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2008 APS April Meeting and HEDP/HEDLA Meeting

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

Session E1: FIP Business Meeting

Sponsoring Units: FIP
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - Boardroom 23

Session E2: Prize Winners

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

Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:30PM - 4:06PM	E2.00001: W.K.H. Panofsky Prize Talk: The Utah Fly's Eye Detector Invited Speaker: George Cassiday Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:42PM	E2.00002: Panofsky Prize Talk: The High Resolution Fly's Eye (HiRes) Experiment Invited Speaker: Pierre Sokolsky Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:42PM - 5:18PM	E2.00003: Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Dissertation Award in Experimental Particle Physics Talk Invited Speaker: Jedrzej Biesiada Preview Abstract

Session E3: Accelerator Technology and the Physics it Enables

Sponsoring Units: DNP DPB
Chair: Geoffrey Krafft, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - St. Louis E

Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:30PM - 4:06PM	E3.00001: Accelerator Physics Related to Rare Isotope Beams Invited Speaker: Peter Ostroumov Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:42PM	E3.00002: Concepts for High Luminosity Electron-Ion Colliders: Developments and Current Status Invited Speaker: Christoph Tschalaer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:42PM - 5:18PM	E3.00003: SCRF and Other Technological/Conceptual Developments with Applications to Nuclear Physics Facilities Invited Speaker: Swapan Chattopadhyay Preview Abstract

Session E4: Panel Discussion: Non-traditional Careers for Physicists

Sponsoring Units: FGSA
Chair: Meghan Anzelc, Northwestern University
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - Promenade B

Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:40PM	E4.00001: Scientific Careers in Public Policy Invited Speaker: Don Engel Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:40PM - 3:50PM	E4.00002: Life as a PRL Editor Invited Speaker: Robert Garisto Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:50PM - 4:00PM	E4.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:00PM - 4:10PM	E4.00004: What I've Learned and Unlearned as a Physical Scientist in the Life Science Industry Invited Speaker: David Morgenstern Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:10PM - 4:20PM	E4.00005: A Brief Overview of Physicists’ Activities at Boeing Invited Speaker: Stan Lawton Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:20PM - 5:18PM	E4.00006: Panel Discussion Preview Abstract

Session E5: Computational Nuclear Physics

Sponsoring Units: DNP GHP
Chair: Curtis Meyer, Carnegie Mellon University
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - Promenade C

Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:30PM - 4:06PM	E5.00001: Hadron Physics Computations in Lattice QCD Invited Speaker: Colin Morningstar Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:42PM	E5.00002: Modeling Type Ia Supernova Explosions Invited Speaker: Alan Calder Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:42PM - 5:18PM	E5.00003: Nucleon structure study using a polarized $^3$He target Invited Speaker: Haiyan Gao Preview Abstract

Session E6: Ultra-High-Density Plasmas

Sponsoring Units: DPP
Chair: Jonathan Fortney, University of California, Santa Cruz
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - Promenade D

Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:30PM - 4:06PM	E6.00001: Matter under Extreme Conditions: Advances Based on Static Compression Invited Speaker: Russell Hemley Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:42PM	E6.00002: To See the Inside of a Planet in a Drop of Deuterium Invited Speaker: Didier Saumon Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:42PM - 5:18PM	E6.00003: Dense plasma physics accessible experimentally via new, pulsed x-ray probing techniques. Invited Speaker: Siegfried Glenzer Preview Abstract

Session E7: Astrophysicists' Perspectives on Current Problems in Plasma Astrophysics I

Sponsoring Units: GPAP
Chair: Steven Spangler, University of Iowa
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - Rose Garden

Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:30PM - 4:06PM	E7.00001: Plasma Physics in Clusters of Galaxies Invited Speaker: Jean Eilek Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:42PM	E7.00002: Astrophysical problems for which high-energy-density physics can matter Invited Speaker: R. Paul Drake Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:42PM - 5:18PM	E7.00003: The interstellar magnetic field: plasma problems Invited Speaker: Russell Kulsrud Preview Abstract

Session E8: Gamma Ray Bursts, Gravitational Wave Bursts, Supernovae

Sponsoring Units: GGR DAP
Chair: Erik Katsavounidis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - Promenade A

Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	E8.00001: Relativistic Particle-In-Cell Simulation Studies of Prompt and Early Afterglows from GRBs Ken-Ichi Nishikawa , Philip Hardee , Yosuke Mizuno , Gerald Fishman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	E8.00002: A Blind Search for Transient Bursts of Very High Energy $\gamma$-rays using Milagro gamma-Rays Using Milagro Vlasios Vasileiou Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	E8.00003: Acceleration and survival of ultrahigh-energy cosmic-ray nuclei in gamma-ray bursts and hypernovae Soebur Razzaque Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	E8.00004: Searches for gravitational-wave inspirals from short GRBs Nickolas Fotopoulos Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E8.00005: Coherent Network Searches for Gravitational Waves associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts Gareth Jones Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E8.00006: Analysis Method to Search for Coincidence Events between the LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-wave Detector Network and the IceCube Neutrino Detector Yoichi Aso , Chad Finley , Zsuzsa Marka , John Dwyer , Kei Kotake , Szabolcs Marka Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	E8.00007: Gravitational waves from core-collapse supernova using CHIMERA Konstantin Yakunin , Stephen Bruenn , Pedro Marronetti , Shin Yoshida Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	E8.00008: Search for transient gravitational waves associated with Soft Gamma Repeaters using the LIGO detectors Peter Kalmus Preview Abstract

Session E10: Self Force and Gravitational Wave Tails

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Eric Poisson, University of Guelph
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - St. Louis A

Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	E10.00001: Gravitational self-force calculations in the time domain in 2+1D: progress report Leor Barack , Lior M. Burko Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	E10.00002: Power-law tails in the Kerr spacetime Richard Price , Reinaldo Gleiser , Jorge Pullin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	E10.00003: Late--time Kerr tails revisited Lior M. Burko , Gaurav Khanna Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	E10.00004: Regularization of fields for self-force problems in curved spacetime: foundations and a time-domain application Ian Vega , Steven Detweiler Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E10.00005: Finding Fields and Self-Force in a Gauge Appropriate to Separable Wave Equations I Larry Price , Tobias Keidl , Dong Hoon Kim , John Friedman , Eirini Messaritaki , Alan Wiseman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E10.00006: Finding Fields and Self-Force in a Gauge Appropriate to Separable Wave Equations II Tobias Keidl , John Friedman , Dong-Hoon Kim , Eirini Messaritaki , Larry Price , Alan Wiseman Preview Abstract

Session E11: Electroweak II

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

Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	E11.00001: Measurement of the W Boson Charge Asymmetry in the Electron Decay Channel David Khatidze Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	E11.00002: Measurement of the charge asymmetry of the $W\rightarrow\mu\nu$ decay channel using the D\O\ detector Trang Hoang , Susan Blessing Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	E11.00003: Measurement of $W$ Boson Production Charge Asymmetry at CDF Bo-Young Han , Kevin McFarland , Eva Halkiadakis Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	E11.00004: Identification of Electromagnetic Particles using the Forward Hadron Calorimeter at CMS Kevin Klapoetke Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E11.00005: CMS Plans for Inclusive $Z$ Cross-Section Measurement in the Electron Channel Jason Haupt Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E11.00006: Measurement of Inclusive $W$ Production Cross Section in the Electron Channel Hai Duong Nguyen Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	E11.00007: Angular Distributions in unpolarized proton-induced Drell-Yan process Lingyan Zhu , Jen-Chieh Peng , Paul Reimer Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	E11.00008: Measurement of the Mass of the $\tau$ Lepton Parker Lund Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	E11.00009: Measurement of the Charged Kaon Mass Using the MIPP RICH Nick Graf Preview Abstract

Session E12: B Physics II

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Alexei Garmash, Princeton University
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - St. Louis C

Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	E12.00001: Search for the Radiative Decays $B\to \Lambda \bar{p} \gamma$ and $B\to \Sigma^0 \bar{p} \gamma$ Jan Strube Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	E12.00002: Technique for an improved measurement of the $\Upsilon(4S) \to B^0 \bar{B}^0$ branching fraction Romulus Godang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	E12.00003: Measurement of the Branching Fraction of $\bar{B}^0 \to D^{*+}\ell^- \bar \nu$ by Partial Reconstruction Romulus Godang Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	E12.00004: $B$ meson decays to $K_1(1270) \pi$ and $K_1(1400) \pi$ Alessandro Berra Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E12.00005: Measurement of the Lifetime of the $B_c^{\pm}$ Meson Using Semileptonic Decays Mark Hartz Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E12.00006: Angular Time-dependent Analyses of the Decays $B_d\rightarrow J/\psi K^{0*}$ and $B_s\rightarrow J/\psi\phi$ at D0 G. Alejandro Garcia-Guerra Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	E12.00007: $CP$~Violation in $B\rightarrow DK$ Decay Modes at CDF Paola Garosi Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	E12.00008: Same-Side Flavor-Tagging in $B_s$ Decays at D0 Alexander Rakitin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	E12.00009: Rare B Decays at D0 Andreas Wenger Preview Abstract

Session E13: Minisymposium on Nuclear Physics Deep Underground III

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 3:30PM - 3:42PM	E13.00001: A Large Underground Xenon (LUX) WIMP dark matter experiment Steven Dazeley Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	E13.00002: The LUX Apparatus Louis Kastens Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	E13.00003: Background simulations of the XENON100 dark matter detector Guillaume Plante Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	E13.00004: Scintillation Efficiency of Liquid Xenon for Low Energy Nuclear Recoils Taritree Wongjirad , Kaixuan Ni , Angel Manzur , Louis Kastens , Daniel McKinsey Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E13.00005: The Mini-CLEAN dark matter experiment Dan McKinsey Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E13.00006: Depletion of $^{39}$Ar for Direct Dark Matter Detection Experiments Zhongbao Yin , Andrew Hime , Dongming Mei Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	E13.00007: Discovery of underground argon with low level of radioactive 39Ar and possible applications to WIMP dark matter detectors. Cristiano Galbiati Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	E13.00008: Depleted Argon from Old-Water Underground at Wall, South Dakota Jason Spaans , Dongming Mei , Andrew Hime , Zhongbao Yin , Miles Koppang , Yongchen Sun , Victor Gehman Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	E13.00009: Progress Towards A 60 kg Bubble Chamber for Dark Matter Detection Andrew Sonnenschein Preview Abstract

Session E14: Theory Involving Finite Nuclei

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Witold Nazarewicz, University of Tennessee
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - St. Louis G

Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	E14.00001: Spectroscopy of $^7_{\Lambda}$He hypernucleus in three-body model Branislav Vlahovic , Vladimir Suslov , Igor Filikhin Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	E14.00002: Full configuration interaction calculations of light nuclei Pieter Maris , James Vary , Andrey Shirokov Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	E14.00003: Nuclear shell structure in anharmonic oscillator potential F. Bary Malik , Anup Majumder Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	E14.00004: Possible Angular Momentum Dependence of Dissipation in Nuclear Fission Wei Ye , Jan Toke , W. Udo Schroeder Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E14.00005: Effective Shell-Model interactions for the p-shell from the No-Core Shell Model A.F. Lisetskiy , M.K.G. Kruse , B.R. Barrett , P. Navratil , I. Stetcu , J. Vary Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E14.00006: Effective Shell-Model interactions for $^{18}$F from the No-Core Shell Model M.K.G. Kruse , A.F. Lisetskiy , B.R. Barrett , P. Navratil , I. Stetcu , J.P. Vary Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	E14.00007: Projected Configuration Interaction Method for Heavy Nuclei Mihai Horoi , Zaochun Gao Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	E14.00008: Checker Board Model Theodore Lach Preview Abstract

Session E15: Manhattan Project and Beyond

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Jeffrey Dunham, Middlebury College
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - St. Louis H

Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:54PM	E15.00001: Remembering Los Alamos E. Leonard Jossem Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:18PM	E15.00002: Did the Allies Know in 1942 About Nazi Germany's Poor Prospects for an Atomic Bomb? Harry Lustig Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	E15.00003: Revisiting the 100 Year Old Radioactivity Lectures of Frederick Soddy Christine Hampton Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	E15.00004: Arthur Compton's 1941 Analysis of Explosive Fission in U-235: The Physics Cameron Reed Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	E15.00005: The Manhattan Project and its Effects on American Women Scientists Samuel Fletcher Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	E15.00006: X-Ray Spectroscopy, The Ellen Richards Prize, and Nuclear Proliferation: The Inspiring Life of Katherine Chamberlain Matthew Geramita Preview Abstract
Saturday, April 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	E15.00007: From Alamogordo to the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Michael Friedlander Preview Abstract