00001: Search for Charm Mixing with Flavor Tagged Dalitz Plots from $\psi(3770) \to D\bar D$ Eric White Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	J10.00002: Measurement of the Strong Phase of $D^{0}\rightarrow K^{-}\pi^{+}$ Relative to $\bar{D^{0}}\rightarrow K^{-}\pi^{+}$ with CLEO-c Data Alexander Scott Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	J10.00003: Determination of Charm-Mixing and Doubly-Cabibbo-Suppressed Decay Parameters with CLEO-c Data Adam Lincoln Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	J10.00004: Search for $D^0$ mixing in $D^0\rightarrow K^-\pi^+\pi^-\pi^+$ Yi Zheng Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	J10.00005: Flavor changing radiative $D$ meson decays Tim Klein Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:15PM - 2:27PM	J10.00006: Search for Flavor-Changing Neutral-Current Charm Decays at BaBar Brian Petersen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:27PM - 2:39PM	J10.00007: The Search for $K_{L} \rightarrow \pi^{0} \pi^{0} \gamma$ Dsvid Smith Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:39PM - 2:51PM	J10.00008: Latest KTeV results on the study of the decay $K_{L} \to \pi^{+}\pi^{-}\gamma $ Michael Ronquest Preview Abstract

Session J11: Advances in Numerical Relativity I

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Bernard Kelly, The University of Texas at Brownsville
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland E

Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	J11.00001: Elliptic gauge conditions for binary black hole evolutions Harald Pfeiffer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	J11.00002: Constraint damping in the KST evolution system Robert Owen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	J11.00003: Expanding Cosmological Spacetimes Containing Gravitational Waves Beverly K. Berger Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	J11.00004: Finite Elements in Numerical Relativity Matthew Anderson , Luis Lehner , Jorge Pullin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	J11.00005: Gravitational Collapse With Distributed Adaptive Mesh Refinement Steven Liebling , Luis Lehner , Patrick Motl , David Neilsen , Tanvir Rahman , Oscar Reula Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:15PM - 2:27PM	J11.00006: The Lazarus Project II: Space-like extraction with the Quasi-Kinnersley tetrad Manuela Campanelli , Bernard Kelly , Carlos Lousto Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:27PM - 2:39PM	J11.00007: Wave extraction using the Newman-Penrose formalism: theory and applications Andrea Nerozzi , Marco Bruni , Virginia Re , Lior M. Burko Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:39PM - 2:51PM	J11.00008: Estimating the gravitational-wave content of initial-data sets for numerical relativity using the Beetle--Burko scalar Lior M. Burko Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:51PM - 3:03PM	J11.00009: Simulation of a Boosted Black Hole with Overlapping Coordinate Systems Paul Walter , Andrea Nerozzi , Richard Matzner , Matt Anderson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 3:03PM - 3:15PM	J11.00010: Evaluating Spectral Techniques in Numerical Relativity Michael Boyle , Lee Lindblom , Harald Pfeiffer , Mark Scheel , Lawrence Kidder Preview Abstract

Session J12: Higgs Physics II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Thomas Junk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland F

Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	J12.00001: Mass Effects in $Wb\bar b$ Production at Hadron Colliders Fernando Febres Cordero , Laura Reina , Doreen Wackeroth Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	J12.00002: On a General Procedure for Evaluating Higher Order Radiative Corrections for LHC Physics Mikhail Kalmykov , Swapan Majhi , Bennie F.L. Ward , Scott A. Yost Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	J12.00003: Search for Technicolor Production at D\O Satish Desai Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	J12.00004: Measurement of the W$^{\pm}+b\overline{b}$ Cross Section at CDF Mitch Soderberg Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	J12.00005: Search for Neutral Supersymmetric Higgs Bosons in $bbh$ Marine Michaut Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:15PM - 2:27PM	J12.00006: Search for Higgs Produced in Association with $b$ quarks in $p\bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV with Higgs Decaying into $\tau^+\tau^-$ Yury Pogorelov Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:27PM - 2:39PM	J12.00007: SM Higgs boson Discovery Potential at CMS via WBF, $H \rightarrow ZZ \rightarrow ll\nu\nu$ Ugur Akgun , A. Mestvirishvili , A.S. Ayan , F. Duru , E. Norbeck , Y. Onel , S. Wang Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:39PM - 2:51PM	J12.00008: MSSM Higgs boson reconstruction at CMS via $ggH \rightarrow \tau\tau \rightarrow ll\nu\nu\nu\nu$ Firdevs Duru , U. Akgun , S. Kunori , Y. Onel Preview Abstract

Session J13: Particle Theory

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Joseph Lykken, Fermilab
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland G

Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	J13.00001: Supersymmetry from a Fundamental Statistical Theory: Further Implications Roland Allen , Seiichirou Yokoo Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	J13.00002: Supersymmetry from a Fundamental Statistical Theory Seiichirou Yokoo , Roland Allen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	J13.00003: Further Development of HS Field Theory Abdulmajeed Abdurrahman , Jacqueline Faridani , Mahmoud Gassem Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	J13.00004: Fermion Generation and Mixing from Dualized Standard Model Jacqueline Faridani , Abdulmajeed Abdurrahman Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	J13.00005: Hidden/Observable Sector Symmetries from Heterotic Strings. Ben Dundee , John Perkins , Gerald Cleaver Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:15PM - 2:27PM	J13.00006: Status of the Heterotic String Optical Unification Investigation Gerald Cleaver , John Perkins , Ben Dundee , Richard Obousy , Matt Robinson , Stephanie Hatten , Eric Kasper , Cassel Sloan , Kristin Sloan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:27PM - 2:39PM	J13.00007: Direct evidence for the Maldacena conjecture for ${\cal N}=(8,8)$ super Yang-Mills theory in 1+1 dimensions Uwe Trittmann Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:39PM - 2:51PM	J13.00008: Supersymmetry, the Casimir effect and speculative propulsion Richard Obousy , Gerald Cleaver Preview Abstract