Chair Index
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B2 Invited Session: Rare Decays Mar 31 2012 10:45AM Regency Ballroom V |
Kevin Pitts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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B3 Invited Session: Homing in on the Galactic Center Black Hole Mar 31 2012 10:45AM Hanover CDE |
Clifford Will, Washington University in St. Louis |
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B4 Invited Session: Numerical Relativity Beyond Astrophysics Mar 31 2012 10:45AM International Ballroom North |
Frans Pretorius, Princeton University |
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B5 Invited Session: Applications of Graphical Processing Units in Physics Mar 31 2012 10:45AM International Ballroom South |
Matthew Shepard, Indiana University, Bloomington |
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B6 Invited Session: FPS Awards Mar 31 2012 10:45AM Embassy C |
Pete Zimmerman, King's College, London |
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B7 Dark Matter: Direct Searches and Theory Mar 31 2012 10:45AM Embassy D |
Heywood Tam, University of Florida |
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B8 Current and Future Gravitational Wave Experiments Mar 31 2012 10:45AM Embassy B |
Duncan Brown, Syracuse University |
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B9 Higgs Searches I Mar 31 2012 10:45AM Embassy E |
Nikos Varelas, University of Illinois at Chicago |
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B10 Non-accelerator Neutrino Experiments Mar 31 2012 10:45AM Embassy A |
Yuri Efremenko, University of Tennessee |
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B11 Nuclear Theory Mar 31 2012 10:45AM Embassy F |
James Vary, Iowa State University |
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B12 Invited Session: Longitudinal and Transverse Structure of the Nucleon Mar 31 2012 10:45AM Grand Hall East A/B |
Wally Melnitchouk, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility |
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B15 SPS Undergraduate Research and Outreach I Mar 31 2012 10:45AM Grand Hall East D |
Kendra Redmond, Am. Inst. of Physics/Soc. of Physics Students |
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C2 Invited Session: Instrumentation in High Energy Physics Mar 31 2012 1:30PM Regency Ballroom V |
Alice Bean, University of Kansas |
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C3 Invited Session: Intermediate Mass Black Holes: In Search of the Missing Link Mar 31 2012 1:30PM Hanover CDE |
Avery Broderick, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics |
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C4 Invited Session: Isospin and Spin Dependence of Few-Nucleon Forces Mar 31 2012 1:30PM International Ballroom North |
Calvin Howell, Duke University |
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C5 Invited Session: The Scientific Legacy of Bruno Rossi Mar 31 2012 1:30PM International Ballroom South |
Daniel Kleppner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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C6 Invited Session: Goals and Assessment of the Physics Graduate Program Mar 31 2012 1:30PM Embassy C |
Juan Burciaga, Mount Holyoke College |
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C7 Neutrino Astronomy Mar 31 2012 1:30PM Embassy D |
Ignacio Taboada, Georgia Institute of Technology |
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C8 Gravitational-Wave Source Modeling Mar 31 2012 1:30PM Embassy B |
Bernard Kelly, University of Maryland Baltimore County |
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C9 Higgs Searches II Mar 31 2012 1:30PM Embassy E |
Alexey Drozdetskiy, University of Florida |
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C10 Electroweak Interactions Mar 31 2012 1:30PM Embassy A |
Pieter Mumm, NIST |
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C11 Nuclear Structure and Reactions I Mar 31 2012 1:30PM Embassy F |
Ingo Wiedenhoever, Florida State University |
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C12 Invited Session: Hard Hadronic Probes of Nuclear Collisions Mar 31 2012 1:30PM Grand Hall East A/B |
Peter Petreczky, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
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C15 SPS Undergraduate Research, Education, and Outreach II Mar 31 2012 1:30PM Grand Hall East D |
Gary White, Society of Physics Students, American Institute of Physics |
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D2 Invited Session: Particle Physics in Antarctica Mar 31 2012 3:30PM Regency Ballroom V |
Kara Hoffman, University of Maryland |
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D3 Invited Session: Research in Cosmology Education Mar 31 2012 3:30PM Hanover CDE |
Lynn Cominsky, Sonoma State University |
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D4 Invited Session: Analytical Relativity Meets Numerical Relativity Mar 31 2012 3:30PM International Ballroom North |
Emanuele Berti, University of Mississippi/California Institute of Technology |
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D5 Panel Discussion: Forum at Forty Mar 31 2012 3:30PM International Ballroom South |
Pushpalatha Bhat, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
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D6 Invited Session: Accelerator Driven Systems Mar 31 2012 3:30PM Embassy C |
William Barletta, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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D7 Inflation and Cosmology Mar 31 2012 3:30PM Embassy D |
Stephon Alexander, Haverford College |
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D8 Gravitational Waves: Data Analysis Mar 31 2012 3:30PM Embassy B |
Melissa Frei, Rochester Institute of Technology |
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D9 Higgs Searches III Mar 31 2012 3:30PM Embassy E |
Alexey Drozdetskiy, University of Florida |
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D10 Relativistic Heavy Ions I Mar 31 2012 3:30PM Embassy A |
Senta Greene, Vanderbilt University |
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D11 Nuclear Instrumentation and Applications Mar 31 2012 3:30PM Embassy F |
Fred Wietfeldt, Tulane University |
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D12 Invited Session: Testing of 3-Body Forces in Light Neutron-Rich Nuclei Mar 31 2012 3:30PM Grand Hall East A/B |
Ernst Rehm, Argonne National Laboratory |
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D14 Axion Dark Matter Search Mar 31 2012 3:30PM Grand Hall East C |
Gianpaolo Carosi, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
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D15 100 Years of Cosmic Rays: Educational Opportunities I Mar 31 2012 3:30PM Grand Hall East D |
Peggy Norris, Sanford Underground Laboratory at Homestake |
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G2 Invited Session: Results from Electron-Positron Colliders Apr 1 2012 8:30AM Regency Ballroom V |
Jonathan Rosner, University of Chicago |
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G3 Invited Session: Toward Understanding the Origins of Galactic Cosmic Rays Apr 1 2012 8:30AM Hanover CDE |
Martin Israel, Washington University in St. Louis |
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G4 Invited Session: Pulsar Timing Arrays and Gravitational Radiation Apr 1 2012 8:30AM International Ballroom North |
Luis Lehner, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics |
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G5 Invited Session: Advancements in Computational Physics Using NSF's TeraGrid/XSEDE Resources Apr 1 2012 8:30AM International Ballroom South |
Deirdre Shoemaker, Georgia Institute of Technology |
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G6 Invited Session: Students as Colleagues: An Examination of Teacher-Student Collaboration in Improving Educational Environments Apr 1 2012 8:30AM Embassy C |
Angela Little, University of California, Berkeley |
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G7 Dark Matter: Indirect Searches Apr 1 2012 8:30AM Embassy D |
James Buckley, Washington University in St. Louis |
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G8 General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamical Simulations Apr 1 2012 8:30AM Embassy B |
Joshua Faber, Rochester Institute of Technology |
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G9 Charm and Variety Apr 1 2012 8:30AM Embassy E |
Doreen Wackeroth, SUNY Buffalo |
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G10 The Small Neutrino Mixing Angle Theta13 Apr 1 2012 8:30AM Embassy A |
Bob McKeown, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility |
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G11 Nuclear Structure and Reactions II Apr 1 2012 8:30AM Embassy F |
Christopher Chiara, University of Maryland |
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G12 Invited Session: The Nucleon Resonance Spectrum Apr 1 2012 8:30AM Grand Hall East A/B |
Volker Burkert, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility |
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G16 Sherwood I Apr 1 2012 8:30AM Hanover FG |
Chris Hegna, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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H2 Invited Session: The Top Quark Apr 1 2012 10:45AM Regency Ballroom V |
Craig Group, The University of Virginia and Fermi Accelerator National Laboratory |
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H3 Invited Session: Toward Understanding the Origins of Extra-Galactic Cosmic Rays Apr 1 2012 10:45AM Hanover CDE |
Angela Olinto, University of Chicago |
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H4 Invited Session: Science Diplomacy: Accelerator Based Science in Korea Apr 1 2012 10:45AM International Ballroom North |
Kwang-Je Kim, Argonne National Laboratory |
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H5 Invited Session: Physicists Advising on National Security Apr 1 2012 10:45AM International Ballroom South |
Gloria Lubkin, Physics Today Editor Emerita |
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H6 Invited Session: Energy Services for the Developing World I Apr 1 2012 10:45AM Embassy C |
Alvin Compaan, University of Toledo |
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H7 Extragalactic Astronomy and Gamma Ray Bursts Apr 1 2012 10:45AM Embassy D |
Elizabeth Hays, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
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H8 Numerical Relativity: Neutron Stars and Black Holes Apr 1 2012 10:45AM Embassy B |
Wolfgang Tichy, Florida Atlantic University |
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H9 Bottom Quark Physics Apr 1 2012 10:45AM Embassy E |
Kevin Pitts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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H10 Few-nucleon Systems Apr 1 2012 10:45AM Embassy A |
Haiyan Gao, Duke University |
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H11 Nuclear Astrophysics Apr 1 2012 10:45AM Embassy F |
Artemis Spyrou, Michigan State University |
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H12 Invited Session: New Measurements of Fundamental Constants and Materials Apr 1 2012 10:45AM Grand Hall East A/B |
Susan Gardner, University of Kentucky |
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H14 Hot Topics in Computational Astrophysics Apr 1 2012 10:45AM Grand Hall East C |
Vicky Kalogera, Northwestern University |
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H15 Cosmic Rays Education II and Faster-than-Light Controversies Apr 1 2012 10:45AM Grand Hall East D |
Marjorie Bardeen, Fermilab |
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H16 Sherwood II Apr 1 2012 11:00AM Hanover FG |
Paul Bonoli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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J2 Invited Session: Standard Model Higgs Boson Searches Apr 1 2012 1:30PM Regency Ballroom V |
Nikos Varelas, University of Illinois at Chicago |
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J3 Invited Session: Cosmic Rays and Hadron Physics Apr 1 2012 1:30PM Hanover CDE |
Amy Connolly, Ohio State University |
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J5 Invited Session: The Dynamics of Waves and Energetic Particles: Observations Apr 1 2012 1:30PM International Ballroom South |
Donald Spong, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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J6 Invited Session: Teaching and Learning Physics Through ComPADRE Apr 1 2012 1:30PM Embassy C |
Bruce Mason, University of Oklahoma |
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J7 Gamma Rays and Neutrinos in the Galaxy Apr 1 2012 1:30PM Embassy D |
Julie McEnery, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
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J8 Simulations of General Relativistic Astrophysical Phenomena Apr 1 2012 1:30PM Embassy B |
Christian Reisswig, California Institute of Technology |
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J9 Top Quark Apr 1 2012 1:30PM Embassy E |
Robert Kehoe, Southern Methodist University |
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J11 Minisymposium: Dark Forces below the Proton Mass Scale Apr 1 2012 1:30PM Embassy F |
O. Keith Baker, Yale University |
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J12 Invited Session: Energy Services for the Developing World II Apr 1 2012 1:30PM Grand Hall East A/B |
Ellen Stechel, Sandia National Laboratories |
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J14 Computational Methods in Particle & Nuclear Physics Apr 1 2012 1:30PM Grand Hall East C |
Dean Lee, North Carolina State University |
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J15 History of Physics and Educational Topics Apr 1 2012 1:30PM Grand Hall East D |
Adrienne Kolb, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
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L2 Invited Session: Beyond the Standard Model; Hot Topics Apr 1 2012 3:30PM Regency Ballroom V |
Yuri Gershtein, Rutgers Unversity |
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L3 Invited Session: The Dynamics of Waves and Energetic Particles: Simulations Apr 1 2012 3:30PM Hanover CDE |
William Heidbrink, University of California, Irvine |
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L4 Invited Session: Challenges in Numerical Relativity Apr 1 2012 3:30PM International Ballroom North |
Carlos Lousto, Rochester Institute of Technology |
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L5 Bonner Prize Session Apr 1 2012 3:30PM International Ballroom South |
Robert Tribble, Texas A&M University |
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L6 Tests of General Relativity and Gravitation Apr 1 2012 3:30PM Embassy C |
Nicholas Yunes, Montana State University |
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L7 Cosmic Ray Abundances and Electron/Positron Measurements Apr 1 2012 3:30PM Embassy D |
Mark Wiedenbeck, Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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L8 Quantum Aspects of Gravitation Apr 1 2012 3:30PM Embassy B |
Jorge Pullin, Louisiana State University |
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L9 Instrumentation in High Energy Physics Apr 1 2012 3:30PM Embassy E |
Marcel Demarteau, Argonne National Laboratory |
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L10 Neutrino Beams and Backgrounds Apr 1 2012 3:30PM Embassy A |
Kate Scholberg, Duke University |
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L11 Spin Structure of the Nucleon Apr 1 2012 3:30PM Embassy F |
Ernst Sichtermann, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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L12 Invited Session: High School Physics Teachers: Supply and Demand Apr 1 2012 3:30PM Grand Hall East A/B |
Paul Cottle, Florida State University |
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L14 Fundamental Constants Apr 1 2012 3:30PM Grand Hall East C |
Rana Adhikari, California Institute of Technology |
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M1 APS Past President's Address followed by Prizes and Awards Ceremonial Session Apr 1 2012 5:45PM Regency V |
Robert Byer, Stanford University |
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Q2 Invited Session: Neutrinos: The Precision Frontier Apr 2 2012 10:45AM Regency Ballroom V |
Kate Scholberg, Duke University |
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Q3 Invited Session: Dark Matter: Indirect Detection Apr 2 2012 10:45AM Hanover CDE |
Francesc Ferrer, Washington University in St. Louis |
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Q4 Invited Session: Advances in Quantum Gravity Apr 2 2012 10:45AM International Ballroom North |
Jorge Pullin, Lousiana State University |
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Q5 Invited Session: New Developments in Radiation Detection Technologies Apr 2 2012 10:45AM International Ballroom South |
Douglas Wright, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
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Q6 Invited Session: The Role of Physics Departments in Preparing Instructors of Physics Apr 2 2012 10:45AM Embassy C |
Monica Plisch, American Physical Society |
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Q7 Gravitational Waves: Astrophysics Apr 2 2012 10:45AM Embassy D |
Peter Shawhan, University of Maryland |
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Q8 Numerical Relativity: Black-Hole Binaries Apr 2 2012 10:45AM Embassy B |
Geoffrey Lovelace, Cornell University |
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Q9 New Particle Searches I Apr 2 2012 10:45AM Embassy E |
Yuri Gershtein, Rutgers University |
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Q10 Relativistic Heavy Ions II Apr 2 2012 10:45AM Embassy A |
Berndt Mueller, Duke University |
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Q11 Photoproduction and Dynamics of Light Mesons Apr 2 2012 10:45AM Embassy F |
Simon Capstick, Florida State University |
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Q12 Invited Session: Non-perturbative Physics in the Standard Model and Beyond Explored by Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) Calculations Apr 2 2012 10:45AM Grand Hall East A/B |
Alexei Bazavov, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
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Q16 Sherwood III Apr 2 2012 10:45AM Hanover FG |
Guoyong Fu, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory |
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R2 Invited Session: Angular Momentum Transport in the Laboratory and in Nature Apr 2 2012 1:30PM Regency Ballroom V |
Fred Skiff, University of Iowa |
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R3 Invited Session: Testing Gravity on Cosmic Scales Apr 2 2012 1:30PM Hanover CDE |
Nikhil Padmanabhan, Yale University |
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R4 Invited Session: Women in Physics: Status and Interventions Apr 2 2012 1:30PM International Ballroom North |
Senta Greene, Vanderbilt University |
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R5 Wilson Prize Session Apr 2 2012 1:30PM International Ballroom South |
William Barletta, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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R6 Invited Session: Parton Density Studies at an Electron-Ion Collider Apr 2 2012 1:30PM Embassy C |
Ramona Vogt, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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R7 Extracting Physical Information from Gravitational Wave Signals Apr 2 2012 1:30PM Embassy D |
Neil Cornish, Montana State University |
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R8 Approximations in General Relativity Apr 2 2012 1:30PM Embassy B |
Samuel Gralla, University of Maryland College Park |
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R9 New Particle Searches II Apr 2 2012 1:30PM Embassy E |
Yuri Gershtein, Rutgers University |
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R10 QCD, EWK, and Jet Physics Apr 2 2012 1:30PM Embassy A |
Nikos Varelas, University of Illinois at Chicago |
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R11 Precision Neutrino Physics and Its Interpretation Apr 2 2012 1:30PM Embassy F |
Jonathan Link, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
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R12 Dissertation and Mentorship Awards Apr 2 2012 1:30PM Grand Hall East A/B |
Robert Tribble, Texas A&M University |
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R15 Physics Education Research: Issues in Intro Classes, Modeling and Gender Apr 2 2012 1:30PM Grand Hall East D |
Thomas Olsen, Am. Inst. of Physics/Soc. of Physics Students |
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T2 Invited Session: Dark Matter: Direct Detection Apr 2 2012 3:30PM Regency Ballroom V |
Corbin Covault, Case Western Reserve University |
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T3 Invited Session: New Stars in Astrophysics Apr 2 2012 3:30PM Hanover CDE |
Alicia Soderberg, Harvard Center for Astrophysics |
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T4 Panel Discussion: American Science & America's Future Apr 2 2012 3:30PM International Ballroom North |
Pushpa Bhat, Fermi Accelerator National Laboratory, and Lawrence Krauss, Arizona State University |
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T5 Pais Prize Session: The National Laboratories after 1980 Apr 2 2012 3:30PM International Ballroom South |
Catherine Westfall, Michigan State University |
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T6 Invited Session: Perspectives in Gravitational Physics Apr 2 2012 3:30PM Embassy C |
James Isenberg, University of Oregon |
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T7 Cosmic Ray Composition and Air Shower Studies Apr 2 2012 3:30PM Embassy D |
Robert Binns, Washington University in St. Louis |
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T8 Exact Solutions and Analyses of Spacetimes Apr 2 2012 3:30PM Embassy B |
Govind Menon, Troy University |
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T9 New Particle Searches III Apr 2 2012 3:30PM Embassy E |
Graham Wilson, University of Kansas |
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T10 Nuclear Instrumentation Apr 2 2012 3:30PM Embassy A |
Dipangkar Dutta, Mississippi State University |
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T11 Accelerator Neutrino Experiments Apr 2 2012 3:30PM Embassy F |
Bob Svoboda, University of California, Davis |
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T12 Invited Session: Flow Signatures and its Implications for the Strongly Interacting Quark Gluon Plasma Apr 2 2012 3:30PM Grand Hall East A/B |
Xiaochun He, Georgia State University |
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T14 Computational Methods and Implementation Apr 2 2012 3:30PM Grand Hall East C |
Ronald Mickens, Clark Atlanta University |
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U9 DPF Business Meeting Apr 2 2012 5:45PM Embassy E |
Pierre Ramond, University of Florida |
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U50 Energy Challenges Confronting our Nation in the 21st Century Apr 2 2012 7:30PM International Ballroom North |
Rocky Kolb, University of Chicago |
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W2 DPF Prize and Award Session Apr 3 2012 10:45AM Regency Ballroom V |
Patricia McBride, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
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W3 Invited Session: Cosmological Constraints from Small-Scale CMB Anisotropies Apr 3 2012 10:45AM Hanover CDE |
John Wise, Georgia Institute of Technology |
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W5 Invited Session: Nuclear Energy, Post-Fukushima Apr 3 2012 10:45AM International Ballroom South |
Peter Zimmerman, Kings College London |
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W6 Panel Discussion: Challenges for Early Career Researchers in International Collaborations and Exchanges Apr 3 2012 10:45AM Embassy C |
Renee Horton, Lousiana State University |
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W7 Cosmic Ray Spectrum and Distribution Apr 3 2012 10:45AM Embassy D |
Gregory Guzik, Louisiana State University |
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W8 Topics in Numerical Relativity Apr 3 2012 10:45AM Embassy B |
Manuel Tiglio, University of Maryland College Park |
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W9 Direct Dark Matter Detection Apr 3 2012 10:45AM Embassy E |
Corbin Covault, Case Western Reserve University |
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W10 Partonic Structure in Nucleons and Nuclei Apr 3 2012 10:45AM Embassy A |
John Arrington, Argonne National Laboratory |
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W12 Invited Sesson: Neutrinos: The Wild Frontier Apr 3 2012 10:45AM Grand Hall East A/B |
Bruce Vogelaar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
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W14 Nucleon Form Factors and Two-Photon Exchange Apr 3 2012 10:45AM Grand Hall East C |
Andrei Afanasev, The George Washington University |
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X2 Sakurai Prize Session Apr 3 2012 1:30PM Regency Ballroom V |
Pierre Ramond, University of Florida |
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X3 Invited Session: Hot Topics in Astrophysics Apr 3 2012 1:30PM Hanover CDE |
Neil Cornish, Montana State University |
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X4 Invited Session: The Detection Challenge in Modern Physics Experiments Apr 3 2012 1:30PM International Ballroom North |
Patrick Brady, University of Madison-Wisconsin |
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X5 Invited Session: Accelerators for Nuclear Physics Apr 3 2012 1:30PM International Ballroom South |
Thomas Glasmacher, Michigan State University |
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X6 Invited Session: The Dynamics of Waves and Energetic Particles: Theoretical Models Apr 3 2012 1:30PM Embassy C |
James Drake, University of Maryland College Park |
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X7 Neutron Stars and General Astrophysics Apr 3 2012 1:30PM Embassy D |
Pablo Laguna, Georgia Institute of Technology |
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X8 General Relativity and Cosmology Apr 3 2012 1:30PM Embassy B |
Jocelyn Read, University of Mississippi |
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X9 New Directions Apr 3 2012 1:30PM Embassy E |
Lindley Winslow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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X10 W, Z, Drell-Yan Apr 3 2012 1:30PM Embassy A |
Meenakshi Narain, Brown University |
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X11 Underground Neutrino Physics and Background Studies Apr 3 2012 1:30PM Embassy F |
Lisa Kaufman, Indiana University |
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X12 Invited Session: Precision Tests of New Physics Using Neutrons and Nuclei Apr 3 2012 1:30PM Grand Hall East A/B |
Fred Wietfeldt, Tulane University |