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2008 APS April Meeting and HEDP/HEDLA Meeting

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

Session D2: Collider and Heavy Flavor Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Robert Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - St. Louis D

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 2:06PM	D2.00001: The Accomplishments of the CESR/CLEO Program Invited Speaker: Sheldon Stone Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:42PM	D2.00002: Charm Mixing Invited Speaker: Ray Cowan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 3:18PM	D2.00003: New States in Charm and Beauty Spectroscopy Invited Speaker: Alexey Drutskoy Preview Abstract

Session D3: Quantum Chromodynamics

Sponsoring Units: DPF DNP
Chair: Paul Mackenzie, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - St. Louis E

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 2:06PM	D3.00001: The Accomplishments of HERA Invited Speaker: Allen Caldwell Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:42PM	D3.00002: From the Age of Discovery to the Age of Exploration: Determining the Properties of the Quark-Gluon-Plasma Invited Speaker: Thomas Ullrich Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 3:18PM	D3.00003: Lattice QCD Invited Speaker: Jozef Dudek Preview Abstract

Session D4: Few Body Nuclear Physics II

Sponsoring Units: DNP GFB
Chair: Wayne Polyzou, University of Iowa
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - Promenade B

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 2:06PM	D4.00001: The Three-Nucleon Analyzing Power Puzzle - The Past 20 Years Invited Speaker: Werner Tornow Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:42PM	D4.00002: Towards a Microscopic Density Functional Theory for Nuclei Invited Speaker: Scott Bogner Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 3:18PM	D4.00003: {\it Ab initio} no-core shell model with continuum Invited Speaker: Petr Navratil Preview Abstract

Session D5: Triumphs of 20th Century Astrophysics II: We Master the Stars

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

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 2:06PM	D5.00001: How We Learned the Stars Run on Nuclear Energy Invited Speaker: Matthew Stanley Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:42PM	D5.00002: Galaxies, SMBHs, Magnetic AGNs, and Extra Galactic CR formation. Invited Speaker: Stirling Colgate Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 3:18PM	D5.00003: Standing on the shoulders of giants: Star and planet formation in 2010-2020 - The Kenneth Greisen Lecture Invited Speaker: Mark McCaughrean Preview Abstract

Session D6: Panel Discussion: International Gender Issues in Physics

Sponsoring Units: FIP FPS
Chair: Arthur Bienenstock, APS President, Stanford University
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - Promenade D

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 1:35PM	D6.00001: Session Introduction Invited Speaker: Arthur Bienenstock Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:35PM - 2:01PM	D6.00002: Women Physicists in the European Union : how Brussels is moving toward gender equality Invited Speaker: Giulia Pancheri Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:01PM - 2:27PM	D6.00003: Keeping Women in Physics Invited Speaker: Meg Urry Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:27PM - 2:53PM	D6.00004: Women in Physics in Latin America: why so few in leadership positions? Invited Speaker: Marcia Barbosa Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:53PM - 3:18PM	D6.00005: Panel Discussion Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D7: Physics Demonstrations and Strategies for Teaching and Public Outreach

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: John Wiegers, Washington University in St. Louis
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - Rose Garden

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 2:06PM	D7.00001: Youth Exploring Science Invited Speaker: Diane Miller Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:42PM	D7.00002: Searching for Truth: The Modeling Method of Instruction Invited Speaker: James Cibulka Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 3:18PM	D7.00003: Active Learning in a Large General Physics Classroom. Invited Speaker: Rebecca Trousil Preview Abstract

Session D8: Nuclear Astrophysics I

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: Henric Krawczynski, Washington University at St. Louis
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - Promenade A

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 1:42PM	D8.00001: Fusion reactions of nuetron rich nuclei in dense matter Helber Dussan , Charles Horowitz Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:42PM - 1:54PM	D8.00002: Study of the $^{13}$C({\it d,n$_{0,1}$})$^{14}$N reaction below $E_{cm}$ = 400 keV Eric Clinton , M.W. Ahmed , S.S. Henshaw , B.A. Perdue , P.N. Seo , S. Stave , H.R. Weller , P.P. Martel , R.H. France III , R.M. Prior , M.C. Spraker Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:54PM - 2:06PM	D8.00003: Experimental Tests of Quasiparticle Plasma State Momentum Distribution Predictions in Metal-Hydrides David Koltick , Yeong Kim Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:18PM	D8.00004: Effects of nuclear molecular configurations on the astrophysical S-factor for $^{16}$O + $^{16}$O Alexis Diaz-Torres , Leandro R. Gasques , Michael Wiescher Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:18PM - 2:30PM	D8.00005: Super-Reflection in Fluid Discs David Tsang , Dong Lai Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D8.00006: Gamma Strength Function for {\it p}-process Nucleosynthesis Calculations C.T. Angell , S. Hammond , H.J. Karwowski , E. Kwan , G. Rusev , A. Tonchev , J.H. Kelley , A. Makinaga , H. Utsunomiya Preview Abstract

Session D10: Techniques of Numerical Relativity

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Steve Liebling, Long Island University
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - St. Louis A

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 1:42PM	D10.00001: Generalized Harmonic Gauge Drivers Lee Lindblom , Keith D. Matthews , Mark A. Scheel , Bela Szilagyi Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:42PM - 1:54PM	D10.00002: Evaluating event horizon finding techniques Michael Cohen , Harald Pfeiffer , Mark Scheel Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:54PM - 2:06PM	D10.00003: Gauge conditions for numerical relativity David Brown Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:18PM	D10.00004: Probing the Binary Black Hole Merger Regime with Scalar Perturbations Eloisa Bentivegna , Deirdre Shoemaker , Ian Hinder , Frank Herrmann Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:18PM - 2:30PM	D10.00005: Rapidly spinning binary black hole initial data Geoffrey Lovelace , Robert Owen , Harald Pfeiffer , Tony Chu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D10.00006: Stability of Iterative Algorithms for Rotating Neutron Stars Charalampos Markakis , Richard H. Price , Alan Farrell , John L. Friedman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D10.00007: Numerical Relativity from a Gauge Theory Perspective Will Farr , Edmund Bertschinger Preview Abstract

Session D11: Accelerator Neutrinos

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Janet Conrad, Columbia University
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - St. Louis B

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 1:42PM	D11.00001: The SciBooNE neutrino experiment at Fermilab: an overview Hide-Kazu Tanaka Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:42PM - 1:54PM	D11.00002: Construction of, and Component Testing for, the SciBooNE Muon Range Detector Counters Paul Nienaber Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:54PM - 2:06PM	D11.00003: Measurements of neutrino charged current interactions at SciBooNE Yasuhiro Nakajima Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:18PM	D11.00004: Charged current single charged pion production in SciBooNE Katsuki Hiraide Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:18PM - 2:30PM	D11.00005: High track multiplicity events in SciBooNE Joan Catala-Perez Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D11.00006: Electron and Gamma Identification for the measurement of the neutral pion cross section in SciBooNE. Yoshinori Kurimoto Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D11.00007: Identification of Recoil Proton Tracks for a Neutrino Neutral-Current Elastic Scattering Cross-Section Measurement at SciBooNE Hideyuki Takei Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D11.00008: A Study of the NuMI Beam in the SciBooNE Detector Javier Duarte Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D11.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session D12: Dark Matter I

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Tom Shutt, Case Western University
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - St. Louis C

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 1:42PM	D12.00001: Determination of the scintillation and ionization yield of nuclear recoils in liquid Xe from XENON10 neutron calibration data Peter Sorensen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:42PM - 1:54PM	D12.00002: Background Rejection in the CDMS Dark Matter Search Jeffrey Filippini Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:54PM - 2:06PM	D12.00003: Measurements of the Argon and Neon Scintillation Efficiencies in microCLEAN Daniel Gastler Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:18PM	D12.00004: Pulse Shape Discrimination (PSD) in Liquid Argon Bei Cai Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:18PM - 2:30PM	D12.00005: Pulse shape discrimination in liquid argon and liquid neon Hugh Lippincott Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D12.00006: Sensitivity and backgrounds for the LUX dark matter search Peter Sorensen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D12.00007: Scintillation Output of CF$_4$ for Dark Matter Detection Asher Kaboth Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D12.00008: Measurements of low energy nuclear recoil tracks and its implications for dark matter searches Christina Hagemann , Michael Gold , Martin Hoeferkamp , Dinesh Loomba Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D12.00009: The Maximum Patch Method for Directional Dark Matter Detection Shawn Henderson Preview Abstract

Session D13: Minisymposium on Nuclear Physics Deep Underground II

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 1:30PM - 1:42PM	D13.00001: Measuring External Sources of Background (R\&D) at Homestake Dongming Mei , Yuen-Dat Chan , Steve Elliott , Frederick Gray , Christina Keller , Yongchen Sun Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:42PM - 1:54PM	D13.00002: A Low Background Counting Facility for the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) at Homestake Y. Chan , A. Alton , C. Keller , K. Lesko , D. Mei , R. McTaggart , G. Prior , W. Roggenthen , A. Smith , Y. Sun , B. Szczerbinska , Z. Yin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:54PM - 2:06PM	D13.00003: A Muon Veto Shielded Cavern for Underground Experiments and Shower Studies Nathaniel Pastika , Priscilla Cushman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:18PM	D13.00004: TUNL activities at the Kimballton Underground Research Facility Henning Olling Back , Arthur Champagne , Reyco Henning , Padraic Finnerty , Werner Tornow , Mary Kidd , James Esterline Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:18PM - 2:30PM	D13.00005: Systematic study of cosmogenic activation with low background Ge spectroscopy at the Kimballton Underground Research Facility Padraic Finnerty , Henning Back , Reyco Henning Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D13.00006: Neutron-induced backgrounds in Cu and Ge D.V. Perepelitsa , V.E. Guiseppe , S.R. Elliott , R.O. Nelson , N. Fotiades , M. Devlin , R.C. Haight , D.-M. Mei , Z. Yin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D13.00007: Neutron-Induced Partial Cross Section Measurements on Cu, Ge and Pb at E$_n$ = 8 and 12 MeV for Background Radiation in $\mathbf{0\nu\beta\beta}$ Decay Experiments E. Kwan , J.H. Esterline , B. Fallin , C.R. Howell , A. Hutcheson , M.F. Kidd , A. Tonchev , W. Tornow , C. Angell , H. Karwowski , J. Kelley , D. Mei , S. Hilderbrand , D.B. Masters , R.S. Pedroni , G.J. Weisel Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D13.00008: High-energy neutron counting deep underground Raul Hennings-Yeomans , Daniel Akerib , Michael Dragowsky , Matthew Harrison , Harry Nelson Preview Abstract

Session D14: Instrumentation for Low and Medium Energy Nuclear Physics

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Peggy McMahan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - St. Louis G

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 1:42PM	D14.00001: A Dual-Axis Dual-Lateral Position Sensitive Silicon Detector for Charged Particle Detection Sarah Soisson , Brian Stein , L. May , R.Q. Dienhoffer , M. Jandel , G. Souliotis , D.V. Shetty , A.L. Keksis , S. Wuenschel , Z. Kohley , S.J. Yennello Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:42PM - 1:54PM	D14.00002: LBAS - A Non-Contact, High Precision Detector Alignment Tool M. Kilburn , A.M. Rogers , B. Nett , M.S. Wallace , W.G. Lynch , Z.Y. Sun Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:54PM - 2:06PM	D14.00003: MASE (Multiplexed Analog Shaper Electronics): A novel approach to readout of a highly segmented silicon detector array S. Hudan , C.J. Metelko , M. Hodek , R.T. de Souza , A. Alexander , J. Poehlman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:18PM	D14.00004: Evaluation of Large Area Planar Germanium Double-Sided Strip Detectors S. Gros , C.J. (Kim) Lister Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:18PM - 2:30PM	D14.00005: Determination of the Spectral and Intensity Distribution of the Mono-Energetic Gamma-Ray Beam at HI$\gamma$S Using a Large Volume HPGe Detector Gencho Rusev , Anton Tonchev , Anthony Hutcheson , Elaine Kwan , Werner Tornow , Chris Angell , Hugon Karwowski , John Kelley , Chanchang Sun , Ying Wu Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D14.00006: Design and Performance of Neutron Detector N* Iwona Pawelczak , Jan T\~oke , Yun-Tse Tsai , W. Udo Schr\"oder Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D14.00007: The commissioning of the O-TPC at TUNL P.-N. Seo , M.W. Ahmed , E.R. Clinton , C.R. Howell , S.C. Stave , H.R. Weller , A.H. Young , M. Gai , B. Bromberger , V. Dangendorf , K. Tittelmeier Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D14.00008: Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection of He$_2$ Molecules in Superfluid Helium as a New Detector Technology W.G. Rellergert , S.B. Cahn , A. Curioni , J.A. Nikkel , J.D. Wright , D.N. McKinsey Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D14.00009: Monte Carlo studies of $\beta$-detector efficiency with GEANT4 for precise $\beta^+$-branching-ratio experiments V.V. Golovko , V.E. Iacob , J.C. Hardy Preview Abstract

Session D15: Electroweak Interactions

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: William Donnelly, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - St. Louis H

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30PM - 1:42PM	D15.00001: What if $G_E^s $ is Zero? Implications for $G_M^s $and $G_A^s $ John Schaub , Stephen Pate Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:42PM - 1:54PM	D15.00002: A New Precision Measurement of the Lifetime of $^{19}$Ne Leah Broussard , Robert Pattie , Henning Back , Albert Young , Umakanth Dammalapati , Subhadeep De , Peter Dendooven , Otto Dermois , Leo Huisman , Klaus Jungmann , Aran Mol , C. Gerco Onderwater , Andrey Rogachevskiy , Moslem Sohani , Emil Traykov , Lorenz Willmann , Hans Wilschut Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:54PM - 2:06PM	D15.00003: Improved $\beta$ Decay Branching Ratios V.E. Iacob , J.C. Hardy , V. Golovko Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:06PM - 2:18PM	D15.00004: MuCap: From first results to final precision on determining $g_P$ Brendan Kiburg Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:18PM - 2:30PM	D15.00005: Nuclear Transparency of Kaons (K+) Mr Nuruzzaman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D15.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D15.00007: Preliminary results from Jefferson Lab HKS experiment Lulin Yuan Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D15.00008: Finite-$Q^2$ Corrections to Parity-Violating DIS Timothy Hobbs , Wally Melnitchouk Preview Abstract