Epitome
May 2 2009 8:30AM, Saturday
Session A1 Plenary Session I
Sponsor: APS Chair: Curt Callan, Princeton University Room: Plaza Ballroom ABC
Invited Speakers: Peter Michelson, Kent Paschke, Joan Centrella
May 2 2009 10:45AM, Saturday
Session B2 The State of the Standard Model and Higgs Searches
Sponsor: DPF Chair: Raymond Brock, Michigan State University Room: Plaza D
Invited Speakers: John Hobbs, Laura Reina, Steve McMahon
Session B3 Science with Intense Beams of Rare Isotopes: On the way to FRIB
Sponsor: DAP DNP Chair: Michael Turner, University of Chicago Room: Plaza E
Invited Speakers: Bradley Sherrill
Session B4 Frontiers in Computational Astrophysics
Sponsor: DAP Chair: Vassiliki Kalogera, Northwestern University Room: Plaza F
Invited Speakers: Chris Fryer, Tiziana di Matteo
Session B5 The Scientific Legacy of John Wheeler
Sponsor: GGR FHP Chair: James Hartle, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: Governor's Square 15
Invited Speakers: Kenneth Ford, Wojciech H. Zurek
Session B6 Applications of Accelerators
Sponsor: FPS DPB Chair: Pushpa Bhat, Fermi National Accelerator Facility, and Swapan Chattopadhyay, Cockcroft Institute Room: Governor's Square 16
Invited Speakers: J. Murray Gibson, Cynthia Keppel, Richard Sheffield
Session B7 Physics in Latin America
Sponsor: FIP Chair: Galileo Violini, Universita della Calabria Room: Governor's Square 12
Invited Speakers: Carlos Ordonez, Ronald Cintra Shellard, P. Prieto
Session B8 Galactic Gamma Rays Sponsor: DAP Chair: Petra Huentemeyer, University of Utah Room: Governor's Square 17
Session B9 Instrumentation for High Energy Physics Sponsor: DPF Chair: Michael Strauss, University of Oklahoma Room: Governor's Square 11
Session B10 Mini-Symposium on New Results in Heavy Ion Physics
Sponsor: DNP Chair: James Nagle, University of Colorado - Boulder Room: Governor's Square 10
Invited Speakers: Christina Markert
Session B11 LIGO Progress and Plans Sponsor: GGR DAP Chair: Vuk Mandic, Univerisity of Minnesota Room: Plaza Court 1
Session B12 Neutrino Physics I Sponsor: DNP Chair: Reyco Henning, University of North Carolina Room: Plaza Court 2
Session B13 Physics Education Sponsor: FEd Chair: Gay Stewart, University of Arkansas Room: Plaza Court 3
Session B14 Planetary Science Sponsor: DAP Chair: Dan McCammon, University of Wisconsin-Madison Room: Plaza Court 4
Session B15 High Energy Neutrinos Sponsor: DAP Chair: Charles Dermer, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Governor's Square 14
May 2 2009 1:30PM, Saturday
Session C2 The State of Neutrino Physics
Sponsor: DPF Chair: Janet Conrad, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Plaza D
Invited Speakers: Belen Gavela
Session C3 Lattice QCD for Nuclear Physics
Sponsor: DNP DCOMP Chair: David Richards, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Room: Plaza E
Invited Speakers: Thomas Luu, Frithjof Karsch
Session C4 Plasma Astrophysics of Intracluster Media
Sponsor: GPAP DAP Chair: Maxim Lyutikov, Purdue University Room: Plaza F
Invited Speakers: Marie Machacek, Benjamin Chandran
Session C5 Searches for Gravitational Waves with LIGO, GEO and Virgo
Sponsor: GGR DAP Chair: Nergis Mavalvala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Governor's Square 15
Invited Speakers: Matthew Evans
Session C6 History of Telescopes
Sponsor: FHP Chair: Daniel Kleppner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Governor's Square 16
Invited Speakers: Neville Woolf, Paul Vanden Bout
Session C7 Teaching Physics of Energy I
Sponsor: FEd DNP Chair: Lawrence Cardman, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Room: Governor's Square 12
Invited Speakers: Robert C. Amme
Session C8 Instrumentation for Astrophysics Sponsor: DAP Chair: David Kieda, University of Utah Room: Governor's Square 17
Session C9 Charm and Kaon Physics Sponsor: DPF Chair: Karen Gibson, University of Pittsburgh Room: Governor's Square 11
Session C10 Nuclear Theory II: Structure and Reactions Sponsor: DNP Chair: James Shepard, University of Colorado Room: Governor's Square 10
Session C11 Numerical Analysis of Black Hole Binary Systems Sponsor: GGR DCOMP Chair: Wolfgang Tichy, Florida Atlantic University Room: Plaza Court 1
Session C12 Cosmic Microwave Background and Cosmology Sponsor: DAP Chair: Michael Turner, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago Room: Plaza Court 2
Session C13 W and Z Physics I Sponsor: DPF Chair: Laura Reina, Florida State University Room: Plaza Court 3
Session C14 Ultracold Neutrons and Fundamental Symmetries Sponsor: GPMFC DNP Chair: Susan Gardner, University of Kentucky Room: Plaza Court 4
May 2 2009 3:30PM, Saturday
Session D2 The State of HEP Theory
Sponsor: DPF Chair: JoAnne Hewett, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Room: Plaza D
Invited Speakers: Yuval Grossman, Andreas Kronfeld
Session D3 Few Body Physics I
Sponsor: DNP GFB Chair: A.R.P. Rau, Lousiana State University Room: Plaza E
Invited Speakers: D. Blume
Session D4 Panel Discussion: Global Physics Projects
Sponsor: FPS FIP Chair: Pushpa Bhat, Fermi National Accelerator Facility, and Lawrence Krauss, Arizona State University Room: Plaza F
Invited Speakers: Chris Llewellyn Smith, Joseph Dehmer
Session D5 Spanning the Gravitational Wave Spectrum
Sponsor: GGR Chair: Stanley Whitcomb, California Institute of Technology Room: Governor's Square 15
Invited Speakers: Guido Mueller, Fredrick Jenet
Session D6 Ion Heating in Turbulent Plasmas
Sponsor: GPAP DPP Chair: Michael Brown, Swarthmore College Room: Governor's Square 16
Invited Speakers: W.H. Matthaeus, G. Fiksel, Steven Cranmer
Session D7 Teaching Physics of Energy II
Sponsor: FEd DPB Chair: Thomas Rossing, Stanford University Room: Governor's Square 12
Invited Speakers: Howard Hayden, Richard Ahrenkiel
Session D8 Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray Instruments Sponsor: DAP Chair: Stefan Westerhoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison Room: Governor's Square 17
Session D9 Mini-Symposium on Standard Model and Higgs Physics
Sponsor: DPF Chair: Daniela Bortoletto, Purdue University Room: Governor's Square 11
Invited Speakers:
Session D10 Neutrino Physics II Sponsor: DNP Chair: Bill Louis, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Governor's Square 10
Session D11 Theoretical and Quantum Gravity Sponsor: GGR Chair: David Garfinkle, Oakland University Room: Plaza Court 1
Session D12 Hadronic Physics Sponsor: DNP Chair: Pete Markowtiz, Florida International University Room: Plaza Court 2
Session D13 Nuclear Astrophysics Modelling Sponsor: DNP Chair: Peter Moller, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Plaza Court 3
Session D14 Undergraduate Research (including SPS) I Sponsor: SPS Chair: Thomas Olsen, AIP Education: SPS Room: Plaza Court 4
May 2 2009 4:30PM, Saturday
Session E1 Poster Session I (4:30-6:45pm) Sponsor: APS Room: Plaza Exhibit
May 2 2009 4:45PM, Saturday
Session E2 FEd Business Meeting Sponsor: FEd Room: Governor's Square 12
May 2 2009 5:30PM, Saturday
Session E3 Welcome Reception and Poster Session I Sponsor: APS Room: Plaza Exhibit
May 2 2009 7:00PM, Saturday
Session F1 Town Meeting on the DOE/NASA Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM)
Chair: Neil Gehrels, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Room: Plaza Ballroom ABC
Invited Speakers: Neil Gehrels, Andreas Albrecht
May 2 2009 7:30PM, Saturday
Session F2 Town Hall Meeting on Science and Society Sponsor: FPS Chair: Pushpa Bhat, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and Andrew Zwicker, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Room: Plaza Ballroom D
May 3 2009 8:30AM, Sunday
Session G2 The State of the Top Quark
Sponsor: DPF Chair: Kevin Pitts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room: Plaza D
Invited Speakers: Tim M.P. Tait, Veronica Sorin, Kenneth Bloom
Session G3 Few Body Physics II
Sponsor: DNP GFB Chair: Ronald Gilman, Rutgers University Room: Plaza E
Invited Speakers: Gerassimos Petratos, James Shepard
Session G4 New Eyes on the Universe I
Sponsor: DAP Chair: Steven Barwick, University of California, Irvine Room: Plaza F
Invited Speakers: Stefan Westerhoff
Session G5 Developments in Quantum Gravity
Sponsor: GGR Chair: Jorge Pullin, Louisana State University Room: Governor's Square 15
Invited Speakers: James Hartle, Laurent Freidel
Session G6 Physics on the Road Conference : A follow-up to the World Year of Physics 2005
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Ernest Malamud, University of Nevada - Reno Room: Governor's Square 16
Invited Speakers: Brian Jones, Steve Shropshire, David Bennum
Session G7 Science Policy: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Sponsor: FHP FPS Chair: Daniel Kleppner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Governor's Square 12
Invited Speakers: Jack Gibbons, Lewis Branscomb
Session G8 Plasma Astrophysics of Clusters of Galaxies Sponsor: DAP GPAP Chair: Steven Spangler, University of Iowa Room: Governor's Square 17
Session G9 Running and Near Term Neutrino Experiments Sponsor: DPF Chair: Patricia Vahle, College of William and Mary Room: Governor's Square 11
Session G10 Nuclear Instrumentation Sponsor: DNP Chair: Michael Murray, University of Kansas Room: Governor's Square 10
Session G11 Gravitational Collapse and Theoretical Relativity Sponsor: GGR Chair: Eric Poisson, University of Guelph Room: Plaza Court 1
Session G12 Higgs II Sponsor: DPF Chair: Alfred Goshaw, Duke University Room: Plaza Court 2
Session G13 B Physics I Sponsor: DPF Chair: David Saltzberg, University of California, Los Angeles Room: Plaza Court 3
Session G14 Future HEP Experiments Sponsor: DPF Chair: Dave Hedin, Northern Illinois University Room: Plaza Court 4
Session G15 Sherwood I
Sponsor: Sherwood DPP Chair: Carl Sovinec, University of Wisconsin-Madison Room: Governor's Square 14
Invited Speakers: Steven Cowley
May 3 2009 10:30AM, Sunday
Session H15 Sherwood II Sponsor: Sherwood DPP Chair: James Myra, Lodestar Research Corporation Room: Governor's Square 14
May 3 2009 10:45AM, Sunday
Session H2 The State of QCD
Sponsor: DPF Chair: Robert Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Plaza D
Invited Speakers: Michael Strauss, Kirill Melnikov, Sebastian Grinstein
Session H3 Nucleon Structure and Fundamental Symmetries
Sponsor: GHP Chair: Mary Alberg, Seattle University Room: Plaza E
Invited Speakers: David S. Armstrong, Cynthia Keppel, Feng Yuan
Session H4 Nobel Prize Session
Sponsor: APS Chair: Cherry Murray, APS President and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Plaza F
Invited Speakers: Makoto Kobayashi
Session H6 Women in Experimental High Energy Physics: Science and Career Paths
Sponsor: CSWP DPF Chair: Jane Nachtman, University of Iowa Room: Governor's Square 16
Invited Speakers: Marjorie Corcoran, Deborah Harris
Session H7 Managing Nuclear Fuels: An International Perspective
Sponsor: FIP FPS Chair: Noemie Benczer-Koller, Rutgers University Room: Governor's Square 12
Invited Speakers: Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Kazuaki Matsui, Lucian Biro
Session H8 Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays Sponsor: DAP Chair: Todor Stanev, University of Delaware Room: Governor's Square 17
Session H9 Mini-Symposium on Single Top
Sponsor: DPF Chair: Elizaveta Shabalina, Universitaet Goettingen Room: Governor's Square 11
Invited Speakers: Elizaveta Shabalina
Session H10 Ultra-Relativistic Collisions Sponsor: DNP Chair: Thomas Ludlam, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: Governor's Square 10
Session H11 LISA Sponsor: GGR DAP Chair: Guido Mueller, University of Florida Room: Plaza Court 1
Session H12 Mini-symposium on Nuclear Structure at Short Distances I
Sponsor: DNP Chair: Ronald Gilman, Rutgers University Room: Plaza Court 2
Invited Speakers: Mark Strikman
Session H13 Focus Session: Professional Preparation of Teachers of Physics
Sponsor: FEd Chair: David Haase, North Carolina State University Room: Plaza Court 3
Invited Speakers: Stamatis Vokos
Session H14 History and Philosophy of Science Sponsor: FHP Chair: Dan Kleppner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Plaza Court 4
May 3 2009 12:45PM, Sunday
Session H20 GFB Business Meeting Sponsor: GFB Room: Plaza Court 3
May 3 2009 1:30PM, Sunday
Session J2 The State of Heavy Flavor
Sponsor: DPF Chair: Patricia McBride, Fermilab Room: Plaza D
Invited Speakers: David G. Cassel, Jonathan Dorfan, Karen Gibson
Session J3 Puzzles and Challenges Near Doubly Magic 100Sn, the Heaviest Self-Conjugate Nucleus
Sponsor: DNP Chair: Rick Casten, Yale University Room: Plaza E
Invited Speakers: Morten Hjorth-Jensen
Session J4 Merging Galaxies
Sponsor: DAP GGR Chair: Scott Hughes, Masschusetts Institutue of Technology Room: Plaza F
Invited Speakers: Lucio Mayer, Marta Volonteri, Alberto Vecchio
Session J5 Heinemann Prize Session
Sponsor: DPF Chair: Andreas Kronfeld, Fermilab Room: Governor's Square 15
Invited Speakers: C.M. Becchi
Session J6 Precision Measurements Impacting Cosmology
Sponsor: GPMFC Chair: Karl Van Bibber, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Governor's Square 16
Invited Speakers: Maxim Pospelov, Eric Adelberger
Session J7 Physics Contributions to the Intelligence Community
Sponsor: FPS Chair: Donald Prosnitz, Rand Corporation Room: Governor's Square 12
Invited Speakers: Robert A. McDonald, Lisa Porter, Donald Kerr
Session J9 Top Mass Sponsor: DPF Chair: Kenneth Bloom, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Room: Governor's Square 11
Session J10 Electroweak Interactions Sponsor: DNP Chair: Willem T.H. van Oers, TRIUMF Room: Governor's Square 10
Session J11 Theoretical Gravity Sponsor: GGR Chair: John Friedman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Room: Plaza Court 1
Session J12 Mini-Symposium on Nuclear Structure at Short Distances. II Sponsor: DNP Chair: Eliezer Piasetzky, Tel Aviv University Room: Plaza Court 2
Session J13 Few Body Physics III Sponsor: GFB Chair: Wayne Polyzou, University of Iowa Room: Plaza Court 3
Session J14 Undergraduate Research (including SPS) II Sponsor: SPS Chair: Gary White, AIP Education: SPS Room: Plaza Court 4
Session J15 Windows to Burning Plasmas
Sponsor: DPP Chair: Vincent Chan, General Atomics Room: Governor's Square 14
Invited Speakers:
May 3 2009 2:00PM, Sunday
Session K1 Plasma/Sherwood Poster Session I (2:00pm - 5:00pm) Room: Plaza Exhibit
May 3 2009 2:30PM, Sunday
Session J8 APS Editorial Question and Answer Sponsor: APS Room: Governor's Square 17
May 3 2009 3:30PM, Sunday
Session L2 On the Threshold of the LHC
Sponsor: DPF Chair: Raymond Brock, Michigan State University Room: Plaza D
Invited Speakers: Hitoshi Murayama, Daniel Green, James Brau
Session L3 Sakurai Prize Session
Sponsor: DPF Chair: Robert Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Plaza E
Invited Speakers: Davison Soper, R. Keith Ellis
Session L4 Nucleon Microscopy
Sponsor: DNP Chair: Kees De Jager, Thomas Jefferson National National Accelerator Facility Room: Plaza F
Invited Speakers: Bogdan Wojtsekhowski, Edward Brash, Simona Malace
Session L5 Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics: From Stars to Stellar Explosions
Sponsor: DNP DAP Chair: Sam Austin, Michigan State University Room: Governor's Square 15
Invited Speakers: D. Arnett, D. Andrew Howell, R.G.T. Zegers
Session L6 Future Accelerators for Particle Physics
Sponsor: DPB DPF Chair: Matt Poelker, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Room: Governor's Square 16
Invited Speakers: Paul Derwent
Session L8 Excellence in Physics Education Award
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Arthur Bienenstock, Stanford University Room: Governor's Square 17
Invited Speakers: Thomas O'Kuma, Curtis Hieggelke, David Maloney
Session L9 QCD Topics Sponsor: DPF Chair: Boris Kayser, Fermilab Room: Governor's Square 11
Session L10 Nuclear Structure Sponsor: DNP Chair: Jolie Cizewski, Rutgers Room: Governor's Square 10
Session L11 Binary Inspiral and Gravitational Wave Kicks Sponsor: GGR Chair: Frans Pretorious, Princeton University Room: Plaza Court 1
Session L12 Dark Matter Searches I: Indirect Searches Sponsor: DAP DPF GPMFC Chair: Brenda Dingus, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Plaza Court 2
Session L13 Nuclear Theory I: Few-Body Sponsor: DNP Chair: Daniel Phillips, Ohio University Room: Plaza Court 3
Session L14 W and Z Physics II Sponsor: DPF Chair: Alfred Goshaw, Duke University Room: Plaza Court 4
Session L15 High Energy Density Plasmas Sponsor: DPP Chair: Paul Drake, University of Michigan Room: Governor's Square 14
May 3 2009 5:30PM, Sunday
Session M1 APS Prizes and Awards Ceremonial Session and Past President's Address
Sponsor: APS Chair: Cherry Murray, APS President and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Governor's Square 12
Invited Speakers: Arthur Bienenstock
May 3 2009 7:30PM, Sunday
Session N1 Keynote Talk: The Quest for Giant Telescopes: Four Centuries of Challenge and Scientific Discovery
Sponsor: APS Chair: Michael Turner, University of Chicago Room: Plaza Ballroom A
Invited Speakers: Richard Ellise
May 4 2009 8:30AM, Monday
Session P1 Plenary Session II
Sponsor: APS Chair: Cherry Murray, APS President and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Plaza Ballroom ABC
Invited Speakers: Alexander Zholents, Robert Rosner
May 4 2009 10:45AM, Monday
Session Q2 Recent Progress at the Neutrino Frontier
Sponsor: DNP DPF Chair: Boris Kayser, Fermilab Room: Plaza D
Invited Speakers: Mark Chen, Jonathan Engel, Rabindra Mohapatra
Session Q3 Mini-Symposium on Transverse Spin Phenomena
Sponsor: DNP Chair: Alessandro Bacchetta, Jefferson Lab Room: Plaza E
Invited Speakers: Matthias Burkardt
Session Q4 Opportunities in Hadron Spectroscopy
Sponsor: GHP Chair: Winston Roberts, Florida State University Room: Plaza F
Invited Speakers: Marjorie Corcoran, Magnus Wolke
Session Q5 Computational Astrophysics of Disks: From Black Holes to Planets
Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Richard Klein, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Governor's Square 15
Invited Speakers: Charles F. Gammie, Richard H. Durisen, Marina Romanova
Session Q6 Introductory Physics for Pre-Health and Biological Science Students
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Robert Hilborn, University of Texas at Dallas Room: Governor's Square 16
Invited Speakers: Sharon Long, Stephanie Magleby
Session Q7 Is Geoengineering a Possible Stop-Gap Measure to Rapid Climate Change?
Sponsor: FPS Chair: Barbara Levi, American Institute of Physics Room: Governor's Square 12
Invited Speakers: David Keith, Alan Robock, Kenneth Coale
Session Q8 Cosmic Ray Electrons Sponsor: DAP Chair: Jonathan Ormes, University of Denver Room: Governor's Square 17
Session Q9 Mini-Symposium on Heavy Flavor: CP Violation and Rare Decays
Sponsor: DPF Chair: William Wisniewski, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Room: Governor's Square 11
Invited Speakers: William Wisniewski
Session Q10 Electromagnetic Interactions Sponsor: DNP Chair: Zein-Eddine Meziani, Temple University Room: Governor's Square 10
Session Q11 Experimental Tests of Gravitation Sponsor: GGR GPMFC Chair: Eric Adelberger, University of Washington Room: Plaza Court 1
Session Q12 Nuclear Astrophysics Sponsor: DNP DAP Chair: Henry Weller, Duke University Room: Plaza Court 2
Session Q13 Computational Materials and Accelerator Physics Sponsor: DCOMP Room: Plaza Court 3
Session Q14 Beam Physics Sponsor: DNP Chair: Larry Cardman, Jefferson Lab Room: Plaza Court 4
Session Q15 Sherwood III Sponsor: Sherwood DPP Chair: Valerie Izzo, University of California, San Diego Room: Governor's Square 14
May 4 2009 1:30PM, Monday
Session R2 New Eyes on the Universe II
Sponsor: DAP DPF Chair: Brenda Dingus, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Plaza D
Invited Speakers: Simon Swordy
Session R3 DNP Prize and Award Session I
Sponsor: DNP Chair: Richard Casten, Yale University Room: Plaza E
Invited Speakers: Robert McKeown, Thomas I. Banks, Steven Clayton
Session R4 Dark Matter
Sponsor: DAP DPF Chair: Steven Kahn, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Room: Plaza F
Invited Speakers: A. Hime, Mark Pearce
Session R5 Women and Minorities in Multi-Messenger Astronomy of Gamma-Ray Bursts
Sponsor: GGR DAP COM CSWP Chair: Pablo Laguna, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: Governor's Square 15
Invited Speakers: Laura Cadonati, Enrico Ramirez
Session R6 Imaging Advanced Accelerators
Sponsor: DPP DPB Chair: Thomas Antonsen, University of Maryland Room: Governor's Square 16
Invited Speakers: Downer Michael, Ki-Yong Kim, Patric Muggli
Session R7 FPS Awards Session
Sponsor: FPS Chair: Donald Prosnitz, Rand Corporation Room: Governor's Square 12
Invited Speakers: Raymond Jeanloz, Patricia M. Lewis, Andrew Post-Zwicker
Session R8 Observation, Acceleration and Propagation of Cosmic Rays Sponsor: DAP Chair: Dietrich Muller, University of Chicago Room: Governor's Square 17
Session R9 Mini-Symposium on Searches I
Sponsor: DPF Chair: David Toback, Texas A\&M University Room: Governor's Square 11
Invited Speakers: David Toback
Session R11 Gravitational Wave Astrophysics Sponsor: GGR DAP Chair: Stan Whitcomb, LIGO Lab/Caltech Room: Plaza Court 1
Session R12 Mini-Symposium on Heavy Flavor: Future of Heavy Flavor Physics
Sponsor: DPF Chair: Thomas Ruf, CERN Room: Plaza Court 2
Invited Speakers: Thomas Ruf
Session R13 Focus Session: Adopting PER-Based Teaching Methods and Materials
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Noah Finkelstein, University of Colorado Room: Plaza Court 3
Invited Speakers: Steven Pollock
Session R14 QCD Physics Sponsor: DPF Chair: Cecilia Gerber, University of Illinois, Chicago Room: Plaza Court 4
May 4 2009 2:00PM, Monday
Session S1 Sherwood Poster Session II (2:00pm - 5:00pm) Room: Plaza Exhibit
May 4 2009 3:30PM, Monday
Session T2 The State of the Searches Beyond the Standard Model
Sponsor: DPF Chair: David Saltzberg, University of California, Los Angeles Room: Plaza D
Invited Speakers: David Hedin, Yuri Gershtein, Jay Wacker
Session T3 DNP Prize and Award Session II
Sponsor: DNP Chair: William Zajc, Columbia University Room: Plaza E
Invited Speakers: Saskia Mioduszewski
Session T4 Early Science from the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope
Sponsor: DAP Chair: Steven Kahn, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Room: Plaza F
Invited Speakers: Charles Meegan, James Chiang
Session T5 Precision Measurements in Gravity
Sponsor: GGR Chair: Peter Bender, University of Colorado at Boulder Room: Governor's Square 15
Invited Speakers: Nergis Mavalvala, Michael Watkins
Session T6 Panel Discussion: Preparation of Graduate Students for Careers in a Globalized World I
Sponsor: FGSA FIP Chair: Kendall Mahn, Columbia University Room: Governor's Square 16
Invited Speakers: Linda Katehi
Session T7 History of MURA, Fermilab and the SSC
Sponsor: FHP DPB Chair: Gloria Lubkin, American Institute of Physics Room: Governor's Square 12
Invited Speakers: Lawrence W. Jones, Adrienne W. Kolb, Stanley Wojcicki
Session T8 Gravitation and Cosmology Sponsor: DAP Chair: Deirdre Shoemaker, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: Governor's Square 17
Session T9 B Physics II Sponsor: DPF Chair: Patricia McBride, Fermilab Room: Governor's Square 11
Session T11 Neutron Star and Black Hole Binary Simulations Sponsor: GGR Chair: Steven Detweiler, University of Florida Room: Plaza Court 1
Session T12 Dark Matter Searches II Sponsor: DAP DPF GPMFC Chair: Uwe Oberlack, Rice University Room: Plaza Court 2
Session T13 Physics Education Research Sponsor: FEd Chair: Noah Finkelstein, University of Colorado Room: Plaza Court 3
Session T14 New Directions in Particle Theory Sponsor: DPF Chair: Andreas Kronfeld, Fermilab Room: Plaza Court 4
May 4 2009 5:30PM, Monday
Session U6 FHP Business Meeting Sponsor: FHP Room: Governor's Square 16
Session U7 FPS Business Meeting Sponsor: FPS Room: Governor's Square 12
Session U8 DAP Business Meeting Sponsor: DAP Room: Governor's Square 17
Session U9 DPF Business Meeting Sponsor: DPF Room: Governor's Square 11
Session U10 DNP Business Meeting Sponsor: DNP Room: Governor's Square 10
Session U11 GGR Business Meeting Sponsor: GGR Room: Plaza Court 1
Session U12 GPMFC Business Meeting Sponsor: GPMFC Room: Plaza Court 2
Session U13 GHP Business Meeting Sponsor: GHP Room: Plaza Court 3
Session U14 DPB Business Meeting Sponsor: DBP Room: Plaza Court 4
May 4 2009 7:30PM, Monday
Session U50 Town Meeting on the Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey
Sponsor: DAP Chair: Steve Kahn, Stanford University, and Michael Turner, University of Chicago Room: Plaza F
Invited Speakers: Roger Blandford
May 5 2009 8:30AM, Tuesday
Session V1 Plenary Session III
Sponsor: APS Chair: Richard Milner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Plaza Ballroom ABC
Invited Speakers: Paris Sphicas, James W. Cronin, Raymond Fonck
May 5 2009 10:45AM, Tuesday
Session W2 Bouchet Award and Panofsky Prize Session
Sponsor: DPF Chair: JoAnne Hewett, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Room: Plaza D
Invited Speakers: Gaston Gutierrez, Aldo Menzione
Session W3 Nuclear Physics Connections with Astrophysics/Cosmology
Sponsor: DNP Chair: James Nagle, University of Colorado at Boulder Room: Plaza E
Invited Speakers: Sanjay Reddy, Paul Stankus, Jorge Piekarewicz
Session W4 New Facilities in Particle Astrophysics I
Sponsor: DAP Chair: Michael Turner, University of Chicago Room: Plaza F
Invited Speakers: F. Krennrich, Joel Bregman, Zeljko Ivezic
Session W6 Numerical Simulations of Coalescing Compact Objects: Black Holes and Neutron Stars
Sponsor: DCOMP GGR Chair: Manuela Campanelli, Rochester Institute of Technology Room: Governor's Square 16
Invited Speakers: Yosef Zlochower, Yuk Tung Liu, Luciano Rezzolla
Session W7 Teaching Physics and the Arts
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Thomas Rossing, Stanford University Room: Plaza Ballroom ABC
Invited Speakers: Thomas D. Rossing, Christopher Chiaverina, Kenneth Laws
Session W8 Gamma Ray Bursts Sponsor: DAP Chair: Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, University of California, Santa Cruz Room: Governor's Square 17
Session W9 Top and Higgs Physics Sponsor: DPF Chair: Raymond Brock, Michigan State University Room: Governor's Square 11
Session W10 Nuclear Reactions: Heavy Ions/Rare Isotope Beams I Sponsor: DNP Chair: Misak Sargsian, Florida International University Room: Governor's Square 10
Session W11 Data Analysis Techniques for Ground-Based Gravitational Wave Interferometers Sponsor: GGR DAP Chair: Laura Cadonati, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Room: Plaza Court 1
Session W12 Dark Matter Searches III Sponsor: DAP DPF GPMFC Chair: Mark Boulay, Queen's University Room: Plaza Court 2
Session W13 Neutrino Physics III Sponsor: DNP Room: Plaza Court 3
Session W14 Searches II Sponsor: DPF Chair: Robert Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Plaza Court 4
Session W15 Sherwood IV Sponsor: Sherwood DPP Chair: Janardhan Manickam, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Room: Governor's Square 14
May 5 2009 1:30PM, Tuesday
Session X2 Neutrino Oscillations in Electron Capture Decays
Sponsor: DNP Chair: Hamish Robertson, University of Washington Room: Plaza D
Invited Speakers: Paul Vetter, Boris Kayser
Session X4 New Facilities in Particle Astrophysics II
Sponsor: DAP Chair: Steven Kahn, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Room: Plaza F
Invited Speakers: Jonathan Grindlay, Thomas Prince
Session X5 Panel Discussion: Women and Minorities in Gravity: Science and Career Paths
Sponsor: GGR DAP COM CSWP Chair: Vassiliki Kalogera, Northwestern University Room: Governor's Square 15
Invited Speakers: Sabine Hossenfelder, Steve McGuire
Session X6 The Role of Scientists in Arms Control
Sponsor: FPS Chair: Benn Tannenbaum, American Association for the Advancement of Science Room: Governor's Square 16
Invited Speakers: Peter D. Zimmerman, Kory Sylvester
Session X7 Accelerator Technologies for Nuclear Physics
Sponsor: DNP DPB Chair: Yousef Makdisi, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: Governor's Square 12
Invited Speakers: Robert Rimmer, Wolfram Fischer
Session X8 Active Galactic Nuclei Sponsor: DAP Chair: James Chiang, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Room: Governor's Square 17
Session X9 B Physics III Sponsor: DPF Chair: Bob Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Governor's Square 11
Session X10 Nuclear Reactions: Heavy Ions/Rare Isotope Beams II Sponsor: DNP Chair: Jorge Piekarewicz, Florida State University Room: Governor's Square 10
Session X11 Novel Aspects of Gravity Sponsor: GGR Chair: Stan Whitcomb, LIGO Labs/Caltech Room: Plaza Court 1
Session X12 General Astrophysics and Compact Objects Sponsor: DAP Chair: Christopher Fryer, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Plaza Court 2
Session X13 Quantum Mechanics and Tests of Physics Laws Sponsor: GPMFC Chair: Hugh Lippincott, Yale University Room: Plaza Court 3
Session X14 Higgs III Sponsor: DPF Chair: Raymond Brock, Michigan State University Room: Plaza Court 4