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2008 APS April Meeting and HEDP/HEDLA Meeting

Friday–Tuesday, April 11–15, 2008; St. Louis, Missouri

Session B2: Tevatron Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Pier Oddone, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - St. Louis D

Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:45AM - 11:21AM	B2.00001: Top and Electroweak Physics at the Tevatron Invited Speaker: Graham Wilson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:21AM - 11:57AM	B2.00002: Standard Model Signals and New Physics Constraints Invited Speaker: Erik Brubaker Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:57AM - 12:33PM	B2.00003: Searching for the Higgs at the Tevatron -- Present and Future Invited Speaker: Brian Winer Preview Abstract

Session B3: Few Body Nuclear Physics I

Sponsoring Units: DNP GFB
Chair: Robert Wiringa, Argonne National Laboratory
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - St. Louis E

Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:45AM - 11:21AM	B3.00001: Auxiliary Field Diffusion Monte Carlo for nuclei and nuclear matter. Invited Speaker: Kevin Schmidt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:21AM - 11:57AM	B3.00002: Coupled-Cluster Theory for Molecular Structure and Spectra: The Challenges Posed By Molecules and the Coupled-Cluster Solutions Invited Speaker: Rodney Bartlett Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:57AM - 12:33PM	B3.00003: Beyond the Shell Model: Computing Nuclei with Coupled-Cluster Theory Invited Speaker: David Dean Preview Abstract

Session B4: How to Communicate Physics to the General Public Using Books and Articles

Sponsoring Units: FEd FPS
Chair: Andrew Post-Zwicker, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - Promenade B

Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:45AM - 11:21AM	B4.00001: Writing about, and teaching, physics for non-scientists Invited Speaker: Art Hobson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:21AM - 11:57AM	B4.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:57AM - 12:33PM	B4.00003: Explaining Science to non-Scientists Invited Speaker: Michael Lemonick Preview Abstract

Session B5: Dark Matter

Sponsoring Units: DAP DPF
Chair: Steven Kahn, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - Promenade C

Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:45AM - 11:21AM	B5.00001: New approaches to dark matter and neutrino detection Invited Speaker: Juan I. Collar Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:21AM - 11:57AM	B5.00002: The race to detect WIMP dark matter with liquid noble-based detectors Invited Speaker: Tom Shutt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:57AM - 12:33PM	B5.00003: Indirect Detection of Dark Matter in a New Experimental Era Invited Speaker: Elliott Bloom Preview Abstract

Session B6: Triumphs of 20th Century Astrophysics I: Observatories and Telescopes

Sponsoring Units: FHP DAP
Chair: Ramanath Cowsik, Washington University
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - Promenade D

Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:45AM - 11:21AM	B6.00001: Lick Observatory, California, and 20th Century Leadership in Optical Astronomy Invited Speaker: Joseph Miller Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:21AM - 11:57AM	B6.00002: The Scientific Achievements of the Hubble Space Telescope Invited Speaker: Mario Livio Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:57AM - 12:33PM	B6.00003: Large Telescopes and Instrumentation of the Future Invited Speaker: Elizabeth Barton Preview Abstract

Session B7: The Quantum Nature of Gravitational Singularities

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Lior Burko, University of Alabama, Huntsville
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - Rose Garden

Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:45AM - 11:21AM	B7.00001: The Nature of Classical Singularities Invited Speaker: Beverly K. Berger Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:21AM - 11:57AM	B7.00002: Singularity Resolution in Loop Quantum Gravity Invited Speaker: Abhay Ashtekar Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:57AM - 12:33PM	B7.00003: Singularity resolution in string theory Invited Speaker: Gary Horowitz Preview Abstract

Session B8: Neutrino Astronomy

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Kara Hoffman, University of Maryland
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - Promenade A

Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:45AM - 10:57AM	B8.00001: Introducing ANITA Stephen Hoover Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:57AM - 11:09AM	B8.00002: Simulating surface roughness and its effects on electromagnetic waves scattering Kamlesh Dookayka Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:09AM - 11:21AM	B8.00003: Using ANITA to Measure Ultra High Energy Neutrino-Nucleon Cross Section Fenfang Wu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:21AM - 11:33AM	B8.00004: The Outlook for ANITA-II Abigail Goodhue Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:33AM - 11:45AM	B8.00005: Investigation of irreducible backgrounds in the Radio Ice Cerenkov Experiment Mark Stockham Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:45AM - 11:57AM	B8.00006: Electromagnetic shower reconstruction in deep sea neutrino telescopes Salvatore Mangano , Vincenzo Flaminio Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:57AM - 12:09PM	B8.00007: An upper limit on the electron-neutrino flux from the HiRes detector Lauren Scott Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 12:09PM - 12:21PM	B8.00008: Tau Neutrino Limit on Cosmogenic Neutrinos from HiRes Kai Martens Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 12:21PM - 12:33PM	B8.00009: Neutrino and Gamma Ray Fluxes derived from the HiRes Monocular Spectra Olga Brusova Preview Abstract

Session B10: Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Inspirals and Mergers

Sponsoring Units: GGR DAP
Chair: Duncan Brown, Syracuse University
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - St. Louis A

Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:45AM - 10:57AM	B10.00001: Searches for compact binary inspirals in LIGO data Drew Keppel Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:57AM - 11:09AM	B10.00002: Data quality and vetoes in searches for compact binary coalescences and bursts in LIGO's fifth science run Jacob Slutsky Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:09AM - 11:21AM	B10.00003: Detection confidence tests for Inspiral Candidate Events Sarah Caudill Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:21AM - 11:33AM	B10.00004: Bayesian inference on spinning compact-binary inspirals with ground-based gravitational-wave laser interferometers Marc van der Sluys , Christian Roever , Alexander Stroeer , Nelson Christensen , Vicky Kaloger , Renate Meyer , Alberto Vecchio , Ilya Mandel Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:33AM - 11:45AM	B10.00005: Properties and application of statistical methods to estimating compact binary merger rates. Rahul Biswas , Patrick Brady , Jolien Creighton , Stephen Fairhurst Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:45AM - 11:57AM	B10.00006: Harmonic correlation for eccentric binaries in gravitational wave observations Shane L. Larson , Ronald W. Hellings Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:57AM - 12:09PM	B10.00007: Equation of state effects on gravitational waveforms for binary neutron stars Jocelyn Read , Jolien Creighton , Masaru Shibata , John Friedman , Koji Uryu , Charalampos Markakis Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 12:09PM - 12:21PM	B10.00008: Gravitational wave observations of spinning black holes Birjoo Vaishnav , Deirdre Shoemaker , Frank Herrmann , Ian Hinder , Richard O'Shaughnessy Preview Abstract

Session B11: B Physics I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Rick van Kooten, Indiana University
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - St. Louis B

Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:45AM - 10:57AM	B11.00001: $B_s$ Oscillation Frequency Results from D0 Meghan Anzelc Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:57AM - 11:09AM	B11.00002: Measurement of the $B^0_s$~Meson Lifetime with the CDF~II Detector Amanda Deisher Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:09AM - 11:21AM	B11.00003: A New Measurement of $B_s$ Mixing Parameters at the D0 Experiment Derek Strom Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:21AM - 11:33AM	B11.00004: First Flavor-Tagged Determination of Bounds on Mixing-Induced $\textit{CP}$ Violation in $B_s^0 \rightarrow J/\psi\,\phi$ Decays Chunlei Liu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:33AM - 11:45AM	B11.00005: $B^0_s$ Meson Lifetime and $\Delta\Gamma_s$ in the $B^0_s\rightarrow K^+K^-$ Decay Mode Chiara Farinelli Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:45AM - 11:57AM	B11.00006: Evidence for $b \to d \gamma$ Transitions Using a Sum of Exclusive Final States Mark Tibbetts Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:57AM - 12:09PM	B11.00007: Dalitz plot analysis of $B^{\pm} \to K^0_S \pi^\pm \pi^0$ Jennifer Prendki Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 12:09PM - 12:21PM	B11.00008: Search for the decay $B^+ \to K^+ \nu \bar \nu$ David Doll Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 12:21PM - 12:33PM	B11.00009: Observation of $\Upsilon(1S) \to \gamma K_S K_S$ Daniel Hogan Preview Abstract

Session B12: Detectors II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Ray Cowan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - St. Louis C

Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:45AM - 10:57AM	B12.00001: The Upgraded CDF II Fast Track Trigger Robert Forrest Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:57AM - 11:09AM	B12.00002: Performance and Longevity Studies of the Silicon Detector of the CDF Experiment Roberto Martinez Ballarin , Oscar Gonzalez Lopez , Ignacio Redondo Fernandez Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:09AM - 11:21AM	B12.00003: Study of Beam-Induced Radiation in the CMS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider Anil Singh , Pushpalatha Bhat , Suman Beri , Nikolai Mokhov Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:21AM - 11:33AM	B12.00004: Performance of CMS Endcap Muon Chambers Victor Barashko Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:33AM - 11:45AM	B12.00005: Beam Test Results for ATLAS Muon Micromegas Woochun Park Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:45AM - 11:57AM	B12.00006: Track-based alignment of the CMS muon detector Jim Pivarski Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:57AM - 12:09PM	B12.00007: Alignment of the Inner Detector of the ATLAS Experiment Sophio Pataraia Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 12:09PM - 12:21PM	B12.00008: Test beam results from the CMS Zero Degree Calorimeters Jeffrey Wood Preview Abstract

Session B13: Minisymposium on Nuclear Physics Deep Underground I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Andrew Hime, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - St. Louis F

Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:45AM - 11:21AM	B13.00001: Going Deep - Nuclear Science Underground Invited Speaker: John F. Wilkerson Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:21AM - 11:33AM	B13.00002: EXO-200 Status Derek Mackay Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:33AM - 11:45AM	B13.00003: Development of barium tagging technology for EXO Maria Montero Diez Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:45AM - 11:57AM	B13.00004: The M{\sc ajorana} Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay Experiment Vincente Guiseppe Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:57AM - 12:09PM	B13.00005: Methods for deploying ultra-clean detectors Alexis Schubert Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 12:09PM - 12:21PM	B13.00006: The development of LENS Jeff Blackmon Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 12:21PM - 12:33PM	B13.00007: Metal Loaded Organic Liquid Scintillator for the LENS Experiment Steven Derek Rountree , Zheng Chang , Minfang Yeh , Richard Hahn , Raju Raghavan Preview Abstract

Session B14: Nucleon Spin Structure at High Energy

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Gerry Bunce, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - St. Louis G

Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:45AM - 10:57AM	B14.00001: Latest Results on the Flavor-Separated Parton Distribution Functions of the Nucleon at HERMES Joshua Rubin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:57AM - 11:09AM	B14.00002: Measurement of the Double Longitudinal Spin Asymmetry for Inclusive Hadron Production in 200 GeV Polarized p+p Collisions at RHIC Bernd Surrow Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:09AM - 11:21AM	B14.00003: Inclusive Jet and Dijet Cross Section and Longitudinal Double Spin Tai Sakuma Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:21AM - 11:33AM	B14.00004: Inclusive $\pi^0$ Production in Longitudinally Polarized pp Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=200 GeV Using the STAR Endcap Electromagnetic Calorimeter Weihong He Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:33AM - 11:45AM	B14.00005: The STAR Forward GEM Tracker Bernd Surrow Preview Abstract