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May 17 2005 9:00AM, Tuesday
Session 1A New Physics and Astronomy Faculty Workshop Alumni Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Hawthorne
May 17 2005 1:00PM, Tuesday
Session 2A Tutorial Workshop on Modern Laser Technology
Chair: Herman Batelaan and Cornelis (Kees) Uiterwaal, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Room: Ferguson Laboratory UNL City Campus
Invited Speakers: Ronald Walsworth
May 17 2005 2:00PM, Tuesday
Session 3A New Pedagogy in Introductory Physics and Upper-level AMO Courses
Chair: Robert C. Hilborn, Amherst College Room: Brace Laboratory 211 (UNL)
Invited Speakers: Carl Wieman, Steve Reaser
Session 4A DAMOP Executive Committee Meeting Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Olive Branch
May 17 2005 6:00PM, Tuesday
Session 5A Welcome Reception Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Grand Ballroom
May 17 2005 8:00PM, Tuesday
Session 6A TAMOC Meeting Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Hawthorne
May 18 2005 8:00AM, Wednesday
Session A1 Prize Session
Chair: Ann Orel, University of Califoria, Davis Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Grand Ballroom
Invited Speakers: Ronald Walsworth
May 18 2005 9:00AM, Wednesday
Session A7 Physics Review A Staff Breakfast Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ivanhoe
May 18 2005 10:30AM, Wednesday
Session B1 Matter Optics and Atom Chips
Chair: Herman Batelaan, University of Nebraska Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: Franz Hasselbach
Session B2 Applications of AMO Science to Astrophysics
Chair: D. Schultz, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ballroom II
Invited Speakers:
Session B3 Electron Collisions Chair: Murtadha Khakoo, California State University, Fullerton Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Olive Branch
Session B4 Strong Field Atomic and Plasma Processes Chair: Cornelis (Kees) J. Uiterwaal, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Hawthorne
Session B5 Cold Plasmas and Optical Lattices Chair: Michael S. Chapman, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Arbor
May 18 2005 12:00PM, Wednesday
Session B7 Fellowship Committee Lunch Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ivanhoe
May 18 2005 1:30PM, Wednesday
Session C1 Interaction of Slow Electrons with Biomolecules
Chair: Ilya Fabrikant, University of Nebraska Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: Jack Simons
Session C2 Precision Tests of Relativity and Gravitation
Sponsor: PMTG Chair: Ronald L. Walsworth, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ballroom II
Invited Speakers: Alan Kostelecky
Session C3 Single Photon Atomic and Molecular Processes Chair: Linda Young, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Olive Branch
Session C4 Bose Einstein Condensation I Chair: Gil Summy, Oklahoma State University Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Hawthorne
Session C5 Wavepacket Dynamics, Coherent Control, Quantum and/or Nonlinear Optics Chair: T. F. Gallagher, University of Virginia Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Arbor
May 18 2005 3:30PM, Wednesday
Session C7 PRA/PRL Reception Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ivanhoe
May 18 2005 4:00PM, Wednesday
Session D6 Poster Session I Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Lancaster 4:00-6:00 pm
May 18 2005 6:00PM, Wednesday
Session D7 Precision Measurements Pizza Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Hawthorne
Session D9 J.Phys.B (Institute of Physics, UK) Reception (Invited Guests Only) Room: Wick Alumni Center 1520 R Street
May 18 2005 8:00PM, Wednesday
Session D8 Marie Curie: A Living History Room: Kimball Recital Hall (UNL)
May 19 2005 8:00AM, Thursday
Session E1 Rydberg Wavepackets and Ultra Cold Plasmas
Chair: Carlos Reinhold, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ballroom I
Invited Speakers:
Session E2 Low Dimensional Quantum Gases and Quantum Mixtures
Chair: Nicholas P. Bigelow, University of Rochester Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ballroom II
Invited Speakers: Daniel Heinzen, Eddy Timmermans
Session E4 Quantum Information I Chair: Christopher Monroe, University of Michigan Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Hawthorne
Session E5 Precison Measurements, Fundamental Symmetries, & Structure Chair: Harvey Gould, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Arbor
May 19 2005 10:30AM, Thursday
Session F1 Undergraduate Research Session Chair: Donald C. Griffin, Rollins College Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ballroom I
Session F2 Ultra Short Pulse Physics (Attosecond, Femtosecond)
Chair: Anthony F. Starace, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ballroom II
Invited Speakers:
Session F3 Ionization and Charge Transfer Chair: Colm Whelan, Old Dominion University Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Olive Branch
Session F4 Quantum Optics, Matter Optics, and Coherent Control Chair: Mark Raizen, University of Texas at Austin Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Hawthorne
Session F5 Degenerate Fermi Gases Chair: Deborah Jin, NIST, JILA, and University of Colorado Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Arbor
May 19 2005 12:00PM, Thursday
Session F7 Program Committee Lunch Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ivanhoe
May 19 2005 1:30PM, Thursday
Session G1 Thesis Prize Session
Chair: Brett Esry, Kansas State University Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: Ana Maria Rey
Session G2 Electron Driven Processes and Their Applications
Sponsor: GEC Chair: Thomas N. Rescigno, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ballroom II
Invited Speakers:
Session G4 Rydberg and Exotic Atoms and Molecules Chair: Jin Wang, University of Nebraska Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Hawthorne
Session G5 Strong Field Molecular Processes Chair: C. L. Cocke, Kansas State University Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Arbor
May 19 2005 4:00PM, Thursday
Session H6 Poster Session II Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Lancaster 4:00-6:00 pm
May 19 2005 5:00PM, Thursday
Session H7 Women Scientists in DAMOP Reception Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Olive Branch
May 19 2005 6:00PM, Thursday
Session H8 PRA/PRL Editorial Board Cocktails (Dinner Following) Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ivanhoe
Session H9 Picnic for Students Room: Sheldon Sculpture Garden (UNL)
May 19 2005 7:30PM, Thursday
Session H11 Lab Tours Room: Ferguson and Behlen Laboratories (UNL)
Session H12 Sheldon Gallery Tours Room: Sheldon Gallery (UNL)
May 20 2005 8:00AM, Friday
Session J1 Atomic Collisions
Sponsor: GEC Chair: Don Madison, University of Missouri-Rolla Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: Michael Coplan
Session J2 Quantum Information II
Sponsor: DCOMP GQI Chair: Charles Clark, NIST Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: Mark Heiligman
Session J4 Ultracold Collisions I Chair: Phillip L. Gould, University of Connecticut Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Hawthorne
Session J5 Bose Einstein Condensation II Chair: Chris Greene, University of Colorado Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Arbor
May 20 2005 10:30AM, Friday
Session K1 Attosecond and High Energy Density Physics
Sponsor: DLS Chair: Zenghu Chang, Kansas State University Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ballroom I
Invited Speakers:
Session K2 The BCS-BEC Crossover in Trapped Fermi Gases
Chair: Pierre Meystre, University of Arizona Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ballroom II
Invited Speakers: Kathryn Levin
Session K4 Atom Optics, Atom Interferometry, and Cavity QED Chair: L. A. Orozco, University of Maryland Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Hawthorne
Session K5 Spectroscopy, Lifetime, and Oscillator Strengths Chair: Alan Hibbert, Queen's University Belfast Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Arbor
May 20 2005 12:00PM, Friday
Session K7 Thesis Prize Committee Lunch Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ivanhoe
May 20 2005 1:30PM, Friday
Session L1 Quantum Control of AMO Processes
Chair: Carlton Caves, University of New Mexico Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ballroom II
Invited Speakers: Howard Wiseman, Mark Raizen
Session L2 Synchrotron Radiation and Novel Photon Sources
Chair: Nora Berrah, Western Michigan University Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ballroom II
Invited Speakers: Bertold Krassig
Session L4 Laser Trapping and Cooling Chair: Siu Au Lee, Colorado State University Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Hawthorne
Session L5 Ultracold Collisions and Photoassociation Processes Chair: Brett DePaola, Kansas State University Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Arbor
May 20 2005 4:00PM, Friday
Session M6 Poster Session III Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Lancaster 4:00-5:30 pm
May 20 2005 4:30PM, Friday
Session M7 DAMOP Business Meeting Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Arbor
May 20 2005 6:00PM, Friday
Session M8 Town Meeting on the National Academy of Sciences Decadal Study, AMO 2010 Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Arbor
May 20 2005 7:00PM, Friday
Session N1 Reception and Banquet Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Atrium and Grand Ballroom
May 21 2005 9:00AM, Saturday
Session P1 Hot Topics
Chair: Kate Kirby, ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: Robert Schoelkopf, Margaret Murnane
Session P2 Public Symposium for the World Year of Physics 2005: Einstein Centennial
Chair: Timothy Gay, University of Nebraska Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ballroom II
Invited Speakers: Michel Janssen, Kameshwar C. Wali