Chair Index
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A1 Plenary Session I May 2 2009 8:30AM Plaza Ballroom ABC |
Curt Callan, Princeton University |
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B2 The State of the Standard Model and Higgs Searches May 2 2009 10:45AM Plaza D |
Raymond Brock, Michigan State University |
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B3 Science with Intense Beams of Rare Isotopes: On the way to FRIB May 2 2009 10:45AM Plaza E |
Michael Turner, University of Chicago |
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B4 Frontiers in Computational Astrophysics May 2 2009 10:45AM Plaza F |
Vassiliki Kalogera, Northwestern University |
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B5 The Scientific Legacy of John Wheeler May 2 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 15 |
James Hartle, University of California, Santa Barbara |
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B6 Applications of Accelerators May 2 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 16 |
Pushpa Bhat, Fermi National Accelerator Facility, and Swapan Chattopadhyay, Cockcroft Institute |
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B7 Physics in Latin America May 2 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 12 |
Galileo Violini, Universita della Calabria |
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B8 Galactic Gamma Rays May 2 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 17 |
Petra Huentemeyer, University of Utah |
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B9 Instrumentation for High Energy Physics May 2 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 11 |
Michael Strauss, University of Oklahoma |
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B10 Mini-Symposium on New Results in Heavy Ion Physics May 2 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 10 |
James Nagle, University of Colorado - Boulder |
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B11 LIGO Progress and Plans May 2 2009 10:45AM Plaza Court 1 |
Vuk Mandic, Univerisity of Minnesota |
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B12 Neutrino Physics I May 2 2009 10:45AM Plaza Court 2 |
Reyco Henning, University of North Carolina |
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B13 Physics Education May 2 2009 10:45AM Plaza Court 3 |
Gay Stewart, University of Arkansas |
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B14 Planetary Science May 2 2009 10:45AM Plaza Court 4 |
Dan McCammon, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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B15 High Energy Neutrinos May 2 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 14 |
Charles Dermer, Naval Research Laboratory |
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C2 The State of Neutrino Physics May 2 2009 1:30PM Plaza D |
Janet Conrad, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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C3 Lattice QCD for Nuclear Physics May 2 2009 1:30PM Plaza E |
David Richards, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility |
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C4 Plasma Astrophysics of Intracluster Media May 2 2009 1:30PM Plaza F |
Maxim Lyutikov, Purdue University |
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C5 Searches for Gravitational Waves with LIGO, GEO and Virgo May 2 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 15 |
Nergis Mavalvala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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C6 History of Telescopes May 2 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 16 |
Daniel Kleppner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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C7 Teaching Physics of Energy I May 2 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 12 |
Lawrence Cardman, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility |
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C8 Instrumentation for Astrophysics May 2 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 17 |
David Kieda, University of Utah |
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C9 Charm and Kaon Physics May 2 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 11 |
Karen Gibson, University of Pittsburgh |
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C10 Nuclear Theory II: Structure and Reactions May 2 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 10 |
James Shepard, University of Colorado |
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C11 Numerical Analysis of Black Hole Binary Systems May 2 2009 1:30PM Plaza Court 1 |
Wolfgang Tichy, Florida Atlantic University |
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C12 Cosmic Microwave Background and Cosmology May 2 2009 1:30PM Plaza Court 2 |
Michael Turner, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago |
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C13 W and Z Physics I May 2 2009 1:30PM Plaza Court 3 |
Laura Reina, Florida State University |
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C14 Ultracold Neutrons and Fundamental Symmetries May 2 2009 1:30PM Plaza Court 4 |
Susan Gardner, University of Kentucky |
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D2 The State of HEP Theory May 2 2009 3:30PM Plaza D |
JoAnne Hewett, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
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D3 Few Body Physics I May 2 2009 3:30PM Plaza E |
A.R.P. Rau, Lousiana State University |
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D4 Panel Discussion: Global Physics Projects May 2 2009 3:30PM Plaza F |
Pushpa Bhat, Fermi National Accelerator Facility, and Lawrence Krauss, Arizona State University |
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D5 Spanning the Gravitational Wave Spectrum May 2 2009 3:30PM Governor's Square 15 |
Stanley Whitcomb, California Institute of Technology |
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D6 Ion Heating in Turbulent Plasmas May 2 2009 3:30PM Governor's Square 16 |
Michael Brown, Swarthmore College |
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D7 Teaching Physics of Energy II May 2 2009 3:30PM Governor's Square 12 |
Thomas Rossing, Stanford University |
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D8 Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray Instruments May 2 2009 3:30PM Governor's Square 17 |
Stefan Westerhoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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D9 Mini-Symposium on Standard Model and Higgs Physics May 2 2009 3:30PM Governor's Square 11 |
Daniela Bortoletto, Purdue University |
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D10 Neutrino Physics II May 2 2009 3:30PM Governor's Square 10 |
Bill Louis, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
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D11 Theoretical and Quantum Gravity May 2 2009 3:30PM Plaza Court 1 |
David Garfinkle, Oakland University |
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D12 Hadronic Physics May 2 2009 3:30PM Plaza Court 2 |
Pete Markowtiz, Florida International University |
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D13 Nuclear Astrophysics Modelling May 2 2009 3:30PM Plaza Court 3 |
Peter Moller, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
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D14 Undergraduate Research (including SPS) I May 2 2009 3:30PM Plaza Court 4 |
Thomas Olsen, AIP Education: SPS |
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F1 Town Meeting on the DOE/NASA Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM) May 2 2009 7:00PM Plaza Ballroom ABC |
Neil Gehrels, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
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F2 Town Hall Meeting on Science and Society May 2 2009 7:30PM Plaza Ballroom D |
Pushpa Bhat, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and Andrew Zwicker, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory |
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G2 The State of the Top Quark May 3 2009 8:30AM Plaza D |
Kevin Pitts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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G3 Few Body Physics II May 3 2009 8:30AM Plaza E |
Ronald Gilman, Rutgers University |
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G4 New Eyes on the Universe I May 3 2009 8:30AM Plaza F |
Steven Barwick, University of California, Irvine |
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G5 Developments in Quantum Gravity May 3 2009 8:30AM Governor's Square 15 |
Jorge Pullin, Louisana State University |
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G6 Physics on the Road Conference : A follow-up to the World Year of Physics 2005 May 3 2009 8:30AM Governor's Square 16 |
Ernest Malamud, University of Nevada - Reno |
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G7 Science Policy: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow May 3 2009 8:30AM Governor's Square 12 |
Daniel Kleppner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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G8 Plasma Astrophysics of Clusters of Galaxies May 3 2009 8:30AM Governor's Square 17 |
Steven Spangler, University of Iowa |
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G9 Running and Near Term Neutrino Experiments May 3 2009 8:30AM Governor's Square 11 |
Patricia Vahle, College of William and Mary |
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G10 Nuclear Instrumentation May 3 2009 8:30AM Governor's Square 10 |
Michael Murray, University of Kansas |
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G11 Gravitational Collapse and Theoretical Relativity May 3 2009 8:30AM Plaza Court 1 |
Eric Poisson, University of Guelph |
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G12 Higgs II May 3 2009 8:30AM Plaza Court 2 |
Alfred Goshaw, Duke University |
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G13 B Physics I May 3 2009 8:30AM Plaza Court 3 |
David Saltzberg, University of California, Los Angeles |
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G14 Future HEP Experiments May 3 2009 8:30AM Plaza Court 4 |
Dave Hedin, Northern Illinois University |
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G15 Sherwood I May 3 2009 8:30AM Governor's Square 14 |
Carl Sovinec, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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H2 The State of QCD May 3 2009 10:45AM Plaza D |
Robert Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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H3 Nucleon Structure and Fundamental Symmetries May 3 2009 10:45AM Plaza E |
Mary Alberg, Seattle University |
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H4 Nobel Prize Session May 3 2009 10:45AM Plaza F |
Cherry Murray, APS President and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
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H6 Women in Experimental High Energy Physics: Science and Career Paths May 3 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 16 |
Jane Nachtman, University of Iowa |
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H7 Managing Nuclear Fuels: An International Perspective May 3 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 12 |
Noemie Benczer-Koller, Rutgers University |
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H8 Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays May 3 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 17 |
Todor Stanev, University of Delaware |
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H9 Mini-Symposium on Single Top May 3 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 11 |
Elizaveta Shabalina, Universitaet Goettingen |
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H10 Ultra-Relativistic Collisions May 3 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 10 |
Thomas Ludlam, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
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H11 LISA May 3 2009 10:45AM Plaza Court 1 |
Guido Mueller, University of Florida |
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H12 Mini-symposium on Nuclear Structure at Short Distances I May 3 2009 10:45AM Plaza Court 2 |
Ronald Gilman, Rutgers University |
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H13 Focus Session: Professional Preparation of Teachers of Physics May 3 2009 10:45AM Plaza Court 3 |
David Haase, North Carolina State University |
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H14 History and Philosophy of Science May 3 2009 10:45AM Plaza Court 4 |
Dan Kleppner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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H15 Sherwood II May 3 2009 10:30AM Governor's Square 14 |
James Myra, Lodestar Research Corporation |
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J2 The State of Heavy Flavor May 3 2009 1:30PM Plaza D |
Patricia McBride, Fermilab |
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J3 Puzzles and Challenges Near Doubly Magic 100Sn, the Heaviest Self-Conjugate Nucleus May 3 2009 1:30PM Plaza E |
Rick Casten, Yale University |
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J4 Merging Galaxies May 3 2009 1:30PM Plaza F |
Scott Hughes, Masschusetts Institutue of Technology |
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J5 Heinemann Prize Session May 3 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 15 |
Andreas Kronfeld, Fermilab |
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J6 Precision Measurements Impacting Cosmology May 3 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 16 |
Karl Van Bibber, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
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J7 Physics Contributions to the Intelligence Community May 3 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 12 |
Donald Prosnitz, Rand Corporation |
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J9 Top Mass May 3 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 11 |
Kenneth Bloom, University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
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J10 Electroweak Interactions May 3 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 10 |
Willem T.H. van Oers, TRIUMF |
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J11 Theoretical Gravity May 3 2009 1:30PM Plaza Court 1 |
John Friedman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
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J12 Mini-Symposium on Nuclear Structure at Short Distances. II May 3 2009 1:30PM Plaza Court 2 |
Eliezer Piasetzky, Tel Aviv University |
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J13 Few Body Physics III May 3 2009 1:30PM Plaza Court 3 |
Wayne Polyzou, University of Iowa |
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J14 Undergraduate Research (including SPS) II May 3 2009 1:30PM Plaza Court 4 |
Gary White, AIP Education: SPS |
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J15 Windows to Burning Plasmas May 3 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 14 |
Vincent Chan, General Atomics |
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L2 On the Threshold of the LHC May 3 2009 3:30PM Plaza D |
Raymond Brock, Michigan State University |
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L3 Sakurai Prize Session May 3 2009 3:30PM Plaza E |
Robert Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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L4 Nucleon Microscopy May 3 2009 3:30PM Plaza F |
Kees De Jager, Thomas Jefferson National National Accelerator Facility |
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L5 Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics: From Stars to Stellar Explosions May 3 2009 3:30PM Governor's Square 15 |
Sam Austin, Michigan State University |
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L6 Future Accelerators for Particle Physics May 3 2009 3:30PM Governor's Square 16 |
Matt Poelker, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility |
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L8 Excellence in Physics Education Award May 3 2009 3:30PM Governor's Square 17 |
Arthur Bienenstock, Stanford University |
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L9 QCD Topics May 3 2009 3:30PM Governor's Square 11 |
Boris Kayser, Fermilab |
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L10 Nuclear Structure May 3 2009 3:30PM Governor's Square 10 |
Jolie Cizewski, Rutgers |
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L11 Binary Inspiral and Gravitational Wave Kicks May 3 2009 3:30PM Plaza Court 1 |
Frans Pretorious, Princeton University |
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L12 Dark Matter Searches I: Indirect Searches May 3 2009 3:30PM Plaza Court 2 |
Brenda Dingus, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
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L13 Nuclear Theory I: Few-Body May 3 2009 3:30PM Plaza Court 3 |
Daniel Phillips, Ohio University |
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L14 W and Z Physics II May 3 2009 3:30PM Plaza Court 4 |
Alfred Goshaw, Duke University |
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L15 High Energy Density Plasmas May 3 2009 3:30PM Governor's Square 14 |
Paul Drake, University of Michigan |
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M1 APS Prizes and Awards Ceremonial Session and Past President's Address May 3 2009 5:30PM Governor's Square 12 |
Cherry Murray, APS President and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
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N1 Keynote Talk: The Quest for Giant Telescopes: Four Centuries of Challenge and Scientific Discovery May 3 2009 7:30PM Plaza Ballroom A |
Michael Turner, University of Chicago |
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P1 Plenary Session II May 4 2009 8:30AM Plaza Ballroom ABC |
Cherry Murray, APS President and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
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Q2 Recent Progress at the Neutrino Frontier May 4 2009 10:45AM Plaza D |
Boris Kayser, Fermilab |
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Q3 Mini-Symposium on Transverse Spin Phenomena May 4 2009 10:45AM Plaza E |
Alessandro Bacchetta, Jefferson Lab |
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Q4 Opportunities in Hadron Spectroscopy May 4 2009 10:45AM Plaza F |
Winston Roberts, Florida State University |
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Q5 Computational Astrophysics of Disks: From Black Holes to Planets May 4 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 15 |
Richard Klein, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
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Q6 Introductory Physics for Pre-Health and Biological Science Students May 4 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 16 |
Robert Hilborn, University of Texas at Dallas |
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Q7 Is Geoengineering a Possible Stop-Gap Measure to Rapid Climate Change? May 4 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 12 |
Barbara Levi, American Institute of Physics |
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Q8 Cosmic Ray Electrons May 4 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 17 |
Jonathan Ormes, University of Denver |
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Q9 Mini-Symposium on Heavy Flavor: CP Violation and Rare Decays May 4 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 11 |
William Wisniewski, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
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Q10 Electromagnetic Interactions May 4 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 10 |
Zein-Eddine Meziani, Temple University |
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Q11 Experimental Tests of Gravitation May 4 2009 10:45AM Plaza Court 1 |
Eric Adelberger, University of Washington |
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Q12 Nuclear Astrophysics May 4 2009 10:45AM Plaza Court 2 |
Henry Weller, Duke University |
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Q14 Beam Physics May 4 2009 10:45AM Plaza Court 4 |
Larry Cardman, Jefferson Lab |
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Q15 Sherwood III May 4 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 14 |
Valerie Izzo, University of California, San Diego |
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R2 New Eyes on the Universe II May 4 2009 1:30PM Plaza D |
Brenda Dingus, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
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R3 DNP Prize and Award Session I May 4 2009 1:30PM Plaza E |
Richard Casten, Yale University |
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R4 Dark Matter May 4 2009 1:30PM Plaza F |
Steven Kahn, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
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R5 Women and Minorities in Multi-Messenger Astronomy of Gamma-Ray Bursts May 4 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 15 |
Pablo Laguna, Georgia Institute of Technology |
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R6 Imaging Advanced Accelerators May 4 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 16 |
Thomas Antonsen, University of Maryland |
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R7 FPS Awards Session May 4 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 12 |
Donald Prosnitz, Rand Corporation |
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R8 Observation, Acceleration and Propagation of Cosmic Rays May 4 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 17 |
Dietrich Muller, University of Chicago |
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R9 Mini-Symposium on Searches I May 4 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 11 |
David Toback, Texas A\&M University |
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R11 Gravitational Wave Astrophysics May 4 2009 1:30PM Plaza Court 1 |
Stan Whitcomb, LIGO Lab/Caltech |
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R12 Mini-Symposium on Heavy Flavor: Future of Heavy Flavor Physics May 4 2009 1:30PM Plaza Court 2 |
Thomas Ruf, CERN |
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R13 Focus Session: Adopting PER-Based Teaching Methods and Materials May 4 2009 1:30PM Plaza Court 3 |
Noah Finkelstein, University of Colorado |
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R14 QCD Physics May 4 2009 1:30PM Plaza Court 4 |
Cecilia Gerber, University of Illinois, Chicago |
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T2 The State of the Searches Beyond the Standard Model May 4 2009 3:30PM Plaza D |
David Saltzberg, University of California, Los Angeles |
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T3 DNP Prize and Award Session II May 4 2009 3:30PM Plaza E |
William Zajc, Columbia University |
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T4 Early Science from the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope May 4 2009 3:30PM Plaza F |
Steven Kahn, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
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T5 Precision Measurements in Gravity May 4 2009 3:30PM Governor's Square 15 |
Peter Bender, University of Colorado at Boulder |
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T6 Panel Discussion: Preparation of Graduate Students for Careers in a Globalized World I May 4 2009 3:30PM Governor's Square 16 |
Kendall Mahn, Columbia University |
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T7 History of MURA, Fermilab and the SSC May 4 2009 3:30PM Governor's Square 12 |
Gloria Lubkin, American Institute of Physics |
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T8 Gravitation and Cosmology May 4 2009 3:30PM Governor's Square 17 |
Deirdre Shoemaker, Georgia Institute of Technology |
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T9 B Physics II May 4 2009 3:30PM Governor's Square 11 |
Patricia McBride, Fermilab |
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T11 Neutron Star and Black Hole Binary Simulations May 4 2009 3:30PM Plaza Court 1 |
Steven Detweiler, University of Florida |
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T12 Dark Matter Searches II May 4 2009 3:30PM Plaza Court 2 |
Uwe Oberlack, Rice University |
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T13 Physics Education Research May 4 2009 3:30PM Plaza Court 3 |
Noah Finkelstein, University of Colorado |
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T14 New Directions in Particle Theory May 4 2009 3:30PM Plaza Court 4 |
Andreas Kronfeld, Fermilab |
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U50 Town Meeting on the Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey May 4 2009 7:30PM Plaza F |
Steve Kahn, Stanford University, and Michael Turner, University of Chicago |
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V1 Plenary Session III May 5 2009 8:30AM Plaza Ballroom ABC |
Richard Milner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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W2 Bouchet Award and Panofsky Prize Session May 5 2009 10:45AM Plaza D |
JoAnne Hewett, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
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W3 Nuclear Physics Connections with Astrophysics/Cosmology May 5 2009 10:45AM Plaza E |
James Nagle, University of Colorado at Boulder |
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W4 New Facilities in Particle Astrophysics I May 5 2009 10:45AM Plaza F |
Michael Turner, University of Chicago |
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W6 Numerical Simulations of Coalescing Compact Objects: Black Holes and Neutron Stars May 5 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 16 |
Manuela Campanelli, Rochester Institute of Technology |
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W7 Teaching Physics and the Arts May 5 2009 10:45AM Plaza Ballroom ABC |
Thomas Rossing, Stanford University |
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W8 Gamma Ray Bursts May 5 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 17 |
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, University of California, Santa Cruz |
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W9 Top and Higgs Physics May 5 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 11 |
Raymond Brock, Michigan State University |
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W10 Nuclear Reactions: Heavy Ions/Rare Isotope Beams I May 5 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 10 |
Misak Sargsian, Florida International University |
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W11 Data Analysis Techniques for Ground-Based Gravitational Wave Interferometers May 5 2009 10:45AM Plaza Court 1 |
Laura Cadonati, University of Massachusetts-Amherst |
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W12 Dark Matter Searches III May 5 2009 10:45AM Plaza Court 2 |
Mark Boulay, Queen's University |
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W14 Searches II May 5 2009 10:45AM Plaza Court 4 |
Robert Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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W15 Sherwood IV May 5 2009 10:45AM Governor's Square 14 |
Janardhan Manickam, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory |
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X2 Neutrino Oscillations in Electron Capture Decays May 5 2009 1:30PM Plaza D |
Hamish Robertson, University of Washington |
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X4 New Facilities in Particle Astrophysics II May 5 2009 1:30PM Plaza F |
Steven Kahn, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
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X5 Panel Discussion: Women and Minorities in Gravity: Science and Career Paths May 5 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 15 |
Vassiliki Kalogera, Northwestern University |
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X6 The Role of Scientists in Arms Control May 5 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 16 |
Benn Tannenbaum, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
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X7 Accelerator Technologies for Nuclear Physics May 5 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 12 |
Yousef Makdisi, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
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X8 Active Galactic Nuclei May 5 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 17 |
James Chiang, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
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X9 B Physics III May 5 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 11 |
Bob Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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X10 Nuclear Reactions: Heavy Ions/Rare Isotope Beams II May 5 2009 1:30PM Governor's Square 10 |
Jorge Piekarewicz, Florida State University |
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X11 Novel Aspects of Gravity May 5 2009 1:30PM Plaza Court 1 |
Stan Whitcomb, LIGO Labs/Caltech |
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X12 General Astrophysics and Compact Objects May 5 2009 1:30PM Plaza Court 2 |
Christopher Fryer, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
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X13 Quantum Mechanics and Tests of Physics Laws May 5 2009 1:30PM Plaza Court 3 |
Hugh Lippincott, Yale University |
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X14 Higgs III May 5 2009 1:30PM Plaza Court 4 |
Raymond Brock, Michigan State University |