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2007 APS April Meeting

Saturday–Tuesday, April 14–17, 2007; Jacksonville, Florida

Session K3: Extreme Plasma Phenomena

Sponsoring Units: DPP DNP
Chair: Amitava Bhatacharjee, University of New Hampshire
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront - Grand 2

Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:15PM - 1:51PM	K3.00001: Strongly coupled Quark-Gluon Plasma and its modeling via Molecular Dynamics Invited Speaker: Edward Shuryak Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:51PM - 2:27PM	K3.00002: Exotic Behavior of Extremely Dense Plasmas: Phase Transitions, Kilovolt Chemistry, and Fusion Invited Speaker: Gilbert Collins Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:27PM - 3:03PM	K3.00003: Magnetically dominated plasma in astrophysics Invited Speaker: Maxim Lyutikov Preview Abstract

Session K4: Dark Energy II

Sponsoring Units: DPF DAP
Chair: Robert Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront - Grand 3

Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:15PM - 1:51PM	K4.00001: SNAP Invited Speaker: Saul Perlmutter Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:51PM - 2:27PM	K4.00002: Destiny, The Dark Energy Space Telescope Invited Speaker: Tod R. Lauer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:27PM - 3:03PM	K4.00003: TBD Invited Speaker: Daniel Eisenstein Preview Abstract

Session K5: Changing Role of Nuclear Weapons in Foreign Policy

Sponsoring Units: FHP FPS
Chair: Benn H. Tannenbaum, AAAS
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront - Grand 6

Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:15PM - 1:51PM	K5.00001: History of Nuclear Weapons Design and Production Invited Speaker: Ivan Oelrich Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:51PM - 2:27PM	K5.00002: History of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Doctrine and a Path Forward Invited Speaker: Christopher Chyba Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:27PM - 3:03PM	K5.00003: The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: A Perspective from the National Laboratories Invited Speaker: Bruce Tarter Preview Abstract

Session K6: Enhancing the Physics Enterprise through Gender Equity

Sponsoring Units: CSWP
Chair: Bradley Keister, National Science Foundation
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront - Grand 7

Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:15PM - 1:51PM	K6.00001: Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Invited Speaker: Alice Agogino Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:51PM - 2:27PM	K6.00002: Recruit and ADVANCE Invited Speaker: Sue V. Rosser Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:27PM - 3:03PM	K6.00003: Best Practices for Recruiting and Retaining Women in Physics. Invited Speaker: Margaret Murnane Preview Abstract

Session K7: Classical and Semi-classical Gravity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: James Isenberg, University of Oregon
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront - Grand 8

Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:15PM - 1:51PM	K7.00001: The present status of quantum field theory in curved spacetime Invited Speaker: Robert Wald Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:51PM - 2:27PM	K7.00002: Black Hole Rigidity Invited Speaker: Jim Isenberg Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:27PM - 3:03PM	K7.00003: On the topology of higher dimensional black holes Invited Speaker: Greg Galloway Preview Abstract

Session K8: Nuclear Structure with A<100

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Michael Thoennessen, Michigan State University
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront - City Terrace 4

Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM	K8.00001: The Cluster Structure of $^{18}$O E.D. Johnson , G.V. Rogachev , S. Brown , V.Z. Goldberg , A. Crisp , C. Fu , B.W. Green , K.W. Kemper , O. Momotyuk , B. Roeder Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM	K8.00002: Structure of $^{21}$F from $^{14}$C-induced reactions M. Perry , S.L. Tabor , J. Pavan , A. Aguilar , P.C. Bender , I.J. Calderin , D.B. Campbell , W.T. Cluff , E. Diffenderfer , J. Fridmann , T.A. Hinners , C.R. Hoffman , K.W. Kemper , S. Lee , B.T. Roeder , C. Teal , Vandana Tripathi , M. Wiedeking , I. Wiedenh\"over Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM	K8.00003: Lifetimes of excited states in neutron rich $^{22}$F Sangjin Lee , S.L. Tabor , A. Aguilar , P.C. Bender , T.A. Hinners , C.R. Hoffmann , M. Perry , Vandana Tripathi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM	K8.00004: Complimentary Approaches to the Study of T=2 30Al T.A. Hinners , Vandana Tripathi , S.L. Tabor , P.C. Bender , C.R. Hoffman , S. Lee , M. Perry , M. Wiedeking , P.F. Mantica , A.D. Davies , S.N. Liddick , W.F. Mueller , A. Stolz , B.E. Tomlin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM	K8.00005: The $\beta$ and delayed-neutron decay properties of neutron rich $^{76-79}$Cu S.V. Ilyushkin , J.A. Winger , K.P. Rykaczewski , C.J. Gross , D. Shapira , R. Grzywacz , S.N. Liddick , C. Mazzocchi , S. Padgett , M.M. Rajabali , J.C. Batchelder , A. Korgul , W. Krol\'{a}s , E.F. Zganjar , A. Piechazek , C. Goodin , J.H. Hamilton Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:15PM - 2:27PM	K8.00006: Neutron single-particle states and beta-delayed neutron branching ratios near $^{78}$Ni M.M. Rajabali , R. Grzywacz , S.N. Liddick , C. Bingham , I. Darby , C. Mazzocchi , K. Rykaczewski , J. Batchelder , T. Baumann , T. Ginter , P. Mantica , M. Karny , K. Miernik , M. Pfutzner , S.V. Ilyushkin , J. Winger , W. Krolas Preview Abstract

Session K9: Topics from the new Physics Education Research Journal

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Robert Beichner, North Carolina State University
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront - City Terrace 5

Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:15PM - 1:51PM	K9.00001: Using resource graphs to model learning in physics. Invited Speaker: Michael Wittmann Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:51PM - 2:27PM	K9.00002: Model analysis: Representing and assessing the dynamics of student learning Invited Speaker: Lei Bao Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:27PM - 3:03PM	K9.00003: Impact of Animation on Assessment of Conceptual Understanding in Physics Invited Speaker: Melissa H. Dancy Preview Abstract

Session K10: Test of Physics Laws and Precision Experiments

Sponsoring Units: GFC
Chair: Zheng-Tian Lu , Argonne National Laboratory
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront - City Terrace 6

Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM	K10.00001: Gravitational Tests of Lorentz Symmetry with Atom Interferometers Jay D. Tasson , V. Alan Kostelecky Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM	K10.00002: New Torsion Balance Search for Spin-Spin Forces Claire Cramer , Blayne Heckel , Eric Adelberger Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM	K10.00003: Search for very light neutral spin-zero bosons at optical frequencies. Kenneth W. McFarlane , Andrei V. Afanasev , Roopchan R. Ramdon , Kevin Beard , George H. Biallas , James R. Boyce , Michelle D. Shinn , Oliver K. Baker , Minarni Minarni Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM	K10.00004: Electron Electic Dipole Moment Experiment as a Search for TeV Scale Particles Harvey Gould , Charles T. Munger Jr. Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM	K10.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:15PM - 2:27PM	K10.00006: Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Search for Strangelets in Lunar Soil Ke Han , Alexei Chikanian , Evan Finch , Richard Majka , Jack Sandweiss , Jeffrey Ashenfelter , Andreas Heinz , Peter Parker , Peter Fisher , Benjamin Monreal , Jes Madsen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:27PM - 2:39PM	K10.00007: The Michelson-Morley experiment in an accelerated reference frame Dennis Crossley Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:39PM - 2:51PM	K10.00008: Constraining possible time variations of the gravitational constant through terrestrial nuclear laboratory data Plamen Krastev , Bao-An Li , Francesca Sammarruca Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:51PM - 3:03PM	K10.00009: Fundamental Relationship Between Space, Time, Energy and Mass Ed Hammer Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:03PM - 3:15PM	K10.00010: The Action of Marine Climate on Some Polymers Mariana Cornelia Butnaru Preview Abstract

Session K11: Neutrino Astronomy II and Elementary Particles

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Lisa Gerhardt, University of California, Irvine
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront - City Terrace 7

Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM	K11.00001: Studying Neutrino Oscillations Using Quasi-Elastic Events in MINOS. Sujeewa Kumaratunga Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM	K11.00002: A Phase Transition in U(1) Configuration Space: Vortex Annihilation and Oscillons Joel Thorarinson , Marcelo Gleiser Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM	K11.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM	K11.00004: Empirical measurement of NC/CC ratio in neutrino-nucleon scattering with hadronic energy between 1.5 and 30 GeV Qun Wu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM	K11.00005: Electron Identification with the ATLAS Barrel Transition Radiation Tracker. Alex Harvey , Oliver K. Baker , Kenneth W. McFarlane Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:15PM - 2:27PM	K11.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:27PM - 2:39PM	K11.00007: A Theory of Flavor and Set of the Interaction Structural Parts Rasulkhozha Sharafiddinov Preview Abstract

Session K12: Experimental Gravity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Peter F. Michelson, Stanford University
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront - City Terrace 8

Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM	K12.00001: Test of F=ma for small accelerations Stephan Schlamminger , Chris Spitzer , Ki-Young Choi , Jens Gundlach , Brian Woodahl , Jennifer Coy , Ephraim Fischbach Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM	K12.00002: An apparatus for measuring short-range deviations from Newtonian gravity including a magnetic force calibration Andrew Geraci , David Weld , Sylvia Smullin , John Chiaverini , Aharon Kapitulnik Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM	K12.00003: APOLLO: Testing Gravity with Millimeter-precision Lunar Laser Ranging James Battat , Thomas Murphy , Eric Adelberger , C.D. Hoyle , Russet McMillan , Eric Michelsen , Kenneth Nordtvedt , Adam Orin , Christopher Stubbs , H. Erik Swanson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM	K12.00004: Faraday Isolator Performance at High Laser Power R.M. Martin , V. Quetschke , G. Mueller , D.H. Reitze , D.B. Tanner Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM	K12.00005: Adaptive Heating for Thermal Compensation in Advanced LIGO Muzammil A. Arain , David H. Reitze , D.B. Tanner , Guido Mueller , Phil Willems Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:15PM - 2:27PM	K12.00006: Requirement for and characterization of electro-optic modulators for next- generation gravitational wave detector Wan Wu , Volker Quetschke , Ira Thorpe , Rodrigo Delgadillo , Guido Mueller , David Reitze , David Tanner Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:27PM - 2:39PM	K12.00007: Modeling the Pioneer anomaly Jacques Leibovitz Preview Abstract

Session K13: Searches II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Ulrich Heintz, Boston University
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront - City Terrace 9

Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM	K13.00001: Inclusive Search for Squark/Gluino Production at CDF Gianluca de Lorenzo , Monica D'Onofrio , Mario Martinez-Perez Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM	K13.00002: Effects of Gluino and Neutralino Phases on Squark Pair Production at Hadron Colliders Ahmet Turan Alan , Kerem Canko\c{c}ak , Durmus A. Demir Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM	K13.00003: Searching for Long-lived Particle Signatures at Hadron Colliders Todd Adams Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM	K13.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM	K13.00005: Single and Pair Production of Heavy Leptons in $E_6$ Model A. Tolga Tasci , Ahmet Turan Alan , Nurettin Karagoz Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:15PM - 2:27PM	K13.00006: Search for scalar top admixture in the $t\bar{t}\rightarrow\ell+$jets channel Su-Jung Park Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:27PM - 2:39PM	K13.00007: Search for pair production of third generation leptoquarks in the $\tau\tau b \bar{b}$ final state with the D0 detector Yuan Hu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:39PM - 2:51PM	K13.00008: Direct search for Z' in the di-electron channel in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at 1.96 TeV using the D0 detector at Fermilab Ioannis Katsanos Preview Abstract

Session K14: Top II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Pushpalatha Bhat, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront - City Terrace 10

Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM	K14.00001: Measurement of the top quark mass at D0 using all-hadronic events David Lam Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM	K14.00002: Top Quark Mass Measurement in the Lepton+Jets Channel at CDF using a Template Method Young-Jang Lee Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM	K14.00003: Measurement of the top quark mass at D0 using the ideogram method in the lepton+jets channel Pieter Houben Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM	K14.00004: Addition of the Trilepton Channel to the Search for Top Flavor Changing Neutral Current (FCNC) Decays at CDF Jennifer Gimmell Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM	K14.00005: First Measurement of the Top Quark Charge at CDF II Zeynep Unalan Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:15PM - 2:27PM	K14.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:27PM - 2:39PM	K14.00007: Measurement of the top quark charge and branching fractions at D0 Per Hansson Preview Abstract

Session K15: Nuclear Instrumentation II and Nuclear Applications

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Jeffrey Martoff, Temple University
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront - City Terrace 11

Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM	K15.00001: Micromegas gain and stability in negative ion drift chamber Michael Dion , C.J. Martoff , Michael Hosack Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM	K15.00002: Quartz Plate Calorimeter Prototype Ugur Akgun Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM	K15.00003: Development of inorganic nanocomposite scintillators for gamma-ray detection Minesh K. Bacrania , D. Wayne Cooke , Rico E. Del Sesto , Robert D. Gilbertson , Edward A. McKigney , Ross E. Muenchausen , Kevin C. Ott , Melissa A. Siemens , Sy Stange Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM	K15.00004: Neutron Production via a Pyroelectric Crystal without a Tip W. Tornow , S.M. Shafroth , J.D. Brownridge Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM	K15.00005: Space Radiation a Potential Show Stopper in Missions to Moon and Mars and beyond Ram Tripathi Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:15PM - 2:27PM	K15.00006: Nuclear Fragmentation Processes Relevant for Human Space Radiation Protection Zi-Wei Lin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:27PM - 2:39PM	K15.00007: Stimulated Decay of Isomeric Materials for Sensor Power Marc Litz , Nino Pereira , George Merkel Preview Abstract

Session K16: Sub-Nucleonic Degrees of Freedom I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Thomas Ulrlich, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront - City Terrace 12

Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM	K16.00001: Longitudinal Structure Functions ($F_{L}$) at an Electron-Ion Collider James C. Dunlop Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM	K16.00002: Physics Opportunities at a New Electron-Ion Collider David Morrison Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM	K16.00003: Prospects of charm measurements at a new electron-ion collider Zhangbu Xu Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM	K16.00004: Measuring the gluon helicity distribution at a polarized electron-proton collider Christine Aidala Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM	K16.00005: Longitudinal Double Spin Asymmetry for inclusive back-to-back dimuons in polarized $p$+$p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 200$ GeV Carlos Munoz Camacho Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:15PM - 2:27PM	K16.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:27PM - 2:39PM	K16.00007: Direct photon-hadron correlations in $\sqrt{s} = 200$ GeV p+p collisions with the PHENIX detector Matthew Nguyen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:39PM - 2:51PM	K16.00008: $J/\psi$ Production in p+p and Au+Au collisions from the PHENIX Experiment Abigail Bickley Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:51PM - 3:03PM	K16.00009: Title: Direct measurement of fragmentation photons in p+p collisions at $\sqrt(s_{NN}) = 200$~GeV with the PHENIX experiment Ali Hanks Preview Abstract